Re: Unix, FP Photo Galleries & Subweb incompatability?

From: Stefan B Rusynko (sbr_enjoy_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/12/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 04:39:47 -0400

If it is a FP subweb open the subweb under the root web in FP and create the gallery in FP
- do not move it from one web.subweb to another in any other tool 

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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2ae6501c467ba$aecd13b0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
| Sorry to have confused you! The location I gave you is a
| path. It is the path that shows up in the control panel
| when I view the files in file manager and it is the path
| that tells you how I set up the folders in the same manner
| inside my FP program. The problem I am having is that FP
| creates a photogallery123 folder in the root instead of
| under the sub site or sub web. Does that make things
| clearer? I need ALL files located under the sub web not
| the root domain.
| >-----Original Message-----
| >I'm a little confused here.
| >public_html is the default publish to or root folder on a
| UNIX server, but it is never included in a
| >domain or subweb name.
| >
| >Example:
| >If your site is www.pictures.com  it means your domain is
| pictures.com
| >A standard folder named gallery1 would be accessed using
| www.pictures.com/gallery1  and gallery1 can
| >be a password protected folder. ( and should have an
| index.htm page that opens as the default page )
| >
| >Also you should be able to create your photo gallery
| entirely inside gallery1
| >
| >A subweb named gallery1 would be
| www.gallery1.pictures.com  and can also be password
| protected.
| >
| >
| >
| >-- 
| >Steve Easton
| >Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| >95isalive
| >This site is best viewed............
| >........................with a computer
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| >"WebwranglerTX" <WebwranglerTX@discussions.microsoft.com>
| wrote in message
| >news:0D124956-7EC7-4E97-8043-1E86CD06868B@microsoft.com...
| >> Does anyone know of any known incompatabilities between
| a Unix server file structure and FP 2003
| >photo galleries?
| >> The problem I am having is that my host's Apache server
| uses the public_html file structure for
| >subwebs, which does not allow subfolders under subwebs.
| >> I am a web designer hosting my non-profit customer's
| web pages free of charge on my own account
| >using subwebs. My customers point their domain names at
| my subweb URL. The problem is that photos
| >are not showing up and instead the red x is seen. In case
| you are wondering, I have Unix because I
| >need each photo album to have its own permissions and a
| login for each visitor but we haven't even
| >gotten that far yet.
| >> FP wants to produce "photogallery" folders under the
| root domain containing thumbnails, a
| >javascript file and the various html files. This makes it
| impossible for me to track how much space
| >is being used by each sub. When I move the
| photogallery123 folder files out of the FP-created folder
| >and into their sub's folder as loose files
| (./public_html/subdomain/,) renaming each file according
| >to the sub name, the gallery does not display properly on
| the web. Red x's show up instead. The
| >albums display perfectly fine locally within FP using the
| preview tab.
| >> I tried moving the whole photogallery123 folder as a
| solution but this does not work because
| >subwebs are not allowed to have subfolders. All files
| must be loose under the single root sub
| >folder. By the way, I have not designated these
| subfolders as "webs" using the right click method to
| >convert them. They are simply folders under the root
| domain's public_html system.
| >> All of the moving that I am doing is via click and drag
| so that FP can update the references.
| >> The major headache with this is that I have to rename
| every file by hand, one by one and then
| >similarly move them and confirm each confirmation dialog
| box one by one to keep the references
| >updated. With over 10,000 photos and over 100 albums to
| manage, I simply don't have time for this. I
| >also don't have time for copying and pasting  urls into
| aftermarket javascript code. There has to be
| >a better way.
| >> Is the problem with this that I am trying to do this on
| a Unix Server? Will switching to a Windows
| >Server make this any easier?  I don't see how but I
| thought I would ask. I would like each photo
| >album to have restricted access via logins for each
| visitor but that is just a dream at the moment.
| >I would be happy if I could have even just one login for
| each album that each non-profit group can
| >share among their own members.
| >> I found a knowledge base document #825451 titled
| subsites that references IIS Manager and
| >Sharepoint Services but I am not familiar with these
| services. I need to have this done by tonight
| >and I feel like I am spinning my wheels.
| >> Thanks for any help in advance! :)
| >
| >
| >.
| >

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