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« on: March 04, 2003, 09:37:00 AM » |
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the publish web feature on my 02 frontpage doesn't work right....instead i have been clicking save as, type in the web address and password , then save to the server this way everything is fine....am i screwing stuff up by doing it this way?...i like it better and i have more control...when i hit publish it never works right but am i messing things up by not using this feature?
[ March 04, 2003, 07:35 PM: Message edited by: Max ]
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« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2003, 10:06:00 AM » |
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no sir, if anything it's better you do it that way, you have more control.
-Brian
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« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2003, 10:12:00 AM » |
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cool i am pumped...follow ups....
1. i do not have to point to the public_html folder it will automatically go in there and the root? i assume so.
2. when I delete files in my file manager am i screwing things up? should i just delete through frontpage when i save by right clicking on the file and deleting?
3. can i create folders when i save in frontpage to better organize my stuff and just have the links point to whats in the folders?
4. why are there NO images in the image folder (that seems weird but it works)
5. Can i backup my frontapge created files throught he control panel like everyone else or differently b/c created by frontapage.
thanks i know this is a lot but i am confused with the frontpage issues
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« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2003, 03:23:00 PM » |
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If you save instead of publish, you bypass the FP extensions on the server, so things in your website that need the extensions will not work.
I don't understand why it won't publish, I have never had a problem with it.
"when I delete files in my file manager am i screwing things up?"
Yuppers
"4. why are there NO images in the image folder (that seems weird but it works).."
Are you sure it is working, and not just pointing to the files that are on your local hard disk? That is what usually happens when you save instead of publish - you mess up all the links.
"3. can i create folders when i save in frontpage to better organize my stuff and just have the links point to whats in the folders?"
You are supposed to do that in FP - that is what FP is for. FP then makes the folders automatically when you publish.
"Can i backup my frontapge created files throught he control panel like everyone else or differently b/c created by frontapage/"
Why would you want to? You already have a copy in FP.
"if anything it's better you do it that way, you have more control..."
Uhm.. no. If you save or copy instead of publishing this is what happens:
1. You break all the links so they point to the wrong place.
2. FP extensions don't work, so anything you did in FP that needs those extensions also will not work.
3. FP will not create the -vti directories, so it does not know which pages have been updated and which have not.
4. If you are using FP navigation, it will not work and the links will not work.
.. etc...
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2003, 05:46:00 AM » |
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how about dreamweaver and ftp...it works or no?
also am i publishing to a web server or an ftp server? or are they the same?
[ March 05, 2003, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: hhhhhh ]
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« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2003, 06:14:00 AM » |
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I have not used Dreamweaver for a long time, but at that time it was also publish only if you want to keep the special DW components intact.
You *should* be publishing to a web server with FP.
It is not complicated - all you do is hit the publish button, tell it (the first time) the URL, put in your password, and it publishes.
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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2003, 06:42:00 AM » |
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thank you to all that have helped....i believe i was screwing things up by an earlier ftp....publish seems to work correctly...now if i can't ftp or transfer using the control panel without screwing things up i have a question...
lets say i have no use for a file or page or both and want to delete this file(s)....can i do this through ftp or control panel without crewing things up with frontpage? or when i am publishing do i do this?
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« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2003, 05:03:00 PM » |
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quote:
Originally posted by hhhhhh:
lets say i have no use for a file or page or both and want to delete this file(s)....can i do this through ftp or control panel without crewing things up with frontpage? or when i am publishing do i do this?
If the file is in FP, just delete it in FP. When you publish next time, it will ask you something like "xxx.htm exists on [target site] but does not exist in [publish - whatever they call it] - delete it? Just tell it yes.
If the file is NOT in your local FP web, just delete from the control panel. If you uploaded some things from the control panel or FTP, you may have some orphan files - you can just delete the ones you do not want in the control panel. |
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