Re: Losing content of pages when updating?

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From: aka: Crash Gordon®\ (NOVIAGRAwebmaster_at_siriussystems.com)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:01:57 -0700

First, *don't* use FTP - unless of course your server does not have the FP extensions installed.

HOW are you working...are you talking about your local (on your hardrive) web? Or are you trying to work live...directly on the server.

It kinda sounds like you are working on your local machine's copy *without* having first created a Web.

Describe how you are working.

"Kathy913" <Kathy913@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FC076A3D-92B6-4290-A672-9542ADFEBB40@microsoft.com...
| hmmm...apparently, if you close the page with the little 'x' in the right
| hand corner, you lose the content, if you close from the file menu it seems
| to keep the information. Anyone else find this to be true? What a PIA!
|
| "Kathy913" wrote:
|
| > I'm not even to the point of updating it on the site....the files aren't on
| > my harddrive to upload. They are just empty files with the shared borders
| > showing. Everytime I open a file, the content of the page
| > dissappears...it'll be fine, act like it is saving. I close the file, move
| > on to the next file. Then if I go back to change something else, everything
| > is gone...computers don't work that way, so I know it has to be something I'm
| > doing, but I've gone over all the steps and am doing eveyrthing the same as I
| > was before....it just makes no sense....
| >
| > "arcarius76" wrote:
| >
| > > Do you remember if while doing the update, you had a
| > > hiccup in your connection. One time it happened to me and
| > > when I went to my website, it was blank. I had to repeat
| > > the process and everything was put back. Also, you might
| > > want to check how you are updating your site. Are you
| > > using FTP or is the hosting site compatible with
| > > FrontPage extensions. I find that with FrontPage
| > > extensions, some time it gets a little screwy. Use FTP if
| > > you can. Let me know if this helps.
| > >
| > > Arcarius76
| > > >-----Original Message-----
| > > >I have been using FP2002 for a month or so now. I
| > > haven't had any problems
| > > >until just recently. I was updating some files on
| > > Friday and saved all the
| > > >information, but now when I go back and reopen the
| > > files, the content is
| > > >completely gone, only the shared borders are there?
| > > >
| > > >anyone have this happen? any ideas on what I'm doing
| > > wrong?
| > > >
| > > >Thank you!
| > > >
| > > >
| > > >.
| > > >
| > >

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