FrontPage startup problems: can't find Web server, use File, Recen

[Bernard Leon]

Hi

These 5 questions concerns starting up FrontPage 2003 and opening my main
web site... (I have other questions concerning coding, and publishing the
web site to my host, but those later...)

(A) Every time I open FrontPage 2003 to continue working on my web site, I
get the following error: [either (a) when I first open the FP2003 program,
or (b) when I first try to open my current web site]

"Could not find a Web server at `Bernard-Wotton` [my computer's name].
Please check to make sure that the Web server name is valid [it is] and your
proxy settings are set correctly [don't use them, have DSL service]. If you
are sure that everything is correct, the Web server may be temporarily out of
service."

Concerning (a) after I click OK, I can then open my web site.
Concerning (b) after I click ok, and try the second time, the web site
opens in FP.

If my Web server (IIS 5.1) is "temporarily out of service", how do I put it
back in service whenever my computer starts up, or I open the FP program?
Trying the second time seems to "wake" it up... Is there some setting I'm
missing, or have set wrong?

(B) I have more questions, but this bugs me every time I startup FrontPage
2003. I'm using Windows XP Pro. I've searched some, and have read many, many
of the posts you folks post to the newsgroup, and I have tried most of the 6
sual "repairs" that I've seen you folks post here. But I can't find the
cmdui.prf file, and I have not "repaired" IE [seem like it would take a long
time, and I don't quite understand the process as explained on the MS site;
is that really needed?]

(C) Of course, the above implies that on my system, FP2003 also does not
open last Web site automatically that I had opened when starting up FP2003,
since it can't find the Web server...

(D) Also, the only way that I can open my web site is going to the menu:
File > Recent Sites > 1. http://Bernard-Wotton/TheRockMCC.org ... None of
the other ways work...

(E) Also, every time after I open my web site, a dialog box pops up saying:
"Recalculate Hyperlinks: This Web site contains an out of date text index.
Recalculate content for this site? (This may take several minutes). Yes No
" I always click Yes. Why does it do this? I may at times open FP 5 or 6
times during the course of some days to work on updating my web site, and all
of the above happens each time I open FP2003...

Of course, the main thing is that I can edit and add pages to my web site
and publish them to my host site, but the above are little annoyances that
bug me when starting up FP2003. Thanks for answers in helping explain things.

Thanks, Bernard Leon

 

[Ronx]

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Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.

Hi

These 5 questions concerns starting up FrontPage 2003 and opening my
main
web site... (I have other questions concerning coding, and
publishing the
web site to my host, but those later...)

(A) Every time I open FrontPage 2003 to continue working on my web
site, I
get the following error: [either (a) when I first open the FP2003
program,
or (b) when I first try to open my current web site]

"Could not find a Web server at `Bernard-Wotton` [my computer's
name].
Please check to make sure that the Web server name is valid [it is]
and your
proxy settings are set correctly [don't use them, have DSL service].
If you
are sure that everything is correct, the Web server may be
temporarily out of
service."
Concerning (a) after I click OK, I can then open my web site.
Concerning (b) after I click ok, and try the second time, the web
site
opens in FP.

If my Web server (IIS 5.1) is "temporarily out of service", how do I
put it
back in service whenever my computer starts up, or I open the FP
program?
Trying the second time seems to "wake" it up... Is there some
setting I'm
missing, or have set wrong?

Try editing the Hosts file to add Bernard-Wotton. The problem could
be that IE is going out to your ISP's DNS server to find
Bernard-Wotton, and failing to get a connection immediately.
In the Hosts file (located at C:/Windows/System32/Drivers/etc/hosts
(no extension)
add the line
127.0.0.1 Benard-Wotton

The file should already contain the line
127.0.0.1 localhost
which will serve as an example.
IE and FP should check the Hosts file before hunting for DNS servers.

(B) I have more questions, but this bugs me every time I startup
FrontPage
2003. I'm using Windows XP Pro. I've searched some, and have read
many, many
of the posts you folks post to the newsgroup, and I have tried most
of the 6
sual "repairs" that I've seen you folks post here. But I can't find
the
cmdui.prf file, and I have not "repaired" IE [seem like it would
take a long
time, and I don't quite understand the process as explained on the
MS site;
is that really needed?]

