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Slips -> FP 2002 & WinXP (12/26/2004 20:19:41)

This is driving me a bit nuts.
I have seached the Internet, this forum and Microsoft and have been unable to find an answer.

I have FrontPage 2002 (XP) installed on my XP pro computer.

I have been using FrontPage since it was v1.1.

I have NO problem publishing to servers on the Internet.

Problem:
I can't get FrontPage to run on the IIS server that XP pro has. I've been using this version of FrontPage since it came out, but that was on a Win98 SE PC.

I can log into the files at C:\Inetpub\wwwroot but when I look at Tools | Web Settings, under Server Version it says "No server currently in use" (Extensions are 5.0.2.6417)

When I try to publish to wwwroot I am told "The folder 'fooweb' isn't accesible. The folder may be located in an unavailable location, protected with a password, or the filename contins a / or a \."
It does not ask me if I would like to create the file 'fooweb'.

Whe I try to create a new web under wwwroot I get the error:
"Server error: Unable to create a disk-based web at "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\fooweb" because its parent web would not be a disk-based web. Create the disk-based web elsewhere, outside of your web server's document hierarchy."

When I try and publish wwwroot somewhere else on my PC, I have no problem.

When I browse to http://127.0.0.1/localstart.asp it asks me for a username and password and tells me, "You are not authorized to view this page", but if I create index.html in wwwroot, I can browse to http://127.0.0.1 and see the newly created page WITHOUT having to supply any username or password.

When I go to XP's Internet Information Services it shows my local computer with IIS V5.1 installed, and it says my "Default Web Site" is "Running".

I have a "My Webs" folder that I have been storing websites in, but I can't run scripts or some FP components from there.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? I would like to use the "correct" paths on my local computer to save and test websites.

Thank you for your time.
Steven



Spooky -> RE: FP 2002 & WinXP (12/26/2004 21:23:23)

Are you able to open your web using frontpage via the address > Open Web > http://localhost ?



Slips -> RE: FP 2002 & WinXP (12/26/2004 21:43:10)

Why, Yes(!)

Thank you Spooky.

And it is letting me create subwebs (I'll assume I can publish to it for now).

My server shows up as Microsoft IIS/5.11 now, but my server extensions have regressed back to 4.0.2.8912 (?!?)

I've never used http://localhost except to see what was there through my browser.

Do you have a reference where this is written. I mean, if FrontPage has a naming/publishing convention it should be documented somewhere. (I hate to think what else I am missing out on. My system has Python on it, but I'll be darned if I have figured out how to access it ...)

At any rate, I thank you for the 'fix' and hope you can point me to any documentation (I'm one of those people that learns best by reading)

Thanks again,
Steven



Spooky -> RE: FP 2002 & WinXP (12/27/2004 0:29:35)

Typically people publish to a server, not many have the luxury of XP pro ;-)
localhost, or http://127.0.0.1 are the normal addresses for your machine.
You can also use http://[machinename]



Slips -> RE: FP 2002 & WinXP (12/27/2004 1:59:11)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Spooky

Typically people publish to a server, not many have the luxury of XP pro ;-)
localhost, or http://127.0.0.1 are the normal addresses for your machine.
You can also use http://[machinename]


Well, I just upgraded from Win98SE to XP Pro in July myself, but on my Win98 machine I had IIS 4.0 running. It just had a little task bar icon so I could turn it off & on as needed. I alays just published to c:/inetpub/wwwroot without any problems at all.

hmmm... (I'm thinking ...)

I remember extending FrontPage to my entire Win98 machine (that might have been with FP2000), which turned out to be a real stupid idea. - I wonder if I somehow extended the server service to the c:/inetpub path. I'll have to look into that one ...

It could also that XP has extra security that shuts down the alternate path. But I am really confused that I couldn't access http://127.0.0.1/localstart.asp with out special permissions. I only have 3 accounts on the machine, counting the "invisible" 'Administrator' account, and none of those usernames and passwords would let me in.

Well, you got me going in the right direction, and I thank you very much.

Steven



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