Re: Mixing FP and non-FP webs on one PWS server

From: Thomas A. Rowe (tarowe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 03:48:00 -0400

You really shouldn't use any FTP (FP or 3rd Party) to publish content that is to be managed by FP to
a server that has the FP extensions, as the extensions will not be aware of any changes in content. 

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"Kevin Lucas" <kevin.lucas@cconcave.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23AgFAj8lEHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Wes
> Thanks for this but I'd understood that I shouldn't FTP into a Web Server
> that uses the FP extensions. So can I just clarify; even though FP may be
> capable of FTP (which I'd assumed was for uploading to servers that don't
> have the extensions), it's safe to use another FTP program (not FP) to FTP
> to a web server running  the extensions?
>
> Thanks for your help
> Kevin
>
> "Wes" <puuhina@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:NXq0d.12448$w%6.11248@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> > You can FTP from FP.  Also, you can use FP to design your site and upload
> > using the FTP program of your choice.
> >
> >
> > "Kevin Lucas" <kevin.lucas@cconcave.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:%23ns4J04lEHA.3896@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > > I want to be able to use a single Microsoft Personal Web Server (PWS)
> > > running on Win 98SE to host FrontPage webs and non-FrontPage webs
> > > simultaneously. One of the reasons is that I want to be able to publish
> > > simple FP sites or non-FP sites by pushing them to the Web server rather
> > > than pulling them from the web server PC because it is not normally
> easily
> > > accessible. And as I understand it PWS only allows authoring such as
> that
> > by
> > > FrontPage from its own host PC rather than any remote PCs.
> > >
> > > This would allow me to migrate away from FP to something that will allow
> > FTP
> > > (and hence get round PWS's authoring limitations).
> > >
> > > My PWS has the Frontpage extensions and I see from this newsgroup that I
> > > shouldn't really FTP the non-FP webs to the server. So I wondered:
> > >
> > > - whether I could still make the two types of web coexist by setting the
> > PWS
> > > manager to control a folder quite outside my standard PWS folder-set
> > (which
> > > is in Inetpub/wwwroot) and FTPing my non-FP webs into this separate
> folder
> > >
> > > - or could I use the Publishing Wizard within the PWS manager to load a
> > > non-FP web into the standard web server folders? Would it look after the
> > > issues of the FP extensions successfully as it does so? (The downside
> here
> > > is that I have to do this from the PWS host PC)
> > >
> > > - or would the Microsft Web Publishing Wizard for example take due
> account
> > > of the FP extensions on the server and somehow handle the fact the webs
> > I'm
> > > publishing aren't from a FP environment without damaging the extensions
> in
> > > the process?
> > >
> > > Even if I used a web server other than PWS I'd still need the FP
> > extensions
> > > until I can migrate all my existing webs and then I'd presumably be back
> > to
> > > the original problem of needing the extensions while wanting to publish
> > > sites that don't use them.
> > >
> > > I'd prefer to avoid running two web servers on different ports if
> > possible.
> > >
> > > Sorry this is a bit complex to explain but is it obvious to anyone how I
> > > should go about this please?
> > >
> > > Many thanks for any help you can give.
> > >
> > > Kevin Lucas
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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