Frontpage 2003 - open page make no changes close asking to save ch

Ihave built a site using frontpage 2003, now when I open a shopping page in
frontpage, it will automatically make changes to the page when I have made no
changes. However, when I look to see if I can undo the changes, there is
nothing to undo. This has caused a nightmare to my site as I update pages,
as instead of when the customer pushes the add to cart button, instead of
seeing the Paypal shopping cart it goes directly to the paypal site. I have
checked the html code on the buttons that work on the site (send them to
shopping basket vs sending to paypal site) and they are the same - except for
product name and price.

I think the problem is in frontpage trying to add something to page need to
know how to shut it off and then figure out what it was so I can undo what
frontpage did.

Thanks for any help you can provide

can you give us a look at a page with a working button and a page with one
of those messed up buttons?

as for "protecting" the buttons try this:
get your PayPal button code onto your clip board, set your cursor where you
want the button to appear in your page (design view) then hit:
insert/ web component/ advanced control/ HTML
a dialog box will appear, paste your code into that. it'll keep it
"protected".

HTH

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

If you make web sites for other people, you should check out ContentSeed:
http://contentseed.com/
--
"whyitsme" <whyitsme@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1483D70B-E72F-4F71-9BA8-D613A878127F@microsoft.com...
> Ihave built a site using frontpage 2003, now when I open a shopping page
> in
> frontpage, it will automatically make changes to the page when I have made
> no
> changes. However, when I look to see if I can undo the changes, there is
> nothing to undo. This has caused a nightmare to my site as I update
> pages,
> as instead of when the customer pushes the add to cart button, instead of
> seeing the Paypal shopping cart it goes directly to the paypal site. I
> have
> checked the html code on the buttons that work on the site (send them to
> shopping basket vs sending to paypal site) and they are the same - except
> for
> product name and price.
>
> I think the problem is in frontpage trying to add something to page need
> to
> know how to shut it off and then figure out what it was so I can undo what
> frontpage did.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide
>

All of the add to cart buttons work on this one

http://www.danicasscrapbooking.com/...impressions.htm

All of the add to cart buttons don't work on this page they all send the
shopper to the Paypals signin page.

http://www.danicasscrapbooking.com/...ies%20paper.htm

One other thing I noticed: When I open for example the
"lastingimpressions.htm page in frontpage 2003, design view, nothing happens
all is well. but then when I switch to either split view or code view, the "
* " appears next to the page name tab, indicating that changes were made to
the page and it needs to be saved, even though nothing was changed except the
view. Then when I click edit to undo any changes it says can't undo
anything. but when go to close page it askes do you want to save changes.
This is occuring both when on-line and off--line. It has to be something in
frontpage trying to either self correct the codeing or something else
entirely. I have no idea as to how to shut it off or to fix what it has
done.




"Chris Leeds, MVP-FrontPage" wrote:

> can you give us a look at a page with a working button and a page with one
> of those messed up buttons?
>
> as for "protecting" the buttons try this:
> get your PayPal button code onto your clip board, set your cursor where you
> want the button to appear in your page (design view) then hit:
> insert/ web component/ advanced control/ HTML
> a dialog box will appear, paste your code into that. it'll keep it
> "protected".
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Chris Leeds,
> Microsoft MVP-FrontPage
>
> If you make web sites for other people, you should check out ContentSeed:
> http://contentseed.com/
> --
> "whyitsme" <whyitsme@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1483D70B-E72F-4F71-9BA8-D613A878127F@microsoft.com...
> > Ihave built a site using frontpage 2003, now when I open a shopping page
> > in
> > frontpage, it will automatically make changes to the page when I have made
> > no
> > changes. However, when I look to see if I can undo the changes, there is
> > nothing to undo. This has caused a nightmare to my site as I update
> > pages,
> > as instead of when the customer pushes the add to cart button, instead of
> > seeing the Paypal shopping cart it goes directly to the paypal site. I
> > have
> > checked the html code on the buttons that work on the site (send them to
> > shopping basket vs sending to paypal site) and they are the same - except
> > for
> > product name and price.
> >
> > I think the problem is in frontpage trying to add something to page need
> > to
> > know how to shut it off and then figure out what it was so I can undo what
> > frontpage did.
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can provide
> >
>
>
>

Welp, you can start by renaming any files/folders that have spaces in their
names (the spaces will appear as %20) you can use underscores instead of
spaces.


