Strange item on remote site will not import

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I have imported a website and made changes but something on the remote site
will not import, FP says it doesn't recognize the file type. The file is:
mainwebsite_html and all the web pages are inside a folder named:
mainwebsite_html.bk

What does that mainwebsite_html do? The website is:
www.stablehousestudio.ca I am afraid to overwrite the files in case nothing
works because I don't know what this is about but I am guessing that this
somehow references the webpages in the folder mainwebsite_html.bk

Please help I don't know what to do.
 
Hi Rob, actually it is not a folder, all the other folders are there and show
as folders, FP does not know what that file is. I wish I could attach a
screen shot of what the remote site looks like so you can see.

When I open the remote site it show no actual web pages just folders and
that weird file named mainwebsite_html (marked unmatched because it did not
import)it has no contents and no file extension. The web pages (index,
contact, etc.) are found in a folder named mainwebsite_html.bk. The whole
website is in conflict because I have made modifications.

I am suspicious that the file mainwebsite_html somehow points to the folder
that contains all of the pages. If I synchronize the site and it wipes out
that odd file I am afraid that the website then won't find any of the pages,
is that possible. The navigation links that point to each page show as:
"mainwebsite_html.bk/index.html" (for example)

Do I dare update the site?
Could it have something to do with the javascript?
 
Contact your host to see what it might be. Maybe a backup?
--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage Since 1997
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: Hi Rob, actually it is not a folder, all the other folders are there and
show
: as folders, FP does not know what that file is. I wish I could attach a
: screen shot of what the remote site looks like so you can see.
:
: When I open the remote site it show no actual web pages just folders and
: that weird file named mainwebsite_html (marked unmatched because it did
not
: import)it has no contents and no file extension. The web pages (index,
: contact, etc.) are found in a folder named mainwebsite_html.bk. The whole
: website is in conflict because I have made modifications.
:
: I am suspicious that the file mainwebsite_html somehow points to the
folder
: that contains all of the pages. If I synchronize the site and it wipes out
: that odd file I am afraid that the website then won't find any of the
pages,
: is that possible. The navigation links that point to each page show as:
: "mainwebsite_html.bk/index.html" (for example)
:
: Do I dare update the site?
: Could it have something to do with the javascript?
:
: "Rob Giordano [MS MVP]" wrote:
:
: > looks like a folder with a slightly different version of the website
: >
: >
: > --
: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: > Rob Giordano
: > Microsoft MVP Expression Web
: >
: >
: >
: >
: >
: >
message
: > : > > I have imported a website and made changes but something on the remote
: > > site
: > > will not import, FP says it doesn't recognize the file type. The file
is:
: > > mainwebsite_html and all the web pages are inside a folder named:
: > > mainwebsite_html.bk
: > >
: > > What does that mainwebsite_html do? The website is:
: > > www.stablehousestudio.ca I am afraid to overwrite the files in case
: > > nothing
: > > works because I don't know what this is about but I am guessing that
this
: > > somehow references the webpages in the folder mainwebsite_html.bk
: > >
: > > Please help I don't know what to do.
: >
: >
 
I got it.

It is a folder...you just didn't Import "deep" enough. Set import for 20
levels and you'll get what's in that folder...good luck sorting it out
'cause it looks like a different version of the website.



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web
 
Thanks Rob, however, I don't know how to import "deep" as you say. How do I
set the import for 20 levels? Can you give me a step by step?
Sherron
 
Check out "Importing an Existing Web Site into FrontPage 2002" at:
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/importing-an-existing-web-site-into-frontpage-2002.html
It's a step-by-step, including how to set the number of levels.


--

~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - Expression Web
Spider Web Woman Designs
Expression Web Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/xweb/
Expression Web Wiki: http://expression-web-wiki.com/
FrontPage Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
Please reply to the newsgroup for the benefit of others
 
Thank you Kathleen that was very helpful, I managed to get it all downloaded
but when I published my changes nothing took.

