I need help uploading webpages from Frontpage 2003 via ftp to 1&1....?

Question

...Using their ftp settings it says I need auth!
I have tried contacting them and they have come up with nothing more contructive that to download a ftp program. I used to be able to upload sites via Frontpage's ftp upload before I wiped my Laptop but forgot to double check the settings before I did so. I recall that I had this problem initially too but it was resolved. I have also tried accessing my ftp site via firefox but can't get in that way either so suspect it is something thier end and not mine.

Any suggestions as to how I can get this working again would be great.

Answer 1

As to pubmaster001.htm, it is not a part of the output from Pub 2003. So, I

guess the first question is what version are you really using? From within

Publisher go to Help > About Microsoft Publisher. If you are indeed using

Pub 2002, then that changes things...post back and we will start over.



Now assuming that you are using Pub 2003, first go to Tools > Options > Web

tab and uncheck "Rely on VML..." and "Allow PNG...".



I would also compress your images. "Compress graphics file sizes to create

smaller Publisher Web pages":

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011266301033.aspx



Then try publishing to your hard drive. Publish to the Web and choose

Desktop this time, and to keep things tidy, create a folder to publish to.

At the top of your Save In dialog there is a little folder icon with what

looks like a sun on top of it. Hover your mouse over it and it should say

"Create New Folder". Just name it websiteHTML or something like that. Then

after publishing to that folder, go to that folder, open it, change the view

to Detail, and study the files and folder within. You should see the

"index.htm" file plus a subfolder called "index_files". These are what you

want to upload to your site. You can also open the index_files folder and

study the files within. You should have image files and *.*htm files for

each page in your site, but no pubmaster001.htm file, right?



Now if you hung up when you published to your desktop, then look at your

Publisher document to see if you have any design elements overlapping into

the gray scratch area. That can hang things up. Then run the Design Checker

under Tools, and fix any issues that finds.



At this point you might try publishing/uploading your site again.



You can use HTTP uploading protocol, and must use it if you are including

any forms on your site. Read this article by David Bartosik "Publisher web

publication forms 101":

http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/07/80564.aspx

It will give you directions on how to test to see if you have FPSE installed

on your site. I would guess from what I read yesterday that you will need to

activate them. I think I remember an article under the FTP search I did on

the Help Center, about using FrontPage. While this article speaks to using

FrontPage, you are mostly interested in the instructions on how to activate

the FPSE. After you activate the sever extensions, you will NOT use FTP

uploading protocol again, as it will break the extensions, and require that

they be reinstalled. Now you are ready to go back to David's article about

using HTTP uploading protocol.



And if all else fails, then you have the files you need to upload sitting on

your desktop from the test I had you do earlier. You can use the several

other ways of uploading those files as described by GoDaddy.

Answer 2

Web Tutorials - Create and upload a web site >> Publish a site using FrontPage 2003

http://www.dayanahost.com/tutorials/Web/Publish_a_site_using_FrontPage_2003/



For one, you don't need a separate FTP client like WS_FTP to upload your edited pages. FrontPage is capable of doing the FTP transfer for you. Click here for an online video tutorial of how to do that with FrontPage 2003.



You can also use FrontPage to edit your site live, directly on the server (may require FrontPage extensions on the server end). This tutorial shows how to do that in FrontPage 2002, which shouldn't be too different in FrontPage 2003.



I would strongly recommend upgrading to Microsoft Expression Web. This is their successor to FrontPage, which has been discontinued. With it, you can edit your pages live over the Internet using FTP, HTTP or even WebDAV. Also, you should always test your site after updating it by navigating your web browser to the URL. Be sure to visit each page that has been updated to make sure it is posting the latest version. FrontPage 2003 and Expression Web will both allow you to preview your site in multiple browser and resolution configurations. This is to ensure that your pages are acceptable to your site visitors no matter what browser or screen resolution they may be using. In fact, if your serious about your web site, you should also test it on other platforms such as Mac and Linux. If you don't own additional computers that run those platforms, you could have someone test them for you or run virtual machines. Every web page will appear slightly different on each platform because they don't all have the same font set or display colors in exactly the same way. The color issue is also present with various browsers, but the font set is made available by the OS. So, it is best to use basic colors (referenced by their HTML values rather than color name) and fonts that are identical, or have equivelants on the other platforms.

http://www.komando.com/messageboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=21141

Answer 3

to use frontpage's site upload feature, 1&1 needs to have support for frontpage extensions. If it does not, you will have to use FileZilla FTP Client to upload your pages and design your pages with something else.



FrontPage uses special proprietary CGI stuff, EXE's I think, like the page counter for instance. any active/dynamic content would be one of those things.



If 1&1 is telling you to use FTP, you may have to use notepad++ or Kompozer (use beta 8b3) to design your site instead. I didn't think you could still get FrontPage anymore. I thought Microsoft was touting its new Expression Web (stick with notepad++ or kompozer or dreamweaver, Expression Web is an ASP server only program, naturally).

