publsihing in FP 2003

[Tristan]

Hi Again:

Second question: I have published our site using our
computer at home. What should I do if I publish to the
same site from my computer at the office? How do I ensure
that all three computers have the same versions of the
website, no matter what computer changes were published
from?

Thanks.

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

If both PC's have FP2003, before any edits, when you open the site in FP always go to the Remote Web Site View and synchronize your
local site w/ your remote (online) site
When done editing, do the reverse (local to remote)




| Hi Again:
|
| Second question: I have published our site using our
| computer at home. What should I do if I publish to the
| same site from my computer at the office? How do I ensure
| that all three computers have the same versions of the
| website, no matter what computer changes were published
| from?
|
| Thanks.

 

[JDR]

Tristan,

The answer to your first question (post below).

If you are using FP 03, you should be able to view your files and publish only the updates by going to View > Remote Web
Once the web is open you can transfer the files by clicking on the the unique files or folders on your local side and then transfering them to your remote site.

If you click on the "Publish Web" you will get the prompt you are receiving.

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As far as working on a site from several computers, with FP 03 you can do the same thing as above.

Go to View > Remote Website and transfer or synchronize your files on the computer you are working with. This will ensure that you are always working with up to date files. After synchronizing your files, double check them locally (File > Preview in Browser), to make sure you have the current / correct file.

Hope it helps
JDR
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----- Tristan wrote: -----

Hi Again:

Second question: I have published our site using our
computer at home. What should I do if I publish to the
same site from my computer at the office? How do I ensure
that all three computers have the same versions of the
website, no matter what computer changes were published
from?

Thanks.

 

[Jim Buyens]

-----Original Message-----

Hi Again:
Howdy.

Second question: I have published our site using our
computer at home. What should I do if I publish to the
same site from my computer at the office? How do I
ensure that all three computers have the same versions
of the website, no matter what computer changes were
published from?

This can be very tricky. So, the first rule is to keep
things simple. For example, don't keep a lot of
overlapping, half-finished work both at home and at work.

The next advise is to get very familiar with the concept
of "Files In Conflict". FrontPage reports this situation
whenever it determines that a file on the destination
computer has a different datestamp than it had when you
started modifying a page. Here's how this can happen.

Monday: All three sites are identical.
Tuesday: You change the whatever.htm file at home,
and publish it.
Wednesday: You change the whatever.htm file at work,
and try to publish it.

FrontPage reports a conflict because it sees that
the "live" site has a different date (Tuesday) than
the "work" site last recorded for that file (Monday).

So, if you publish the file you changed at work on
Wednesday, you'll overwrite the changes you made from home
on Tuesday.

When these situations come up, you'll need to decide
whether to overwrite the destination file or not. This is
because only you know whether you've reconciled all
changes made anywhere.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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