must rename updated files for them to be recognized

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When we save edited files on our Web, the changes do not appear unless we
rename the files. Hyperlinks that point to these files, continue to point to
the old files no matter what I do in the way of recalculating links,
rebooting to establish a new link to the server, etc. If I make edits to
files in the folder "training" the updates appear immediately, but if I make
edits to files in the folder training/course descriptions, the changes will
not appear until I rename the files. Each time I edit the files, I must give
the file a unique new name that has not been used before. Any advice would
be greatly appreciated!
 
First, remove all spaces from file and folder names. Replace them with underscores.
Spaces break links.

Second, make sure you "always" open FrontPage, open the web and then edit pages.

Browsing to files using Windows explorer and clicking Edit, without having a web open can
cause the problems you're having.

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Thanks very much for your thoughts, Steve, but we already follow both of
those general rules. The actual path to one of the files; e.g., is
http://docweb/traincal/calendar/descriptions/1xrtt_essentials_21dec.asp

We are aware that it is always best to work 'out-of' an application rather
than popl the files open from Windows Explorer. These folders and files used
to work as expected but something changed a few weeks ago and I haven't been
able to isolate what changed or why it is causing the problem.

As an experiment, I moved the file up one level from descriptions to
calendar. This effectively renamed the file, and the changes I made appeared
as expected. Moving the same file back down to the descriptions folder
renamed it back to a name I'd already used so now the changes were gone
again. I'm stumped!
David
 
Go here: http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm and
download and install FP Cleaner.

Run the functions that clear the FrontPage Temporary files, and
the Cache(.web) files.

See if it helps.


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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
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Most often the "problem" is not created by FP. Users are viewing cached
version of a page. Pages can be cached by the browser, by the web server
or the proxy if pages are served through a proxy.

For example, users can set their browser to always reload a fresh copy
or they can hit refresh/reload to request a new copy.

There are different ways to "prevent" caching of individual pages. A
combination of tricks are usually used because not all methods work for
all situations and settings.

If that is your problem, google is your friend.
 
??

What does this have to do with a file issue when working on a web in FrontPage??


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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
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Thanks, Steve. I downloaded the Installer version of FP Cleaner and ran the
two utilities you indicated. The clear-temporary-files utility picked off
one small file and the Web Cache cleaner found two. Unfortunately, these
actions did not solve the problem. In a moment I will reply to Michael's
suggestion that our folder names might need to be 8 characters or less, and
if you are still interested you can see how the plot thickens.
 
Thanks p c. I also suspect this is a cache-ing issue and have pored over our
browser Advanced settings to no avail. (We do refresh with every access by
the way). I spent an hour on Google searching for FrontPage 2003 items and
found lots of interesting information but nothing that seemed to concern my
problem. Thanks for your thoughts.
 
Thanks Michael. I didn't think your idea would help, because the folder
structure used to work fine, but not having any better idea I decided to give
it a shot. I created "New_Folder" and then copied one of my problem files
into it. I purposely left the default name of New_Folder because it exceeds
8 characters, with the intention of replicating the problem and then renaming
the folder to something shorter to see if that would solve the problem.

Oddly enough, simply creating the new folder seemed to solve the problem.
Of course, I knew it would on the first test because by moving the file I
effectively gave it a new unique name. So, on subsequent tests, I would edit
the file and then check to see if the change was in evidence. To my
surprise, every test was satisfactory. It's as if the new folder name is now
'recognized' somehow and everything is working as expected for the file in
that folder. I guess I know now how to solve my problem, but I'm not exactly
comfortable because I really don't understand what happened. At any rate, I
appreciate the input from all contributors.
 
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