Site name vs. IP Address

[Guest]

I am developing a web site using Frontpage 2003. For internal reasons we want
to use the IP address of the site rather than the name. Everytime I save the
site from Frontpage, all references to the IP address are replaced with the
site name.

Has anyone seen this and if so, how to get Frontpage from doing this favor
for me?

thanks,
George

 

[Steve Easton]

Do you have an individual IP address assigned for the domain, or is it a shared IP
address, used by several domains??
If it's shared, you must use the domain name. ( URL )


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[Guest]

We have a single domain. This IP address is assigned to only one system.

thanks,
George

 

[Steve Easton]

Ok.
When you publish back to your machine, FrontPage changes the domain to match the folder
that contains the web.
When you publish back to the IP it "Should" change it back.


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[Guest]

I'll try that.

thanks

Ok.
When you publish back to your machine, FrontPage changes the domain to match the folder
that contains the web.
When you publish back to the IP it "Should" change it back.


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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm

 

[Steve Easton]

Also, make sure all links in the web are relative links and not absolute links.
It will save you a lot of headaches.


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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
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[Andrew Murray]

Besides Frontpage has nothing to do with it assigning an IP to your domain.

 

[Bob Lehmann]

People can still find the domain with just the IP.

What is your reason for doing this - "security"?

Bob Lehmann