local vs remote confusion w/FP2003

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Mike Jacoubowsky

Just a word of warning to those upgrading from FP2000 or 2002 to 2003-

When publishing, it's very easy to get confused between what your "local"
site is vs your remote. Apparently, if I understand this right, the "local"
site is whatever site you happened to have opened up on your computer. For
example, if you opened up a site on your laptop, that's your "local" site.
But if you opened up a site on your web server/ISP... then *that* is your
local site. "Local" has nothing to do with geography.

Or that's how it seems to be! Please, correct me if I'm wrong.
Fortunately, I only hosed a few files before I realized I had it wrong.

Now, if somebody else could let me (and others) know how to publish files in
the safest-possible manner, that would be great! And perhaps we could start
with the distinction between local to remote, remote to local, and, of most
interest, "syncronize."

Sorry if this seems really mundane, but I think it might be helpful to many.

Thanks!

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
http://www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
 
"Local" indicates that the web site is on the machine or LAN you are working
on. "Remote" indicates that it is on a machine elsewhere on the Internet.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
http://www.takempis.com
Big Things are made up of
Lots of Little Things.
 
"Local" indicates that the web site is on the machine or LAN you are
working
on. "Remote" indicates that it is on a machine elsewhere on the Internet.
Click to expand...

Thanks, that confirms what I thought... now what exactly does "synchronize"
do? In FP2002, if you weren't careful, you could mess up navigation (they
had a "merge" option)... I don't want to see something similar happen!

Thanks-

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
http://www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
 
Synchronizing is the process of matching up the files in the remote web site
with the files in your local site. Beyond that, I can't tell you much, as
I've never had to use it.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
http://www.takempis.com
Big Things are made up of
Lots of Little Things.
 
The Local vs. Remote confusion is normal. "Local" doesn't actually mean
that the Web site is on the local machine. "Local" means the Web site that
is open in FrontPage, and "Remote" means the Web site that you are
publishing to. Therefore, it is entirely possible that the "Local" site is
one that is located on a remote Web server, and the "Remote" site is located
in your local machine. Confusing, huh.

I'll give you that as a freebee. I wrote on this confusion in my book. :)

--
Jim Cheshire
Jimco Add-ins
http://www.jimcoaddins.com
===================================
Co-author of Special Edition
Using Microsoft FrontPage 2003
Order it today!
http://sefp2003.frontpagelink.com
 
Well, that's an entirely different spin on the terms for me. I think I'll
stick by my definition, unless Microsoft has some official definition
somewhere. I have no problem with saying that I am publishing from remote to
local. Local means local in my book.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
http://www.takempis.com
Big Things are made up of
Lots of Little Things.
 
Not in FrontPage 2003. In FrontPage 2003 Remote Web Site view, Local means
the Web site that is currently opened in FrontPage, regardless of where that
server is located physically.

--
Jim Cheshire
Jimco Add-ins
http://www.jimcoaddins.com
===================================
Co-author of Special Edition
Using Microsoft FrontPage 2003
Order it today!
http://sefp2003.frontpagelink.com
 
Okay, Jim. If that's what Microsoft says, I'll stick by it, regardless of
what I think. ;-)

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
http://www.takempis.com
Big Things are made up of
Lots of Little Things.
 
I'm reminded of a quote from a management meeting I had with HR staff of a
large company. We were discussing liability concerns surrounding the ADA,
and as I shouted "That just doesn't make sense!", I was quickly reminded
that I was dealing with an HR issue and that I should throw common sense out
the window.

Same rules apply here. :)

--
Jim Cheshire
Jimco Add-ins
http://www.jimcoaddins.com
===================================
Co-author of Special Edition
Using Microsoft FrontPage 2003
Order it today!
http://sefp2003.frontpagelink.com
 
I'll give you that as a freebee. I wrote on this confusion in my book.
:)

I feel a lot better about my confusion, now that I've seen how the experts
can get confused as well! As for your book, it's a virtual lock that I'll
be buying it. Just picked up Jim Buyen's book (yours wasn't on the shelf
yet at Barnes & Noble). Yours, I'm sure, will be next.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
http://www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
 
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