Can't edit or rename index.htm (local) to index.html (remote)

[Guest]

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.

 

[Steve Easton]

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


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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
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[Guest]

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]

How are you opening your local web site??


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

 

[Guest]

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!