Download FPcleaner from http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm

I have never had to repair IE, nor have I ever deleted the cmdui.prf.
This file stores the toolbar and menus customisations.

(C) Of course, the above implies that on my system, FP2003 also
does not
open last Web site automatically that I had opened when starting up
FP2003,
since it can't find the Web server...

(D) Also, the only way that I can open my web site is going to the
menu:
File > Recent Sites > 1. http://Bernard-Wotton/TheRockMCC.org ...
None of
the other ways work...

(E) Also, every time after I open my web site, a dialog box pops up
saying:
"Recalculate Hyperlinks: This Web site contains an out of date text
index.
Recalculate content for this site? (This may take several minutes).
Yes No
" I always click Yes. Why does it do this? I may at times open FP
5 or 6
times during the course of some days to work on updating my web
site, and all
of the above happens each time I open FP2003...

Tools->Options - General tab. Clear the checkbox "Warn when text
index is out of date". FP always assumes the text index (used for
the search component) is out of date.

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

PS
The use of URLs (or dots) as folder or subweb names in localhost is unsupported by FP
Your http://Bernard-Wotton/TheRockMCC.org should be renamed to say
http://Bernard-Wotton/TheRockMCCorg




| Comments inline
|
| --
| Ron Symonds
| Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
|
| | > Hi
| >
| > These 5 questions concerns starting up FrontPage 2003 and opening my
| > main
| > web site... (I have other questions concerning coding, and
| > publishing the
| > web site to my host, but those later...)
| >
| > (A) Every time I open FrontPage 2003 to continue working on my web
| > site, I
| > get the following error: [either (a) when I first open the FP2003
| > program,
| > or (b) when I first try to open my current web site]
| >
| > "Could not find a Web server at `Bernard-Wotton` [my computer's
| > name].
| > Please check to make sure that the Web server name is valid [it is]
| > and your
| > proxy settings are set correctly [don't use them, have DSL service].
| > If you
| > are sure that everything is correct, the Web server may be
| > temporarily out of
| > service."
| > Concerning (a) after I click OK, I can then open my web site.
| > Concerning (b) after I click ok, and try the second time, the web
| > site
| > opens in FP.
| >
| > If my Web server (IIS 5.1) is "temporarily out of service", how do I
| > put it
| > back in service whenever my computer starts up, or I open the FP
| > program?
| > Trying the second time seems to "wake" it up... Is there some
| > setting I'm
| > missing, or have set wrong?
|
| Try editing the Hosts file to add Bernard-Wotton. The problem could
| be that IE is going out to your ISP's DNS server to find
| Bernard-Wotton, and failing to get a connection immediately.
| In the Hosts file (located at C:/Windows/System32/Drivers/etc/hosts
| (no extension)
| add the line
| 127.0.0.1 Benard-Wotton
|
| The file should already contain the line
| 127.0.0.1 localhost
| which will serve as an example.
| IE and FP should check the Hosts file before hunting for DNS servers.
|
|
| > (B) I have more questions, but this bugs me every time I startup
| > FrontPage
| > 2003. I'm using Windows XP Pro. I've searched some, and have read
| > many, many
| > of the posts you folks post to the newsgroup, and I have tried most
| > of the 6
| > sual "repairs" that I've seen you folks post here. But I can't find
| > the
| > cmdui.prf file, and I have not "repaired" IE [seem like it would
| > take a long
| > time, and I don't quite understand the process as explained on the
| > MS site;
| > is that really needed?]
|
| Download FPcleaner from http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
|
| I have never had to repair IE, nor have I ever deleted the cmdui.prf.
| This file stores the toolbar and menus customisations.
|
| > (C) Of course, the above implies that on my system, FP2003 also
| > does not
| > open last Web site automatically that I had opened when starting up
| > FP2003,
| > since it can't find the Web server...
| >
| > (D) Also, the only way that I can open my web site is going to the
| > menu:
| > File > Recent Sites > 1. http://Bernard-Wotton/TheRockMCC.org ...
| > None of
| > the other ways work...
| >
| > (E) Also, every time after I open my web site, a dialog box pops up
| > saying:
| > "Recalculate Hyperlinks: This Web site contains an out of date text
| > index.
| > Recalculate content for this site? (This may take several minutes).
| > Yes No
| > " I always click Yes. Why does it do this? I may at times open FP
| > 5 or 6
| > times during the course of some days to work on updating my web
| > site, and all
| > of the above happens each time I open FP2003...
|
|
| Tools->Options - General tab. Clear the checkbox "Warn when text
| index is out of date". FP always assumes the text index (used for
| the search component) is out of date.
|
|
| > Of course, the main thing is that I can edit and add pages to my web
| > site
| > and publish them to my host site, but the above are little
| > annoyances that
| > bug me when starting up FP2003. Thanks for answers in helping
| > explain things.
| >
| > Thanks, Bernard Leon
| >
|
|

