how to remove requirement for login from form

G

Guest

Hi, I use forms on my web site and until recently no problems. Now when
visitors fill in the form and then click the submit button a login screen
appears requiring the visitor to enter the username and password to my web
site??

How can I remove this login requirement as the from data should be simply
sent to the specified email address. Anybody visiting my web site should be
able to fill in the form and click submit and their data should be emailed to
me. That is what occurred until recently? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
 
S

Stefan B Rusynko

Have your host check the permissions on the Server and FP SE
- if saving to a file from the form make sure it is in a folder w/ write permissions (by default the _private folder)

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_____________________________________________


| Hi, I use forms on my web site and until recently no problems. Now when
| visitors fill in the form and then click the submit button a login screen
| appears requiring the visitor to enter the username and password to my web
| site??
|
| How can I remove this login requirement as the from data should be simply
| sent to the specified email address. Anybody visiting my web site should be
| able to fill in the form and click submit and their data should be emailed to
| me. That is what occurred until recently? Any help would be appreciated.
| Thanks.
 
G

Guest

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for that. The folder in which it is saved ie _private folder has as
far as I can tell write permissions. I have not set any permissions and i
assume that write permissions comes as a default when I created the form in
FP03.

I have asked the host re this issue and have had several 'solutions' from
'help' desk which range from 'there must be a .htaccess file, find it and
delete it' to FP SE have been corrupted so uninstall and reinstall FP SE on
host server. I have done all of this but still the login screen appears when
submit button is clicked.

I will now ask them to check Server and FP SE permissions.

I can easily gain access to my web site wth FP03 using the username and
password so thre does not seem to be a permissions problem. Why the forms
suddenly now require a login I have no idea. Seems that the forms have been
password protected for some reason. I also have a feedback form created in
FP and it also needs a login screen to submit data? Why, I have NO idea.

Thanks.
 
S

Steve Easton

shtml.exe is the server side executable that process the form.
The s stands for Smart ( smart hypertext mark up language ).

What your seeing is correct, however I noticed that the page name has spaces in the file name, which is what causes the
%20 to show in the name.
court%20Booking%20Form.htm
I would recommend replacing the spaces with dashes - or underscores_ like this
court_Booking_form.htm
which might just fix the problem.

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm

Paul_R said:
Hi Stefan,

Just tried again to fill and submit the form.

This is where it tries to send the form data I think.

http://mydomainname.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/court Booking Form.htm

What is the .... _vti_bin/shtml.exe stuff all about?

Many thanks. PRR.
=======================================

Stefan B Rusynko said:
Have your host check the permissions on the Server and FP SE
- if saving to a file from the form make sure it is in a folder w/ write permissions (by default the _private folder)

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


| Hi, I use forms on my web site and until recently no problems. Now when
| visitors fill in the form and then click the submit button a login screen
| appears requiring the visitor to enter the username and password to my web
| site??
|
| How can I remove this login requirement as the from data should be simply
| sent to the specified email address. Anybody visiting my web site should be
| able to fill in the form and click submit and their data should be emailed to
| me. That is what occurred until recently? Any help would be appreciated.
| Thanks.
 
G

Guest

Hi Steve,

Thanks for your input. Tried it, but same result - login screen still
appears every time I click 'submit' button.

This is what I got this time...
http://mydomainname.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/Court_Booking_Form.htm

I also have a feedback form on my web site and this is what I get:

http://mydomainname.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/Feedback.htm

I have tried the Host, but no result from them so far?? Is this a new or
BIG problem??

Thanks for your input and willingness to help out. Any new ideas?

Regards, PRR.
=====================================================

Steve Easton said:
shtml.exe is the server side executable that process the form.
The s stands for Smart ( smart hypertext mark up language ).

What your seeing is correct, however I noticed that the page name has spaces in the file name, which is what causes the
%20 to show in the name.
court%20Booking%20Form.htm
I would recommend replacing the spaces with dashes - or underscores_ like this
court_Booking_form.htm
which might just fix the problem.

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm

Paul_R said:
Hi Stefan,

Just tried again to fill and submit the form.

This is where it tries to send the form data I think.

http://mydomainname.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/court Booking Form.htm

What is the .... _vti_bin/shtml.exe stuff all about?

Many thanks. PRR.
=======================================

Stefan B Rusynko said:
Have your host check the permissions on the Server and FP SE
- if saving to a file from the form make sure it is in a folder w/ write permissions (by default the _private folder)

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


| Hi, I use forms on my web site and until recently no problems. Now when
| visitors fill in the form and then click the submit button a login screen
| appears requiring the visitor to enter the username and password to my web
| site??
|
| How can I remove this login requirement as the from data should be simply
| sent to the specified email address. Anybody visiting my web site should be
| able to fill in the form and click submit and their data should be emailed to
| me. That is what occurred until recently? Any help would be appreciated.
| Thanks.
 

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