Can't add new web location, publishing from one drive to another

[Newbie Supreme]

Okay, I have 2 problems. If it helps, I am on Windows XP Pro w/
Office XP Pro installed, using FrontPage 2000. I have installed IIS
and FP extensions. I have installed all updates for WinXP and Office
XP.

- When attempting to open my Web-based web, I cannot add the new
location (you know, where you have to click "new folder" and type in
the URL of the web). The error box IMMEDIATELY pops up saying the web
is not an available volume, etc. It doesn't even search for it, this
is NOT a problem w/ permissions at the host server. I CAN open the
web by using File->Recent Webs, but trying to add it to Web locations
is impossible. I have seen this exact problem posted about, and I
realize that going to the home page and using IE's "edit w/ FrontPage"
is a workaround, but I would really like to find out what the deal is
and fix it.

- When trying to publish a disk-based Web on one drive to the
Inetpub/wwwroot folder on my C drive, FP gives the error that a web
server cannot be found at localhost (and the IP equivalent, and the
computername, etc., ALL ways of referring to the wwwroot folder). I
have verified that FrontPage extensions are installed, and said "yes"
to the task prompt asking if I should "tighten security" at the the
default website root folder (which I believe is wwwroot). IIS is
running, as I can access the IIS defaulet pages and see that ASP is
running, etc., by using the http://localhost/ address.

Please help me solve these issues. If I recall correctly, I
encountered a huge amount of problems w/ PWS and FP 2000 on my Win98
machine, and apparently the issue back then was that PWS and server
extensions and Office had to be installed in a particular order. If
that is the case w/ this current setup, I'd like any advice, as I will
be wiping and starting over anyway.

Thanks for ANY help on this, it is appreciated. If I should be
posting this to a different group, please let me know.

Newbie Supreme

 

[Jim Buyens]

-----Original Message-----

Okay, I have 2 problems. If it helps, I am on Windows XP
Pro w/ Office XP Pro installed, using FrontPage 2000. I
have installed IIS and FP extensions. I have installed
all updates for WinXP and Office XP.

- When attempting to open my Web-based web, I cannot add
the new location (you know, where you have to click "new
folder" and type in the URL of the web). The error box
IMMEDIATELY pops up saying the web is not an available
volume, etc. It doesn't even search for it, this is NOT
a problem w/ permissions at the host server. I CAN open
the web by using File->Recent Webs, but trying to add it
to Web locations is impossible. I have seen this exact
problem posted about, and I realize that going to the
home page and using IE's "edit w/ FrontPage" is a
workaround, but I would really like to find out what the
deal is and fix it.

*Don't* click New Folder and then specify a URL. Instead:

1. Choose Open Web from the File menu.
2. In the My Places bar, click My Network Places.
3. Type the URL into the Web Name box.

- When trying to publish a disk-based Web on one drive to
the Inetpub/wwwroot folder on my C drive, FP gives the
error that a web server cannot be found at localhost
(and the IP equivalent, and the computername, etc., ALL
ways of referring to the wwwroot folder). I have
verified that FrontPage extensions are installed, and
said "yes" to the task prompt asking if I should "tighten
security" at the the default website root folder (which I
believe is wwwroot). IIS is running, as I can access the
IIS defaulet pages and see that ASP is running, etc., by
using the http://localhost/ address.

Are you publishing to http://127.0.0.1 or http://localhost?

Can you open http://127.0.0.1 and/or http://localhost as
FrontPage Web sites?

Have you installed the FrontPage server extensions?

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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