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FrontPage 2000 - Can I do it?

jeruark — 8 Jun 2006 1:32:20 GMT

As a new webmistress, I am contemplating redesigning our DAR chapter site and moving it to Rootsweb (currently on geocities--not thrilled with page builder or pop-ups there). I have FrontPage 2000. Does Rootsweb support sites designed with FP 2000? What issues or limitations might I have if it is possible? I am pretty new at this.

Thanks for any insight!

FrontPage 2002 not seen online or saving to hdd properly

gypsys_genealogy — 1 Dec 2007 7:00:38 GMT

G'day
I've made my web pages in FrontPage 2002 & used FTP Explorer to upload them to my web space with my isp

I have checked & my web space at my isp is all correct & I can connect fine with my ftp application

None of my pages are seen online so obviously they're not saving properly on my hdd as html before I upload them

I got my isp to check the files I'd uploaded & all they'd say was the index.htm looked a bit "funny" but wouldn't offer any other help

I have also tried making the pages in Publisher - they show up online but only through an index page & you have to click on each page individually

With FrontPage 2002, it doesn't save any the graphics with it so I have to upload them indivually off my hdd

I just dont feel like its saving properly

I have disabled Front Page Server Extensions as I've been told that can cause problems

Can anyone help me please? I would really appreciate it

Cheers
Teri

I "think" I've done it! FrontPage 2002 that would show & save to hdd

gypsys_genealogy — 2 Dec 2007 11:53:12 GMT

G'day All

Firstly, thanks to everyone trying to help me with FrontPage 2002 when I couldn't get my pages to show up online

Judy gave me a clue when she advised me to get FrontPage Cleaner - I couldn't find it but, I decided to do it manually - I deleted all FrontPage temp files, started from scratch, did one page as Pat had said to do (I read all the tutorials, Pat) & it worked!

I've since done exactly the same thing with the other pages (5) & put them online

My connection is soooooo slow (28.8 if I'm LUCKY!) so I'm having troubles seeing it still but I feel more confident that I'm now on the right track

I'll try to get someone with a faster connection to try them out for me & see if they work - if they don't, I'll delete all the temp files again & start again

I used FrontPage 2002 years ago & didn't have these problems so I don't understand why its happening now

So thank you all once again - if I can't get them to work, maybe I'll come back & see if any of you can help me further if that's ok

Hooroo
Teri

Fp2000 - question about folders that begin with underscore

JudyFlorian — 13 Sep 2007 3:36:36 GMT

Hi,

I recently created a new web using an external style sheet (thanks to Pat G). When I made my first folder/page in this web, I had copied in some old pages from another web (which used a different design). My intention was to copy the content from the old pages to the new web pages in their own new folder.

Over the last couple weeks, I've made changes and new pages for the "new" web based on the old content of those pages. (I did not just copy the content, I typed it on the new page, so nothing would get messed up on my new template.) Then I deleted the "old" pages.

The old pages had my very first attempts at webmaking. So, for example, one of those old pages used a left border. I have none of that in my new web.

Last night I was going through the broken links Reports and saw broken links in folders that begin with underscore -- but NONE of those "pages" still exist in this web (they were connected to the "old" pages I have since deleted.)
"Broken links" are in:
_borders_left
page: left.htm----OLD, not used in THIS web
page: top.htm-----OLD, not used in THIS web
_private (I think I made this _folder to store a few pages one time. It just has some OLD pages NOT in use in any web and that I don't want anymore.)
_includes (has 2 OLD "includes" that have been changed so these 2 are NOT in use in this web)

So, is it okay to delete the pages I made that got stuck in or have copies in these _folders? What rules should I follow when thinking about deleting something from one of the underscore folders?

There is also ONE item called "themes.inf" in _themes. But I've never (knowingly) applied any theme to this web. It may have copied in with one of the old page copies that I have since deleted. Should I leave this there or can I delete "themes.inf" without causing any problem?

Thanks!
Judy

Lots of options for building a free website for your family tree

vp748 — 9 Aug 2007 7:02:34 GMT

There are several options to build your own family history website. I learned the hard way not to go the route of loading software on my computer and creating it that way. There are a bunch of sites that let you do it all online in a very easy way. You don't need to download anything onto your computer or even pay in most cases if you are willing to have ads on your site. Wikipedia has a list if you look up "Free Webhosts".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_Webhosts

Does anyone know how to do this?

