FrontPage File Limitations?

[Guest]

Hello,

Does anybody know if FP2003 has any file limitations in terms of the number
of files the program can handle? I am trying to create a 30,000 page website
using FP2003. The program does not seem to want to go past 26,000 pages no
matter what I do. I have tried clearing all temporary files and clearing all
caches and it still will not work. I have even tried making each file 10K
smaller and the program stopped working at precisely the same place as with
the larger files.

Any thoughts?

Best Regards,

Ben

 

[Steve Easton]

Use subdirectories / folders for different portions of the web site.

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[Thomas A. Rowe]

You need to break the site down into subweb / subsite or create a database driven site.

When I first start web development in 1997, my first site was 30,000 pages as well, and the option
to drive it via a database was above my skill level and my pocket. That same site today, doing the
same thing and more is only 500 or less pages using ASP and a database. However it is still not
finished or live, but it is functional.

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[Jens Peter Karlsen[FP MVP]]

Divide your web up in subwebs.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.

 

[=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28Crash_Gordon=AE\]

I can't even imagine a site with 30,000 pages...wholly cannoli Batman!

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Non-database

50 states = 50 pages
3,000 Counties = 3,000 pages
30,000 cities = 30,000 pages

Total HTML pages, 33,050

Same content display via a database, you need the 50 state pages (for search engines)

50 pages for states, but populated via database
1 page for counties
1 page for cities

Total database driven pages, 52.

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I can't even imagine a site with 30,000 pages...wholly cannoli Batman!

 

[=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28Crash_Gordon=AE\]

ah, so I guess you're saying it'd be easier to use a database huh ?

 

[Geoffw]

especially if you want it live and functional


"Rob Giordano (Crash Gordon®)"
ah, so I guess you're saying it'd be easier to use a
database huh ?

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

I'm amazed you had the patience to get 26000 pages in a FP web w/o falling a sleep between opening the web or running recalcs or
publishing, or getting lots of server timeouts (-;

I'm not aware of any hard limit, but I wouldn't be surprised if you are hitting one
(at least w/ the OS pagefile system and memory if not w/ FP)
1) Any web that size is a prime candidate for a DB
2) Short of that, is should be broken down into subwebs by some meaningful categories or groupings (if nothing else than for ease /
speed of management - and your sanity)

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| Hello,
|
| Does anybody know if FP2003 has any file limitations in terms of the number
| of files the program can handle? I am trying to create a 30,000 page website
| using FP2003. The program does not seem to want to go past 26,000 pages no
| matter what I do. I have tried clearing all temporary files and clearing all
| caches and it still will not work. I have even tried making each file 10K
| smaller and the program stopped working at precisely the same place as with
| the larger files.
|
| Any thoughts?
|
| Best Regards,
|
| Ben

 

[=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28Crash_Gordon=AE\]

sheesh...just SCROLLING through the Folder View from top to bottom would take 10 minutes