How to publish a FP 03 Web site to a CD-R

[D.McKee]

I am running FP '03 and trying to save a copy of a website to a CD-R so I can
mail it out to the client for approval. I made the mistake of building it
directly into *Web Resources*, the folder which is reachable only when you're
online and asks you for a password every time you enter. The site is now too
large to fit on the 10MB limit for preview so I'm now trying to burn a
hardcopy. I have followed the directions given by MS @
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825447#8
When doing so it appears to save correctly but when I go to preview the web
the links did not transfer over correctly and they are still trying to pull
from the web and not the folder they are saved in on my hard drive like they
are supposed to.
I have been messing with this thing for hours now and I am in desperate need
of help!

 

[Chris Leeds, MVP-FrontPage]

I've done this and here's how it was successful for me;

with your most current web open hit file/ publish and publish the web (with
FrontPage) to a folder on your desktop, then burn this newly published
folder to the disk.

you'll also need to burn an autorun.inf to the disk (to the top level of the
disk, not in any folder). it's just a plain file you can make in notepad
and save with that title and extension. I'll put the "code" it should
contain below:

[autorun]
shellexecute=index.htm

that's it just those two lines. keep in mind that if you've got your index
in a folder below the autorun file you'd modify it like this:

[autorun]
shellexecute=somefoldername\index.htm

HTH

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

ContentSeed: great tool for web masters,
a fantastic convenience for site owners.
http://contentseed.com/

 

[D.McKee]

I tried this and the only difference was that the index.htm loaded once the
CD-R was placed in the drive. The pages still are not loading correctly, and
none of the links are correct. They are still trying to pull from the
website instead of the CD-R. How would I change this? Thanks!

I've done this and here's how it was successful for me;

with your most current web open hit file/ publish and publish the web (with
FrontPage) to a folder on your desktop, then burn this newly published
folder to the disk.

you'll also need to burn an autorun.inf to the disk (to the top level of the
disk, not in any folder). it's just a plain file you can make in notepad
and save with that title and extension. I'll put the "code" it should
contain below:

[autorun]
shellexecute=index.htm

that's it just those two lines. keep in mind that if you've got your index
in a folder below the autorun file you'd modify it like this:

[autorun]
shellexecute=somefoldername\index.htm

HTH

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

ContentSeed: great tool for web masters,
a fantastic convenience for site owners.
http://contentseed.com/
--

I am running FP '03 and trying to save a copy of a website to a CD-R so I can
mail it out to the client for approval. I made the mistake of building it
directly into *Web Resources*, the folder which is reachable only when you're
online and asks you for a password every time you enter. The site is now too
large to fit on the 10MB limit for preview so I'm now trying to burn a
hardcopy. I have followed the directions given by MS @
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825447#8
When doing so it appears to save correctly but when I go to preview the web
the links did not transfer over correctly and they are still trying to pull
from the web and not the folder they are saved in on my hard drive like they
are supposed to.
I have been messing with this thing for hours now and I am in desperate need
of help!

 

[Chris Leeds, MVP-FrontPage]

you must first publish to a "disk based" web folder. this way FrontPage
will use relative hyperlinks.
Have you taken any efforts to create absolute links? the condition you're
describing is very odd.

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

ContentSeed: great tool for web masters,
a fantastic convenience for site owners.
http://contentseed.com/
--

I tried this and the only difference was that the index.htm loaded once the
CD-R was placed in the drive. The pages still are not loading correctly, and
none of the links are correct. They are still trying to pull from the
website instead of the CD-R. How would I change this? Thanks!

I've done this and here's how it was successful for me;

with your most current web open hit file/ publish and publish the web (with
FrontPage) to a folder on your desktop, then burn this newly published
folder to the disk.

you'll also need to burn an autorun.inf to the disk (to the top level of the
disk, not in any folder). it's just a plain file you can make in notepad
and save with that title and extension. I'll put the "code" it should
contain below:

[autorun]
shellexecute=index.htm

that's it just those two lines. keep in mind that if you've got your index
in a folder below the autorun file you'd modify it like this:

[autorun]
shellexecute=somefoldername\index.htm

HTH

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

ContentSeed: great tool for web masters,
a fantastic convenience for site owners.
http://contentseed.com/
--

I am running FP '03 and trying to save a copy of a website to a CD-R

so I
can

mail it out to the client for approval. I made the mistake of building it
directly into *Web Resources*, the folder which is reachable only when you're
online and asks you for a password every time you enter. The site is

now
too

large to fit on the 10MB limit for preview so I'm now trying to burn a
hardcopy. I have followed the directions given by MS @
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825447#8
When doing so it appears to save correctly but when I go to preview

the
web

the links did not transfer over correctly and they are still trying to pull
from the web and not the folder they are saved in on my hard drive

like
they

are supposed to.
I have been messing with this thing for hours now and I am in

desperate
need

of help!

