Is Microsoft no longer supporting Front Page Extensions?

[Bill Nicholson - Cincinnati, OH]

Hello All,

My hosting service told me that Microsoft is no longer supporting
Front Page Extensions. When my site becomes unavailable through Visual
Studio, they blame on Front Page Extensions and they say they can't
help me. Is Microsoft still supporting Front Page Extensions? Overall
this hosting service is inept and I think they are blowing smoke up my
skirt.

Is anyone else having these kinds of problems with their site or with
their hosting service?

This is the error I get when I try to open the Web Site in VS 2005:

"Unable to open the Web .. An error occurred accessing your Windows
Share Point Services site files. Authors - if authoring against a web
server, please contact the Webmaster for this server's Web site.
WebMaster - please see the server's application event log for more
details."


Bill Nicholson
Cincinnati, OH USA

googlegroups at nicholson computer consulting dot com

 

[Tom Willett]

MS is no longer supporting the FP server Extensions, except in Windows 2003.
However, just because MS has quit support doesn't mean your host must quit
using or supporting them.

As the error says, the host needs to check the server's application logs.
--
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Tom Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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FrontPage Support:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
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message | Hello All,
|
| My hosting service told me that Microsoft is no longer supporting
| Front Page Extensions. When my site becomes unavailable through Visual
| Studio, they blame on Front Page Extensions and they say they can't
| help me. Is Microsoft still supporting Front Page Extensions? Overall
| this hosting service is inept and I think they are blowing smoke up my
| skirt.
|
| Is anyone else having these kinds of problems with their site or with
| their hosting service?
|
| This is the error I get when I try to open the Web Site in VS 2005:
|
| "Unable to open the Web .. An error occurred accessing your Windows
| Share Point Services site files. Authors - if authoring against a web
| server, please contact the Webmaster for this server's Web site.
| WebMaster - please see the server's application event log for more
| details."
|
|
| Bill Nicholson
| Cincinnati, OH USA
|
| googlegroups at nicholson computer consulting dot com
|

 

[Bill Nicholson - Cincinnati, OH]

The hosting service tech support dept claims the error messages are
vague. They just don't want to put any effort into solving the
problem. It's a chronic problem with them.

Anyway, can you point me to a URL on the Microsoft site that
describes the support that is available for FP Extensions>? I need
something to show to those people.

BTW, my site is still inaccessible to me and I can't maintain it. The
hosting svc 'escalated' the problem. hee hee

 

[Tom Willett]

There is no support. Except for Windows 2003. If they have Windows 2003,
they would have to open up a support incident with MS.
--
===
Tom Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
---
FrontPage Support:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
===

message | The hosting service tech support dept claims the error messages are
| vague. They just don't want to put any effort into solving the
| problem. It's a chronic problem with them.
|
| Anyway, can you point me to a URL on the Microsoft site that
| describes the support that is available for FP Extensions>? I need
| something to show to those people.
|
| BTW, my site is still inaccessible to me and I can't maintain it. The
| hosting svc 'escalated' the problem. hee hee
|
|
|
| > MS is no longer supporting the FP server Extensions, except in Windows
2003.
| > However, just because MS has quit support doesn't mean your host must
quit
| > using or supporting them.
| >
| > As the error says, the host needs to check the server's application
logs.
| > --
| > ===
| > Tom Willett
| > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| > ---
| > FrontPage Support:
| > http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
| > ===
in
| > message| > | Hello All,
| > |
| > | My hosting service told me that Microsoft is no longer supporting
| > | Front Page Extensions. When my site becomes unavailable through Visual
| > | Studio, they blame on Front Page Extensions and they say they can't
| > | help me. Is Microsoft still supporting Front Page Extensions? Overall
| > | this hosting service is inept and I think they are blowing smoke up my
| > | skirt.
| > |
| > | Is anyone else having these kinds of problems with their site or with
| > | their hosting service?
| > |
| > | This is the error I get when I try to open the Web Site in VS 2005:
| > |
| > | "Unable to open the Web .. An error occurred accessing your Windows
| > | Share Point Services site files. Authors - if authoring against a web
| > | server, please contact the Webmaster for this server's Web site.
| > | WebMaster - please see the server's application event log for more
| > | details."
| > |
| > |
| > | Bill Nicholson
| > | Cincinnati, OH USA
| > |
| > | googlegroups at nicholson computer consulting dot com
| > |
|
|

 

[Bill Nicholson - Cincinnati, OH]

Respectfully, I think you're a little biased on this topic. The
hosting service might be closer to the truth that you are. If
Microsoft is no longer supporting Front Page Extensions, then it is
what it is.

 

[David Berry]

Your web host can still get support through Microsoft's Extended Support.
In addition, they are looking into providing them for Windows Vista and IIS7

FrontPage Server Extensions on Vista and Longhorn
http://blogs.iis.net/robert_mcmurra...-server-extensions-on-vista-and-longhorn.aspx

Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 2:20 PM by Robert McMurray's Blog [MSFT]
Filed under IIS Topics, FrontPage Topics

As most people that have installed IIS 7 on Windows Vista or Windows
codenamed "Longhorn" have realized, there are no options to install the
FrontPage Server Extensions, leaving the only possibly way to edit your web
site that is hosted on a Vista/Longhorn computer is to edit the web site
locally using the file system, or to use FTP to upload your files to a
remote Vista/Longhorn computer.

The FrontPage Server Extensions (FPSE) 2002 are part of the Office XP system
of products. The Office XP system, including FPSE 2002, left mainstream
support on July 11th, 2005, according to the Office lifecycle policy. At
that time, the FrontPage Server Extensions were removed from the Microsoft
Download Center. Office policy is to remove software from the Download
Center that is no longer supported. This policy allows us to focus our
support efforts on the latest technologies. FPSE 2002 continues to be
available on Windows Server 2003 in the Add Windows Components section of
the Add/Remove Programs control panel.

FPSE 2002 will continue to be supported by security updates through the end
of the extended support period, and all existing security content will
remain available. For more information on the support lifecycle policy, see
the Microsoft Lifecycle web page at the following URL:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=lifecycle

Because Microsoft realizes that the FrontPage Server Extensions are
essential to many web hosting companies, the Internet Information Services
product team is researching the development of an updated version of FPSE
2002 that will work with Microsoft Windows codenamed "Longhorn" and
Microsoft Windows Vista.

As far as FrontPage itself is concerned, currently, mainstream support will
not be retired until 1-13-2009. Extended Support will not be retired until
1-14-2014.
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&p1=2514&x=17&y=10