Re: Accidently imported a web site to http://localhost

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From: Thomas A. Rowe (tarowe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/15/04 

Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:33:41 -0400

If the live/remote server doesn't have the FP extensions, then you can not use http, you have to use
ftp to upload your web content. 

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"newbie" <newbie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DAB0A0DE-08DE-4890-A158-EEACB9FFDF48@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Tom for responding.
> 1) On another pc, I did a File Open Site and typed in the site name
> http://xyz.com
> Then a window called Web Site Setup shows and of the options
> FP Server Extensions, WebDAV, FTP, File System, HTTP, I think the only
> choice I have is to pick HTTP, because the server that the web site runs on
> doesn't have FP server extensions and I don't know the ftp password info.
>
> So I picked HTTP and then keyed in the new website name
> http://localhost/xyz.
>
> Is there a way that I can do a 'Publish' for this web site to get it into FP?
>
> 2) On my laptop which I messed up by creating a FP website at http://localhost
> I'm not able to create any new websites located at localhost, for ex,
> http://localhost/test without getting server errors.  In win exp when I
> navigate to c:\inetpub\wwwroot the icon for wwwroot is not a yellow folder.
> It's a yellow folder with a blue ball in it and a red line underneath it.  Is
> there someway using IIS that I can remove the FP website that I created at
> http://localhost?
>
> thanks,
> julie
> "anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com" wrote:
>
> > Thanks for your advice.
> >
> > I tried to open the web site at (http://www.xzy) and do a
> > WebDev remote site publish to the new local site at
> > http://localhost/xyz  but the publish failed because the
> > web site doesn't have FP server extensions.
> > I'm not allowed to ftp from the web site, so isn't my
> > only choice is to pick File System?
> >
> > When I type in the Remote Site Web location of
> > http://www.xyz) and click OK, the same Remote Web Site
> > Properties window redisplays.
> >
> > 1)So what do I do?
> >
> > 2) When I try to create a new one page website located at
> > http://localhost/test2, I get the error
> > Server Error: Cannot create file "index.htm"
> >
> > Isn't this happening because I have a FP website created
> > at http://localhost and now every new website I try to
> > create under localhist/somename is considered a subsite?
> > What can I do to fix this?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > newbie
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >You don't want to import, you want to open the
> > live/remote site directly in FP and then publish it
> > >to http://localhost/abc
> > >
> > >-- 
> > >==============================================
> > >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
> > >
> > >"newbie" <newbie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > message
> > >news:A67FDC18-E761-40D7-A692-
> > 9E6773DD1916@microsoft.com...
> > >> I tried to import from a web site into FrontPage by
> > http
> > >> by specifing a web site on my localhost that I had not
> > created yet
> > >> (http://localhost/abc). A window flashed by real quick
> > and the wizard didn't
> > >> proceed, so I changed it to be http://localhost/.
> > >>
> > >> Now my other frontpage web site under
> > c:\inetpub\wwwroot\xyz doesn't display
> > >> properly in the browser.
> > >>
> > >> I think it's been turned into a subsite because of
> > what I did.
> > >>
> > >> How can I undo this mess I've made?
> > >>
> > >> Many thanks for any help!
> > >> newbie
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
> >

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