Creating a CD containing a Frontpage website.

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I have created a Frontpage website with a great deal of family tree
information. I want to be able to distribute it to other family members so
that all the hyperlinks etc appear as they do in Frontpage and actually work.
I have Nero, but at present, none of the links appear properly. Do I have
to save the site in a special way before burning it?
 
See http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/content/ARTICLES/fp_to_cdrom.html

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|I have created a Frontpage website with a great deal of family tree
| information. I want to be able to distribute it to other family members so
| that all the hyperlinks etc appear as they do in Frontpage and actually work.
| I have Nero, but at present, none of the links appear properly. Do I have
| to save the site in a special way before burning it?
 
Hi Stefan,
Thanks for your help. When I read the info, it related to Frontpage 2002
and said:
On the Tools menu, point to Page Options, and then click the Compatibility
tab.


Deselect (uncheck) the Enabled with Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions
check box.
Unfortunately, I have no Compatibility tab to complete this task.
Do you happen to know what I should do?
Mausie
 
Authoring tab.

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==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
==============================================
If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
a Service Pack or security update, please contact
Microsoft Product Support Services:
http://support.microsoft.com
If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
==============================================
 
so just to clarify, I cannot put a published folder that I made for internet
use on the CD.(my website backups)

I must open the working (design) site and publish to another folder with
different output options?
and then the autorun will work?

I found a small utility to make it open an html file first from the CD and
it hasn't worked for me so far.
Do you think I need to specify the programs to open with?

auto.inf file:
[AUTORUN]
open=autohtml.exe /s

showhtml.ini:
[Display]
htmlfile=index.html

instructions:
Autohtml needs four things to make it work :
AUTORUN.INF. Obviously, without this, nothing's going to happen. It should
look something like this :

[AUTORUN]
open=autohtml.exe
icon=<your icon name here>

AUTOHTML.EXE. This is the actual executable. If you don't want to see the
small WISE splash screen, run it with the /s option. This executable, when
run, looks for...
SHOWHTML.INI. This should be in the same directory as your AUTOHTML.EXE -
normally, that would be the root directory, but of course it needn't be.
SHOWHTML.INI is about as simple as they come :
[Display]
htmlfile=myHTML.htm
On startup, AUTOHTML.EXE simply searches for SHOWHTML.INI and runs what's
there. It assumes, by the way, that the HTML file specified is in the
directory of, or a subdirectory of, SHOWHTML.INI.

Your HTML file. Of course!

That's about all there is to it! The source is available for download.
 
See http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/content/ARTICLES/fp_to_cdrom.html

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| so just to clarify, I cannot put a published folder that I made for internet
| use on the CD.(my website backups)
|
| I must open the working (design) site and publish to another folder with
| different output options?
| and then the autorun will work?
|
| I found a small utility to make it open an html file first from the CD and
| it hasn't worked for me so far.
| Do you think I need to specify the programs to open with?
|
| auto.inf file:
| [AUTORUN]
| open=autohtml.exe /s
|
| showhtml.ini:
| [Display]
| htmlfile=index.html
|
| instructions:
| Autohtml needs four things to make it work :
| AUTORUN.INF. Obviously, without this, nothing's going to happen. It should
| look something like this :
|
| [AUTORUN]
| open=autohtml.exe
| icon=<your icon name here>
|
| AUTOHTML.EXE. This is the actual executable. If you don't want to see the
| small WISE splash screen, run it with the /s option. This executable, when
| run, looks for...
| SHOWHTML.INI. This should be in the same directory as your AUTOHTML.EXE -
| normally, that would be the root directory, but of course it needn't be.
| SHOWHTML.INI is about as simple as they come :
| [Display]
| htmlfile=myHTML.htm
| On startup, AUTOHTML.EXE simply searches for SHOWHTML.INI and runs what's
| there. It assumes, by the way, that the HTML file specified is in the
| directory of, or a subdirectory of, SHOWHTML.INI.
|
| Your HTML file. Of course!
|
| That's about all there is to it! The source is available for download.
|
|
| | > Authoring tab.
| >
| > --
| > ==============================================
| > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > ==============================================
| > If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
| > a Service Pack or security update, please contact
| > Microsoft Product Support Services:
| > http://support.microsoft.com
| > If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
| > security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
| > ==============================================
| >
| > | >> Hi Stefan,
| >> Thanks for your help. When I read the info, it related to Frontpage 2002
| >> and said:
| >> On the Tools menu, point to Page Options, and then click the
| >> Compatibility
| >> tab.
| >>
| >>
| >> Deselect (uncheck) the Enabled with Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions
| >> check box.
| >> Unfortunately, I have no Compatibility tab to complete this task.
| >> Do you happen to know what I should do?
| >> Mausie
| >>
| >> "Mausie" wrote:
| >>
| >>> I have created a Frontpage website with a great deal of family tree
| >>> information. I want to be able to distribute it to other family members
| >>> so
| >>> that all the hyperlinks etc appear as they do in Frontpage and actually
| >>> work.
| >>> I have Nero, but at present, none of the links appear properly. Do I
| >>> have
| >>> to save the site in a special way before burning it?
| >
| >
|
|
 
