• Knowledge Base: Frontpage

    1. How do I allow the method POST in the HTML directory on the Private Servers?
    2. How do I activate send forms in frontpage?
    3. What are FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions?
    4. Why does FrontPage seem to hang, and even time out when establishing a connection?
    5. How do I publish with FrontPage?
    6. I'm having problems getting the mail functions in Frontpage to work properly.
    1. How do I allow the method POST in the HTML directory on the Private Servers? - Top

    In the virtual domains Frontpage drops in a .htaccess for every site. If you look at the .htaccess you will see:

    # -FrontPage-
    IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

    order deny,allow
    deny from all
    allow from all


    order deny,allow
    deny from all

    You can remove the limit on POST.

    - Updated: June 15, 2001
    2. How do I activate send forms in frontpage? - Top

    By default, frontpage extension is not configured to send form. Follow the steps below to activate this feature.

    1. Login into your server with telnet
    2. Become root (super user)
    3. cd /usr/local/frontpage/version (version currently is "version4.0")
      so the path currently is
      /usr/local/frontpage/version4.0
    4. pico frontpage.cnf
    5. append the following:

    SMTPHost:localhost


    Note: The version directory will not exist until after you setup a domain with frontpage.


    - Updated: Jun 15, 2001
    3. What are FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions? - Top

    FrontPage Extensions are CGI programs which provide the server side implementation of frontPage. The extensions allow your local computer to properly communicate with your domain through the http protocol using (RPC).

    - Updated: March 11, 2001
    4. Why does FrontPage seem to hang, and even time out when establishing a connection? - Top

    There are a number of reasons why FrontPage hangs. The biggest reason is related to the amount of data in your WWW directory, both in size and number of files/directories. The more files/directories and size of data, the longer it will take FrontPage to log in. Large amounts of data (> 50MB) or a large number of files or directories ( > 500) can cause FrontPage to severely hang and even time out. If there are connectivity problems between your ISP and our servers, then this can also lead to FrontPage hanging or even timing out. When you have these problems we recommend creating a number of smaller subwebs to break your web site up so it does not take FrontPage as long to run through its configuration or recalculate links.

    - Updated: March 15, 2001
    5. How do I publish with FrontPage? - Top

    After you have built your web pages on your computer, you will be ready to publish them. Basically, this just means that you will upload them to our server. Once this is done, your pages will be viewable from the web. However, you must do this in the following manner.

    Warning: FrontPage Account holders should never use FTP to transfer files as it can damage the FrontPage extensions.

    1. Launch FrontPage Explorer and open the web you’ve created on your computer.

    2. From the menu at the top of the window, select File, then Publish

    3. A) If this is the first time you are publishing to our servers, select More Webs and enter the location you want to publish your FrontPage web to. (www.yourdomain.com) Hit Return (Enter) on your keyboard.
      B) If you have published to our servers before, your "Destination Web Server" (www.yourdomain.com) will appear in the Publish window.

      IMPORTANT: Use www.yourdomain.com as the Destination Web Server to publish to our server. Leave the "Destination Web Name" blank.

    4. You will be asked for your USERNAME and PASSWORD. This is your domain's User ID and your FrontPage Password (which may be different from your regular Telnet/FTP/POP password). If you're not sure what it is or if you aren't allowed past this point, you will need to contact support for a new FrontPage password.

    5. You can watch the progression of the upload by looking at the bottom left corner of FrontPage Explorer.



    - Updated: March 11, 2001
    6. I'm having problems getting the mail functions in Frontpage to work properly. - Top

    On your Private Server edit /usr/local/frontpage/currentversions/frontpage.cnf and append the following line:

    SMTPHost:localhost

    This will specify where mail can be sent to.

    - Updated: October 25, 2001

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