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    How To Update Text on My Website

    I am a rank amateur at this stuff, so please bear with my ignorance.
    I want to edit some text on my website. Pretty much swapping out the existing page and replacing with the new one.
    Is there a free and understandable program that I can use for this project?
    Thank you.

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    Do you use ftp to upload ?

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    Yes, I do.

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    Knock out the updated page use the same name and allow the overwrite.

    Or in ftp, R-click the old page and delete it then upload the new page that has the the same nme.
    I use both methods.
    Also been know to R-click and select edit, make the changes and OK out allowing for the overWrite.

    Common methods I use anyway.

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    Be sure you have a backup copy of the page as it exists so you can go back if necessary.

    HTML files are just text files that can be edited with any text editor such as Notepad. If you don't need to change the formatting just replace the text (for safety, create the new text in a separate document, copy the text, open the old file, highlight the text to be replaced, and paste the new text).

    For serious coding download notepad++. It has lots of features programmers need.

    http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

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    Thanks, guys. I'll have a look and take every precaution, ie, backup.

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    Made the text changes as per Train's suggestion. Went according to plan.
    As I'm looking at the page now I would like to make wider the text area. In other words, lessen the margins so the text area is less long and narrow, but instead wider.
    Is there an easy fix for this? Because as I'm looking at all the code on the page I am lost.

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    If you can, post the source and let's have a look.

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    General rule <don't change what's in here>But you can change this text</but not this>

    So if it's between the < and the > leave it be. If it's btween a > and a < then it's fair game.
    There is nothing to fear, but life itself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SpywareDr View Post
    If you can, post the source and let's have a look.
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    ::: Mentoring Programs</font></b></td>
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    Let’s talk about mentoring and coaching. The decision to hire and work with a mentor should be an easy one. Most every successful person I’ve met, and most every successful person you read about, credits a large part of that success to an individual who, along the way, took them under their wing and showed them what it takes to be successful in their chosen profession. The savings in time and costly mistakes is invaluable, making a good mentor worth his or her weight in gold.<br>

    <br>Knowing that a good mentor can put your career on the fast track, the question you need to ask yourself is not, “Can a mentor help me?”, but rather, “How serious am I about succeeding?”
    Every individual who contacts me about getting started in real estate investing says they’re serious. Most of them have vast libraries of real estate courses and programs, and they have attended numerous seminars and boot camps, (That flushing sound you hear is their money swooshing down the crapper. Don’t get me started on the worthlessness of these “events”). But the problem with most of these folks is that while they have vast <i>book smarts</i>, they have no <i>street smarts</i>. In other words, they haven’t made the leap from <i>reading and studying</i> about real estate to <b>investing</b> in real estate. Ask yourself if you would rather be admired for your smarts, or well compensated for that same head full of knowledge?<br>

    <br>It’s time to put the books down, and to stop flying to various cities for the next “Tell-All, Get-Rich-In-30- Days” seminar. The only way to do that is by working with a good mentor, personally and One-on-One. <br>250 people in a room is great for an Italian wedding. But to learn the ins and outs of real estate investing, it’s a recipe for failure. The only one getting rich in 30 days is the wise guy up on stage. The guy with the shiny suit, the obnoxious cologne, the tanning booth skin, and the porcelain veneer smile. Yeah, that guy.<br>

    <br>If you are serious and ready to chuck your training wheels, I might be able to help you. I say <i>might</i> because our ideas about what "serious" means may differ. I can impart to you everything you will possibly need to go out and do some lease purchase deals. But if you take that information and do nothing with it, what’s the point? So, please, before you decide to pursue this give it some thought. If this is a whim or a midlife crisis and we discover that now, I'll save time and you'll save money. On the other hand, if you are ready to learn this business and get some deals done, I’ll be more than happy to work with you. Keep in mind I am but one man, and since I work with each student personally and individually, it becomes a time consuming venture. Therefore, I limit the number of students I will work with at any one time to three or four. More than that and I’m unable to devote the time to you that you have paid for. More importantly, there is more money to be made <b>doing</b> deals than <b>talking about</b> doing deals. So I strike a balance between the teaching and educational side of this business, and working on my own deals.<br>

    <br><b>After all this, if you still want to be a real estate investor, (and I hope you do!), read on for the details of my mentoring:<br></b>
    <br>1) Instruction personally taught by me. When you email me, <b><u>I</b></u> respond. When you call me, <b><u>I</b></u> pick up the phone. You will be provided with the support and information necessary to learn about Lease Purchase investing: sandwich leases, wholesale and retail assignments, Cooperative Assignments, Pure Options, and more. We will cover it all, from beginning to end, including marketing, paperwork, speaking with homeowners, etc. I assure you that in short order you will know more about lease purchase investing than 95% of every other so called investor out there. This program is about listening, learning, asking questions, doing, and getting results.<br>
    <br>2) All materials provided are included in the cost of my program. This includes a copy of my highly rated manual about Lease Purchasing, <u><i>The Naked Investor: The Creative Techniques of Lease Purchasing Stripped to the Bare Essentials</u></i>. Also included are all the contracts and agreements we use every day in our deals. They are the best in the business and protect us and our position in every type of lease purchase deal we do.<br>
    <br>3) There are no additional charges of any kind. I promise you I will never answer your questions with the following:
    “Great question! And as a matter of fact, that’s covered in my Level Two Program for advanced students. As luck would have it, today we’re having a special deal! Only $10,000 but you must act today!!”<br>
    Ugh. I promise.<br>
    <br>4) Recommendations on determining the correct course of action suited to your needs and specific locale with immediate implementation.<br>
    <br>5) Unlimited consultation and support via phone, fax, or email on a reasonable as needed basis for one year. I answer my own phone, (unless my teen daughter grabs it first, hoping it’s the latest boy in her life).<br>
    <br>6) I know! I know! “What’s the cost, Michael?” Prepare yourself for sticker shock. . .<br>
    The cost is only $1,385. But that’s sticker shock in a good way! If you’ve taken a look around the ‘net at what is being offered and the prices being charged, you’ll know what I mean. And if you haven’t done any comparison shopping, I suggest you do. You’ll surely be dumbfounded at the numbers being quoted.<br>
    <br>7) What about <b><u>FREE</b></u> mentoring? Did I mention that I will refund the entire cost of the program back to you when you complete your first deal? That’s right! Complete your first deal and I will refund your tuition in full! Beat that deal and I’ll sign on for it myself!<br>

    <br>Want to talk? I’m easy to track down: <a href="mailto:support@naked-investor.com">support@naked-investor.com</a>
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    It's at the end of this line:
    Code:
    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="765" >
    Change the:
    width="765"
    to something like:
    width="965"
    (Keep in mind though that if you were to set it that high, someone with a monitor setting of 800x600 would have to scroll the screen left and right to be able to read your article).
    Last edited by SpywareDr; January 23rd, 2009 at 04:58 PM.

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    Thank you. I changed the width to 900 and it works better for me.
    Appreciate your help with this.

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    You're welcome.

    Good to hear the problem's been solved. Thanks for posting back.

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