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_Skye_ -> "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (Lift-off!!) (3/10/2004 1:31:48)
Hello all! Great site: I feel in great company here! [:D] Here is the problem: I am getting an error message Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions on this page: "http://home.comcast.net/~markmitton/Guest Book.htm" when I try to submit the forms on my page. I have searched in Microsoft's and this forum, and tried This topic here on the board , [8\|]to no avail. Any suggestions? Here is my site: markmitton.home.comcast.net/, and the issue is with all the 'submit comment' forms. If it matters, I am using Frontpage 2000 [sm=rolleyes.gif] Thanks for the help!

ellipisces -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/10/2004 1:41:21)
I don't see the Frontpage extensions when I look up your site. http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=markmitton.home.comcast.net I know my cable carrier doesn't have them...[:o] They may offer them but they need to be installed

Nancy -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/10/2004 1:44:15)
Does the server have the FP server extensions installed? Are you using the "publish" feature built in to FP, or are you using FTP? In order for FP forms to work, the server must have the extensions installed and the page must be published, NOT FTP'd. Nancy

_Skye_ -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/10/2004 1:49:40)
Hmmm -- I have checked the box on the Comcast site when setting up my web that said "Add frontPage extensions blah blah", and it still has that option listed in my profile. Though if it's really ON, I have no idea.[sm=ask.gif] I'll send them an email, just in case. And I do publish from Frontpage itself, no FTP. So I got that goin' for me...[;)] thanks for the quick replies!

Nancy -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/10/2004 1:54:39)
Oops. How rude of me. Welcome to Outfront. As ellipisces has pointed out, it appears your site does not have the FP extensions installed. Hopefully your email will solve that problem for you, and you'll be on your way. Nancy

_Skye_ -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/10/2004 1:57:33)
[:)] No, how sweet of you to help! I'll reply when I get the email from them...

_Skye_ -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/11/2004 16:15:19)
OK, I got the lamest "Thank you for you interest in High speed internet" form letter!!!!! [:@] I was told NOTHING that helps, only to look on the site for information (which I did first, and said so in the email I sent) and that they couldn't "support" me. My Profile page says I've been set up for Extensions, but who knows if it's true... Oooo-kay... I will NOT let this make me crazy[>:] So here I am, none of my forms will submit, I've redone them and I get -- error messages. Maybe I'll try this: how can I see if my site is really running FrontPage Extensions? Thanks for your help, guys!

BobbyDouglas -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/11/2004 16:39:04)
Maybe I'll try this: how can I see if my site is really running FrontPage Extensions? - Add a simple counter FrontPage component, then publish to your web site using the http:// address and NOT the ftp address. If you see the counter, FP extensions 98+ are installed, if not, then there is a problem with the etenstions.

_Skye_ -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/11/2004 16:45:55)
Ah HA! The counter WORKS! [:D] ...but this means that I have a problem on my end, doesn't it? [:o] Well, I have been known to make a mistake or two...occasionally![:)] Any ideas for me?

_Skye_ -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/11/2004 17:31:37)
OK back to square one. I added a virgin 'comments' page ("test comments.htm"), verified the insert from the results page ("guestlog.htm") appears on the bottom of the comment form, if typed manually into guestlog.htm. Made sure the Form Properties checked 'send to' the guestlog.htm file. Ok. From the Preview tab, I typed something into the comment box, hit enter... and see a "Page cannot be displayed" error. Is this ok? Shouldn't the typed words go to Guestlog, and thence to my Test comments page? On my published (via FP) website, when I enter text into the comments box and hit enter I get the same ol' error: Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions on this page: "http://home.comcast.net/test comments.htm" Hmmm. [sm=rolleyes.gif]

ellipisces -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/11/2004 21:05:32)

not exactly the surest way but a beginning

look in you www space at the site and see if you have the folders that contain the extensions. The will begin with _vti.

