> "Bruin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>>
>>> "Bruin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Sorry if this is a common question.
>>>> I used FrontPage 2002 a few months back to create some simple web pages
>>>> with pictures & stuff. Now for whatever reason, Frontpage will not
>>>> connect to that web server.
>>>> I can connect without a problem using WS FTP using the same
>>>> login/password.
>>>>
>>>> I can't edit these pages without FrontPage, at least I do not know how.
>>>> Any ideas why it won't let me connect? The application is "allowed" in
>>>> my firewall software. The application will not connect even directly
>>>> connect to my cable modem & with the firewall disabled.
>>>>
>>>> Please help!
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> "Steve Easton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> If you're saying you used to be able to edit live on the server and now
>>> you can't,
>>> it's because you've used ftp:// which has broken the extensions.
>>> Have your host repair them and then log on with FrontPage using
>>> the http://www.website.com address.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Steve Easton
>>> Microsoft MVP FrontPage
>>> FP Cleaner
>>> http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
>>> Hit Me FP
>>> http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
>>
>> OK I did not break the extensions. However, when you suggested they were
>> broke, I investigated & discovered I have yet another login, password for
>> FP. It's been a while & forgot. I was using FTP login/pass, as I
>> remember doing long ago with another web page editor.
>>
>> Thanks for your help, you pointed me in the right direction & I was able
>> to log on & edit.
>>
"Steve Easton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ok, thanks for the feedback.
> Be careful with ftp:// though because it can corrupt the extensions.
>
> --
>
> Steve Easton
> Microsoft MVP FrontPage
> FP Cleaner
> http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
> Hit Me FP
> http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
>
Thanks for he heads up on that. I use FTP for other folders, storage, a
phpBB message board, stuff like that. Truly just a noob playing around with
this stuff. Every 4 or 5 years I get the idea in my head that I need a
website.
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