Re: FP2003 Authoring problem

From: John Harris (johnh_at_antispam.comptroub.co.nz)
Date: 02/05/05


Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 07:26:55 +1300

Hi Thomas,
Sorry about the delay in replying but I had to go away for a while.

I understand what you have said but I am now in the position where I cannot
recover except through a copy. Is there a way to do this or to reproduce
the site without starting from scratch again?

-- 
Harry
"Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message 
news:%23gAyYpYBFHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> You should always publish a FP web from on location to another, never 
> copy.
>
> It you want to have a backup, use NTBackup, which is automatically 
> installed for Windows XP Pro and all Windows 2003 Servers, this way you 
> can backup the Inetpub folder and configuration info to a second HD, etc.
>
> Windows XP Home users, have to install NTBackup from Add/Remove Windows 
> Components or directly from the CD.
>
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> "John Harris" <johnh@antispam.comptroub.co.nz> wrote in message 
> news:%23VfEtZYBFHA.936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Thomas,
>> Thanks for your reply but I'm not sure I follow.  After the old server 
>> died I only had a copy of my site.  I copied that on to the new server. 
>> I have since tried publishing the site which succeeded but I still cannot 
>> edit.  I have done the SharePoint Admin thing but am not sure of exactly 
>> what to do here and maybe I've made a mistake.
>>
>> Any further assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> -- 
>> Harry
>>
>>
>> "Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message 
>> news:%23QNzorWBFHA.3596@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> You needed to publish. Also on your Windows 2003 Server, Control Panel, 
>>> Admin Tools | Share Point Admin (should have a IE page icon), you need 
>>> to configure the Extensions for each web site, then publish the sites 
>>> from the other location to the server.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> ==============================================
>>> 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
>>>
>>> "John Harris" <johnh@antispam.comptroub.co.nz> wrote in message 
>>> news:uEAEjmWBFHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I am fairly new to working with websites.  My old web server (Windows 
>>>> 2003 Web Edition) died of M/B failure.  I rebuilt and reinstalled 
>>>> everything manually and copied my FP2003 site across to the new 
>>>> machine. Now I cannot edit any pages.
>>>>
>>>> I can open the site in FP.  I get a message about default authoring 
>>>> mode. Most of the options in the menus are greyed out.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone please tell me what I need to do to be able to edit the 
>>>> site?
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Harry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> 


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