"whyitsme" <whyitsme@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news35BB35B-8310-424B-A8E1-500C0F70520D@microsoft.com...
| All of the add to cart buttons work on this one
|
| http://www.danicasscrapbooking.com/...impressions.htm
|
| All of the add to cart buttons don't work on this page they all send the
| shopper to the Paypals signin page.
|
|
http://www.danicasscrapbooking.com/...ies%20paper.htm
|
| One other thing I noticed: When I open for example the
| "lastingimpressions.htm page in frontpage 2003, design view, nothing
happens
| all is well. but then when I switch to either split view or code view,
the "
| * " appears next to the page name tab, indicating that changes were made
to
| the page and it needs to be saved, even though nothing was changed except
the
| view. Then when I click edit to undo any changes it says can't undo
| anything. but when go to close page it askes do you want to save changes.
| This is occuring both when on-line and off--line. It has to be something
in
| frontpage trying to either self correct the codeing or something else
| entirely. I have no idea as to how to shut it off or to fix what it has
| done.
|
|
|
|
| "Chris Leeds, MVP-FrontPage" wrote:
|
| > can you give us a look at a page with a working button and a page with
one
| > of those messed up buttons?
| >
| > as for "protecting" the buttons try this:
| > get your PayPal button code onto your clip board, set your cursor where
you
| > want the button to appear in your page (design view) then hit:
| > insert/ web component/ advanced control/ HTML
| > a dialog box will appear, paste your code into that. it'll keep it
| > "protected".
| >
| > HTH
| >
| > --
| > Chris Leeds,
| > Microsoft MVP-FrontPage
| >
| > If you make web sites for other people, you should check out
ContentSeed:
| > http://contentseed.com/
| > --
| > "whyitsme" <whyitsme@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:1483D70B-E72F-4F71-9BA8-D613A878127F@microsoft.com...
| > > Ihave built a site using frontpage 2003, now when I open a shopping
page
| > > in
| > > frontpage, it will automatically make changes to the page when I have
made
| > > no
| > > changes. However, when I look to see if I can undo the changes, there
is
| > > nothing to undo. This has caused a nightmare to my site as I update
| > > pages,
| > > as instead of when the customer pushes the add to cart button, instead
of
| > > seeing the Paypal shopping cart it goes directly to the paypal site.
I
| > > have
| > > checked the html code on the buttons that work on the site (send them
to
| > > shopping basket vs sending to paypal site) and they are the same -
except
| > > for
| > > product name and price.
| > >
| > > I think the problem is in frontpage trying to add something to page
need
| > > to
| > > know how to shut it off and then figure out what it was so I can undo
what
| > > frontpage did.
| > >
| > > Thanks for any help you can provide
| > >
| >
| >
| >

Thanks Rob for the advise, it made the URL look nicer but did not solve the
root of my problem.

Anymore ideas would be greatly appreciated.

"Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:

