Why Publish?

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Hi - I am an self-proclaimed ameteur websiter, so you may find this question
amusing. I've been browsing through this newsgroup, picking up tidbits of
information. One thing I keep reading about is publishing your site. Why is
this important? For the few years I've been maintaining my company's website
in FrontPage, I've always just opened it, worked in it, and saved it. It has
worked like a charm, but obviously is not the correct procedure. Anyone want
explain why I should publish instead of just editing and saving? Or maybe I
misunderstand? Thanks in advance for your advise.
 
Hi Cathy,

One major reason is so you will always have a backup. If you work live on
the server..and never publish..what happens if the server crashes and you
don't have a backup? <shudder> :-)

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Joe

Microsoft MVP FrontPage

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It happened to me! It took me a gazillion hours to rebuild the sites. It
ended up that the host had to pay me for my time. My story was also written
up on the Creative Pro site.. I pulled all my sites from that host also. Be
sure to backup your sites after any major change! It is best to work the
'publish' way... trust me.
Eleanor
 
It's a safety net.
Doing it that way you "always" have a backup copy.

If the server crashes, you simply publish from your machine to the new server.

If your computer crashes, you publish from the server back to your new machine.

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer
 
Cathy -

Er, if all you're doing is just editing and saving, are you actually putting
anything on the internet? That would be one good reason to publish.

Craig
 
Publishing a site is how generally how you would get it on the internet so
people can see it. Frontpage calls it "publishing" but you might have
heard it merely referred to as "uploading".

In your case I expect you're just working on the *actual* web server where
the live site is stored. Most people would create the site on their home
PC and upload (that is "Publish) to a remote server - they wouldn't have the
luxury of running their own server as a business would.
 
She's working live on the host server.


| Cathy -
|
| Er, if all you're doing is just editing and saving, are you actually
putting
| anything on the internet? That would be one good reason to publish.
|
| Craig
|
| Cathy wrote:
|
| > Hi - I am an self-proclaimed ameteur websiter, so you may find this
question
| > amusing. I've been browsing through this newsgroup, picking up tidbits
of
| > information. One thing I keep reading about is publishing your site. Why
is
| > this important? For the few years I've been maintaining my company's
website
| > in FrontPage, I've always just opened it, worked in it, and saved it. It
has
| > worked like a charm, but obviously is not the correct procedure. Anyone
want
| > explain why I should publish instead of just editing and saving? Or
maybe I
| > misunderstand? Thanks in advance for your advise.
| > --
| > Cathy
|
 
Thanks to everyone - your information was most helpful. And, yes, I am
working on the "live" site which is stored by my webhost - and yes, I am
putting information out there. I hadn't thought about what if their server
crashed.

Now I need to make sure I have room to store a copy my whole website locally
somewhere...

Good advice all!
 
Hi - It's me again! You guys were such a help, but I have a new question
regarding my situation. I'm attempting to reverse publish my remote web to a
local web on my computer. I've opened my web site (still working on the
"live" site) and clicked "remote website" on the view bar. Now I have a split
pane, with local on one side and remote on the other. Both show the location
as the remote (off-site) address. How do I change the lcoation of the local
website to a place on my computer?
 
In FrontPage 2003, the Local website is the web site you opened first (in
your case the live site) and the Remote web site is the other one - in your
case this will be on your PC.
To change the location of the remote site, click Remote Website properties
above the right hand panel, and change the server type to File System, and
the Remote web site location to a folder on your hard disc.
 
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