Re: Setting Up a Test Server

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Set up a password protected directory on the server and publish your test pages there.

HOW TO: Apply Password Protection to Part of a Web Using FrontPage 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301554

It says FrontPage 2000 but it applies to all versions.

Or if you're host is running Apache/UNIX it's done via the CPanel > File manager > Web Protect.

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Steve Easton
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"Randy Morgan" <rmorgan1016@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> It's becoming increasingly inconvenient (and potentially rather
> embarrassing) for me to keep using my web host and their production
> server to test web pages as I develop them. And, as I start to venture
> into things other than simple HTML and free scripts I can find on the
> net, I'm pretty sure it's going to get worse.
>
> I have a couple older computers on my home network that I use mostly for
> backups, but would like to, if I can do it relatively inexpensively,
> turn one in a test server that I publish to via FP. The preview feature
> in FP is OK, but as you all know better than I it ain't the same.
>
> The PC I'd like to use has a P3 processor with plenty (512MB) of memory,
> 30GB or so of disk space, and runs XP Home (from what I can gather, not
> having XP Pro might be a rub). Can I make this happen, and is there a
> place to start that can walk me through it? I'm not to the point where
> I know IIS from FP extensions from the ASP.NET framework, but I think I
> may need all of them in order to get a test server going.
>
> Thanks,
>
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> Randy Morgan


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