Find this Directory woes

[Ray]

I want to establish a link on my root web to direct the user to a shared
directory in my computer where I keep all my Adobe documentation files. It
seems that you can only create links to files on your machine and not whole
directories. When I access the main page via http;//localhost the whole thing
comes crashing down and the "not found" message comes up.

My files are in C:\Adobe directory and my root web is in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot.
I am running XP Pro and Front Page 2003. All my extensions are working
properly and the virtual host is running fine.

Is there a way to direct the user to this directory from my root web?

I was told to create a virtual directory in IIS administrator, which I did,
but now that it exists, I cannot make Front Page find it ti save my life. I
am new to Front Page, so if someone can answer my question in "King's
English" I would deeply appreciate it.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Hi Ray,

FrontPage will never be able to find it (well, "never" is along time, but at
least up until the current version). However, your links will work, as long
as they are URLs that point to the virtual directory (http). FrontPage is a
little dumb in this regard. It doesn't see virtual directories.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Neither a follower nor a lender be.

 

[Ray]

Kevin,

Thanks for the feedback. I was able to "force" Front Page to find it the way
you said. I just used http://"computername"/adobe and it worked. Now all the
users on the network can access the adobe directory via the Intranet links
page

You're right, Front page is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

 

[Don]

This seems to be the area I'm having problems in. When I publish a photoshop
CS2 web gallery to our intranet, and then try and open it on the intranet I
get the following message..."Directory Listing Denial this Virtual Directory
does not allow contents to be listed"

any ideas please

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Your server admin must allow the directory to be browsed, unless you place a default document (home
page) in the directory. This is not a FP issue.

Rename the first page of the CS2 gallery to the home page name required by the server. Windows
Server normally use index.htm or default.htm.

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[Don]

worked thanks

Your server admin must allow the directory to be browsed, unless you place a default document (home
page) in the directory. This is not a FP issue.

Rename the first page of the CS2 gallery to the home page name required by the server. Windows
Server normally use index.htm or default.htm.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
==============================================
If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
a Service Pack or security update, please contact
Microsoft Product Support Services:
http://support.microsoft.com
If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
==============================================