Now how would I publish back into those deep levels? The webhost tech
support has given me a whole list of sub folders that I must navigate through
to publish to and FP won't accept them. If I use FileZila (ftp software) it
will let me navigate to the correct folder.
What do you suggest?
 
If your host has your site set up correctly w/ the FP SE
- You normally just publish the Entire Site to the domain URL (http:/www.yoursite.com)
(that will publish all the subfolders)
If you can't do that your host is using some sort of shared space
- post the top level url he is telling you to publish with

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
_____________________________________________


Thank you Kathleen that was very helpful, I managed to get it all downloaded
but when I published my changes nothing took.

Now how would I publish back into those deep levels? The webhost tech
support has given me a whole list of sub folders that I must navigate through
to publish to and FP won't accept them. If I use FileZila (ftp software) it
will let me navigate to the correct folder.
What do you suggest?
 
This particular site does not support FP SE, but I used to have a website on
a server that didn't support it either and I never had problems publishing to
it because I had that turned off in my website.

I just don't know how to use FP to navigate to those deeper level folders.

As I said before, my FileZila will let me in so can I just copy updated
webpages from my computer to the remote site. But will doing that work,
because I am actually not publishing just copying?

Stefan B Rusynko said:
If your host has your site set up correctly w/ the FP SE
- You normally just publish the Entire Site to the domain URL (http:/www.yoursite.com)
(that will publish all the subfolders)
If you can't do that your host is using some sort of shared space
- post the top level url he is telling you to publish with

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
_____________________________________________


Thank you Kathleen that was very helpful, I managed to get it all downloaded
but when I published my changes nothing took.

Now how would I publish back into those deep levels? The webhost tech
support has given me a whole list of sub folders that I must navigate through
to publish to and FP won't accept them. If I use FileZila (ftp software) it
will let me navigate to the correct folder.
What do you suggest?

Kathleen Anderson said:
Check out "Importing an Existing Web Site into FrontPage 2002" at:
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/importing-an-existing-web-site-into-frontpage-2002.html
It's a step-by-step, including how to set the number of levels.


--

~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - Expression Web
Spider Web Woman Designs
Expression Web Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/xweb/
Expression Web Wiki: http://expression-web-wiki.com/
FrontPage Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
Please reply to the newsgroup for the benefit of others






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If it doesn't support the FP SE you can't use FP to publish in html mode
- you can use FP FTP publishing,
(just enter the FTP path your host gave you in the Remote site settings after you select FTP)
- but quite often 3rd party FTP programs like FileZilla are better/faster

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
_____________________________________________


This particular site does not support FP SE, but I used to have a website on
a server that didn't support it either and I never had problems publishing to
it because I had that turned off in my website.

I just don't know how to use FP to navigate to those deeper level folders.

As I said before, my FileZila will let me in so can I just copy updated
webpages from my computer to the remote site. But will doing that work,
because I am actually not publishing just copying?

Stefan B Rusynko said:
If your host has your site set up correctly w/ the FP SE
- You normally just publish the Entire Site to the domain URL (http:/www.yoursite.com)
(that will publish all the subfolders)
If you can't do that your host is using some sort of shared space
- post the top level url he is telling you to publish with

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
_____________________________________________


Thank you Kathleen that was very helpful, I managed to get it all downloaded
but when I published my changes nothing took.

Now how would I publish back into those deep levels? The webhost tech
support has given me a whole list of sub folders that I must navigate through
to publish to and FP won't accept them. If I use FileZila (ftp software) it
will let me navigate to the correct folder.
What do you suggest?

Kathleen Anderson said:
Check out "Importing an Existing Web Site into FrontPage 2002" at:
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/importing-an-existing-web-site-into-frontpage-2002.html
It's a step-by-step, including how to set the number of levels.


--

~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - Expression Web
Spider Web Woman Designs
Expression Web Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/xweb/
Expression Web Wiki: http://expression-web-wiki.com/
FrontPage Resources: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
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