Re: .asp vs. .htm and SCARED TO DEATH BECAUSE OF NEW OPPORTUNITY
From: Thomas A. Rowe (tarowe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/09/04
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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 17:54:49 -0400
Unless you have login access to the site via FP or FTP, you can not see any ASP (server-side) code,
when viewing the site in a browser.
-- ============================================== 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 "Adam Barrington" <AdamBarrington@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:655AA129-1859-4F22-AFBF-26493896236F@microsoft.com... > I know that I can recreate it in .html. It doesn't appear that the site is > using database components and the other things that require .asp. Could it > be possible that this firm simply prefers to use .asp when they really don't > need to? Kind of like Mac users insisting on everyone else coming to their > camp and everyone else is wrong for not doing so. (smile!). > > I just really wonder if .asp's are necessary. > > "Mark Fitzpatrick" wrote: > > > Adam, > > The .asp stands for Active Server Pages. Basically it's a > > server-side scripting platform that can emit HTML to the browsre. It let's > > you do things like pull data from a database to create part or all of a web > > page. It's possible that there is a lot going on in these pages that > > requires programming, and that may not be something you want to keep up. The > > Flash animations may be tricky, but unless you have the original files, you > > won't really be able to alter them. If your friend leaves the host, it is > > possible that the host will not give him any of the files as it depends very > > much on the agreement he has with the firm. Bottom line, yes, you should > > probably be scared to take the site over. You may want to first try to see > > if you can duplicate it in FrontPage, at least the overall layout anyways, > > from scratch to see if you would be comfortable working with the layout and > > other requirements (kind of a proof of concept). > > > > Hope this helps, > > Mark Fitzpatrick > > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage > > > > "Adam Barrington" <AdamBarrington@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > > message news:9276CEAB-5455-4F11-99F1-948792BD53A5@microsoft.com... > > > I've been asked by a friend of mine to explore the possibility of becoming > > > his webmaster. He is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host with > > quite > > > a following. He's currently with a large web design firm, but is not > > happy > > > because he's not getting his site updated on a regular basis even though > > he's > > > paying a monthly retainer. That being said, I'm new to this business and > > I'm > > > kind of freaked out. I've looked at his site and they use .asp extensions > > as > > > opposed to .htm. What's the difference between the two? Is .asp better > > than > > > .htm? > > > > > > I also noticed that he's currently got some FLASH animation on his site. > > > Should I be scared? > > > > > > Adam > > > > > >
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