Form asking for username and password?

[Martin Stabrey]

I have a form that uses FPSE to send its results to an email address.
However, when the send button is pressed, a box appears asking for a
username and password? What's going on here?
The only thing I can think is happening is that the domain has a sub-domain
specified that has restricted access (username and password required) - but
why should the sub-domain settings be affecting the main domain? The
sub-domain usernames and passwords have been simply set up using the FPSE
Site Administration panel.

TIA

Mart

 

[Ronx]

Is the form saving information on the web site, and if so does the
folder used to save the information have the correct permissions?

 

[Martin Stabrey]

No, nothing saved at all.
Form results are only sent to an email address.

Mart

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Is the form in the _private folder or located in a folder under the subdomain?

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[Martin Stabrey]

What I know is that the form is part of the main domain (www.sabita.co.za)
The sub-domain is members.sabita.co.za.
Whether it's in the _private folder or not - I don't know. I presume not.
It exists on this page: http://www.sabita.co.za/orders.html
In fact, if you simply press the Send Form button at the bottom you'll see
what happens

Mart

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

How was this form created directly on the server or how was it uploaded to the server?

The JavaScript validation is not working, since anyone can submit the form without any content being
entered.

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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[Ronx]

Looks like the permissions on the _vti_bin may be incorrect. Ask your
host to run a Server Health check on the extensions - this is not the
same as reinstalling the extensions, and should correct the permissions
problem.

The form is also not running the validation javascript.

The form tag is currently:
<form method="POST" action="_vti_bin/shtml.exe/orders.html" onsubmit=""
language="JavaScript" name="FrontPage_Form2"
webbot-action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">

and should be:

<form method="POST" action="_vti_bin/shtml.exe/orders.html"
onsubmit="return FrontPage_Form2_Validator(this);" language="JavaScript"
name="FrontPage_Form2" webbot-action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">

You may be able to correct this by opening the remote site in FrontPage
and running Tools->Recalculate Hyperlinks or by typing in the onsubmit
attribute in Code View.

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[Martin Stabrey]

Thanks Thomas and Ron!

I ran the Health check myself and got this message: Cannot open ".htaccess":
no such file or folder. What does that mean?
Which page contains the form tag that must be changed?

Apologies for the dimness

Mart

 

[Ronx]

http://www.sabita.co.za/orders.html is the form page.

If server health cannot find the .htaccess file, then the extensions
have not been installed correctly.
..htaccess is a configuration file located in the root of web, and may
also be in some other folders, such as _private. It is hidden in
FrontPage, and hidden from browsers.

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