Re: Comcast anyone?
- From: "Rob Giordano \(Crash\)" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 06:45:55 -0700
FP's photo slide show is quirky and not cross-browser, so you will run into
problems with it from time to time.
"Trish" <Trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Thanks...though, I did finally get the darn thing up and running...granted
I
| have some things to fix....and can't understand why some of the photo
slide
| show things are messed up...but, at least the SITE is up! I have to update
it
| soon, and hope I don't lose everything!
|
| "seahero" wrote:
|
| > trish, it seems to me, you may have came across the same problems, as i
had
| > (recently, started learning from scratch.) first, i need to know what
you're
| > seeing (like, error messages, something about 'server extensions...blah,
| > blah, blah!?!, etc.) i was thumping my head in agony, but ended-up
chatting
| > with some guy on the comcast online support. he was restricted from
helping
| > me with anything, since frontpage is a 3rd party program. however, he
was
| > gracious enough to inform me that the instructions for using the
frontpage
| > '03 extensions are right there in front of my face and very simple; and
| > self-explanatory. so, i went back and tried it and it worked!! but,
since you
| > probably tried to post your website, already, you're going to have to go
into
| > your "web building blocks', then click on manage existing files or
manage
| > directories<--(they're both on the same page) and delete/clear
everything, in
| > the delete directory, delete files,,,,,just delete/clear everything!!
after
| > that, go to the extensions, again, and make sure that only the frontpage
'03
| > extensions is activated (better yet, make sure everything is clicked on
no,
| > re-authorize/confirm it, then, go back and only click yes to frontpage
| > extensions, and authorize again.) click no to all the other crap. i
don't
| > know why, but it's what i did. then, i went back and found out, the i
| > messed-up the name of my HOMEPAGE, in the folders list. i made some
changes
| > to a couple of the pages i created, not knowing that i actually created
a
| > mess. so, what i ended-up doing, was i just burned to a CD, the "MY
WEBS"
| > document (in the MY DOCUMENTS folder), where the website is stored, just
to
| > have a copy of all the wonderful jibberish i had created (so, i could
copy
| > and paste the text and stuff, to the new page), then i scrapped the
whole
| > deal that i created and started all over. this time, i made sure i went
out
| > and bought a book, at borders. the book i have now is called, "Microsoft
| > Office--Frontpage 2003--fast & easy"--by brian proffitt--published by
premier
| > press. it set me back $20, but it's well worth it. it shows everything
you
| > need to know, with arrows pointing and everything. although, i saw other
| > books that were just as good or about the same, for about the same
price, i
| > liked the one i bought, better. the frontpage for dummies sucked for $5
more.
| > in fact, there were two different frontpage for dummies books, both were
| > complicated, one was alot bigger, alot more complicated techie stuff and
for
| > $30. if you were thinking, like i was, "i wasted $100 on this program
and it
| > doesn't work on comcast?" the gooid news is, frontpage '03 does work, it
just
| > takes trial and error. in fact, i even had it working, then tried to
update
| > it, like 4 or 5 times and it stopped working, so i had to do it over,
again
| > and again. deleting those files and directories was a major pain, but
you
| > gotta do what you gotta do to learn. i don't mind telling you that every
time
| > i re-created my website, it actually got better, looked better and i
saved it
| > on a CD, every time i thought i had it where i wanted it. when i
screwed-up,
| > all i had to do was delete the website from the MY WEBS document, and
copied
| > the one from the CD, back to the MY WEBS document. i just kept bumping
into
| > new and better things. right now, i don't have it up and running on
comcast
| > or any other hosting site, 'cause i'm learning how to create forms, so i
can
| > create a disclaimer. just something else well worth learning. so, to
answer
| > your question, after all this crapola i've just provided you, this is
the
| > link that i got to that finally helped set me free!!
| >
http://www.comcast.net/help/faq/index.jsp?faq=Comcast_net_SitePersonal_Web_Pages17963
| > let me know what happens, okay!?! good luck!!
seahero00@xxxxxxxxxxx
| >
| > "Trish" wrote:
| >
| > > Does anyone use Comcast PWPs? If so, please let me know how you manage
to
| > > upload using FP 2003. I'm having MAJOR trouble, and YES I have FP
extensions
| > > enabled...
| > >
| > > THANKS!
.
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