Windows Vista and FrontPage Server Extensions

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David Berry

I just ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on my PC and one of the problem
areas it found was:

Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002

Before you upgrade to Windows Vista, uninstall this program. After upgrade,
this program will be blocked from re-installing due to known compatibility
issues. Please visit the vendor's website for possible solutions.

So what do people that like to work on their sites locally do?
 
I just ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on my PC and one of the problem
areas it found was:

Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002

Before you upgrade to Windows Vista, uninstall this program. After upgrade,
this program will be blocked from re-installing due to known compatibility
issues. Please visit the vendor's website for possible solutions.

So what do people that like to work on their sites locally do?
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Disk-based. You can author against the folder path for the Web site or
create a new virtual directory.

Jim Cheshire
Jimco Software and Books
http://www.jimcosoftware.com
http://www.jimcobooks.com
-----------------------------------------------
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to Expression Web at http://www.jimcobooks.com.

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That's going to affect a lot of FP users that rely on the FP Server
Extensions to work on their sites locally. Too bad MS couldn't make them
compatible with Vista.
 
That's going to affect a lot of FP users that rely on the FP Server
Extensions to work on their sites locally. Too bad MS couldn't make them
compatible with Vista.
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I think the general trend from MS is to move AWAY from the FPSE. Many
(including myself) wish it would just be a clean break, but it seems
to be moving slowly. All in all, it's a good idea for all Web
designers to start designing FrontPage components out of Web sites.

With that said, I sure would have liked to see HTTP publishing support
in Vista. I'm not sure why WebDAV has not been beefed up.

Jim Cheshire
Jimco Software and Books
http://www.jimcosoftware.com
http://www.jimcobooks.com
-----------------------------------------------
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to Expression Web at http://www.jimcobooks.com.

Author:
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DHTML Menu Builder LITE Edition (www.dhtmlmenubuilder.com)
The Logo Creator (www.thelogocreator.com)

Pre-order now at http://www.jimcobooks.com
 
Are you saying that there's no IIS in Vista??
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No. IIS 7 is in Vista. I'm saying that the FPSE will not work on
Vista.

Jim Cheshire
Jimco Software and Books
http://www.jimcosoftware.com
http://www.jimcobooks.com
-----------------------------------------------
Read our new article on moving from FrontPage
to Expression Web at http://www.jimcobooks.com.

Author:
Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web

Book includes a CD with FREE FULL VERSIONS of:
DHTML Menu Builder LITE Edition (www.dhtmlmenubuilder.com)
The Logo Creator (www.thelogocreator.com)

Pre-order now at http://www.jimcobooks.com
 
Which Vista versions have IIS 7?


Jim Cheshire (Jimco Software) said:
No. IIS 7 is in Vista. I'm saying that the FPSE will not work on
Vista.

Jim Cheshire
Jimco Software and Books
http://www.jimcosoftware.com
http://www.jimcobooks.com
-----------------------------------------------
Read our new article on moving from FrontPage
to Expression Web at http://www.jimcobooks.com.

Author:
Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web

Book includes a CD with FREE FULL VERSIONS of:
DHTML Menu Builder LITE Edition (www.dhtmlmenubuilder.com)
The Logo Creator (www.thelogocreator.com)

Pre-order now at http://www.jimcobooks.com
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Disk based may be fine as long as you have no Server side script
- removal of the FP SE makes editing /testing server side scripted pages in a Site (except ASP.net in EW) virtually impossible

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| On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:32:01 -0500, "David Berry" <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
| >I just ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on my PC and one of the problem
| >areas it found was:
| >
| >Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002
| >
| >Before you upgrade to Windows Vista, uninstall this program. After upgrade,
| >this program will be blocked from re-installing due to known compatibility
| >issues. Please visit the vendor's website for possible solutions.
| >
| >So what do people that like to work on their sites locally do?
| >
|
| Disk-based. You can author against the folder path for the Web site or
| create a new virtual directory.
|
| Jim Cheshire
| Jimco Software and Books
| http://www.jimcosoftware.com
| http://www.jimcobooks.com
| -----------------------------------------------
| Read our new article on moving from FrontPage
| to Expression Web at http://www.jimcobooks.com.
|
| Author:
| Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web (Releasing soon!)
|
| Book includes a CD with FREE FULL VERSIONS of:
| DHTML Menu Builder LITE Edition (www.dhtmlmenubuilder.com)
| The Logo Creator (www.thelogocreator.com)
|
 
Since MS has dropped support for the FPSE, I don't think they're concerned
about compatibility.
 
Disk based may be fine as long as you have no Server side script
- removal of the FP SE makes editing /testing server side scripted pages in a Site (except ASP.net in EW) virtually impossible
Click to expand...

Not at all. Say you have an ASP application hosted on
http://localhost. In EW, you author against c:\inetpub\wwwroot. Then
you just enter a custom URL in the site settings of http://localhost.

Jim Cheshire
Jimco Software and Books
http://www.jimcosoftware.com
http://www.jimcobooks.com
-----------------------------------------------
Read our new article on moving from FrontPage
to Expression Web at http://www.jimcobooks.com.

Author:
Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web

Book includes a CD with FREE FULL VERSIONS of:
DHTML Menu Builder LITE Edition (www.dhtmlmenubuilder.com)
The Logo Creator (www.thelogocreator.com)

Pre-order now at http://www.jimcobooks.com
 
Ultimate.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.
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It's included in other editions besides Ultimate:

http://www.iis.net/default.aspx?tabid=2&subtabid=25&i=1100


Jim Cheshire
Jimco Software and Books
http://www.jimcosoftware.com
http://www.jimcobooks.com
-----------------------------------------------
Read our new article on moving from FrontPage
to Expression Web at http://www.jimcobooks.com.

Author:
Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web

Book includes a CD with FREE FULL VERSIONS of:
DHTML Menu Builder LITE Edition (www.dhtmlmenubuilder.com)
The Logo Creator (www.thelogocreator.com)

Pre-order now at http://www.jimcobooks.com
 
Will the ASP.NET Development Server that comes with EW work on the Vista
Versions that don't come with IIS 7?
 
So basically you're saying even though with Vista your web is in IIS, you author it / edit as if it were disk based??
( which both EW and SP-D have the capability of doing )
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Yes. I've done this many times and it works great. You can also use
the ASP.NET Development Server as long as you don't need to test
legacy ASP or some other server-side technology.

Jim Cheshire
Jimco Software and Books
http://www.jimcosoftware.com
http://www.jimcobooks.com
-----------------------------------------------
Read our new article on moving from FrontPage
to Expression Web at http://www.jimcobooks.com.

Author:
Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web

Book includes a CD with FREE FULL VERSIONS of:
DHTML Menu Builder LITE Edition (www.dhtmlmenubuilder.com)
The Logo Creator (www.thelogocreator.com)

Pre-order now at http://www.jimcobooks.com
 
Will the ASP.NET Development Server that comes with EW work on the Vista
Versions that don't come with IIS 7?
Click to expand...

Yes. There is no relation between the two.

Jim Cheshire
Jimco Software and Books
http://www.jimcosoftware.com
http://www.jimcobooks.com
-----------------------------------------------
Read our new article on moving from FrontPage
to Expression Web at http://www.jimcobooks.com.

Author:
Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web

Book includes a CD with FREE FULL VERSIONS of:
DHTML Menu Builder LITE Edition (www.dhtmlmenubuilder.com)
The Logo Creator (www.thelogocreator.com)

Pre-order now at http://www.jimcobooks.com
 
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