web site with sub directory

[Rob H]

I have a web site that uses several sub directories for some of the content.
I use active server pages which all load fine from the root
(www.mysite.com/test.asp). If I try to run a file from a folder on this site
(www.mysite.com/folder/test.asp) I get a "Page cannot be displayed" http 500
error. However, if I call a page with a .html/.htm extension
((www.mysite.com/folder/test.htm) the page loads fine.

 

[Andrew Murray]

Perhaps your host has set your account to only run ASP from the root folder?
(I suggest asking them about this, doesn't seem to be a Frontpage issue).

Error 500 also indicates so sort of error in the script itself, or other
error, access the server logs to find out more about the error (again, your
host can shed light on this).

 

[Rob H]

We host the site ourselves and I have an identical site that runs fine.
I made sure that active server pages are "allowed" to run but I can't see
where I check to see if they are allowed beyond the root.

 

[Ronx]

Does the ASP script use parent paths, and are parent paths allowed for the
website?
Check the site error logs and the server event logs for related errors.

 

[Rob H]

I do declare the root in my navigation.asp includes file if that's what you
mean. How would I check to see if parent paths are allowed? As for my logs
I don't see anything that relates to this error that I recognize. What would
I be looking for?

 

[Ronx]

Look in the logs for any errors that involve the page concerned, at the
time you checked the page (the error logs may not take any daylight saving
or time zones into account,so make allowances for this.)

If any links within the asp code, or SSI includes, are of the form
.../foo.ext then parent paths are involved. This does not include links
such as <a href="../foo.htm">blah</a>
An SSI link would be like <!-- #include file="../foo.inc" -->

To check if Parent Paths are allowed, on the server:
Start->Administrative Tools->Internet Information Service
Expand the folder tree and right click on the web-site
Choose Properties
On the Home Directory tag, click Configuration
On Options tag, check Enable Parent Paths
Click OK, OK

This will only be necessary if the page actually uses parent paths - if it
doesn't then there is a different problem.

 

[Rob H]

Thanks Ronx! The parent paths were not checked as allowed. All is good.