Publish Frontpage XP Web on IIS 5.0/Win 2k

[Harish Aneja]

Hi,

I made a website for my project using Frontpage XP. This
was being saved to C:\Calc folder.

In the site, I used the following Frontpage components:
1. Counter
2. Form submissions
3. Feedback form (again form submission that is)

I proceeded the folowing way to deploy the site on IIS
5.0
1. Installed Frontpage Server 2002 Extensions on IIS 5.0
2. I put the directory containing the website
called "C:\calc" from my C:\ to "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot
3. In IIS, added this as a new SITE, and made it the
default site.

Result:
The website is accessible, but NONE of the frontpage
components are working.
1. The counter shows "1", invariably
2. The form sumission throws error - "Frontpage extensions
not properly installed."


On the internet, I found that my website is "disk-based"
and it should be "server based".

So I proceeded the following way.
1. In IIS Admin Interface, made a 'virtual directory' for
the 'Defaut Website' by the name Calc
2. On my local computer, where website was developed,
added the Virtual directory made in step 1 - 'Calc' to 'my
network places'
3. Open Frontpage XP. Got to File Menu - > Publish
4. Specify path from 'My Network Places'. But it throws
the following error:

"There exists no Web in the path Specified"

How do I get my forms working. Please advise.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You need to publish the site from c:\calc to http://localhost/calc via FP's http publishing command.

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[Harish Aneja]

Hi Thomas,

I tried looking up help pages, but how id "http publishing command"
different from using FP File Menu -> Publish Web?

Please let me know

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

It is the same.

Are you publishing to your IIS under Windows XP or are publishing to IIS under a Windows 2000
Server?

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[Harish Aneja]

I have IIS 5.0 on Windows 2000 Advanced Server.

And as I pointed out in my first message... am copy-pasting it here again:

I proceeded the following way to publish my website to have it in
server-based format.
1. In IIS Admin Interface, made a 'virtual directory' for
the 'Defaut Website' by the name Calc
2. On my local computer, where website was developed,
added the Virtual directory made in step 1 - 'Calc' to 'my
network places'
3. Open Frontpage XP. Got to File Menu - > Publish
4. Specify path from 'My Network Places'. But it throws
the following error:

"There exists no Web in the path Specified"

Can you suggest some workaround for this?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You need to publish to http://ipaddress/calc

There was no need to may a virtual directory of the default web, as it is already set when you
install IIS.

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FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
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