JRKPillars — 21 Jul 2006 1:59:50 GMT

I would like to learn how to make it so when you click on the webpage and it opens, it will open from right to left. If you can help would you email me? Thank you.

famlyfndr@coslink.net

Computer Browser stops responding when pasting.

m_shonkwiler — 31 Jul 2007 8:41:48 GMT

I transcribe records and I have them in table format, I am beginning to think they are too big. When I copy and paste into my rootweb site the browser stops working. I love FrontPage and it helps me to keep consistency. Any suggestions on what to do? I have Internet Explorer and Mozilla and both stop working. I have also used a differenct computer for pasting and it does the same thing.
chelle

FTP error in uploading data to website

WWeldon3911 — 15 Jul 2007 3:59:20 GMT

I am using Front Page 2003.Going the "remote website properties" -using FTP and entering "users.freepages.rootsweb.com" and "genealogy_html" - I get an error that the folder is not located.
In using CoreFTP I uploaded the data to the website and it worked fine. I would like to be able to do this in Front Page. What do I need to do?

broken hyperlinks

awise110 — 23 May 2007 8:58:45 GMT

Sorry everyone, but I have another problem I hope you can solve for me.

I have two sites that are census guides to the Orphanages, Poor Farms and other institutions. At the end of 2005 I was informed that cox would no longer support Microsoft Server Extensions and as a result I am no longer able to make live updates.

I am in the process of moving the sites, and I thought one quick and easy way to do this was to copy and paste the information, to a new site and republish to a different server. When I copy and paste the individual pages, they are no longer linked to the home page. I tried recalculating hyperlinks and that didn't work either.

I am hoping you can solve this problem for me without me having to manualy re-type the info.

Thanks,

Karen

subweb

karensgenes — 23 May 2007 6:09:32 GMT

Can you create a subweb within a website that has already been published?

Thanks,

Karen

a mystery line....

jimrich — 25 Sep 2006 4:59:28 GMT

Hi:
O.S. dell pc win xp home sp2 front page 2000

I am just making a website with FP 2000 and am not published yet.
When I open Guest Book and go to Preview tab, this line:
[FrontPage Save Results Component]
appears on the page but not in Page View where I’m working. It also appears on the Guest Book page in Browser preview option.
Here is a section of the HTML code containing the mystery line in Guest Book:

<form METHOD="POST" action="--WEBBOT-SELF--" onSubmit="">
<strong>[FrontPage Save Results Component]</strong>
<blockquote>

My question is: how to get rid of the mystery line? Do I need to erase or change the HTML code for this mystery line or what?
Thanks,
Jim

FrontPage Genealogy Web Site

JRKPillars — 17 Jul 2006 12:58:52 GMT

Thank you to everybody who answered my question about FrontPage.
If anyone has the time would they look at my website and let me know if I should change anything.
I especially liked the advice Keep it short and simple but is my site to short and simple? It is just that I have seen so many sites that are so hard to navigate and the graphics are awful, they add everything they can to their site.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jkpillars/genealogy...

FrontPage Software Question

JRKPillars — 7 Jul 2006 12:04:06 GMT

I am looking for someone who has FrontPage who can answer some questions for me. I don't need any indepth help so it won't take a lot of time. But I don't get to the boards very often. Would they email me at famlyfndr@coslink.net
Thank you.

Fade picture in and out

Jeff — 17 Feb 2006 5:18:21 GMT

I am trying to fade pictures in and out on a rotation on my home page. I am using FrontPage 2000. Is it possible?

Information wanted?Desperately!

ruth — 19 Feb 2006 10:00:49 GMT

Hi, I have Front Page 2003, comes with my domain, plus links to a Legacy File and Family Tree Quick and Easy File. Two separate family trees linked to my ugly home page. I hate my format and the Front Page Templates just aren't attractive to genealogy sites. I have considered downloading a template from a designer, but don't know how that would work with Front Page. Plus all my files are messed up. is there a rule of thumb as to where the web site should be stored and how to make subfolders for the two sites? Either C drive, documents and settings? My Documents? Also how do I break the site into pages, instead of one long scroll?
I am just beginning.
Thank you,
Ruth

How do I install saved data from a CD back into a program?

Jean Holt — 10 Dec 2005 1:23:25 GMT

Can anyone help me?
Viruses hit my computer and the outcome was I had to do a destructive recovery. But I saved the data from my FrontPage pgm to a CD, however, I don't know how to re-install from the CD into the pgm. So I can't add or change on my Freepages site now.

The person who helped me create my site has retired so I need a little help. Thanks much.
Jean

Any new HTML/Gedcom software that works with FRONTPAGE???

Tom Bommarito — 18 May 2005 11:08:20 GMT

I have a family tree website I created with Frontpage. At the time gedcom technology was kind of weak, and the only way I was really able to list any family tree structure was through individual pedigrees. (Ex. http://www.bommarito.us/tree1.htm )

I'm looking for something where you can put up an All Inclusive family tree. So you can see the links from person to person on a large scale.

