See the other responses from Thomas Rowe that explain about the dns pointer
record and publishing as a subweb.
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Tom "Pepper" Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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About FrontPage 2003:
http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
FrontPage 2003 Product Information:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx
Understanding FrontPage:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/frontpage/
FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;fp10se
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| Kevin,
|
| I have it set up as a subweb now, smokeylake.com/excel. But I was really
| hoping to set it up as a subdomain -- excel.smokeylake.com. Is this
| possible? The subdomain exists at the domain host, and has their
| placeholder page there currently.
|
| --
| Earl Kiosterud
| mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net
| -------------------------------------------
|
| | > Hi Earl,
| >
| > A Subweb is NOT a domain. It is a sub-web OF a domain. So, no, you don't
| > have to convert anything to a subweb.
| >
| > A subweb is simply a web site that resides under another web site's
| > directory structure, and has its own FrontPage server extensions and
| > Application memory space in IIS. Therefore, it is entirely possible and
| okay
| > to publish a subweb to a domain or a root web to a subweb OF a domain. A
| > root web is a web site that resides at the root folder level of a
domain.
| > But if you notice, both types of web sites are web sites, and have their
| own
| > server extensions.
| >
| > --
| > HTH,
| > Kevin Spencer
| > .Net Developer
| > Microsoft MVP
| > Big things are made up
| > of lots of little things.
| >
| > | > > Kevin,
| > >
| > > Thanks a bunch. Do I need to convert web excel to a subweb? I looked
| at
| > > that, but don't see how to do it. Also, in the Publish Web dialog, I
| see
| > no
| > > excel folder, yet it works -- I can go to
www.excel.smokeylake.com.
The
| > > subdomain is there.
| > >
| > > Is a subweb a subdomain? I tried importing the excel web folder into
| web
| > > smokeylake, and then converting it to a subweb. Then I published
| > smokeylake
| > > again, and was successful -- I saw it upload all the files in excel.
| But
| > it
| > > doesn't appear on the net as excel.smokeylake.com. I still get the
| host's
| > > placeholder page.
| > >
| > > The subject of subdomains seems to have little documentation, and it's
| > > fragmented. Front Page doesn't mention it at all.
| > > --
| > > Earl Kiosterud
| > > mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net
| > > -------------------------------------------
| > >
| > > | > > > Publishing is done via the domain name or IP address of the
| destination
| > > web.
| > > > As your destination web is set up at
www.excel.smokeylake.com I
would
| > > > suggest publishing your subweb to that domain name. If the domain
name
| > is
| > > > new, it may not be picked up yet by DNS servers, so use the IP
address
| > if
| > > > this is the case.
| > > >
| > > > --
| > > > HTH,
| > > > Kevin Spencer
| > > > .Net Developer
| > > > Microsoft MVP
| > > > Big things are made up
| > > > of lots of little things.
| > > >
| > > > | > > > > Hi,
| > > > >
| > > > > I have a web site (
www.smokeylake.com), and have published the
web.
| I
| > > > have
| > > > > another FrontPage web (excel) , which I wish to set up as a
| subdomain,
| > > > >
www.excel.smokeylake.com. I've set up the subdomain on the web
| host,
| > > and
| > > > > can get to it there and see the placeholder that the provider put
| > there.
| > > > I
| > > > > can't figure out how to publish web excel as a subdomain. It
won't
| > > > publish
| > > > > to excel/smokeylake.com. I've looked at subwebs, but that doesn't
| > seem
| > > to
| > > > > be what I need. Found nothing on subdomains in Front Page Help,
nor
| in
| > > > > Knowledge Base.
| > > > >
| > > > > Thanks.
| > > > > --
| > > > > Earl Kiosterud
| > > > > mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net
| > > > > -------------------------------------------
| > > > >
| > > > >
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