FP 2003 AND IIS 5

[H.Pip]

Hi

I can't get a local site to work with FP 2003 and IIS 5 under XP Pro.
Frontpage keeps telling me that the sharepoint services are not installed on
the server whatever i do, and i don't see any option to create a site
without them. I downloaded sharepoint services but they need windows server
2003.

When in the IIS manager i clik on the site and chose Open with FrontPage, it
says that i need to install the frontpage client.
I uninstalled both and reinstalled them in a different order and already
spent hours on the internet looking for answers but is nothing so far.

Btw the default installation of IIS 5 does not support asp, whereas the
helpfiles are in asp!!! Maybe i am very stupid or else there is something
very wrong with this software. But it turned out that the helpfiles don't
give any answers really too.

That's a wonderful way of treating your customers who spend hundreds of
dollars on software, just to be able to devellop websites locally!

Anyway, any help would be very much appreciated.

Bert

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

Did you install the FP server extensions?
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| Hi
|
| I can't get a local site to work with FP 2003 and IIS 5 under XP Pro.
| Frontpage keeps telling me that the sharepoint services are not installed
on
| the server whatever i do, and i don't see any option to create a site
| without them. I downloaded sharepoint services but they need windows
server
| 2003.
|
| When in the IIS manager i clik on the site and chose Open with FrontPage,
it
| says that i need to install the frontpage client.
| I uninstalled both and reinstalled them in a different order and already
| spent hours on the internet looking for answers but is nothing so far.
|
| Btw the default installation of IIS 5 does not support asp, whereas the
| helpfiles are in asp!!! Maybe i am very stupid or else there is something
| very wrong with this software. But it turned out that the helpfiles don't
| give any answers really too.
|
| That's a wonderful way of treating your customers who spend hundreds of
| dollars on software, just to be able to devellop websites locally!
|
| Anyway, any help would be very much appreciated.
|
| Bert
|
|
|

 

[H.Pip]

yes at least when i do a check on the server extension in iis manger it says
"no problem".
Just now i also installed fp 2002 server extension (i don't believe there
are 2003 server extension??).
When i do a check on the last one it goes to a local url and i get a 500
errror.

i still can't get to my computer name/localhost/127.0.01./or lan ip address
in frontpage..
and trying to make a new web on the webserver still tells me that sharepoint
stuff is missing..
(after i installed fp server extensions 2002 i got a sharepoint folder in my
webroot, but still nothing possible through fp 2003)

 

[Mark]

You wrote:
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"When in the IIS manager i clik on the site and chose Open with FrontPage, it
says that i need to install the frontpage client.
I uninstalled both and reinstalled them in a different order and already
spent hours on the internet looking for answers but is nothing so far. "
~~~~~~~~

I'm having the excat same problem and can't imagine why it is happening.
I've managed a 2k server with FP before and never ran across this problem.
Any ideas or answers?

Thanks.
Mark
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

I always open the site directly from within FP, never from the link in IIS MMC.

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