Installing Frontpage Extensions with IIS 5.1

[Stan Hilliard]

My problem is that Frontpage Extensions don't seem to be operating.

I installed IIS 5.1, Frontpage Extensions, and the IIS Snap-In. I did
this from the Windows XP Pro CD in one step. But apparently there is
something additional that I must do to get the extensions operating.

Where in XP Pro can I check the condition of the extensions?

Note: The reason that I think the extension are bad is that when I try
to publish to it from another computer the message is "Could not find
web server on port 80. ..."

Stan Hilliard

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

This may have nothing to do with the extensions at all. Keep in mind, a
windows firewall will reject any outside communications of this nature as a
security precaution. If you are accessing it from across a network, your
router may be blocking it. If you're accessing it from outside the network,
your ISP is probably blocking it.

You'll need to look and see which security program is blocking access. This
is a good thing however as it reduces the chance of your computer getting
hacked into as opening up port 80 can be dangerous.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You would have to apply the extension to each web under IIS. Also you will need to run Windows
Update any time you install or re-install windows components.

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
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[Stan Hilliard]

You would have to apply the extension to each web under IIS. Also you will need to run Windows
Update any time you install or re-install windows components.
Thomas A. Rowe

Q1 -- When I installed the FrontPage extensions from the XP Pro CD it
did not ask me about specific webs. That is why I think I must have
left some step out.

On the computer I am trying to publish to, there is a
http://localhost/ and the alias that I defined as
http://localhost/webs/.

I am trying to publish to
http://computername/webs/newweb/ where "newweb" was not previously
defined.

Q2 -- Windows Update: Do you mean the Windows Update from the Internet
that I have set to run automatically every 3AM?

Stan Hilliard

 

[Stan Hilliard]

This may have nothing to do with the extensions at all. Keep in mind, a
windows firewall will reject any outside communications of this nature as a
security precaution. If you are accessing it from across a network, your
router may be blocking it. If you're accessing it from outside the network,
your ISP is probably blocking it.

You'll need to look and see which security program is blocking access. This
is a good thing however as it reduces the chance of your computer getting
hacked into as opening up port 80 can be dangerous.
Mark Fitzpatrick

I turned off both firewalls -- Windows and Sygate. It still gives me
the message:

"The server could not complete your request.
Contact your Internet service provider or web server administrator to
make sure that the server has FrontPage Server Extensions installed.
...." [details] "Below is the message the server returned:
Error
The specified module could not be found.'"

But with the firewalls on I think the firewalls block port 80. How can
I allow input on port 80 from my other two computers without opening
it up to other sources?

Stan Hilliard

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

See inline below...

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
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Q1 -- When I installed the FrontPage extensions from the XP Pro CD it
did not ask me about specific webs. That is why I think I must have
left some step out.

Correct, you must apply the extensions to the default web, and under Windows XP PRO, you can only
have a single root web (default web)

On the computer I am trying to publish to, there is a
http://localhost/ and the alias that I defined as
http://localhost/webs/.

I am trying to publish to
http://computername/webs/newweb/ where "newweb" was not previously
defined.

Don't understand what you mean regarding aliases.

http://localhost = this is your root (default) web
http://localhost/webs = "Webs" is subweb under the root web
http://computername/webs/newweb = "Newweb" is a nested subweb under the subweb "webs".

In most cases you need to create a folder, then select convert to subweb/site prior to trying to
publish to it

Q2 -- Windows Update: Do you mean the Windows Update from the Internet
that I have set to run automatically every 3AM?

Suggest you use the regular Windows Update link under the Start Menu.

 

[Stan Hilliard]

Correct, you must apply the extensions to the default web, and under Windows XP PRO, you can only
have a single root web (default web)

Don't understand what you mean regarding aliases.
http://localhost = this is your root (default) web
http://localhost/webs = "Webs" is subweb under the root web
http://computername/webs/newweb = "Newweb" is a nested subweb under the subweb "webs".

I was confused about alias but I understand now. The alias name
"/webs/" was a name for the root web "/localhost/". I had created it
yesterday when I was dumber than I am today. I had defined "/Webs/"
as an alias in [Start] [Control Panel] [Administrative Tools]
[Server Extensions Administrator] "/Webs/" is shown there to be a
virtual directory. It is of no value to me so I will delete it.

In most cases you need to create a folder, then select convert to subweb/site prior to trying to
publish to it.

In FrontPage on the XP computer I created a new folder. I named it
"/forum1-26/" and converted it to a subweb.

I also created another subweb named "/Web2/" in [Start] [Control
Panel] [Administrative Tools] [Internet Information Services]
[R-click default web site] [New] [Server Extensions Web].

Both folder icons have the globe in FrontPage indicating they are
subwebs. Both subwebs are accessible with Firefox from the client
computer. However Windows Explorer shows the main web with the globe
and "/Web2/" with a subweb globe, but "/forum1-26/" is displayed as a
folder without a globe. I do not know the significance of the
difference.

I still cannot publish to either subweb. Publishing from FP2002 on the
Win98 client to either subweb on the IIS/XP pro invokes a request for
user name and password with the statement "This operation requires
author permission for homebuilt:80. I think that somewhere I have to
define the author and password but where could that be?

Stan Hilliard

 

[Stan Hilliard]

You would have to apply the extension to each web under IIS. Also you will need to run Windows

Suggest you use the regular Windows Update link under the Start Menu.

The Windows Update link indicates that I have all critical updates
installed. Is there a specific optional update that applies?

Stan Hilliard

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Have you created a user account for your Windows 98 machine to access the content on your Windows XP
machine? If yes, have give the W98 machine user access to the root web and subwebs via IIS?

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================

Correct, you must apply the extensions to the default web, and under Windows XP PRO, you can only
have a single root web (default web)

Don't understand what you mean regarding aliases.
http://localhost = this is your root (default) web
http://localhost/webs = "Webs" is subweb under the root web
http://computername/webs/newweb = "Newweb" is a nested subweb under the subweb "webs".

I was confused about alias but I understand now. The alias name
"/webs/" was a name for the root web "/localhost/". I had created it
yesterday when I was dumber than I am today. I had defined "/Webs/"
as an alias in [Start] [Control Panel] [Administrative Tools]
[Server Extensions Administrator] "/Webs/" is shown there to be a
virtual directory. It is of no value to me so I will delete it.

In most cases you need to create a folder, then select convert to subweb/site prior to trying to
publish to it.

In FrontPage on the XP computer I created a new folder. I named it
"/forum1-26/" and converted it to a subweb.

I also created another subweb named "/Web2/" in [Start] [Control
Panel] [Administrative Tools] [Internet Information Services]
[R-click default web site] [New] [Server Extensions Web].

Both folder icons have the globe in FrontPage indicating they are
subwebs. Both subwebs are accessible with Firefox from the client
computer. However Windows Explorer shows the main web with the globe
and "/Web2/" with a subweb globe, but "/forum1-26/" is displayed as a
folder without a globe. I do not know the significance of the
difference.

I still cannot publish to either subweb. Publishing from FP2002 on the
Win98 client to either subweb on the IIS/XP pro invokes a request for
user name and password with the statement "This operation requires
author permission for homebuilt:80. I think that somewhere I have to
define the author and password but where could that be?

Stan Hilliard