Stefan B Rusynko said:
See http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/content/ARTICLES/fp_to_cdrom.html

--




| so just to clarify, I cannot put a published folder that I made for
internet
| use on the CD.(my website backups)
|
| I must open the working (design) site and publish to another folder with
| different output options?
| and then the autorun will work?
|
| I found a small utility to make it open an html file first from the CD
and
| it hasn't worked for me so far.
| Do you think I need to specify the programs to open with?
|
| auto.inf file:
| [AUTORUN]
| open=autohtml.exe /s
|
| showhtml.ini:
| [Display]
| htmlfile=index.html
|
| instructions:
| Autohtml needs four things to make it work :
| AUTORUN.INF. Obviously, without this, nothing's going to happen. It
should
| look something like this :
|
| [AUTORUN]
| open=autohtml.exe
| icon=<your icon name here>
|
| AUTOHTML.EXE. This is the actual executable. If you don't want to see
the
| small WISE splash screen, run it with the /s option. This executable,
when
| run, looks for...
| SHOWHTML.INI. This should be in the same directory as your
AUTOHTML.EXE -
| normally, that would be the root directory, but of course it needn't be.
| SHOWHTML.INI is about as simple as they come :
| [Display]
| htmlfile=myHTML.htm
| On startup, AUTOHTML.EXE simply searches for SHOWHTML.INI and runs
what's
| there. It assumes, by the way, that the HTML file specified is in the
| directory of, or a subdirectory of, SHOWHTML.INI.
|
| Your HTML file. Of course!
|
| That's about all there is to it! The source is available for download.
|
|
| | > Authoring tab.
| >
| > --
| > ==============================================
| > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > ==============================================
| > If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
| > a Service Pack or security update, please contact
| > Microsoft Product Support Services:
| > http://support.microsoft.com
| > If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
| > security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
| > ==============================================
| >
| > | >> Hi Stefan,
| >> Thanks for your help. When I read the info, it related to Frontpage
2002
| >> and said:
| >> On the Tools menu, point to Page Options, and then click the
| >> Compatibility
| >> tab.
| >>
| >>
| >> Deselect (uncheck) the Enabled with Microsoft FrontPage Server
Extensions
| >> check box.
| >> Unfortunately, I have no Compatibility tab to complete this task.
| >> Do you happen to know what I should do?
| >> Mausie
| >>
| >> "Mausie" wrote:
| >>
| >>> I have created a Frontpage website with a great deal of family tree
| >>> information. I want to be able to distribute it to other family
members
| >>> so
| >>> that all the hyperlinks etc appear as they do in Frontpage and
actually
| >>> work.
| >>> I have Nero, but at present, none of the links appear properly. Do
I
| >>> have
| >>> to save the site in a special way before burning it?
| >
| >
|
|
 
thanks upon re reading that I missed:
copy only the contents (not the folder) of the burn directory to the CDR

that is what I did wrong


Stefan B Rusynko said:
See http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/content/ARTICLES/fp_to_cdrom.html

