Can I get some help with using Php in Frontpage?

G

Guest

I have been developing web sites in Dreamweaver for two years. I have a
customer who wants me to take over for a web developer who has been
developing the site in Frontpage. I can't seem to get it kickstarted.

I am using Frontpage 2003 /Windows XP / IIS ver 5.1 on my local pc. My PC
works great with Dreamweaver on XP and IIS.

In Frontpage under help it tells you to do 4 things to make it Php
compatible. I have done that. Found here
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/a...1092991033.aspx

No matter what I try Frontpage ignores php commands. Here is the code I am
trying to get to work:

-------------------------------------------------------

<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
</head>

<body>
Hi
<? echo "Well hi to you"; ?>
</body>

</html>

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It says Hi but not Well hi to you.

I have used <?php instead of just <?. I have also used <%. All to no avail.

Again just learning Frontpage but under "Site Settings" - General - It says
"Server Version:" No server in use.

How do I tell it to use my PC and look at IIS?
 
S

Sparky Polastri

FrontPage is an editor, not a parser of PHP.

What happens when you use a browser to view your test file?

Do you have PHP server installed on your test machine?
 
G

Guest

Sparky Polastri said:
FrontPage is an editor, not a parser of PHP.

What happens when you use a browser to view your test file?

Do you have PHP server installed on your test machine?
Click to expand...

Yes. In Dreamweaver when you set up a site it asks you what server
technology you want to use. You tell it Php and locally. From then on looks
locally for the Php engine. I guess I don't know how to do this with
Frontpage yet.

Do I need to tell FP2003 something about what server to use and whether it
is local or remote? If so where to you do that?
 
B

Brenda

I have Apache installed on my computer to handle the PHP locally. I can't
see the PHP results in FrontPage itself, but I just keep a browser window
open on the local site and use that instead of the preview pane in
FrontPage.

hth,

Brenda
 

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