> Welp, you can start by renaming any files/folders that have spaces in their
> names (the spaces will appear as %20) you can use underscores instead of
> spaces.
>
>
> "whyitsme" <whyitsme@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news35BB35B-8310-424B-A8E1-500C0F70520D@microsoft.com...
> | All of the add to cart buttons work on this one
> |
> | http://www.danicasscrapbooking.com/...impressions.htm
> |
> | All of the add to cart buttons don't work on this page they all send the
> | shopper to the Paypals signin page.
> |
> |
> http://www.danicasscrapbooking.com/...ies%20paper.htm
> |
> | One other thing I noticed: When I open for example the
> | "lastingimpressions.htm page in frontpage 2003, design view, nothing
> happens
> | all is well. but then when I switch to either split view or code view,
> the "
> | * " appears next to the page name tab, indicating that changes were made
> to
> | the page and it needs to be saved, even though nothing was changed except
> the
> | view. Then when I click edit to undo any changes it says can't undo
> | anything. but when go to close page it askes do you want to save changes.
> | This is occuring both when on-line and off--line. It has to be something
> in
> | frontpage trying to either self correct the codeing or something else
> | entirely. I have no idea as to how to shut it off or to fix what it has
> | done.
> |
> |
> |
> |
> | "Chris Leeds, MVP-FrontPage" wrote:
> |
> | > can you give us a look at a page with a working button and a page with
> one
> | > of those messed up buttons?
> | >
> | > as for "protecting" the buttons try this:
> | > get your PayPal button code onto your clip board, set your cursor where
> you
> | > want the button to appear in your page (design view) then hit:
> | > insert/ web component/ advanced control/ HTML
> | > a dialog box will appear, paste your code into that. it'll keep it
> | > "protected".
> | >
> | > HTH
> | >
> | > --
> | > Chris Leeds,
> | > Microsoft MVP-FrontPage
> | >
> | > If you make web sites for other people, you should check out
> ContentSeed:
> | > http://contentseed.com/
> | > --
> | > "whyitsme" <whyitsme@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> | > news:1483D70B-E72F-4F71-9BA8-D613A878127F@microsoft.com...
> | > > Ihave built a site using frontpage 2003, now when I open a shopping
> page
> | > > in
> | > > frontpage, it will automatically make changes to the page when I have
> made
> | > > no
> | > > changes. However, when I look to see if I can undo the changes, there
> is
> | > > nothing to undo. This has caused a nightmare to my site as I update
> | > > pages,
> | > > as instead of when the customer pushes the add to cart button, instead
> of
> | > > seeing the Paypal shopping cart it goes directly to the paypal site.
> I
> | > > have
> | > > checked the html code on the buttons that work on the site (send them
> to
> | > > shopping basket vs sending to paypal site) and they are the same -
> except
> | > > for
> | > > product name and price.
> | > >
> | > > I think the problem is in frontpage trying to add something to page
> need
> | > > to
> | > > know how to shut it off and then figure out what it was so I can undo
> what
> | > > frontpage did.
> | > >
> | > > Thanks for any help you can provide
> | > >
> | >
> | >
> | >
>
>
>

The Non working page form fields have been copied so the form field names have a 1 or 0 after them
- thus they are not recognized by Paypal
- remove the 0 or 1 from the form field names
(the only one that is correrct is First day of School)

The other forms typically have:

<input type="hidden" name="add0" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd1" value="_cart">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name0" value="All My Memories - Paper - All Boy">
<input type="hidden" name="item_number0" value="All My Memories - Paper - All Boy #HBP-023">
<input type="hidden" name="amount0" value="0.60">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note0" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code0" value="USD">

Vs. the working page forms which typically have:

<input type="hidden" name="add" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Lasting Impressions - Scrappy Cards - Beet Red">
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="Lasting Impressions - Scrappy Cards - Beet Red">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="5.00">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">


