Help! Publishing... what did I wrong?

[StainlessSteelRat]

Hi folks,

I'm using Frontpage 2003 to update my site.

I decided to "flatten" my site and redesign, so I:

1. Deleted the site via FTP

2. Redistributed the Frontpage Extensions (via my web space provider)

3. Redesigned the site

4. Tried to upload

5. I have the Remote Site Properties set as a Frontpage web site

6. When the prompt appears for username/password, one of these doesn't seem
to be working, yet I have checked both of these in my web space provider's
control system

Any ideas what can be wrong?

This worked fine before...

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[Thomas A. Rowe]

You shouldn't have used FTP to delete your site content. You should have opened the site in FP, then
Tools | Web Settings | Advanced Tab, and enabled viewing of hidden folders, then deleted everything
that you could see, with the following exceptions:

The images folder, delete only the content within
The _private folder, delete only the content within

Then run Tools | Recalculate Hyperlinks.

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[Stefan B Rusynko]

Try opening the "empty" online site in FP 2003 using File Open Site or browsing to it in IE and using File Edit w/ FP (run a tools
recalculate hyperlinks and close it)
Then try to open your local and publish again

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| You shouldn't have used FTP to delete your site content. You should have opened the site in FP, then
| Tools | Web Settings | Advanced Tab, and enabled viewing of hidden folders, then deleted everything
| that you could see, with the following exceptions:
|
| The images folder, delete only the content within
| The _private folder, delete only the content within
|
| Then run Tools | Recalculate Hyperlinks.
|
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|
| | > Hi folks,
| >
| > I'm using Frontpage 2003 to update my site.
| >
| > I decided to "flatten" my site and redesign, so I:
| >
| > 1. Deleted the site via FTP
| >
| > 2. Redistributed the Frontpage Extensions (via my web space provider)
| >
| > 3. Redesigned the site
| >
| > 4. Tried to upload
| >
| > 5. I have the Remote Site Properties set as a Frontpage web site
| >
| > 6. When the prompt appears for username/password, one of these doesn't seem
| > to be working, yet I have checked both of these in my web space provider's
| > control system
| >
| > Any ideas what can be wrong?
| >
| > This worked fine before...
| >
| > --
| > StainlessSteelRat
| > http://www.stainlesssteelrat.net
| > http://flash.to/oblivion - Outlook Express QuoteFix, great for OE Users
| >
| > "What are they doing?... What are *you* doing?"
| > -- Niobe, The Matrix Revolutions
| >
| >
| >
|
|

 

[StainlessSteelRat]

Try opening the "empty" online site in FP 2003 using File Open Site
or browsing to it in IE and using File Edit w/ FP (run a tools
recalculate hyperlinks and close it)
Then try to open your local and publish again

Thanks for the reply.

I couldn't open the empty site with FP, and I've now copied the entire site
across with FTP and I still can't open it. I've tried the Recalculate
Hyperlinks function, but I still have the same problem, in that I can't
login (when I enter my username and password and click OK, the login screen
just reappears as if the username/password are wrong).

FP cites the following as possible reasons:

1. The web server may not have the FrontPage Server Extensions installed.
2. The web server may be temporarily out of service
3. If you are connecting through a proxy server, the proxy settings may be
incorrect
4. An error may have occurred in the web server

In response to this

1. They are, I've checked, and verified them again
2. It isn't, FTP works fine
3. I don't use a proxy
4. Who knows! I'll check with the web space provider

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[StainlessSteelRat]

You shouldn't have used FTP to delete your site content.

When I created the new web site, and then tried to transfer it across, this
is when my username/password seemed to fail to work. Hence I thought I would
erase the site via FTP.

You should
have opened the site in FP, then Tools | Web Settings | Advanced Tab,
and enabled viewing of hidden folders, then deleted everything that
you could see, with the following exceptions:

The images folder, delete only the content within
The _private folder, delete only the content within

Hidden file view already seems to be enabled, and this is under Tools > Site
Settings (FP 2003).

Then run Tools | Recalculate Hyperlinks.

As per the other post, I've tried this and it still doesn't work :-(

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words, foolproof and incapable of error." -- HAL, 2001

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Your FTP has clobbered the FP SE
Have them reinstalled or repaired by the host and try again

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| Stefan B Rusynko wrote:
| > Try opening the "empty" online site in FP 2003 using File Open Site
| > or browsing to it in IE and using File Edit w/ FP (run a tools
| > recalculate hyperlinks and close it)
| > Then try to open your local and publish again
|
|
| Thanks for the reply.
|
| I couldn't open the empty site with FP, and I've now copied the entire site
| across with FTP and I still can't open it. I've tried the Recalculate
| Hyperlinks function, but I still have the same problem, in that I can't
| login (when I enter my username and password and click OK, the login screen
| just reappears as if the username/password are wrong).
|
| FP cites the following as possible reasons:
|
| 1. The web server may not have the FrontPage Server Extensions installed.
| 2. The web server may be temporarily out of service
| 3. If you are connecting through a proxy server, the proxy settings may be
| incorrect
| 4. An error may have occurred in the web server
|
| In response to this
|
| 1. They are, I've checked, and verified them again
| 2. It isn't, FTP works fine
| 3. I don't use a proxy
| 4. Who knows! I'll check with the web space provider
|
| --
| StainlessSteelRat
| http://www.stainlesssteelrat.net
| http://flash.to/oblivion - Outlook Express QuoteFix, great for OE Users
|
| Paul: I just want to capture what's real and honest.
| Marlene: And what if it's boring?
|
|

 

[StainlessSteelRat]

Your FTP has clobbered the FP SE
Have them reinstalled or repaired by the host and try again

As mentioned, I have repaired it both after the FTP delete, and after the
FTP copy. It still doesn't work.


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[Geoffw]

the extensions appear OK

_vti_inf.html

Geoff

again

As mentioned, I have repaired it both after the FTP delete, and after the
FTP copy. It still doesn't work.


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[Geoffw]

try the publish command again, confirm with your host the FP
username and password

open site on your pc (from your HD)

file : publish

enter details and publish to www.yourdomain.com
make soure your username and password are correct

Geoff

 

[StainlessSteelRat]

try the publish command again, confirm with your host the FP
username and password

open site on your pc (from your HD)

file : publish

enter details and publish to www.yourdomain.com
make soure your username and password are correct

Publish won't work as I can't login.

I am checking with my web space provider to see if the problem is at their
end.


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[Thomas A. Rowe]

Have your host delete and recreate your account, as you might have deleted files they placed in your
web that may impact you accessing it.

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