 

[Bernard Leon]

I used NotePad to open the "hosts" file and added the line you recommended,
then saved it; had to rename the original file, then deleted the .txt
extension of the saved file using Windows Explorer. Is that the correct way
to edit that file? Or what editor should I use, or do you recommend? For I
still get the error of can not find a Web server at 'Bernard-Wotton'. I even
restarted my computer.

I also took the dot (.) out of my local web site name as advised by Stefan.

Comments inline

--
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.

Hi

These 5 questions concerns starting up FrontPage 2003 and opening my
main
web site... (I have other questions concerning coding, and
publishing the
web site to my host, but those later...)

(A) Every time I open FrontPage 2003 to continue working on my web
site, I
get the following error: [either (a) when I first open the FP2003
program,
or (b) when I first try to open my current web site]

"Could not find a Web server at `Bernard-Wotton` [my computer's
name].
Please check to make sure that the Web server name is valid [it is]
and your
proxy settings are set correctly [don't use them, have DSL service].
If you
are sure that everything is correct, the Web server may be
temporarily out of
service."
Concerning (a) after I click OK, I can then open my web site.
Concerning (b) after I click ok, and try the second time, the web
site
opens in FP.

If my Web server (IIS 5.1) is "temporarily out of service", how do I
put it
back in service whenever my computer starts up, or I open the FP
program?
Trying the second time seems to "wake" it up... Is there some
setting I'm
missing, or have set wrong?

Try editing the Hosts file to add Bernard-Wotton. The problem could
be that IE is going out to your ISP's DNS server to find
Bernard-Wotton, and failing to get a connection immediately.
In the Hosts file (located at C:/Windows/System32/Drivers/etc/hosts
(no extension)
add the line
127.0.0.1 Benard-Wotton

The file should already contain the line
127.0.0.1 localhost
which will serve as an example.
IE and FP should check the Hosts file before hunting for DNS servers.

(B) I have more questions, but this bugs me every time I startup
FrontPage
2003. I'm using Windows XP Pro. I've searched some, and have read
many, many
of the posts you folks post to the newsgroup, and I have tried most
of the 6
sual "repairs" that I've seen you folks post here. But I can't find
the
cmdui.prf file, and I have not "repaired" IE [seem like it would
take a long
time, and I don't quite understand the process as explained on the
MS site;
is that really needed?]

Download FPcleaner from http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm

I have never had to repair IE, nor have I ever deleted the cmdui.prf.
This file stores the toolbar and menus customisations.

(C) Of course, the above implies that on my system, FP2003 also
does not
open last Web site automatically that I had opened when starting up
FP2003,
since it can't find the Web server...

(D) Also, the only way that I can open my web site is going to the
menu:
File > Recent Sites > 1. http://Bernard-Wotton/TheRockMCC.org ...
None of
the other ways work...

(E) Also, every time after I open my web site, a dialog box pops up
saying:
"Recalculate Hyperlinks: This Web site contains an out of date text
index.
Recalculate content for this site? (This may take several minutes).
Yes No
" I always click Yes. Why does it do this? I may at times open FP
5 or 6
times during the course of some days to work on updating my web
site, and all
of the above happens each time I open FP2003...

Tools->Options - General tab. Clear the checkbox "Warn when text
index is out of date". FP always assumes the text index (used for
the search component) is out of date.

