Re: problems creating a guestbook!

From: Rick Budde (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/14/05 

Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:20:23 -0800

Sometime very soon, you should visit your favorite
bookstore and pickup a copy of "Microsoft Front Page 200x
Inside Out" by Jim Buyens. Purchase the edition of the
book that covers your version of Front Page.

You will save yourself a lot of headaches.

>-----Original Message-----
>I know they're huge.. But I don't know how to "optimise"
images, nor how to
>reduce the filesize.
>
>Thank you so much for trying to help me, but I don't
understand much from
>what you guys are writing.. Too difficult "computer-
language". Obviously, I
>should have thought of that before I started this
homepage-project.
>
>But anyway. I'll contact my host, or I'll contact
someone who I THINK is my
>host :)
>Thanx.
>
>Ronx skrev:
>
>> Your images are huge! I looked on Friends and one or
two other pages.
>> Over 180000 bytes for an image - the images I checked
should be around 5000
>> bytes, at most. The images should be optimised in a
graphics program, and
>> considerably reduced in size (filesize).
>>
>> The Guestbook page was either FTPd to the server, or
the server does not
>> have FrontPage extensions installed. It must be
published using HTTP to a
>> server with FrontPage extensions, or created on that
server.
>> If you FTP'd the page, did you also upload the images?
>>
>> http://home.no.net/ does have FrontPage extensions,
and if this is the root
>> folder of the web site the _private folder will be
there.
>> If this is not the root folder of your site, then your
host should make your
>> site a proper web, or sub web, at present it appears
to be just a folder.
>>
>> --
>> Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
>> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>>
>>
>> "ise" <ise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:151C06B6-874B-4995-909A-
96CE256B6FBE@microsoft.com...
>> >I have found this explanation on how to create a
guestbook:
>> >
>> > File->new
>> > Click More Page Templates from the task pane on
the right.
>> > Choose Guestbook template
>> >
>> > Edit the page to suit your website. Do not remove
the word [guestlog]
>> > near the bottom of the page - this is a place holder
for your users
>> > comments.
>> >
>> > Save the page, change the filename to suit.
>> >
>> > Refresh the Folder list by pressing F5.
>> >
>> > BUT HOW DO I DO THIS (see explanation
below!!)????????????????
>> >
>> > Find, and drag the file guestlog.htm into the
_private folder. This must
>> > be
>> > done since the guestlog.htm needs write permissions
which are (normally)
>> > only available in the _private folder.
guestlog.htm will be in the
>> > folder containing your new guestbook.
>> >
>> > Where do I find "the_private folder"? I don't think
I have a folder called
>> > that. The web site is: http://home.no.net/ise82/
>> >
>> > My problems are:
>> > - none of the pictures (or gifs) I saved in
FrontPage shows on the web
>> > - it is not possible to submit a comment
>> >
>> > HELP!!!!!
>>
>>
>>
>.
>

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