<form action="http://home.comcast.net/~markmitton/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/Guest%20Book.htm" method="POST" onSubmit="" webbot-action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">
  <!--webbot bot="SaveResults"
  U-File="C:\Documents and Settings\markmitton.CAD3121148-A.000\My Documents\Deb Stuff\Web Site\_private\guestbook comment insert.htm"
  S-Format="HTML/DL" S-Label-Fields="TRUE" B-Reverse-Chronology="TRUE"
  S-Date-Format="%d %b %Y" S-Time-Format="%H:%M:%S"
  S-Builtin-Fields="REMOTE_USER Date Time" startspan --><strong>[FrontPage Save Results Component]</strong><!--webbot bot="SaveResults" endspan i-checksum="6561" -->

<h2><!--mstheme--><font color="#003366"><strong>Your Two Florins</strong><!--mstheme--></font></h2>

  <p><textarea name="Comments" rows="8" cols="52"></textarea></p>
  <p><input type="submit" value="Submit Comments"> <input type="reset" value="Clear Comments"><br>
  <br>

This is a mess. Why is there theme information in the middle of your form? Get rid of all of the spaces in you filenames. And finally the U-file location is pointing to a location on your hard drive? Actually, after looking the code over it looks like the textarea and submit code is outside of the form????

I got this code from the site. Am I looking at the right page? [;)]

_Skye_ -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/12/2004 1:57:30)
WOW, how cool are you!!! I have no IDEA where you are looking, because I can't actually really read HTML![sm=theyareontome.gif] I'm so embarrassed... But from the titles of the pages, it looks like it is from my website. A more "clear" HTML (I just inserted the form into my web right now) is at http://markmitton.home.comcast.net/test%20comments.htm -- I couldn't have done anything to it, so what you see is what Frontpage has given it. (I only modified it as stated above). So, first you are saying 1) Don't name things with spaces in them. You mean, like name a page "Myjournalpage" instead of "My journal page" ? Cause that I can do! [:D] Now, on to the hard part: what do I do about the mess you see?!? (I'm newbie enough it ALL looks like a mess to me [sm=ask.gif]) but if you show me the way it SHOULD look, I feel confident enough that I could copy it to my other pages and just change the page names to the appropriate links. Am I on the right track?[;)]

AMysticWeb -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/12/2004 3:36:46)
Hi _Skye_, Welcome to the forum ... [:)] The first thing that stands out, is that you are sending to C:\Documents and Settings\markmitton.CAD3121148-A.000\My Documents\Deb Stuff\Web Site\_private\guestbook comment insert.htm For starters, you are attempting to send your Guestbook entries to your C: drive. Secondly, the Guestbook is set for default to guestlog.htm So, of course it isn't working. Switch the file back to guestlog.htm While you're at it, rename your Guestbook page by replacing the space with the underscore mark. It isn't a good idea to use spaces in page or file names. It would work better as guestbook.htm Let FrontPage update the links. Republish and I think you might have a working Guestbook.

ellipisces -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/12/2004 3:48:02)
quote: Don't name things with spaces in them. You mean, like name a page "Myjournalpage" instead of "My journal page" ? Cause that I can do! spaces can cause problems. What is usually done is to use the underscore as a separator, ie; my file name.htm becomes my_file_name.html. The code on this page looks a lot better, I'm not sure why the form isn't working. Are you "publishing" the site? Disregard this question if you are working "server based" or live, on the site... And you might also read this from M$ http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fservicedesks%2Fbin%2Fkbsearch.asp%3FArticle%3D320872