I haven't kept up with family tree software. So I was just wondering if something new has come along.

Any links to site that have that would be appreaciated.

http://www.bommarito.us/

Front Page+Indexing

Shane Powell — 5 Jul 2004 4:39:10 GMT

Had a web site with out of date data. Created a new web site, changed the host header but search funtion has indexing server showing the old information.
Running 2k3/ Sharepoint Services
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Empty Space

Peter — 28 Apr 2004 1:04:00 GMT

Hi,
When inserting a form...in my case it is a search box there is always an empty space below the search box. Is there a way to eliminate that? Thanks for any reply!
Peter

Using Photoshop Templates

Darryl Hall — 4 Mar 2004 3:55:45 GMT

I created a template with Photoshop and now I'm trying to use it in Frontpage. It seems to not work correctly. I try to use it and the font drops to the end of the page and the picture just seems to block off everything. What should I do?

How to disable "EDIT" button in web browser

FP_newbie — 22 Oct 2003 9:51:28 GMT

Is there a way in FP set-up that disable the "EDIT" button? IF not, is there an easy script I can just cut and paste to do this. thanks much.

FP2000; Recreating websites after hard-drive failure

cathywentz — 4 Oct 2003 4:33:23 GMT

Just had to have my hard-drive replaced and I'm trying to re-do my 3 websites that I had originally created with FP2000. All 3 sites are hosted by RootsWeb.

One of my websites was for PAGenWeb (Perry Co.)-- unfortunately I wasn't able to copy these files before the drive totally failed. I was hoping to somehow access the files already uploaded at my site and download them back into the new drive. I can't seem to figure out how to go about this-- how do I get to the files and put them back into FP2000?

As for the other two sites (one is on freepages)...I was able to copy the files to a cd before the drive failed...but still am having problems getting the files I copied back into FP.

Any and all help would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Cathy

Messageboards in frontpage

Anders — 29 Sep 2003 5:21:31 GMT

Using frontpage 2000 I find it difficult to create a messageboard. Does any of you have finished code I could recycle?

I also need to password protect certain pages on the web. I need advice on how to do this also.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Regards
Anders

Using FP in conjunction w/ other software

ariepe — 27 Sep 2003 4:44:00 GMT

I have an extensive genealogy website at Rootsweb. I use a combo of 3 programs - FrontPage, Ultimate Family Tree, and GedHTree. Don't know it all (!) but if anyone needs advice, tips, etc. to make several programs work together, I can try to help.

FrontPage 98

rajordan1928 — 1 Sep 2003 2:15:20 GMT

I am having problems with publishing with FrontPage 98. My web page is:
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~rajordan/

When I click the "Publish" button, it asks for THREE (3) pieces of information:
1 - "Publish FrontPage Web to" ("Please specify the location to which you want to publish your FrontPage web:")
2 - "FTP Server Name:"
3 - "Directory Path:"

I have tried numerous combinations. I tried the obvious, then I started trying really off-the-wall stuff. All got errors.
"Unable to connect to the host ftp"
or
"System exception: access violation"
or
"Unable to connect to the host xyz"

I can publish with WS-FTP, but I should be able to publish with FrontPage 98. No one has been able to tell me all THREE (3) pieces of information.

Please, can someone provide me the information?

System exception: access violation

rajordan1928 — 1 Sep 2003 2:15:20 GMT

Thanks for all your help, everyone, but I have not succeeded. I have tried innumerable different combinations, but I think this is the closest ones:

First of all on the first box screen. More webs button.
More Webs address: http://users.rootsweb.com
FTP address: users.freepages.rootsweb.com
dir: (Whatever your topic is and example is:) genealogy_html
Then your password

host: http://users.rootsweb.com
ftp: users.freepages.rootsweb.com
dir: history_html
System exception: access violation

host: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com
ftp: ftp://users.freepages.rootsweb.com
dir: history_html
System exception: access violation

Something is still not right (yes, I have the history_html, the username, and the password correct)

Please, I need someone who really knows - not just guessing. I know everyone is trying to help, but....

Publishing

Janie — 30 Aug 2003 1:04:40 GMT

Can somone explain to me how publishing with FrontPage works? I am particularly interested in how the hyperlinks work.Thanks. Janie

Welcome

gynon — 10 Jan 2004 7:26:31 GMT

Welcome to the FrontPage message board! Please feel free to post your questions or tips regarding the use of Microsoft FrontPage.

Also, visit the FrontPage-L website at http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gynon/frontpage/

Gynon
FP-L admin.