Comments on: Using FrontPage with Windows 2008 Shared Hosting Servers http://myhosting.com/blog/2008/08/using-frontpage-with-windows-2008-shared-hosting-servers/ Your source for web hosting news, trends and opinions Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:06:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: PotsNPans http://myhosting.com/blog/2008/08/using-frontpage-with-windows-2008-shared-hosting-servers/comment-page-1/#comment-47001 PotsNPans Mon, 09 May 2011 23:49:21 +0000 http://blog.myhosting.com/?p=125#comment-47001 I didn't realize that FrontPage was not built for large sites. That might have helped lead to its demise. I didn’t realize that FrontPage was not built for large sites. That might have helped lead to its demise.

]]> By: Rusher http://myhosting.com/blog/2008/08/using-frontpage-with-windows-2008-shared-hosting-servers/comment-page-1/#comment-40126 Rusher Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:19:47 +0000 http://blog.myhosting.com/?p=125#comment-40126 I always liked FrontPage a lot. I'm sorry that it's no longer in existence. I always liked FrontPage a lot. I’m sorry that it’s no longer in existence.

]]> By: Life after FrontPage, with myhosting.com - myhosting.com Blog http://myhosting.com/blog/2008/08/using-frontpage-with-windows-2008-shared-hosting-servers/comment-page-1/#comment-4478 Life after FrontPage, with myhosting.com - myhosting.com Blog Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:41:49 +0000 http://blog.myhosting.com/?p=125#comment-4478 [...] a follow up to my last post I wanted to offer some suggestions for alternative programs which can be used in place of [...] [...] a follow up to my last post I wanted to offer some suggestions for alternative programs which can be used in place of [...]

]]> By: Brian http://myhosting.com/blog/2008/08/using-frontpage-with-windows-2008-shared-hosting-servers/comment-page-1/#comment-4471 Brian Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:14:12 +0000 http://blog.myhosting.com/?p=125#comment-4471 Greetings Paul, I have received your comment on the blog posting “Using FrontPage with Windows 2008 Shared Hosting Servers" My next post should be up on the site in the next 12-24 hours which will have a few suggestions for you. You are totally correct, FrontPage will not function well if at all on a site as large as the one you have listed. When FrontPage was created the average site was under 50MB, the backend of FrontPage was never created with a site this large in mind. I would imagine without knowing the specifics of your case that you at times get timeout errors when trying to connect and errors or failures when trying to reinstall or repair your server extensions. As you stated these would all be caused by the size of the site. I have taken a quick look at the site mattoid.com, I see you are using a guestbook on that site, that as you know would be one feature you would have to re-build in order for it to function on the new servers. There are a number of free ASP based guestbook’s you can use which are not too hard to edit and setup. I have used a few samples from the site http://www.asp101.com/samples/ before and they do have a guestbook there you could try out. Other than that section I don’t see too many road blocks which would stop you from moving this site over to the new servers. I would suggest that you work with a new tool to setup a new site on your local PC. This will give you time to copy all the text and files you need over to the new tool and setup your layout. Once you are happy with the new site you could then contact our support dept at support@myhosting.com and ask them to help you make the move over to the new servers. I hope some of this information will help you get started toward moving to 2008 and IIS7. Have a great rest of the day and thank you for your comments on the blog posting. Brian Greetings Paul,

I have received your comment on the blog posting “Using FrontPage with Windows 2008 Shared Hosting Servers” My next post should be up on the site in the next 12-24 hours which will have a few suggestions for you.

You are totally correct, FrontPage will not function well if at all on a site as large as the one you have listed. When FrontPage was created the average site was under 50MB, the backend of FrontPage was never created with a site this large in mind.

I would imagine without knowing the specifics of your case that you at times get timeout errors when trying to connect and errors or failures when trying to reinstall or repair your server extensions. As you stated these would all be caused by the size of the site.

I have taken a quick look at the site mattoid.com, I see you are using a guestbook on that site, that as you know would be one feature you would have to re-build in order for it to function on the new servers. There are a number of free ASP based guestbook’s you can use which are not too hard to edit and setup. I have used a few samples from the site http://www.asp101.com/samples/ before and they do have a guestbook there you could try out.

Other than that section I don’t see too many road blocks which would stop you from moving this site over to the new servers. I would suggest that you work with a new tool to setup a new site on your local PC. This will give you time to copy all the text and files you need over to the new tool and setup your layout. Once you are happy with the new site you could then contact our support dept at support@myhosting.com and ask them to help you make the move over to the new servers.

I hope some of this information will help you get started toward moving to 2008 and IIS7. Have a great rest of the day and thank you for your comments on the blog posting.

Brian

]]> By: Paul Dickins http://myhosting.com/blog/2008/08/using-frontpage-with-windows-2008-shared-hosting-servers/comment-page-1/#comment-4367 Paul Dickins Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:09:58 +0000 http://blog.myhosting.com/?p=125#comment-4367 Hello, Thank you for this posting; I have had many problems regarding the uselessness of FP Server Extensions with sites larger than ca 1.7GB. The quicker that you can advise of better or more useful programmes to use on Win2008 the better. Also, one would hope that there will be a method to enable a smooth transition. My sites are on your servers running Win2003, because of the limitations noted in your article. I would hope that my sites can be moved onto Win2008 whenever there is an ability to move them without damaging what's on them. Not a lot, but it has taken me a long time to do it. Regards, Paul Hello,
Thank you for this posting; I have had many problems regarding the uselessness of FP Server Extensions with sites larger than ca 1.7GB.
The quicker that you can advise of better or more useful programmes to use on Win2008 the better.
Also, one would hope that there will be a method to enable a smooth transition. My sites are on your servers running Win2003, because of the limitations noted in your article. I would hope that my sites can be moved onto Win2008 whenever there is an ability to move them without damaging what’s on them. Not a lot, but it has taken me a long time to do it.
Regards,
Paul

]]> By: Riza Pacalioglu http://myhosting.com/blog/2008/08/using-frontpage-with-windows-2008-shared-hosting-servers/comment-page-1/#comment-4281 Riza Pacalioglu Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:48:12 +0000 http://blog.myhosting.com/?p=125#comment-4281 but you didn't tell that if we follow your solution and accept FrontPage's defaults during publishing the FTP director will be removed from the server, nor you offered a solution to view the remote website after publishing. If you use FTP mode FP's Preview button uses FTP based URLs, which breaks the page links. but you didn’t tell that if we follow your solution and accept FrontPage’s defaults during publishing the FTP director will be removed from the server,

nor you offered a solution to view the remote website after publishing. If you use FTP mode FP’s Preview button uses FTP based URLs, which breaks the page links.

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