Not sure what you mean by "dumped" your FP...EW is not an upgrade in the
usual sense it's a totally separate program and installing it would not
effect FP at all.
Are you saying FrontPage the program doesn't open on your machine, or are
you saying you cannot open your website with FP?
What happens? What errors do you get?
Did you try FPCleaner?
http://95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression
| Yes, an EW upgrade will certainly be cheaper. But no one has offered any
| input on my original post ... when I installed the EW trial, it dumped my
| Frontpage ... won't even open! Anyone have a reason?
|
| Also, does anyone know if and how video clips can be put in web page with
| EW?
| --
| Jennifer M.
|
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| > Dreamweaver list for 399.00
| > Expression Web "upgrade" is under 99.00
| >
| > Going from FP to EW will be an easier transition for you than FP to
DW...imo
| > anyway.
| >
| > Download both trials and decide for yourself.
| >
| > In the meantime I would just go with 1&1 on a Windows server with FPSE
(if
| > you twist their arm maybe they'll give you a deal) that way all you'd
have
| > to do is Publish from your local to the new server and you'll be back up
and
| > going in a few hours. In the meantime you'll have time to learn new
| > technologies whether it's EW or DW or Whatever.
| >
| > btw...EW will work with FPSE without breaking them so you can switch
back
| > and forth between EW & FP while you're making the transition.
| >
| > --
| > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| > Rob Giordano
| > Microsoft MVP Expression
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | Gary, I'm sure there's LOTS of us in this dilemna and I reallly blame
both
| > | Microsoft and 1&1. MS should have given us (long-term FP users) a
product
| > | that would transition seamlessly from FP, maybe a conversion utility
or
| > | something. From what I see, Expression Web is going to be a long
learning
| > | curve. The reason many of us used FP is because we're NOT all
| > programmers!
| > |
| > | I've heard on other discussions that 1&1 does NOT do a good job with
their
| > | Microsoft servers ... apparently problems. Some have suggested to
switch
| > to
| > | another host if you want to find a MS server for now. So be careful.
But
| > | even switching hosts, domain name transfers, etc. takes time ...
| > |
| > | I'd like to hear what you and others think about Dreamweaver vs. EW.
| > |
| > | --
| > | Jennifer M.
| > |
| > |
| > | "Sonars UK" wrote:
| > |
| > | > Hi Jennifer,
| > | >
| > | > It sounds like I am having exactly the same dilemma as you... and I
| > totally
| > | > sympathise!
| > | >
| > | > I've been building websites with FP for over five years now and
using
| > 1and1
| > | > as my hosting company. To my total shock I had an email saying that
| > support
| > | > would be discontinued at the end of the month. I can't believe that
| > 1and1
| > | > didn't give us more notice. In fact it seems totally
incomprehensible
| > that
| > | > they didn't!!!
| > | >
| > | > Anyway, I'm trying to buy myself a little more time by swapping all
of
| > my
| > | > linux hosting packages over to windows hosting packages (still with
| > 1and1).
| > | > Then I'm going to start looking at FP alternatives. I've downloaded
a
| > trial
| > | > version of Dreamweaver (which all looks a bit foreign to me!) and
I'm
| > now
| > | > downloading the trial version of Expression Web. Once I've had a
good
| > look
| > | > around both I'll take the plunge with one of them.
| > | >
| > | > Dreamweaver seems to be the industry standard but I'm hoping
Expression
| > Web
| > | > will have a similar feel to FP.
| > | >
| > | > I must say that I'm not looking forward to recreating ALL of my
websites
| > in
| > | > a new package!
| > | >
| > | > You may find this link of use:
| > | >
| >
http://www.pdxtc.com/wpblog/web-design/front-page-extentions-are-at-end-of-life/
| > | > It explains things a little further.
| > | >
| > | > Anyway, I hope things work out for you. You're welcome to contact
me
| > via my
| > | > website (
www.smdwebsites.co.uk) if you ever need to discuss your/our
| > | > predicament. Everything was running SO smoothly using FP as well
(
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > Regards,
| > | >
| > | > Gary
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | > > I'm struggling trying to find a solution to all my webs with FP
| > | > > extensions,
| > | > > finally installed EW, tried to upload a FP web from EW via FTP,
just
| > to
| > | > > see
| > | > > what it would really look like. Upload was sucessful but BOTH
domains
| > on
| > | > > this 1&1 client account are now dead, nothing but an error
message!
| > | > >
| > | > > Immediate issue: I tried to go back to FP to re-publish this web
but
| > FP
| > | > > won't even open! Now what???? Installing EW shouldn't dump my
FP! I
| > now
| > | > > have NO web software to use and my client without a web isn't
going to
| > be
| > | > > pleased either.
| > | > >
| > | > > Does Microsoft have ANY real solution to this dilemna???? How can
you
| > | > > dump
| > | > > support on a product that's been one of the top web design
software
| > for
| > | > > years
| > | > > and put so many people in this situation???
| > | > >
| > | > > --
| > | > > Jennifer M.
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >