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"whyitsme" <whyitsme@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AB9CB590-1B4D-468F-89C0-86E0AA66C43A@microsoft.com...
| Thanks Rob for the advise, it made the URL look nicer but did not solve the
| root of my problem.
|
| Anymore ideas would be greatly appreciated.
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| > Welp, you can start by renaming any files/folders that have spaces in their
| > names (the spaces will appear as %20) you can use underscores instead of
| > spaces.
| >
| >
| > "whyitsme" <whyitsme@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news35BB35B-8310-424B-A8E1-500C0F70520D@microsoft.com...
| > | All of the add to cart buttons work on this one
| > |
| > | http://www.danicasscrapbooking.com/...impressions.htm
| > |
| > | All of the add to cart buttons don't work on this page they all send the
| > | shopper to the Paypals signin page.
| > |
| > |
| > http://www.danicasscrapbooking.com/...ies%20paper.htm
| > |
| > | One other thing I noticed: When I open for example the
| > | "lastingimpressions.htm page in frontpage 2003, design view, nothing
| > happens
| > | all is well. but then when I switch to either split view or code view,
| > the "
| > | * " appears next to the page name tab, indicating that changes were made
| > to
| > | the page and it needs to be saved, even though nothing was changed except
| > the
| > | view. Then when I click edit to undo any changes it says can't undo
| > | anything. but when go to close page it askes do you want to save changes.
| > | This is occuring both when on-line and off--line. It has to be something
| > in
| > | frontpage trying to either self correct the codeing or something else
| > | entirely. I have no idea as to how to shut it off or to fix what it has
| > | done.
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > | "Chris Leeds, MVP-FrontPage" wrote:
| > |
| > | > can you give us a look at a page with a working button and a page with
| > one
| > | > of those messed up buttons?
| > | >
| > | > as for "protecting" the buttons try this:
| > | > get your PayPal button code onto your clip board, set your cursor where
| > you
| > | > want the button to appear in your page (design view) then hit:
| > | > insert/ web component/ advanced control/ HTML
| > | > a dialog box will appear, paste your code into that. it'll keep it
| > | > "protected".
| > | >
| > | > HTH
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > Chris Leeds,
| > | > Microsoft MVP-FrontPage
| > | >
| > | > If you make web sites for other people, you should check out
| > ContentSeed:
| > | > http://contentseed.com/
| > | > --
| > | > "whyitsme" <whyitsme@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > | > news:1483D70B-E72F-4F71-9BA8-D613A878127F@microsoft.com...
| > | > > Ihave built a site using frontpage 2003, now when I open a shopping
| > page
| > | > > in
| > | > > frontpage, it will automatically make changes to the page when I have
| > made
| > | > > no
| > | > > changes. However, when I look to see if I can undo the changes, there
| > is
| > | > > nothing to undo. This has caused a nightmare to my site as I update
| > | > > pages,
| > | > > as instead of when the customer pushes the add to cart button, instead
| > of
| > | > > seeing the Paypal shopping cart it goes directly to the paypal site.
| > I
| > | > > have
| > | > > checked the html code on the buttons that work on the site (send them
| > to
| > | > > shopping basket vs sending to paypal site) and they are the same -
| > except
| > | > > for
| > | > > product name and price.
| > | > >
| > | > > I think the problem is in frontpage trying to add something to page
| > need
| > | > > to
| > | > > know how to shut it off and then figure out what it was so I can undo
| > what
| > | > > frontpage did.
| > | > >
| > | > > Thanks for any help you can provide
| > | > >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >

Thank you everyone for your assistance in trying to resolve the isues I was
having. I did discover the reason for Frontpage trying to make changes to
the page after looking at it in code mode -

The problem was really simple after looking at it. I had previously placed
a menu.jpg accross the top of the page, I then added what I thought were
hotlinks on top of the image. Well needless to say I inadvertinly added a
rectangle where I thought I was adding a hotspot since it had no color or
borders, I added the hyperlink to the rectangle. because of this Frontpage
was trying to correct it, and was subsequently changing the properties in the
add to cart buttons. If one of you Front page professionals can better
explain this have at it.

thanks again for all your help.

"whyitsme" wrote:

> Ihave built a site using frontpage 2003, now when I open a shopping page in
> frontpage, it will automatically make changes to the page when I have made no
> changes. However, when I look to see if I can undo the changes, there is
> nothing to undo. This has caused a nightmare to my site as I update pages,
> as instead of when the customer pushes the add to cart button, instead of
> seeing the Paypal shopping cart it goes directly to the paypal site. I have
> checked the html code on the buttons that work on the site (send them to
> shopping basket vs sending to paypal site) and they are the same - except for
> product name and price.
>
> I think the problem is in frontpage trying to add something to page need to
> know how to shut it off and then figure out what it was so I can undo what
> frontpage did.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide
>