Answer 4

FileZilla FTP Tutorial - How to Upload Your Site with FileZilla



In this tutorial you learn how to upload your website using FileZilla, the popular free FTP application. FileZilla is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.



Read the full article here:



http://www.elated.com/articles/filezilla-tutorial/



Homepage of FileZilla: http://filezilla-project.org/



FTP and CHMOD Tutorial: http://www.phpjunkyard.com/tutorials/ftp-chmod-tutorial.php





FrontPage is the world's WORSE web editor and is really outdated. Word, WordPad, Publisher and even the infamous FrontPage, including many Microsoft web editors should NEVER be used for web pages. They guarantee that your web pages will NOT be cross-browser compatible because of all the Microsoft Schema code it adds. Only IE and Maxthon understand this code. Additionally, FrontPage requires server extensions be installed to work correctly.







Ron

Answer 5

As to pubmaster001.htm, it is not a part of the output from Pub 2003. So, I

guess the first question is what version are you really using? From within

Publisher go to Help > About Microsoft Publisher. If you are indeed using

Pub 2002, then that changes things...post back and we will start over.



Now assuming that you are using Pub 2003, first go to Tools > Options > Web

tab and uncheck "Rely on VML..." and "Allow PNG...".



I would also compress your images. "Compress graphics file sizes to create

smaller Publisher Web pages":

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011266301033.aspx



Then try publishing to your hard drive. Publish to the Web and choose

Desktop this time, and to keep things tidy, create a folder to publish to.

At the top of your Save In dialog there is a little folder icon with what

looks like a sun on top of it. Hover your mouse over it and it should say

"Create New Folder". Just name it websiteHTML or something like that. Then

after publishing to that folder, go to that folder, open it, change the view

to Detail, and study the files and folder within. You should see the

"index.htm" file plus a subfolder called "index_files". These are what you

want to upload to your site. You can also open the index_files folder and

study the files within. You should have image files and *.*htm files for

each page in your site, but no pubmaster001.htm file, right?



Now if you hung up when you published to your desktop, then look at your

Publisher document to see if you have any design elements overlapping into

the gray scratch area. That can hang things up. Then run the Design Checker

under Tools, and fix any issues that finds.



At this point you might try publishing/uploading your site again.



You can use HTTP uploading protocol, and must use it if you are including

any forms on your site. Read this article by David Bartosik "Publisher web

publication forms 101":

http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/07/80564.aspx

It will give you directions on how to test to see if you have FPSE installed

on your site. I would guess from what I read yesterday that you will need to

activate them. I think I remember an article under the FTP search I did on

the Help Center, about using FrontPage. While this article speaks to using

FrontPage, you are mostly interested in the instructions on how to activate

the FPSE. After you activate the sever extensions, you will NOT use FTP

uploading protocol again, as it will break the extensions, and require that

they be reinstalled. Now you are ready to go back to David's article about

using HTTP uploading protocol.



And if all else fails, then you have the files you need to upload sitting on

your desktop from the test I had you do earlier. You can use the several

other ways of uploading those files as described by GoDaddy.

Answer 6

As to pubmaster001.htm, it is not a part of the output from Pub 2003. So, I

guess the first question is what version are you really using? From within

Publisher go to Help > About Microsoft Publisher. If you are indeed using

Pub 2002, then that changes things...post back and we will start over.



Now assuming that you are using Pub 2003, first go to Tools > Options > Web

tab and uncheck "Rely on VML..." and "Allow PNG...".



I would also compress your images. "Compress graphics file sizes to create

smaller Publisher Web pages":

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011266301033.aspx



Then try publishing to your hard drive. Publish to the Web and choose

Desktop this time, and to keep things tidy, create a folder to publish to.

At the top of your Save In dialog there is a little folder icon with what

looks like a sun on top of it. Hover your mouse over it and it should say

"Create New Folder". Just name it websiteHTML or something like that. Then

after publishing to that folder, go to that folder, open it, change the view

to Detail, and study the files and folder within. You should see the

"index.htm" file plus a subfolder called "index_files". These are what you

want to upload to your site. You can also open the index_files folder and

study the files within. You should have image files and *.*htm files for

each page in your site, but no pubmaster001.htm file, right?



Now if you hung up when you published to your desktop, then look at your

Publisher document to see if you have any design elements overlapping into

the gray scratch area. That can hang things up. Then run the Design Checker

under Tools, and fix any issues that finds.



At this point you might try publishing/uploading your site again.

Answer 7

There is Jungle Disk, which allows S3 to show up as a virtual drive on your computer, but Jungle Disk offers no way to make files accessible through public HTTP. And as I found out later, Jungle Disk also uses a strange, proprietary file naming and storage structure on S3 when you view it directly. Jungle Disk is a fine backup and offline storage tool (particularly considering how cheap S3 disk storage costs are), but it doesn't offer the level of control that I need.

Answer 8

I dont think Geocities allows for FTP upload. Do they?