Of course, the main thing is that I can edit and add pages to my web
site
and publish them to my host site, but the above are little
annoyances that
bug me when starting up FP2003. Thanks for answers in helping
explain things.

Thanks, Bernard Leon

 

[Bernard Leon]

Ok, I've taken the dot out. Thanks.

PS
The use of URLs (or dots) as folder or subweb names in localhost is unsupported by FP
Your http://Bernard-Wotton/TheRockMCC.org should be renamed to say
http://Bernard-Wotton/TheRockMCCorg




| Comments inline
|
| --
| Ron Symonds
| Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
|
| | > Hi
| >
| > These 5 questions concerns starting up FrontPage 2003 and opening my
| > main
| > web site... (I have other questions concerning coding, and
| > publishing the
| > web site to my host, but those later...)
| >
| > (A) Every time I open FrontPage 2003 to continue working on my web
| > site, I
| > get the following error: [either (a) when I first open the FP2003
| > program,
| > or (b) when I first try to open my current web site]
| >
| > "Could not find a Web server at `Bernard-Wotton` [my computer's
| > name].
| > Please check to make sure that the Web server name is valid [it is]
| > and your
| > proxy settings are set correctly [don't use them, have DSL service].
| > If you
| > are sure that everything is correct, the Web server may be
| > temporarily out of
| > service."
| > Concerning (a) after I click OK, I can then open my web site.
| > Concerning (b) after I click ok, and try the second time, the web
| > site
| > opens in FP.
| >
| > If my Web server (IIS 5.1) is "temporarily out of service", how do I
| > put it
| > back in service whenever my computer starts up, or I open the FP
| > program?
| > Trying the second time seems to "wake" it up... Is there some
| > setting I'm
| > missing, or have set wrong?
|
| Try editing the Hosts file to add Bernard-Wotton. The problem could
| be that IE is going out to your ISP's DNS server to find
| Bernard-Wotton, and failing to get a connection immediately.
| In the Hosts file (located at C:/Windows/System32/Drivers/etc/hosts
| (no extension)
| add the line
| 127.0.0.1 Benard-Wotton
|
| The file should already contain the line
| 127.0.0.1 localhost
| which will serve as an example.
| IE and FP should check the Hosts file before hunting for DNS servers.
|
|
| > (B) I have more questions, but this bugs me every time I startup
| > FrontPage
| > 2003. I'm using Windows XP Pro. I've searched some, and have read
| > many, many
| > of the posts you folks post to the newsgroup, and I have tried most
| > of the 6
| > sual "repairs" that I've seen you folks post here. But I can't find
| > the
| > cmdui.prf file, and I have not "repaired" IE [seem like it would
| > take a long
| > time, and I don't quite understand the process as explained on the
| > MS site;
| > is that really needed?]
|
| Download FPcleaner from http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
|
| I have never had to repair IE, nor have I ever deleted the cmdui.prf.
| This file stores the toolbar and menus customisations.
|
| > (C) Of course, the above implies that on my system, FP2003 also
| > does not
| > open last Web site automatically that I had opened when starting up
| > FP2003,
| > since it can't find the Web server...
| >
| > (D) Also, the only way that I can open my web site is going to the
| > menu:
| > File > Recent Sites > 1. http://Bernard-Wotton/TheRockMCC.org ...
| > None of
| > the other ways work...
| >
| > (E) Also, every time after I open my web site, a dialog box pops up
| > saying:
| > "Recalculate Hyperlinks: This Web site contains an out of date text
| > index.
| > Recalculate content for this site? (This may take several minutes).
| > Yes No
| > " I always click Yes. Why does it do this? I may at times open FP
| > 5 or 6
| > times during the course of some days to work on updating my web
| > site, and all
| > of the above happens each time I open FP2003...
|
|
| Tools->Options - General tab. Clear the checkbox "Warn when text
| index is out of date". FP always assumes the text index (used for
| the search component) is out of date.
|
|
| > Of course, the main thing is that I can edit and add pages to my web
| > site
| > and publish them to my host site, but the above are little
| > annoyances that
| > bug me when starting up FP2003. Thanks for answers in helping
| > explain things.
| >
| > Thanks, Bernard Leon
| >
|
|