I've been able to edit my home page but now can't. I have index.htm on my
local machine, and index.html on the remote. If I try to rename the local
index.htm to .html I get this error message: "Front Page cannot save this
document because a file with the same name exists at this location. Please
enter a different name and try again."

When I open the remote index.html and edit it, I can't save it; I get the
same error message. Of course as soon as I rename either file, the server
doesn't see it as the home page.

I tried deleting the remote home page and reloading the whole site, but the
upload aborted (right at the end - grr) and said that a folder at the server
with a name that I can't recall (but had \index_files or something like that
in the name) didn't exist and that the upload could not proceed.

I am stumped. Any suggestions welcome.

Go here: http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
and download FP Cleaner.
Run the functions that clear the FrontPage temporary files
and the Cache(.web) files.

Then open FrontPage ( FP Cleaner will do it for you ) and then
open your "local" web. ( the one on your machine )
Recalculate hyperlinks.
Then rename index.htm to index.html
Let FrontPage update hyperlinks when prompted.
Then Publish your web to the server.
When it's done, open the server version and delete index.htm


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed..................
...............................with a computer


"Gardyloo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:61FF669C-FCAC-4E23-9EF8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've been able to edit my home page but now can't. I have index.htm
on my
> local machine, and index.html on the remote. If I try to rename the
local
> index.htm to .html I get this error message: "Front Page cannot save
this
> document because a file with the same name exists at this location.
Please
> enter a different name and try again."
>
> When I open the remote index.html and edit it, I can't save it; I get
the
> same error message. Of course as soon as I rename either file, the
server
> doesn't see it as the home page.
>
> I tried deleting the remote home page and reloading the whole site,
but the
> upload aborted (right at the end - grr) and said that a folder at the
server
> with a name that I can't recall (but had \index_files or something
like that
> in the name) didn't exist and that the upload could not proceed.
>
> I am stumped. Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks - I ran the program, but when I tried to rename the index.htm file on
my computer to index.html, I got the following message:

Server error: Cannot rename "C:\(directory)\(website)\index_files" to
"C:\(directory)\(website)\index_files": destination already exists.

I then tried the "set as home page" command on the "index.htm" (not ".html")
file on the remote site, and it renamed the previous home page (index.html)
as "index_old.html" and tried to rename the (uploaded new) "index.htm" to
"index.html" but aborted and gave me another error message, which flashed and
disappeared before I could write it down.

Arrgh.

Ideas? Thanks again.

"Steve Easton" wrote:

> Go here: http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
> and download FP Cleaner.
> Run the functions that clear the FrontPage temporary files
> and the Cache(.web) files.
>
> Then open FrontPage ( FP Cleaner will do it for you ) and then
> open your "local" web. ( the one on your machine )
> Recalculate hyperlinks.
> Then rename index.htm to index.html
> Let FrontPage update hyperlinks when prompted.
> Then Publish your web to the server.
> When it's done, open the server version and delete index.htm
>
>
> --
> Steve Easton
> Microsoft MVP FrontPage
> 95isalive
> This site is best viewed..................
> ...............................with a computer
>
>
> "Gardyloo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:61FF669C-FCAC-4E23-9EF8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I've been able to edit my home page but now can't. I have index.htm
> on my
> > local machine, and index.html on the remote. If I try to rename the
> local
> > index.htm to .html I get this error message: "Front Page cannot save
> this
> > document because a file with the same name exists at this location.
> Please
> > enter a different name and try again."
> >
> > When I open the remote index.html and edit it, I can't save it; I get
> the
> > same error message. Of course as soon as I rename either file, the
> server
> > doesn't see it as the home page.
> >
> > I tried deleting the remote home page and reloading the whole site,
> but the
> > upload aborted (right at the end - grr) and said that a folder at the
> server
> > with a name that I can't recall (but had \index_files or something
> like that
> > in the name) didn't exist and that the upload could not proceed.
> >
> > I am stumped. Any suggestions welcome.
>
>
>

How are you opening your local web site??


