work live vs publish question

[Lundy Wilder]

I have several sites I manage using the publish from local machine
method and one larger site that I work on live, mainly because it
requires a lot of minor updates and I travel a lot.

Now the question--a new site that I started putting together using
publish method also has Quikstore cgi-bin shopping cart software
installed. I tried to do the install myself and ended up paying their
(most reasonably priced) tech guys to do my install on secure and non
secure servers for me and configure the whole thing. I now need to
proceed building up the site now that shop cart is functioning
perfectly.

BUT, on my local machine FP98 files I do not have the cgi-bin contents
as my installer did it ftp. Certain files in this shop cart program in
cgi-bin must be uploaded in binary and others must be done ascii.

Is there any way I can continue to use the publish method for this
site, or should I go live from here on so as to not let FP98 screw up
what is in my cgi-bin (after days of working on my set-up by the most
helpful QuikStore tech fellow) ?

LAST THING ON EARTH I want to do is screw up any of the shop cart
functionality.

Is there any way to use publish method and get FP98 to ignore the
CGI-BIN as it currently exists on my server?

Thanks for all suggestions, Lundy

 

[JDR]

Lundy,

My advice on this would be to get an FTP client. You can work on your pages locally and use your FTP client to upload unique files and directories.

Here is a link to WS FTP LE : http://www.ftpplanet.com/downloadLE.asp
This is free if you qualify.

JDR
*************

 

[Ronx]

If you work locally and publish FP98 *will* corrupt your cgi-bin files,
unless you remove FPextensions from your live site and never use FP98 to
publish.

If you upgrade to FP2000 or later, the cgi-bin can be made into a subweb, on
both server and locally, and totally ignored by Front Page - IIRC, this
option is only open to FP98 if the cgi-bin is not contained within the
website itself. (I am not sure if this is a limitation of FP98, FP98
extensions, or both)

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

If your host supports subwebs you want to convert those special folders to subwebs so FP will leave them alone and you can FTP to
them (w/o corrupting the root web FP SE)

Open your online site in FP and convert the cgi-bin folder (plus any other shopping cart folders needing unique permissions) to a
web/subweb
In your local site in FP98 create the empty folder cgi-bin (and any cart folder) and convert it to a web/subweb
Then when you publish w/ FP do not include subwebs




| I have several sites I manage using the publish from local machine
| method and one larger site that I work on live, mainly because it
| requires a lot of minor updates and I travel a lot.
|
| Now the question--a new site that I started putting together using
| publish method also has Quikstore cgi-bin shopping cart software
| installed. I tried to do the install myself and ended up paying their
| (most reasonably priced) tech guys to do my install on secure and non
| secure servers for me and configure the whole thing. I now need to
| proceed building up the site now that shop cart is functioning
| perfectly.
|
| BUT, on my local machine FP98 files I do not have the cgi-bin contents
| as my installer did it ftp. Certain files in this shop cart program in
| cgi-bin must be uploaded in binary and others must be done ascii.
|
| Is there any way I can continue to use the publish method for this
| site, or should I go live from here on so as to not let FP98 screw up
| what is in my cgi-bin (after days of working on my set-up by the most
| helpful QuikStore tech fellow) ?
|
| LAST THING ON EARTH I want to do is screw up any of the shop cart
| functionality.
|
| Is there any way to use publish method and get FP98 to ignore the
| CGI-BIN as it currently exists on my server?
|
| Thanks for all suggestions, Lundy

 

[Lundy Wilder]

Thank you all for the helpful advice. Lundy