Change in 2003

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I used to be able to open FrontPage and be asked for my user name and
passowrd before I could view the pages. Then I was able to make changes and
just click "save". Suddenly, this is different. When I open FrontPage, the
pages are there. I now have to click "publish site" and then, when I conifm
the changes, I am asked for my user name and password. Is this a change that
occurred after an Office update or can I return to how it used to work. If
so, how do I do that? Thanksd
 
It sounds like you are now editing pages in a disc based web on your PC,
which normally does not ask for login and changes need to be published to
the server, whereas before you were editing the remote site - a server
based web which normally always asks for a login, and changes do not need
to be published. If this is the case, stick with the present system which
is safer - Mistakes can be rectified before they become public, and you
have a backup as well.
If you wish to return to the past (and the above is correct) then use
File->Open Web to open the remote web.
 
Thanks. Do you know why this change happened? Just curious. Thanks again for
the quick reply. David
 
This is pure guesswork - as was my previous post:
Perhaps you have FrontPage set to open the last web used. You edited your
on-line web site and published to your hard disc, then clicked "Open remote
Web Site in FrontPage" (Note: FrontPage regards the First site opened as
Local, and the publish target as Remote. This is irrespective of their
physical locations)
Then you closed first the original web, then the other (on your PC).
Reopen FP, and the PC web will open automatically, since it was the last
web closed.

There are other ways it could happen.
 
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