[dba-Tech] IIS, FP Server extensions, etc.

Arthur Fuller artful at rogers.com
Sat Nov 13 11:27:42 CST 2004


Haslett, Andrew wrote:

>Does the virtual directory:
>http://localhost/test02/
>
>..point to:
>e:\inetpub\wwwroot\Test02
>
>In IIS?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Arthur Fuller [mailto:artful at rogers.com] 
>Sent: Thursday, 11 November 2004 7:36 AM
>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>Subject: [dba-Tech] IIS, FP Server extensions, etc.
>
>At least I'm consistent! I pretty much rebuilt two boxes (formatting, OS,
>some new hardware) and I have screwed things up identically on both boxes.
>One is w2k and other wXP. Both have an instance of SQL Server 2000 SP3. Both
>have IIS installed and it appears to be running  The FrontPage extensions
>are installed, but FP doesn't think they are.
>
>FP:
>Create a new web from template.
>Location defaults to http://rock/myweb
>"The web server at http://rock does not appear to have the FrontPage 
>server extensions installed.
>IOW, I can't seem to create any sort of site using that spec.
>However, if I specify somewhere else, such as f:\testweb, FP can create 
>it no problem. I can preview it, see all the files and so on.
>
>DWMX:
>Slightly different dialog sequence, but essentially the same. From the 
>Site Manager, new:.
>Where to you want to store your files? defaults to e:\inetpub\wwwroot\Test02
>"Because IIS has been installed, your computer can be used as a local 
>testing server."
>What URL would you use to browse the text of your site? defaults to 
>http://localhost/test02/
>Test URL:
>"Dreamweaver cannot use the prefix your entered to display live data. 
>Please double-check your site configuration or click on Help for more 
>information on how to correct the problem. (HTTP Error 500).
>Clicking Help is no help. A search for 500 finds nothing.
>
>I've removed IIS and put it back a couple of times to see if that would 
>help, but it disn't. When I load its manager everything seems fine. It 
>claims that the ftp server, web server, default web site and smtpserver 
>are all running. Nothing appears amiss.
>Location defaults to http://rock/myweb
>
>Suggestions greatly appreciated. Cures even more.
>Arthur
>
>  
>
I don't know how to answer that question. Where should I be looking to 
see if it maps that way?



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