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| I am getting a similar error when trying to create a new web or convert a
folder to a subweb. any ideas thomas?
|
| "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:
|
| > Ok, then make sure that you always open
http://localhost via FP or the
browser and that you always
| > publish to/from
http://localhost, forget that you have a filemanage or
Windows Explorer when it
| > comes to the folders holding your web content.
| >
| > --
| > ==============================================
| > 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:
| >
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| >
| > >
| > > That is how I created the subwebs, i.e. from within fp03, where it
showed
| > > the local host address rather than the path to the root directory
displayed
| > > in filemanager.
| > >
| > >
| > > | > > > If you are work under IIS, then you should always access the webs
via
| > >
http://localhost and the not
| > > > the physical disk location.
| > > >
| > > > --
| > > > ==============================================
| > > > 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
| > > >
| > > | > > > >
| > > > > Thomas:
| > > > >
| > > > > I manually created the subwebs on the local HD, then published the
| > > remote
| > > > > web + subwebs to the local HD, and that is working just fine.
| > > > >
| > > > > Odd, though, that I did not have to do that when I previously
published
| > > the
| > > > > web to a local directory outside the server's hierarchy. When I
did
| > > that,
| > > > > fp03 created the subwebs automatically...
| > > > >
| > > > > Thanks,
| > > > >
| > > > > Clem.
| > > > >
| > > > >
| > > > > | > > > > > Make sure you are publishing to
http://localhost/webname
(rootweb) and
| > > > > >
http://localhost/webname/subwebname (subweb)
| > > > > >
| > > > > > --
| > > > > > ==============================================
| > > > > > 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
| > > > > >
| > > > > > | > > > > > > fp03, winXPpro
| > > > > > >
| > > > > > > I am publishing a fp web from a remote server to my local HD,
and I
| > > have
| > > > > IIS
| > > > > > > installed. The remote web has a root web and subwebs. When the
root
| > > web
| > > > > has
| > > > > > > been published to my local HD and publishing of the first
subweb
| > > begins,
| > > > > I
| > > > > > > get this error message:
| > > > > > >
| > > > > > > Server error: unable to create disk-based web at "..." because
its
| > > > > parent
| > > > > > > web would not be a disk based web. Create the disk-based web
| > > elsewhere,
| > > > > > > outside of your web server's document hierarchy.
| > > > > > >
| > > > > > > I am reluctant to create the web outside the server's document
| > > > > hierarchy,
| > > > > > > because I assume I would lose server functions such as
FrontPage
| > > > > Run-Time
| > > > > > > Components.
| > > > > > >
| > > > > > > How do I fix this problem?
| > > > > > >
| > > > > > > Thank you,
| > > > > > >
| > > > > > > Clem.
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