more than honorable mention... 4 gold stars !
experimented with it a little last night - just a tad nervous about using FP on it.
gonna try to get the email two work.
i also want to see if it can be adapted for a sort of photogallery
thanks again for your help!
robo
| thanks for the honorable mention! ;-)
|
| it is also easy to publish and set up from within the FrontPage interface.
| there isn't one single file to edit. it uses the server.mappath for the db
| path and FrontPage's db connection feature does a good job of marking the
| file as "writable".
|
| While I haven't looked at the code it's clear that something so easily
| deployed is the product of good and conscientious work.
|
|
| --
| The email address on this posting is a "black hole". I got tired of all the
| spam.
| Please feel free to contact me here:
|
http://nedp.net/contact/
| --
|
|
| | Russell,
|
| Chris Leeds just helped me set up web wiz forum on one of my sites. It's
| awesome. I'm running it in a subweb too, with Access. Haven't noticed any
| speed problems (of course no one knows it's there yet, so it's just me
| playing around with it)
|
| Your's looks nice! Have you run into any problems customizing/editing it
| with FP? I don't think I'm going to work with it locally though.
|
| I've seen mention of it being "skinable" but haven't actually found any good
| skins for it though, so I probably just end up doing a little tweakage.
|
| I'm amazed that one guy wrote that whole thing and that it's so easy (so
| far) to admin.
|
| Looking forward to any suggestions you may have...
|
| Robo
|
|
| message | | Will do...greatly appreciated information!
| |
| | Thanks,
| | Russell
| |
http://tastycomputers.com
| |
| | | | > Russell, with the site open under IIS, then you should be able to set
| the
| | default document to
| | > whatever name you want under IIS MMC, select the web, then properties,
| | then documents, either add
| | > the name or move it to be first.
| | >
| | > --
| | > ==============================================
| | > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| | > WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| | >
| | > FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| | > ==============================================
| | > To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| | >
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| | >
| | message
| | > | | > > Thanks, Tom.
| | > > I just publish locally as a standard disc-based file system, but can
| | publish
| | > > locally as a live IIS web if that's better. I'll definitely
| inactivate
| | the
| | > > live forum before working on files locally.
| | > >
| | > > Russell
| | > >
http://tastycomputers.com
| | > >
| | > > | | > > > Russell,
| | > > >
| | > > > #2 are you working with IIS locally?
| | > > >
| | > > > Whenever I download an Access database and prior to re-uploading I
| | always
| | > > do a compact and repair
| | > > > first. General rule once your forum is active, you should never
| | download
| | > > and then re-upload the
| | > > > database unless you first shut down the forum so that no new post
| are
| | > > made.
| | > > >
| | > > > --
| | > > > ==============================================
| | > > > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| | > > > WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| | > > >
| | > > > FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| | > > > ==============================================
| | > > > To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| | > > >
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| | > > >
| in
| | > > message
| | > > > | | > > > > Thanks for the response, Thomas. I don't quite understand your
| | reply to
| | > > #2.
| | > > > > I want the default page to be default.asp, but FrontPage won't
| allow
| | me
| | > > to,
| | > > > > without renaming the extension to .htm, anyway. I'm not sure why.
| | It's
| | > > > > really not that big of a deal, as all my links to the forum from
| the
| | > > main
| | > > > > site will be linked to the default.asp page, but there are
| | auto-reply
| | > > e-mail
| | > > > > elements programmed in the forum subweb that generate links in the
| | > > e-mails
| | > > > > to the "default" page in the forum, and it won't allow me to
| change
| | it
| | > > from
| | > > > > default.htm to default.asp, so that's why I created the
| default.htm
| | page
| | > > > > with the JavaScript redirect to default.asp. Regarding the
| cluster
| | size
| | > > > > issue of the .mdb file, I thought that as well, but 100KB is a big
| | > > > > difference, and I renamed the local copy and publish it to the
| live
| | > > site,
| | > > > > and the 100KB difference in size remained on the live site, so
| | that's
| | > > > > definitely a concern, if I'm planning on ever having to clean up
| the
| | > > > > database in Access locally then republish.
| | > > > >
| | > > > > Russell
| | > > > >
http://tastycomputers.com
| | > > > >
| | > > > > | | > > > > **snip**
| | > > > > > #2 If local you are working against a web server, then you need
| to
| | > > default
| | > > > > page for the web to be
| | > > > > > default.asp and not default.htm.
| | > > > > >
| | > > > > > #3
| | > > > > > The difference in file size between the two copies of your
| | database,
| | > > would
| | > > > > be related to the file
| | > > > > > cluster size being different on the server, as compared to your
| | local
| | > > > > machine.
| | > > > > >
| | > > > > > --
| | > > > > > ==============================================
| | > > > > > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| | > > > > > WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| | > > > > >
| | > > > > > FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| | > > > > > ==============================================
| | > > > > > To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support
| | see:
| | > > > > >
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| | > > > > >
| | > > > > > "Russell" <rsullivan@tastycomputersdotcom_replacedotwith".">
| wrote
| | in
| | > > > > message
| | > > > > > | | > > > > > > Hi,
| | > > > > > > I've downloaded and imported the Web Wiz Forum unzipped files
| | and
| | > > > > folders
| | > > > > > > (.asp/Access-based forum software) into a new subweb and
| | published
| | > > to my
| | > > > > > > live server (Microsoft bCentral.) I have 3 questions for
| | someone
| | > > who
| | > > > > uses
| | > > > > > > this forum software:
| | > > > > > >
| | > > > > > > 1. The forum subweb site is pretty slow. I realize that I'd
| | get
| | > > better
| | > > > > > > performance with SQL Server as opposed to Access DB-based, but
| | my
| | > > host
| | > > > > > > doesn't support it in this package. Since the forum has just
| | been
| | > > > > created
| | > > > > > > and no one is aware of it yet, excessive posts/online users
| | > > definitely
| | > > > > isn't
| | > > > > > > a current issue. If you want to view it, it's at
| | > > > > > >
http://tastycomputers.com/forum/default.asp. My main site is
| | > > speedy.
| | > > > > Is
| | > > > > > > this slower .asp forum subweb performance normal?
| | > > > > > >
| | > > > > > > 2. My host claims that they support default.asp and/or
| | index.asp as
| | > > > > "start"
| | > > > > > > pages in webs, but I can't get it to work with an .asp
| | extension, so
| | > > my
| | > > > > > > "home" page for the subweb is default.htm, a page that just
| has
| | a
| | > > simple
| | > > > > > > JavaScript page redirect to default.asp. When I've attempted
| to
| | > > change
| | > > > > the
| | > > > > > > home page to the .asp page in FrontPage 2003, it wants me to
| | rename
| | > > the
| | > > > > > > default.asp page to default.htm. Is there something that I'm
| | > > missing
| | > > > > here?
| | > > > > > >
| | > > > > > > 3. I'm planning to perform daily publishes of this live
| subweb
| | to a
| | > > > > local
| | > > > > > > hard drive for additional backup security. If I later
| | recalculate
| | > > > > > > hyperlinks in FrontPage on either the live site or the local
| | copy,
| | > > will
| | > > > > that
| | > > > > > > screw with the .asp-based web in any way, or should I not
| | > > recalculate
| | > > > > > > hyperlinks? I did notice last evening when I published the
| live
| | > > site to
| | > > > > a
| | > > > > > > local location, the online version of the Access database
| | increased
| | > > in
| | > > > > size
| | > > > > > > from 568K to 667K on the local copy, so that concerned me as
| | well.
| | > > > > > >
| | > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
| | > > > > > > Russell
| | > > > > > >
http://tastycomputers.com
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