FP2003 SubDomain & SubWeb Issues

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Steven Banks

Hello All:

Encounter a small issue, still trying to get my arms around this whole
subdomain vs. subweb. But here's my scenario, I have a site hosted on an MS
Hosting site with FP extensions the whole nine yards. I am using a Guestbook
feature in FP. I am using Guestbook because while my host service has Active
Server Pages, FrontPage Extensions, and is Access database supported I am
under the impression that a phpBB won't work optimally in this environment
(am I wrong to assume this is true?)

Anyway... here's what I have:

domain is:
http://www.mydomain.com
subweb is:
http://www.mydomain.com/motorcycles motorcycles being a folder containing
the subweb

subdomain is:
http://motorcycles.mydomain.com

All of the above work as far as opening the website, however... I can only
add to the guestbook via the http://www.mydomain.com/motorcycles path. If I
try to enter a comment in the guestbook while viewing the website via the
subdomain link http://motorcycles.mydomain.com I get this error message:

Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions on this page:
http://motorcycle.mydomain.com/riders_digest.htm

Can I correct this? Any help appreciated.
Steve
 
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Steven Banks said:
Hello All:

Encounter a small issue, still trying to get my arms around this whole subdomain vs. subweb. But
here's my scenario, I have a site hosted on an MS Hosting site with FP extensions the whole nine
yards. I am using a Guestbook feature in FP. I am using Guestbook because while my host service
has Active Server Pages, FrontPage Extensions, and is Access database supported I am under the
impression that a phpBB won't work optimally in this environment (am I wrong to assume this is
true?)
Click to expand...

You can find ASP based Guestbooks and Forum applications. You can only run PHP, if your host has it
installed.
Anyway... here's what I have:

domain is:
http://www.mydomain.com
subweb is:
http://www.mydomain.com/motorcycles motorcycles being a folder containing the subweb

subdomain is:
http://motorcycles.mydomain.com

All of the above work as far as opening the website, however... I can only add to the guestbook
via the http://www.mydomain.com/motorcycles path. If I try to enter a comment in the guestbook
while viewing the website via the subdomain link http://motorcycles.mydomain.com I get this error
message:

Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions on this page:
http://motorcycle.mydomain.com/riders_digest.htm
Click to expand...

This is a host FP Extensions configuration issue dealing with use of subdomains and the DNS
settings.
 
Thomas A. Rowe said:
You can find ASP based Guestbooks and Forum applications. You can only run
PHP, if your host has it installed.
Click to expand...

Thank you Thomas... it happens that I did a Google search last night for
"phpBB" like applications and yes I did find a lot that are ASP based. I
ended up going with Snitz. Even have it up and running, just at the tweaking
stage know.

Thanks for the help,
Steve Banks
 
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