importing a website to fp2003

[kipg]

sorry for the second posting of this, but i think this might be the better
place for it:

i am trying to import a couple of sites into frontpage for updating - for
the first time. i from the drop down menu, i choose import and the import box
opens. i click the 'from site' button and the import wizard box opens. i
choose the 'http" radio button and type in the address, then click 'next.'
for a moment a search box opens and then closes, returning me to the import
wizard. it now asks me to specify where i would like to create a local copy
(i choose 'my web sites' as a destination - then click 'next.' the wizard
then indicates that it will download the home page (followed by linked pages)
- i then click 'next.' i am then given a 'congratulations' and asked to
'finish,' 'cancel,' or 'back' - i choose 'finish.' the wizard disappears and
a small importing box appears then goes away leaving me with a folder with a
little green globe that is labeled 'my site.' i click onto the folder and see
another folder which appears to be the imported site that also has a little
green globe on it (labeled with the specific folder name for my site). But
when i click on the folder all i see is two folders labeled '_private' and
'images' which contain nothing!

so how can i get my web data imported into fp? do i need to modify a
setting? what? your help is greatly appreciated.

thanks.

 

[Ronx]

To start with, do not use Import. Import is for getting INDIVIDUAL files,
not an entire website - importing may leave many important files on the
server that are needed by FrontPage.

If you have the logon credentials for the website and it has FrontPage
extensions installed, open the site in FrontPage and Publish it to the
folder on your computer.

If you don't have credentials, then Import is the best you can use - but the
website MUST have a registered (that is on the servers list of allowable
default pages) home page that opens automatically when the site is addressed
using the domain alone, for example: http://www.example.com

If there is no page that opens automatically, then all FP can do is create
the site folder and add images and _private folder (which is part of the
site creation process.

Since you have not given a link to the website concerned, we cannot check if
something is broken, or if the site has a registered home page.
See
http://www.rxs-enterprises.co.uk/fp...ng_a_website_or_subweb_to_a_new_computer.aspx

--
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (Expression Web)
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp

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[Tina Clarke]

try opening the site live and publishing it to your hard drive,n you only
use import when its some files or folders not a site.. or not your own site
.... anything else and you are taking pot luck on what you get as you can
see.

if you have more questions on teh subject suggest you state which version of
fp you are using and weather you are using ftp or http to publish.

Tina
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