Dave said:
When booting up the system it listed a large amount of files saying Orphaned
file the file name and an error code
any ideas why this was?
P.S thew system is only a couple of weeks old
Some info... as to the 'why', I dunno, maybe they're left overs from
downloading some program or the site exists no longer.
Orphaned Files from:
http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc1/v7/tina7.htm
View | Reports | Unlinked files that is, files that can't be reached by
following hyperlinks from your home page. (In other words it does not
appear in the Navigation View). Orphaned pages may be outdated or
unneeded files that can be deleted to clean up your web. They may also
be pages that should be added to the web's navigation structure in
Navigation view, or linked to by a hyperlink.
In FrontPage 2000 utilizing the Hyperlinks View will give you a better
idea of whether a file is in use or not. - See Graphic Orphans below.
TIP: In the Unlinked Files report, you can double-click a file to open
and edit it.
In the Unlinked Files report, to add a task to a file reminding someone
to create a hyperlink to it, right-click the file, and then click Add
Task on the shortcut menu.
In FrontPage 98 the FrontPage 98 Explorer 'All Files' view also features
a way to easily arrange and sort "orphans". Click on the 'All Files'
view and wait for the list to appear. Click on the column heading named
'Orphan'. This will sort the list to 'Yes' and 'No'. The 'Yes' files are
what FrontPage thinks you are NOT using in the web site.
Graphic Orphans:
Hyperlinks view presents a visual "map" of the hyperlinks to and from
any page in your web. On the Views bar, click the Hyperlinks icon to
switch to Hyperlinks view, and then in the Folder List, click the file
you want. (To switch on Folder List go to View | and click the Folder
List icon).
TIP: You can customize Hyperlinks view to show or hide page titles,
links to and from pictures, and so on.
Click once on the file to select the file. Then look at the 'Hyperlinks
view'. The file will be the large icon in the middle. Are there any
blue arrows coming from the left pointing to the file? If yes, then the
file is being used by another file and should not be deleted quite yet.
If there is no arrow pointing in, then there are no hyperlinks to the
file. Again you can either do a Save As to back them up or just delete
them. The first time I realized I could check my graphics in this way I
gained 2mbs, so it is well worth doing.
NOTE: Is the graphic (jpg or gif) a part of a JavaScript? If so do not
delete it as FrontPage does not understand JavaScript in this instance
and cannot detect hyperlinks in JavaScript in your web so you need to
make an informed choice with the help of FrontPage. One hopes that you
don't have that many JavaScript graphics that you can't remember them
all!
Deleting a File:
Deleting a file in FrontPage works just like in Windows. Select the file
and use the delete key on the keyboard. Or you can right click a file
and select delete from the pop up menu. Don't forget before you delete
the file, you may want to make a copy on your computer in case you need
the file later.
