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Is a numeric id e.g. 13.345.44 the same as an http
address in publishing from FP? (responding to 'enter
publishing destination') Or are the numerics only for FTP
uploads and won't produce FP webs?
 
If your domain has not yet propagated throughout
the domain name servers, you "should" be able
to publish your site to http://123.456.78.99


However, your hosting service should have sent
you instructions on how to do this, as it requires
that the IP address be appended in some manner.
ie: http://123.456.78.99/public_html
or http://123.456.78.99/~domain
note that there is an underscore in
public_html
and domain is actually your user name issued by your host.
 
I believe what you're referring to is an IP address, although an IP address
has 4 octets, and you put 3 in there. An IP address is the unique address of
a domain (either a computer or a web site) on a TCP/IP network, which the
Internet is. It is composed of 4 "octets" (an octet is an 8-bit number, with
a decimal value from 0 - 255) separated by periods.

What you refer to an "an http address" is a domain name. A domain name is a
registered name that is translated to an IP address by a DNS (Domain Name
Services) Server. Computers only use IP addresses; Domain names are for the
convenience of people, who recognize words better than numbers.

HTTP is a protocol, just as FTP is a protocol. HTTP is an acronym for
"HyperText Transfer Protocol" and FTP is an acronym for "File Transfer
Protocol." Both are Intenet messaging protocols, and files can be
transferred via either protocol. HTTP is used by default by FrontPage, so
that it can communicate with ISAPIs (Internet Server Application Programming
Interface) on a web server. ISAPIs are DLLs that reside on a web server and
handle certain kinds of Requests.

So, the answer to your question is that you can open a web site via IP
address OR Domain name. For example, my web site is located at:

http://www.takempis.com

This translates to the following IP address:

http://65.57.249.212

I also have an FTP Server on my domain, which can be accessed by:

ftp://www.takempis.com

or

ftp://65.57.249.212

However, the FTP server does not allow anonymous logon, so you would not be
able to get into my domain that way unless you knew my credentials.

In order to open a web via FrontPage, FrontPage uses HTTP to connect to the
server extensions (ISAPI) on my server. This would require a non-anonymous
login to perform. Browsing my web site via http allows anonymous logins.

In either case, you will note that either domain name or IP address point to
the same location. It is simply a matter of which protocol is used to
communicate that makes any difference. And of course, you get different
functionality once connected, with each protocol.

Does that answer your question?

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
http://www.takempis.com
Big Things are made up of
Lots of Little Things.
 
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