Re: Web Wiz Forums in New Subweb, Published with FP2003

From: Russell (rsullivan_at_tastycomputersdotcom_replacedotwith)
Date: 04/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 19:19:59 GMT

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

"Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:O17Dl4iKEHA.2024@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> 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)
> http://www.ycoln-resources.com
> 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
> news:Hxyic.21144$IW1.1079976@attbi_s52...
> > 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
> >
> > "Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:eb6e4diKEHA.3016@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > **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)
> > > http://www.ycoln-resources.com
> > > 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
> > > news:9Qxic.20994$aQ6.1283567@attbi_s51...
> > > > 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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