--




| so just to clarify, I cannot put a published folder that I made for
internet
| use on the CD.(my website backups)
|
| I must open the working (design) site and publish to another folder with
| different output options?
| and then the autorun will work?
|
| I found a small utility to make it open an html file first from the CD
and
| it hasn't worked for me so far.
| Do you think I need to specify the programs to open with?
|
| auto.inf file:
| [AUTORUN]
| open=autohtml.exe /s
|
| showhtml.ini:
| [Display]
| htmlfile=index.html
|
| instructions:
| Autohtml needs four things to make it work :
| AUTORUN.INF. Obviously, without this, nothing's going to happen. It
should
| look something like this :
|
| [AUTORUN]
| open=autohtml.exe
| icon=<your icon name here>
|
| AUTOHTML.EXE. This is the actual executable. If you don't want to see
the
| small WISE splash screen, run it with the /s option. This executable,
when
| run, looks for...
| SHOWHTML.INI. This should be in the same directory as your
AUTOHTML.EXE -
| normally, that would be the root directory, but of course it needn't be.
| SHOWHTML.INI is about as simple as they come :
| [Display]
| htmlfile=myHTML.htm
| On startup, AUTOHTML.EXE simply searches for SHOWHTML.INI and runs
what's
| there. It assumes, by the way, that the HTML file specified is in the
| directory of, or a subdirectory of, SHOWHTML.INI.
|
| Your HTML file. Of course!
|
| That's about all there is to it! The source is available for download.
|
|
| | > Authoring tab.
| >
| > --
| > ==============================================
| > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > ==============================================
| > If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
| > a Service Pack or security update, please contact
| > Microsoft Product Support Services:
| > http://support.microsoft.com
| > If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
| > security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
| > ==============================================
| >
| > | >> Hi Stefan,
| >> Thanks for your help. When I read the info, it related to Frontpage
2002
| >> and said:
| >> On the Tools menu, point to Page Options, and then click the
| >> Compatibility
| >> tab.
| >>
| >>
| >> Deselect (uncheck) the Enabled with Microsoft FrontPage Server
Extensions
| >> check box.
| >> Unfortunately, I have no Compatibility tab to complete this task.
| >> Do you happen to know what I should do?
| >> Mausie
| >>
| >> "Mausie" wrote:
| >>
| >>> I have created a Frontpage website with a great deal of family tree
| >>> information. I want to be able to distribute it to other family
members
| >>> so
| >>> that all the hyperlinks etc appear as they do in Frontpage and
actually
| >>> work.
| >>> I have Nero, but at present, none of the links appear properly. Do
I
| >>> have
| >>> to save the site in a special way before burning it?
| >
| >
|
|
 
Stefan -
Drilling down your link you can get to the instructions for the auto run file etc.

[autorun]
open=start index.htm

doesn't work for me. I get a brief flicker of the CD icon, and then nada. The link below
the autorun instructions for additional info takes you to a page where none of the links
work. The CD (root) only has those two files on it.
Curious.....
MikeR 1st
 
I can not get my CD to automatically display my index.htm file by using
autorun.inf [autorun] open=start index.htm. Where can I find out how to use
these other files mentioned in this thread: autohtml.exe and showhtml.ini?
And why doesn't autorun.inf work by itself?
Thanks,
Clive

MikeR said:
Stefan -
Drilling down your link you can get to the instructions for the auto run file etc.

[autorun]
open=start index.htm

doesn't work for me. I get a brief flicker of the CD icon, and then nada. The link below
the autorun instructions for additional info takes you to a page where none of the links
work. The CD (root) only has those two files on it.
Curious.....
MikeR 1st
 
[Autorun]
shellexecute=webfoldername\index.htm

With webfoldername being the name of the folder that contains index.htm


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

Clive said:
I can not get my CD to automatically display my index.htm file by using
autorun.inf [autorun] open=start index.htm. Where can I find out how to use
these other files mentioned in this thread: autohtml.exe and showhtml.ini?
And why doesn't autorun.inf work by itself?
Thanks,
Clive

MikeR said:
Stefan -
Drilling down your link you can get to the instructions for the auto run file etc.

[autorun]
open=start index.htm

doesn't work for me. I get a brief flicker of the CD icon, and then nada. The link below
the autorun instructions for additional info takes you to a page where none of the links
work. The CD (root) only has those two files on it.
Curious.....
MikeR 1st
 
Steve,
Thanks it worked. As Katwoman mentioned, I copied only the files and
subfolders of my Web to a new folder in my burn directory - not the Web
folder. I then copied the autorun.inf file to the CD outside of the new
folder (I think this is referred to as the CD's root directory).
Clive Soden

Steve Easton said:
[Autorun]
shellexecute=webfoldername\index.htm

With webfoldername being the name of the folder that contains index.htm


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

Clive said:
I can not get my CD to automatically display my index.htm file by using
autorun.inf [autorun] open=start index.htm. Where can I find out how to use
these other files mentioned in this thread: autohtml.exe and showhtml.ini?
And why doesn't autorun.inf work by itself?
Thanks,
Clive

MikeR said:
Stefan -
Drilling down your link you can get to the instructions for the auto run file etc.

[autorun]
open=start index.htm

doesn't work for me. I get a brief flicker of the CD icon, and then nada. The link below
the autorun instructions for additional info takes you to a page where none of the links
work. The CD (root) only has those two files on it.
Curious.....
MikeR 1st

Stefan B Rusynko wrote:
See http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/content/ARTICLES/fp_to_cdrom.html
 
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