_Skye_ -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/12/2004 16:56:12)
Elli, I am publishing via FrontPage 'publish', not ftp...er, FT?...whatever. And I'm not sure how to work 'live' with the site, though now that I know about it I'm going to go research that in the Help files[;)] (this may have nothing to do with anything, but to publish my site I have to click the "OK" three times exactly -- the first two times I try to publish I get a "Contact webmaster...no frontpage extensions..." Error message. If I cancel the error message, and re-click OK, the third time it publishes. Isn't that odd?!?[8D] I'm just glad it publishes...) I read and followed the microsoft article first thing and then asked some friends what to do (which may be why my original page is so crazy, but nevermind...) I will rename everything with _ instead of spaces right now, and republish. I had one other thought: is it significant that the "No Extensions on blah-blah page" error message is NOT the url of my website -- the error message is missing the "markmitton" component of my url. Thanks for your help, everyone. I'm doing all I can, I promise! My children are starting to see me here at the computer and just go make their own lunch, rather than wait for me and my "One more minute....!"[:D]

_Skye_ -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/12/2004 23:53:53)
OK, I renamed everything. I have ONE form working, but I hope with this one I can get the rest!!![;)] See this page, my test page for forms, to see the working page. Thanks!! One question, while I work on the other pages: Am I correct that the way to get a NAME instead of REMOTE USER is to include a name/email field in the form itself? I think I can copy that from another form somewhere... After I fix up the links, is it OK to ask someone who can 'read' HTML to see if I haven't made a mess (like I obviously have before, see the message 2 up [sm=icon_redface.gif]) I don't want to take advantage of this lovely community of very generous people -- I'm just SO RELIEVED to find a place like this! Trying to learn this on my own is like herding cats...[sm=lol.gif] ...but I am hooked on this stuff!

ellipisces -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/13/2004 3:15:24)
You're doin great! I just got home from a very long day at the shop. I'll look into the page tomorrow AM and see what I can see... <edit>Also, here's my helpful hint for the day. Once you get a form working on a page, make a copy of that page and store it somewhere safe in your website. That way if anything ever happens to the original, you have a backup you can immediately revert to. With Frontpage, it doesn't matter where you move the copy, all of the links and functions update automatically! [;)]</edit>

ApexWeb -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/16/2004 20:05:18)
quote: Maybe I'll try this: how can I see if my site is really running FrontPage Extensions? - Add a simple counter FrontPage component, then publish to your web site using the http:// address and NOT the ftp address. A faster way to tell if most servers are running FrontPage Extensions is to insert www.whois.sc/ before the domain name. Unfortunately it does not work with all servers. My data center has done something to deliberately hide this information, I think, and so http://www.whois.sc/ApexWebSolutions.com will only tell you that it runs Apache, but see http://www.whois.sc/121offdutywear.com for a working example, that reveals: Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) mod_log_bytes/0.3 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 PHP/4.3.4 mod_ssl/2.8.14 OpenSSL/0.9.7c

_Skye_ -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/17/2004 10:35:07)
Ah HAH! thanks for the tip ;) I'd buy you a jr. bacon cheeseburger, if I could.[;)] I found out what may be SOME of my 'No Extensions' problem: Comcast.net mentioned that instead of the url home.comcast.net/~markmitton, I can use markmitton.home.comcast.net (easier to remember and type) by inserting code on the first page (of... something -- I forget.) I realized monday that when I went to my site at home.comcast.net/~markmitton, everything worked -- when I went to markmitton.home.comcast.net, the forms didn't. I do not know why -- my original 'set up' of that name may have been deleted, and now I can't find where I saw this nifty trick.[>:] Anywho, I am just going to tell people my home.comcast.net/~markmitton url, and explain what a 'tilde' is to every person. Unless someone knows what I'm talking about? So hopefully, all is working...[8\|] ...except everytime I publish my site, the comments that were inserted onto my pages disappear!?! I'm not sure how to fix it so that the comments STAY on the inserted (on the bottom) page, even if I work on the page and then publish it. Is this related to my previous problem, or a feature of FP? I'd be glad for Help on keywords to search (since "disappear" isn't going to far [:D]), anyone? I'm reading through the Help and searching this site now...

ellipisces -> RE: "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions" (though it IS!) (3/17/2004 16:51:10)
When you publish... make sure that you are seing the all of the "Options". If you don't then click the "Options button. Check the radio button that says "Publish changed pages only" See what happens...

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