HAVING to use Frontpage & DW together is creating issues

most of my experience is in dreamweaver and that is what i used when i built a site for use on the intranet here at the air force base. not until i was done and ready to put on the web server (controlled by another group) did i discover:

  1. ftp not allowed — blocked for security reasons
  2. mapping a network connection not allowed — same reason
  3. i can not be given the full control rights i need on the iis server — only on the web folder itself.
  4. thus the only way to upload changed pages is via frontpage…to the http address.

issues? (some may or may not be related, but they have manifested themselves since i have been attempting to use both editors together)

  • suddenly i have weirdness in my (local) dreamweaver files
    • image maps have disappeared (i checked both places that control those views. the code is still there…but not the hot spots or image maps in design view. (sorry. i need wysiwyg!)
    • some pages (again in design view only) have lost the graphic and are exhibiting tag errors that don’t make sense. usually /p errors. sometimes only one. sometimes many. i use tables a lot; the tables are still there…but the content does not show.
    • in frontpage (looking at the files on the server) some do not show graphics (e.g. a floorplan.gif) in “design” view but look fine in preview.
    • to edit with dreamweaver (my preference) i have to save the page…open windows explorer…copy… switch to frontpage and paste into the folder…and i can only successfully do one at a time…and sometime THAT needs re-copy/pasting to “stick.”

are there fundamental reasons these two can’t work together?
has anyone seen any of these issues exhibited in dreamweaver before? i REALLY miss simple editing (locally and safely) then pushing the file to the server. any ideas?

lastly…i was REALLY excited to run across your site. i can’t wait to dig through the flash tutorials.

thanks in advance.

james woollen
robins air force base

hmm because frontpage sucks?

whatbaout some other ftp client?

and welcome to kirupa :slight_smile:

james woollen
robins air force base

hmm…air force base??

frontpage sucks…maybe because you work at an airbase…they are secretly changing your work and brainwashing you…who knows…

try reinstalling the software…sometimes it becomes corrupted and messes up big time…

thanks for the replies.

  • no ftp traffic allowed. period, regardless of application.-

  • i think the dreamweaver reinstall advice is the best if gotten so far.

thanks again.

one last thing…what application is this forum? i really like the way it works and need one for another site. suggestions are welcome.

have a great day. hope you’re not in dakota. (10 below)

Hey jwoolen,
Welcome to the forums =) Speaking of which, the forums are created using vBulletin (http://www.vbulletin.com). Also, FrontPage isn’t completely bad. The entire site (http://www.kirupa.com) was created using FrontPage. One suggestion would be to copy your entire site onto a disk and manually find a way to transfer the files to your Web server without having to FTP.

Cheers!
Kirupa :rambo:

other messageboard services which are free are:

www.phpbb.com

and

www.invisionboard.com

one last pester re transferring the files:

in frontpage i can open a local web (my inetpub/…folder)…then i can publish whatever changes i made (irregardless of editor used.)

i am getting an error however:

“Server error: Cannot open file “service.cnf” for writing.”

(error appearing AFTER ntfs authentication on the server) I have this file in my _vit_pvt folder. if i delete it…it is recreated upon access refusal. any ideas?