 

[D.McKee]

Thanks for your help so far!
I did not use absolute links because the site does not have any external
links.
I have tried to publish it to a "disk based" web folder on my desktop. I
then moved it over to a CDR and then burned the disk. I'm not sure if this
makes a difference or not but the entire site is composed of a single graphic
with image maps (hotspots) of clickable areas. When I open the index.htm
file from the CDR the graphic will not even load, but the hotspots are still
there. When I click on one of the hot spots it tries to load the page from
the web not from the CDR. ?

I’m starting to have a lot of extra “coasters†laying around……any ideas?

you must first publish to a "disk based" web folder. this way FrontPage
will use relative hyperlinks.
Have you taken any efforts to create absolute links? the condition you're
describing is very odd.

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

ContentSeed: great tool for web masters,
a fantastic convenience for site owners.
http://contentseed.com/
--

I tried this and the only difference was that the index.htm loaded once the
CD-R was placed in the drive. The pages still are not loading correctly, and
none of the links are correct. They are still trying to pull from the
website instead of the CD-R. How would I change this? Thanks!

I've done this and here's how it was successful for me;

with your most current web open hit file/ publish and publish the web (with
FrontPage) to a folder on your desktop, then burn this newly published
folder to the disk.

you'll also need to burn an autorun.inf to the disk (to the top level of the
disk, not in any folder). it's just a plain file you can make in notepad
and save with that title and extension. I'll put the "code" it should
contain below:

[autorun]
shellexecute=index.htm

that's it just those two lines. keep in mind that if you've got your index
in a folder below the autorun file you'd modify it like this:

[autorun]
shellexecute=somefoldername\index.htm

HTH

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

ContentSeed: great tool for web masters,
a fantastic convenience for site owners.
http://contentseed.com/
--
I am running FP '03 and trying to save a copy of a website to a CD-R so I
can
mail it out to the client for approval. I made the mistake of building it
directly into *Web Resources*, the folder which is reachable only when
you're
online and asks you for a password every time you enter. The site is now
too
large to fit on the 10MB limit for preview so I'm now trying to burn a
hardcopy. I have followed the directions given by MS @
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825447#8
When doing so it appears to save correctly but when I go to preview the
web
the links did not transfer over correctly and they are still trying to
pull
from the web and not the folder they are saved in on my hard drive like
they
are supposed to.
I have been messing with this thing for hours now and I am in desperate
need
of help!

 

[Ronx]

A URL to the on line web, to check the links there, would help.
Before you burn another coaster, check the links in the web on your PC in
HTML/Code view.

--
Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.

Thanks for your help so far!
I did not use absolute links because the site does not have any external
links.
I have tried to publish it to a "disk based" web folder on my desktop. I
then moved it over to a CDR and then burned the disk. I'm not sure if
this
makes a difference or not but the entire site is composed of a single
graphic
with image maps (hotspots) of clickable areas. When I open the index.htm
file from the CDR the graphic will not even load, but the hotspots are
still
there. When I click on one of the hot spots it tries to load the page
from
the web not from the CDR. ?

I’m starting to have a lot of extra “coasters†laying
around……any ideas?

you must first publish to a "disk based" web folder. this way FrontPage
will use relative hyperlinks.
Have you taken any efforts to create absolute links? the condition
you're
describing is very odd.

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

ContentSeed: great tool for web masters,
a fantastic convenience for site owners.
http://contentseed.com/
--

I tried this and the only difference was that the index.htm loaded once the
CD-R was placed in the drive. The pages still are not loading
correctly, and
none of the links are correct. They are still trying to pull from the
website instead of the CD-R. How would I change this? Thanks!

:

I've done this and here's how it was successful for me;

with your most current web open hit file/ publish and publish the web (with
FrontPage) to a folder on your desktop, then burn this newly
published
folder to the disk.

you'll also need to burn an autorun.inf to the disk (to the top level
of the
disk, not in any folder). it's just a plain file you can make in notepad
and save with that title and extension. I'll put the "code" it
should
contain below:

[autorun]
shellexecute=index.htm

that's it just those two lines. keep in mind that if you've got your index
in a folder below the autorun file you'd modify it like this:

[autorun]
shellexecute=somefoldername\index.htm

HTH

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

ContentSeed: great tool for web masters,
a fantastic convenience for site owners.
http://contentseed.com/
--
I am running FP '03 and trying to save a copy of a website to a
CD-R so I
can
mail it out to the client for approval. I made the mistake of building it
directly into *Web Resources*, the folder which is reachable only
when
you're
online and asks you for a password every time you enter. The site
is now
too
large to fit on the 10MB limit for preview so I'm now trying to
burn a
hardcopy. I have followed the directions given by MS @
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825447#8
When doing so it appears to save correctly but when I go to preview the
web
the links did not transfer over correctly and they are still trying
to
pull
from the web and not the folder they are saved in on my hard drive like
they
are supposed to.
I have been messing with this thing for hours now and I am in desperate
need
of help!