Sync problems with FP

[Robert]

Hello,
On my web server I have added a directory named calendar
that hosts a perl calendar. This calendar gets updated
via the web by users. This means the calendar directory is
constantly changing. Since this directory is in my
public_html directory Frontpage wants to over write it
everytime I change anything else on my webpage. Can I
somehow get Frontpage to ignore this directory, or even
better get Frontpage to download the directory thus always
sync-ing my webbased webpage with my local webpage? I know
Dreamweaver lets you do this. Thanks. Rob

 

[chris leeds]

convert the folder into a subweb and it'll stay out of the way.
watch you're not using images or anything else in it from outside it's
subweb because FrontPage will have no way of knowing to update links and
stuff.
I've done this with some apps that "run themselves" and it works fine.
HTH

 

[Jim Buyens]

-----Original Message-----

Hello,
Howdy.

On my web server I have added a directory named calendar
that hosts a perl calendar. This calendar gets updated
via the web by users. This means the calendar directory
is constantly changing. Since this directory is in my
public_html directory Frontpage wants to over write it
everytime I change anything else on my webpage. Can I
somehow get Frontpage to ignore this directory?

Yes. Convert that directory into a subweb. This will
exclude it when you publish the parent Web.

Just be sure NOT to select the Include Subwebs (or, in
FP2003, Include Subsites) check box when you publish the
parent web.

or even better get Frontpage to download the directory
thus always sync-ing my webbased webpage with my local
webpage? I know Dreamweaver lets you do this. Thanks. Rob

You need FP2003 for this. In FP2003, publishing has a
Synchronize option that copies files in both directions,
so that both sites end up with the most recent version of
any given file.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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[Rob]

Thanks To both you and Jim.

-----Original Message-----
convert the folder into a subweb and it'll stay out of the way.
watch you're not using images or anything else in it from outside it's
subweb because FrontPage will have no way of knowing to update links and
stuff.
I've done this with some apps that "run themselves" and it works fine.
HTH




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