How do I get Frontpage 2003 to recognize my pc as a web server?

[Guest]

I am running windows XP Professional, installed IIS with Frontpage Server
Extensions. I need my PC to be a web server to test forms, etc before
uploading. From \Tools\Site Settings I get "No server currently in use" and
no extension version. How do I get Frontpage 2003 to recognize my pc as a
web server?

Thanks

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

How did you open the web? Did you open it through http://localhost/webname
(where webname is the name of the subweb) or did you open the folder
directly by browing to it through the file system. If you browse to it
through the file system than FP is not talking directly to a web server and
it knows this so it can't let you change the site settings. If you want to
work with your local webs through a local web server always make sure you
open your webs through http. Accidentally opening them through the file
causes a number of problems, such as the web being designated a disk-based
web and therefore unrecognizable by FP as a server-based web when you
attempt to access it through the web server.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

 

[Guest]

When I open through "http://localhost/d_frontpageForm/" I get to the correct
page. As soon as I hit submit, I get back "This form or other FrontPage
component will work correctly if you publish this web to a web server that
has the FrontPage Server Extensions installed". From \Tools\Site Settings I
get "No server currently in use". When I go to IIS, I see my computer there
listed as a server.

How do I get Frontpage to recognize my PC as a server?