Permissions?

M

Mary Ann

Please tell me what this means..."Please make sure the permissions that are
controlled by FrontPage are set properly"

It's in reference to a gdform.asp that's not working properly.

Thank you
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

You have to work with GoDaddy, since it is their Form Handler.

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M

Mary Ann

If I work with GoDaddy they say it's a FP issue. Is there somewhere else to
get help if I can't get it here?
 
R

Ronx

The form handler (gdform.asp) is GoDaddy's. It does not matter which
editor you use, since the processing of the form is nothing to do with
FrontPage or any other editor. Godaddy should know what permissions are
required in which folders, and they should assist you in setting these
permissions.

If Godaddy will not help, then it's time for another host.
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FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
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M

Mary Ann

This is what they said..... please remove the Frontpage form validator from
your forms. What does that mean?
 
R

Ronx

There is nothing in FrontPage validation that will affect the
functioning of gdform.asp.
FP validation does 2 things:
1) Adds some JavaScript that prevents the form from submitting at all if
there is a validation error
2) Changes the form name to frontpage_form1 or similar.

Gdform.asp does not refer to the form name, and is not involved in the
process until the form is submitted.

gdform.asp requires a folder named ssfm be present in the same folder
as gdform.asp, and this folder requires write permissions for the server
- probably the IUSR_machinename account. This may have to be set by
GoDaddy, but you may succeed on your own, if you have the correct admin.
rights to the server.

Open the remote site in FrontPage.
Locate gdform.asp, then locate the folder named ssfm. If the folder is
not there, create it. You may find that you have to place gdform.asp
and the ssfm folder in the web's root folder - there is no information
regarding this.

Right-click on the folder, and choose properties.
Clear the box "Allow scripts to be run"
Tick the box "Allow anonymous upload to this directory"

Click OK.

In your local web, create the ssfm folder, and place a blank file in it,
named default.htm. This will prevent the ssfm folder being deleted from
the server when you publish.

Note that the ssfm folder may accumulate copies of your form results,
unless GoDaddy has a garbage collection routine.



If the error you are getting is:

"Error creating file! Directory may not be writable or may not exist
Unable to process request."

then either the permissions are wrong, or the folder does not exist.

If the error is:

"An Error Occurred creating mail message. Unable to process form request
at this time"

then the folder does not exist or the server has lots of problems.

There are nearly 2000 hits on Google for gdform.asp
Take a look at
http://forum.statcounter.com/vb/showthread.php?t=17654&page=4

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Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
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S

Stefan B Rusynko

It means they have no idea what the FP forms validator is, or how their owns server side code works
- it is purely JavaScript (client side) which has absolutely nothing to do w/ ASP or write permissions (server side)

The FP form validator is when/if you set Form fields in FP to require certain field values before the form is submitted
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| This is what they said..... please remove the Frontpage form validator from
| your forms. What does that mean?
|
| "Mary Ann" wrote:
|
| > ok, I'll try them again. Thank you for your time.
| >
| > "Ronx" wrote:
| >
| > > The form handler (gdform.asp) is GoDaddy's. It does not matter which
| > > editor you use, since the processing of the form is nothing to do with
| > > FrontPage or any other editor. Godaddy should know what permissions are
| > > required in which folders, and they should assist you in setting these
| > > permissions.
| > >
| > > If Godaddy will not help, then it's time for another host.
| > > --
| > > Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| > > Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| > > FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
| > > http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
| > >
| > >
| > >
| > > | > >
| > > > If I work with GoDaddy they say it's a FP issue. Is there somewhere else to
| > > > get help if I can't get it here?
| > > >
| > > > "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:
| > > >
| > > > > You have to work with GoDaddy, since it is their Form Handler.
| > > > >
| > > > > --
| > > > > ==============================================
| > > > > Thomas A. Rowe
| > > > > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| > > > >
| > > > > http://www.Ecom-Data.com
| > > > > ==============================================
| > > > >
| > > > >
| > > > > | > > > > > Please tell me what this means..."Please make sure the permissions that are
| > > > > > controlled by FrontPage are set properly"
| > > > > >
| > > > > > It's in reference to a gdform.asp that's not working properly.
| > > > > >
| > > > > > Thank you
| > > > >
| > > > >
| > > > >
| > >
| > >
 
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