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?