Re: How To Make index.shtml As A Home Page?

From: Stefan B Rusynko (sbr_enjoy_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 09:45:23 -0400

Rename it to index1.htm
Copy the html content to another page (index.htm)
Right click index.htm and select Set as home page

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"Pastor Dan" <PastorDan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7921253E-BE2E-4BA9-B0F8-DB87CD5A5284@microsoft.com...
| How can I get rid of the thicket file without deleting my home page and losing my website navigation?
|
| "Tom Pepper Willett" wrote:
|
| > From a posting on another forum by Jim Chesire:
| >
| > "Thicket files are files that are saved from an Office document using the
| > Save As Web Page option on the File menu. On Windows 2000 and Windows XP,
| > the files are saved in enhanced folders that are connected to the files.
| > For example, if you save a page as mypage.htm and it has graphics in it, you
| > will also have a folder called mypage_files. The mypage_files folder is
| > connected to the mypage.htm file. If you delete the mypage_files folder, it
| > will automatically delete the mypage.htm file and vice versa "
| >
| >
| > --
| > ===
| > Tom "Pepper" Willett
| > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| > ---
| > About FrontPage 2003:
| > http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
| > FrontPage 2003 Product Information:
| > http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx
| > Understanding FrontPage:
| > http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/frontpage/
| > FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions Support Center:
| > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;fp10se
| > ===
| >
| > "Pastor Dan" <PastorDan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:5F7031E0-5102-490A-89B9-59A30E1E6D96@microsoft.com...
| > > How can I get rid of the thicket folder? It contains graphic files that
| > are not on my page. If I delete it in Windows Explorer, FP has problems. The
| > thicket folder creates problems whenever I try to rename the home page in
| > FP, whether on my local machine or on the web server.
| > >
| > > "Ronx" wrote:
| > >
| > > > index_files is a thicket folder created by using Word-Art, FP drawing
| > tools,
| > > > or importing files created in Word or another Office application. When
| > you
| > > > rename index.htm to index.shtm the thicket file has to be renamed also,
| > and
| > > > cannot be because it would have the same name after processing.
| > > >
| > > > rename your home page to default.htm - which should be acceptable to FP,
| > > > then rename again to index.shtm. The two step renaming should overcome
| > the
| > > > problem with the thicket folder, since it would be renamed to
| > default_files,
| > > > then to index_files.
| > > >
| > > > Ron
| > > > --
| > > > Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| > > >
| > > >
| > > > "Pastor Dan" <PastorDan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > > > news:471229E2-F523-4090-BC1B-E641B232BD99@microsoft.com...
| > > > > When I try to rename index.htm to index.shtml, I get a warning about
| > > > renaming the home page, then I click yes and it says I have a page with
| > > > hyperlinks, do I want to update the pages, I click yes and I always get
| > > > server error ... cannot rename ...\index_files to ...\index_files
| > > > destination already exists.
| > > > >
| > > > > If I save index.htm as index.shtml and try to Set index.shtml as Home
| > > > Page, FP sets index.shtml as the home page, but automatically renames it
| > to
| > > > index.htm and the old index.htm is renamed to index-old.htm. I'm
| > beginning
| > > > to question whether FP will accept anything other than index.htm as a
| > home
| > > > page.
| > > > >
| > > >
| > > >
| > > >
| >
| >
| >

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