How to use FP with non-FP web?

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traderrik

I have "inherited" a rather large web site that was
abandoned by the creator/admin. When using FP 2003 to
publish it to my local drive I was presented with a
message stating (paraphrasing) that since my local server
doesn't support ASP the web will not function correctly.
Therefore, I'm *ass*uming that the web was created in ASP
or ASP.net.

In any event, after making some minor changes I'm running
into several conflicts when trying to publish (all pages)
with FP, such as "cannot create folder vti_private.cnf".

Is it possible, and more importantly, worth the trouble
to use FP for this? Or perhaps I should just create an
entirely new web with FP (last resort!)

Thanks for any suggestions on how best to accomplish this.
 
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traderrik

I neglected to mention that the client's web host server
(Win2K with Time Warner/Road Runner)does have FP
extensions activated, which I verified per their
instructions as follows:

After logging into the account through FTP, you should
see the following:
_private
_vti_inf.html
_vti_log

Thanks again, TR
 
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Stefan B Rusynko

1) If the pages have any .asp or aspx pages you should be running the site locally under the FP Serer Extensions (and IIS) and open
it using http://localhost, rather than as a disc based web (C:\path\)
- your machine must be Win 2000+ or Win XP Pro
(IIS is in Add Remove Components - Windows Components)
To install them see http://microsoft.com/technet/treevi...technol/sharepnt/proddocs/admindoc/owsd02.asp

2) To publish a FP site from your local server (http://locahost/) to a remote site running the FP SE use File Publish Site and
select the 1st option (FrontPage or SharePoint Services) and enter your URL as http://www.hisdomainname.com/




| I neglected to mention that the client's web host server
| (Win2K with Time Warner/Road Runner)does have FP
| extensions activated, which I verified per their
| instructions as follows:
|
| After logging into the account through FTP, you should
| see the following:
| _private
| _vti_inf.html
| _vti_log
|
| Thanks again, TR
|
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >I have "inherited" a rather large web site that was
| >abandoned by the creator/admin. When using FP 2003 to
| >publish it to my local drive I was presented with a
| >message stating (paraphrasing) that since my local
| server
| >doesn't support ASP the web will not function
| correctly.
| >Therefore, I'm *ass*uming that the web was created in
| ASP
| >or ASP.net.
| >
| >In any event, after making some minor changes I'm
| running
| >into several conflicts when trying to publish (all
| pages)
| >with FP, such as "cannot create folder vti_private.cnf".
| >
| >Is it possible, and more importantly, worth the trouble
| >to use FP for this? Or perhaps I should just create an
| >entirely new web with FP (last resort!)
| >
| >Thanks for any suggestions on how best to accomplish
| this.
| >.
| >
 
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Guest

Thanks so much, Stefan. That's bad news for me, since
all my machines are XP Home. Looks like I have no choice
but to receate the web in FP :(

-----Original Message-----
1) If the pages have any .asp or aspx pages you should
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be running the site locally under the FP Serer
Extensions (and IIS) and open
it using http://localhost, rather than as a disc based web (C:\path\)
- your machine must be Win 2000+ or Win XP Pro
(IIS is in Add Remove Components - Windows Components)
To install them see http://microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/prodtechnol/sharepnt/proddocs/admindoc/owsd02
..asp

2) To publish a FP site from your local server
Click to expand...
(http://locahost/) to a remote site running the FP SE use
File Publish Site and
select the 1st option (FrontPage or SharePoint Services)
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and enter your URL as http://www.hisdomainname.com/
"traderrik" <[email protected]> wrote
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in message news:[email protected]...
 
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David Seguin

That's bad news for me, since
all my machines are XP Home. Looks like I have no choice
but to receate the web in FP :(
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Actually, that will not solve your problem.

If your site uses pages with .asp extensions, then for it to work properly,
your server will need to be equipped to display .asp pages.

However, you can safely download and edit these pages on your machine, you
just won't be able to see what they really look like until you re-upload
them to the server.

David Seguin
 
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