thanks for the honorable mention! ;-)
it is also easy to publish and set up from within the FrontPage interface.
there isn't one single file to edit. it uses the server.mappath for the db
path and FrontPage's db connection feature does a good job of marking the
file as "writable".
While I haven't looked at the code it's clear that something so easily
deployed is the product of good and conscientious work.
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Russell,
Chris Leeds just helped me set up web wiz forum on one of my sites. It's
awesome. I'm running it in a subweb too, with Access. Haven't noticed any
speed problems (of course no one knows it's there yet, so it's just me
playing around with it)
Your's looks nice! Have you run into any problems customizing/editing it
with FP? I don't think I'm going to work with it locally though.
I've seen mention of it being "skinable" but haven't actually found any good
skins for it though, so I probably just end up doing a little tweakage.
I'm amazed that one guy wrote that whole thing and that it's so easy (so
far) to admin.
Looking forward to any suggestions you may have...
Robo
message | Will do...greatly appreciated information!
|
| Thanks,
| Russell
|
http://tastycomputers.com
|
| | > Russell, with the site open under IIS, then you should be able to set
the
| default document to
| > whatever name you want under IIS MMC, select the web, then properties,
| then documents, either add
| > the name or move it to be first.
| >
| > --
| > ==============================================
| > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| >
| > FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| > ==============================================
| > To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| >
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| >
| message
| > | > > Thanks, Tom.
| > > I just publish locally as a standard disc-based file system, but can
| publish
| > > locally as a live IIS web if that's better. I'll definitely
inactivate
| the
| > > live forum before working on files locally.
| > >
| > > Russell
| > >
http://tastycomputers.com
| > >
| > > | > > > Russell,
| > > >
| > > > #2 are you working with IIS locally?
| > > >
| > > > Whenever I download an Access database and prior to re-uploading I
| always
| > > do a compact and repair
| > > > first. General rule once your forum is active, you should never
| download
| > > and then re-upload the
| > > > database unless you first shut down the forum so that no new post
are
| > > made.
| > > >
| > > > --
| > > > ==============================================
| > > > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > > > WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| > > >
| > > > FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| > > > ==============================================
| > > > To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| > > >
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > > >
in
| > > message
| > > > | > > > > Thanks for the response, Thomas. I don't quite understand your
| reply to
| > > #2.
| > > > > I want the default page to be default.asp, but FrontPage won't
allow
| me
| > > to,
| > > > > without renaming the extension to .htm, anyway. I'm not sure why.
| It's
| > > > > really not that big of a deal, as all my links to the forum from
the
| > > main
| > > > > site will be linked to the default.asp page, but there are
| auto-reply
| > > e-mail
| > > > > elements programmed in the forum subweb that generate links in the
| > > e-mails
| > > > > to the "default" page in the forum, and it won't allow me to
change
| it
| > > from
| > > > > default.htm to default.asp, so that's why I created the
default.htm
| page
| > > > > with the JavaScript redirect to default.asp. Regarding the
cluster
| size
| > > > > issue of the .mdb file, I thought that as well, but 100KB is a big
| > > > > difference, and I renamed the local copy and publish it to the
live
| > > site,
| > > > > and the 100KB difference in size remained on the live site, so
| that's
| > > > > definitely a concern, if I'm planning on ever having to clean up
the
| > > > > database in Access locally then republish.
| > > > >
| > > > > Russell
| > > > >
http://tastycomputers.com
| > > > >
| > > > > | > > > > **snip**
| > > > > > #2 If local you are working against a web server, then you need
to
| > > default
| > > > > page for the web to be
| > > > > > default.asp and not default.htm.
| > > > > >
| > > > > > #3
| > > > > > The difference in file size between the two copies of your
| database,
| > > would
| > > > > be related to the file
| > > > > > cluster size being different on the server, as compared to your
| local
| > > > > machine.
| > > > > >
| > > > > > --
| > > > > > ==============================================
| > > > > > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > > > > > WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| > > > > >
| > > > > > FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| > > > > > ==============================================
| > > > > > To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support
| see:
| > > > > >
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > > > > >
| > > > > > "Russell" <rsullivan@tastycomputersdotcom_replacedotwith".">
wrote
| in
| > > > > message
| > > > > > | > > > > > > Hi,
| > > > > > > I've downloaded and imported the Web Wiz Forum unzipped files
| and
| > > > > folders
| > > > > > > (.asp/Access-based forum software) into a new subweb and
| published
| > > to my
| > > > > > > live server (Microsoft bCentral.) I have 3 questions for
| someone
| > > who
| > > > > uses
| > > > > > > this forum software:
| > > > > > >
| > > > > > > 1. The forum subweb site is pretty slow. I realize that I'd
| get
| > > better
| > > > > > > performance with SQL Server as opposed to Access DB-based, but
| my
| > > host
| > > > > > > doesn't support it in this package. Since the forum has just
| been
| > > > > created
| > > > > > > and no one is aware of it yet, excessive posts/online users
| > > definitely
| > > > > isn't
| > > > > > > a current issue. If you want to view it, it's at
| > > > > > >
http://tastycomputers.com/forum/default.asp. My main site is
| > > speedy.
| > > > > Is
| > > > > > > this slower .asp forum subweb performance normal?
| > > > > > >
| > > > > > > 2. My host claims that they support default.asp and/or
| index.asp as
| > > > > "start"
| > > > > > > pages in webs, but I can't get it to work with an .asp
| extension, so
| > > my
| > > > > > > "home" page for the subweb is default.htm, a page that just
has
| a
| > > simple
| > > > > > > JavaScript page redirect to default.asp. When I've attempted
to
| > > change
| > > > > the
| > > > > > > home page to the .asp page in FrontPage 2003, it wants me to
| rename
| > > the
| > > > > > > default.asp page to default.htm. Is there something that I'm
| > > missing
| > > > > here?
| > > > > > >
| > > > > > > 3. I'm planning to perform daily publishes of this live
subweb
| to a
| > > > > local
| > > > > > > hard drive for additional backup security. If I later
| recalculate
| > > > > > > hyperlinks in FrontPage on either the live site or the local
| copy,
| > > will
| > > > > that
| > > > > > > screw with the .asp-based web in any way, or should I not
| > > recalculate
| > > > > > > hyperlinks? I did notice last evening when I published the
live
| > > site to
| > > > > a
| > > > > > > local location, the online version of the Access database
| increased
| > > in
| > > > > size
| > > > > > > from 568K to 667K on the local copy, so that concerned me as
| well.
| > > > > > >
| > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
| > > > > > > Russell
| > > > > > >
http://tastycomputers.com
| > > > > > >
| > > > > > >
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| > > > > >
| > > > >
| > > > >
| > > >
| > > >
| > >
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| >
| >
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