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed..................
...............................with a computer
"Gardyloo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:84778BAF-3160-4B58-8D65-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> Thanks - I ran the program, but when I tried to rename the index.htm
file on
> my computer to index.html, I got the following message:
>
> Server error: Cannot rename "C:\(directory)\(website)\index_files" to
> "C:\(directory)\(website)\index_files": destination already exists.
>
> I then tried the "set as home page" command on the "index.htm" (not
".html")
> file on the remote site, and it renamed the previous home page
(index.html)
> as "index_old.html" and tried to rename the (uploaded new) "index.htm"
to
> "index.html" but aborted and gave me another error message, which
flashed and
> disappeared before I could write it down.
>
> Arrgh.
>
> Ideas? Thanks again.
>
> "Steve Easton" wrote:
>
> > Go here: http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
> > and download FP Cleaner.
> > Run the functions that clear the FrontPage temporary files
> > and the Cache(.web) files.
> >
> > Then open FrontPage ( FP Cleaner will do it for you ) and then
> > open your "local" web. ( the one on your machine )
> > Recalculate hyperlinks.
> > Then rename index.htm to index.html
> > Let FrontPage update hyperlinks when prompted.
> > Then Publish your web to the server.
> > When it's done, open the server version and delete index.htm
> >
> >
> > --
> > Steve Easton
> > Microsoft MVP FrontPage
> > 95isalive
> > This site is best viewed..................
> > ...............................with a computer
> >
> >
> > "Gardyloo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:61FF669C-FCAC-4E23-9EF8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I've been able to edit my home page but now can't. I have
index.htm
> > on my
> > > local machine, and index.html on the remote. If I try to rename
the
> > local
> > > index.htm to .html I get this error message: "Front Page cannot
save
> > this
> > > document because a file with the same name exists at this
location.
> > Please
> > > enter a different name and try again."
> > >
> > > When I open the remote index.html and edit it, I can't save it; I
get
> > the
> > > same error message. Of course as soon as I rename either file,
the
> > server
> > > doesn't see it as the home page.
> > >
> > > I tried deleting the remote home page and reloading the whole
site,
> > but the
> > > upload aborted (right at the end - grr) and said that a folder at
the
> > server
> > > with a name that I can't recall (but had \index_files or something
> > like that
> > > in the name) didn't exist and that the upload could not proceed.
> > >
> > > I am stumped. Any suggestions welcome.
> >
> >
> >

I tried to rename the file in the folders index while in FP.

Update - although when I tried renaming the file as you suggested it
wouldn't, when I went to publish anyway (some other changes on other pages)
it took my local .htm file and asked if I wanted to replace the remote .html.
When I said yes, it did, so problem solved. I guess the cache clearing and
the FP Cleaner exercise did the trick. Thanks!

"Steve Easton" wrote:

> How are you opening your local web site??
>
>
> --
> Steve Easton
> Microsoft MVP FrontPage
> 95isalive
> This site is best viewed..................
> ...............................with a computer
> "Gardyloo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:84778BAF-3160-4B58-8D65-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > Thanks - I ran the program, but when I tried to rename the index.htm
> file on
> > my computer to index.html, I got the following message:
> >
> > Server error: Cannot rename "C:\(directory)\(website)\index_files" to
> > "C:\(directory)\(website)\index_files": destination already exists.
> >
> > I then tried the "set as home page" command on the "index.htm" (not
> ".html")
> > file on the remote site, and it renamed the previous home page
> (index.html)
> > as "index_old.html" and tried to rename the (uploaded new) "index.htm"
> to
> > "index.html" but aborted and gave me another error message, which
> flashed and
> > disappeared before I could write it down.
> >
> > Arrgh.
> >
> > Ideas? Thanks again.
> >
> > "Steve Easton" wrote:
> >
> > > Go here: http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
> > > and download FP Cleaner.
> > > Run the functions that clear the FrontPage temporary files
> > > and the Cache(.web) files.
> > >
> > > Then open FrontPage ( FP Cleaner will do it for you ) and then
> > > open your "local" web. ( the one on your machine )
> > > Recalculate hyperlinks.
> > > Then rename index.htm to index.html
> > > Let FrontPage update hyperlinks when prompted.
> > > Then Publish your web to the server.
> > > When it's done, open the server version and delete index.htm
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Steve Easton
> > > Microsoft MVP FrontPage
> > > 95isalive
> > > This site is best viewed..................
> > > ...............................with a computer
> > >
> > >
> > > "Gardyloo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:61FF669C-FCAC-4E23-9EF8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > I've been able to edit my home page but now can't. I have
> index.htm
> > > on my
> > > > local machine, and index.html on the remote. If I try to rename
> the
> > > local
> > > > index.htm to .html I get this error message: "Front Page cannot
> save
> > > this
> > > > document because a file with the same name exists at this
> location.
> > > Please
> > > > enter a different name and try again."
> > > >
> > > > When I open the remote index.html and edit it, I can't save it; I
> get
> > > the
> > > > same error message. Of course as soon as I rename either file,
> the
> > > server
> > > > doesn't see it as the home page.
> > > >
> > > > I tried deleting the remote home page and reloading the whole
> site,
> > > but the
> > > > upload aborted (right at the end - grr) and said that a folder at
> the
> > > server
> > > > with a name that I can't recall (but had \index_files or something
> > > like that
> > > > in the name) didn't exist and that the upload could not proceed.
> > > >
> > > > I am stumped. Any suggestions welcome.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>