Are subweb and root web extensions complete separate?

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Stan Hilliard

Is it safe to FTP a phpBB forum to a frontpage subweb? The reason for
the subweb is for separation -- to prevent publishing of the phpBB
forum with the root web.

Can using FTP in a subweb effect the extensions of the main web?

Stan Hilliard

Windows 2000 and IIS.
 
A sub web acts independently of the root so you can FTP file there, although
if you aren't careful you'll corrupt the FrontPage Extensions so you should
never FTP any _vti folders. The better way is to publish your forum to the
sub web.
 
"Stan Hilliard" wrote
A sub web acts independently of the root so you can FTP file there, although
if you aren't careful you'll corrupt the FrontPage Extensions so you should
never FTP any _vti folders. The better way is to publish your forum to the
sub web.
David Berry
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There are no _vti folders in the phpBB folder on my local computer. So
if I FTP the files to the server they shouldn't be there either unless
the fact of being an FP subweb puts them there.

If there were a way from the subweb to corrupt the extensions that the
root web uses then I would need to know exactly what actions to avoid.

If I were to use FrontPage to publish the files to the server wouldn't
that create _vti folders there? Or would the _vti folders only be
created if I recalculate hyperlinks?

Stan Hilliard
 
They subweb will not affect the root web (FP SE)
If you have FTP'd to the subweb
- do not open it as a web in FP
- when you publish the root web do not include subwebs

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|
| "Stan Hilliard" wrote
| >> Is it safe to FTP a phpBB forum to a frontpage subweb? The reason for
| >> the subweb is for separation -- to prevent publishing of the phpBB
| >> forum with the root web.
| >>
| >> Can using FTP in a subweb effect the extensions of the main web?
| >> Stan Hilliard
| >> Windows 2000 and IIS.
|
| >A sub web acts independently of the root so you can FTP file there, although
| >if you aren't careful you'll corrupt the FrontPage Extensions so you should
| >never FTP any _vti folders. The better way is to publish your forum to the
| >sub web.
| >David Berry
|
| There are no _vti folders in the phpBB folder on my local computer. So
| if I FTP the files to the server they shouldn't be there either unless
| the fact of being an FP subweb puts them there.
|
| If there were a way from the subweb to corrupt the extensions that the
| root web uses then I would need to know exactly what actions to avoid.
|
| If I were to use FrontPage to publish the files to the server wouldn't
| that create _vti folders there? Or would the _vti folders only be
| created if I recalculate hyperlinks?
|
| Stan Hilliard
 
Stan Hilliard said:
Is it safe to FTP a phpBB forum to a frontpage subweb?
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No, never do that. Not if you want your web site or server to work right
afterwards at least.

The reason for
the subweb is for separation -- to prevent publishing of the phpBB
forum with the root web.
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A better solution is put an FTP server up, put hour phpBB forum in it, and
then create a Virtual Folder from within IIS to point to that separate root
folder.

So:

c:\inetpub\wwwroot\web (<- your web site here)
c:\inetpub\ftproot\phpforum (<- your forum site here)

Then in IIS, a virtual folder with whatever name you want mapped to
c:\inetpub\ftproot\phpforum.

Opening pages with phpForum code in it in FrontPage is not a good idea. Use
a plain text editor for that.
 
No, never do that. Not if you want your web site or server to work right
afterwards at least.
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Why? As long as you don't FTP the _vti folders or you aren't going to open
the sub web in FrontPage, using FTP won't do any harm to your web site or
server
 
I agree with David here. I have two forums, one freebie Invision Power
Board and one registered VBulletin.

Both were ftp'ed to the same server as my FP webs, no issues/conflicts
whatsoever with either the forums or the FP webs.

DJ
 
I've done it that way for years and never had prob. - in fact I had a forum
I didn't care about anymore and did open it with FP and messed around for
months and still couldn't break it (I was trying to) - not php though
classic asp.



|I agree with David here. I have two forums, one freebie Invision Power
| Board and one registered VBulletin.
|
| Both were ftp'ed to the same server as my FP webs, no issues/conflicts
| whatsoever with either the forums or the FP webs.
|
| DJ
|
| On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:47:16 -0400, "David Berry" <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
| >> No, never do that. Not if you want your web site or server to work
right
| >> afterwards at least.
| >
| >Why? As long as you don't FTP the _vti folders or you aren't going to
open
| >the sub web in FrontPage, using FTP won't do any harm to your web site or
| >server
|
 
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