Re: Unable to make working backup or publish

From: bobs (bobs_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 22:50:01 -0700

Mardon, Thanks...your advice at separating the 1MB files worked in that I'm now able to publish. However, my publised copy doesn't fully work. :-(

Thomas. Please clarify how I should go about making my backups. Here's my situation:

1. I run an internal web site at work on my local machine (W2000 using IIS). I do not publish to any server and instead edit the live site when needed.

2. I desire to make a backup of my web site and test it on my home machine (XPPro using IIS).

3. I can only really test my web site with IIS since I have incorporated asp pages

4. I've tried publishing the web site to a folder on my work machine. Copying this folder onto my home machine via USB drive (i.e. I'm hesistant about trying to publish to my home machine). I've also tried copying the web site at work (say USB drive) and copying (USB drive) the files at home. In addition, I've tried all sorts of web recalculations, remove/add web extension, etc..

5. The problem is my web site looks fine (links and all) when viewing with the web browser at the directory level. However, when viewing with the web browser and IIS, the asp pages do not work and neither do the navigation bars.

6. In my situation, what is the best way to get a copy of my web site from my work (local) machine to my home machine assuming I do not have an internet connection between the two machines?

THANKS!

Bob

"Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:

> If you want to maintain the structure, then you have to publish via FP to the Windows XP / IIS
> machine.
>
> The hidden FP folders contain info the web/machine specific, and is never published between
> machines, the extensions on the receiving machine create unique info which may appear to be the same
> on both machine, but it is not.
>
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> "bobs" <bobs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:062C8C95-712B-437D-94D0-6DE8C8127488@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks Thomas. I don't think you understand my situation. My live site is my local machine (i.e. I
> use IIS that came with W2000). I'm only trying to create a backup copy of my website. I've tried
> publishing to create my backup, however, I'm unable to publish...see error message noted below.
> So...I've tried copying the files (...those under wwwroot). However, my navigation buttons do not
> work when I test the backup on another computer using WindowsXP and IIS. Please advise on how I can
> make a backup when I get an error message when publishing to a file. Thanks, Bob.
> >
> > "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:
> >
> > > You must publish from one location to another to maintain the structure of the web. So if you
> are
> > > publishing back from your live site to your local machine, you would enter the publishing
> location
> > > as http://localhost/webname
> > >
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> > > ==============================================
> > > 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
> > >
> > > "bobs" <bobs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:6424B1B0-9FDC-4339-86ED-D8A415FE0ADB@microsoft.com...
> > > > I should add that the navigation bars appear and work when I open the website from the file
> > > location. However, the navigation bars do not appear when I open the website via IIS (via it's
> > > internet address on my home machine).
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Bob
> > > >
> > > > "bobs" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I'm attempting to make a backup copy of my front page web. However, my backup (made by
> copying
> > > the files in wwwroot through Explorer) copy has the navigation bars missing and the asp pages (I
> > > have an Access database within my website) do not work. Please advise. Below are more specifics:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) Web created on FP2000 using a W2000
> > > > > 2) When attempting to publish (to create a backup), I get an error message as follows: "An
> error
> > > occurred accessing your FrontPage web files. Authors : if authoring against a web server, please
> > > contact the webmaster for this server's site. WebMasters - please see the server's system log
> for
> > > more details." Thus, I made my backup using Explorer (just copy and pasted wwwroot)
> > > > > 3) When testing the backup using a WindowsXP machine and IIS, the navigational bars do not
> > > appear and the asp pages (Access database query) do not work.
> > > > > 4) If tried recalculating the web site and re-creating the FP extension. However, this did
> not
> > > fix the problems.
> > > > > 5) I have an Access2000 database within my web that's over 1MB.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > Bob
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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