Jeff Binkley
ASA Network Computing
N>I haven't tried it yet, but the sales guff looks good:
N>At 04:05 PM 9/22/99 -0400, you wrote:
N>>Wholly Cow!
N>>That seems like quite a bit of work just to get FPSE 2k working.
N>>I just did it on my new ecom servers and didn't have that many
N>>I problems. have just one...hehe...SiteServer 3.0 Ecom edition
N>doesn't like FP 2K *AT >ALL* so instead I manually set it up after the
N>Ecom Wizard gets done with >it.
N>>
N>>Here's what I did for just a plain IIS 4.0 server and FPSE 2K
N>>
N>>1) installed NT service pack 5 (yes it says not to but I have more
N>luck= this
N>>way)
N>>2) installed IE 5 (again M$ says you should only use 4.01 sp2 but I
N>still >have more luck this way)
N>>3) installed Option Pack
N>>4) installed FPSE 2k from the Office 2000 disk
N>>5) setup the FPSE extensions in the FP MMC (just the email support
N>stuff= and
N>>"upgrade extensions")
N>>6) created the virtual client in a directory (D:\inetpub\virtual
N>>clients\client.com)
N>>7) Set the web site up in IIS MMC with HTTP 1.1 header settings
N>>8) Installed FPSE on the new web using the task menu under IIS MMC
N>>9) Went to my computer and started FP 2000 (only a 166 some I had
N>time to= do
N>>the other steps ;-))
N>>10) Added a user to either the Main NT domain or (if the computer is
N>not a >BDC) added a user to the local NT SAM.
N>>11) set the new users main NT group to my FP Authors group
N>>12) Went back to my computer and load new Virtual web site
N>>13) In FP I go to security and give author and browser to new NT user
N>and >remove (or reset) all other permissions the only person with
N>Admin >permissions is the Administrators Group
N>>14) Called customer and told him to user the new NT user name to edit
N>his >web site.
N>>
N>>As far as FP98 is concerned most of my customers have not reported
N>any >conflicts with the new FPSE 2K.
N>>and if they did I would tell them to go out and buy office 2000 just=
N> because
N>>FP 2000 is soooooooooo much better then fp98.
N>>
N>>I hope this helps.
N>>
N>>P.S. I noticed someone on this thread said their customer had a good
N>ecom >plugin for FP 2K. I don't suppose you could email me with which
N>one that >was.
N>>
N>>Thanks
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N>>----- Original Message -----
N>>From: Jeff Woods <jwoods@deltacomm.com>
N>>To: <ntisp@iea-software.com>
N>>Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 3:17 PM
N>>Subject: Re: [NTISP] frontpage 2000 server Extensions
N>>
N>>
N>> > I did the upgrade at the behest of a client who wanted to install
N>> > a shopping cart / E-Commerce package that claimed to require FPSE
N>2K. = This
N>> > client brings me a LOT of hosting business, so I obliged. It
N>> > BROKE the existing FPSE 98 in the process, and I couldn't get FPSE
N>> > 2K to allow an install, for the reason I quoted below. I *did*
N>> > manage to get it going since, in desperation, and here's what I
N>> > wrote to that client about the solution. Perhaps it will help
N>> >some here:
N>> > I have SOLVED the problem for FPSE 2K by the brute force
N>> >method....
N>> > Recall:
N>> > "Unable to create a web for the URL "/" because its root
N>> > "directory, d:\docs\aeicomp\" falls below the root of another web
N>> > "d:\int he directory, docs".
N>> > There *is* no web at d:\docs. I've spent hours trying to solve
N>this= one,
N>> > and cannot.
N>> > --------
N>> > Well, turns out that the initial installation of IIS asks for the
N>> > home directory, where all future sites will be located. This
N>> >defaults to:
N>> > c:\iis\wwwroot (or some such tree, wwwroot being the end, on C:)
N>> > Ick. C: sucks. 2 GB limit on the boot drive under NT, and for
N>> > safety and recovery, I make it a FAT drive, not NTFS (thus you can
N>> > access the drive by botting with a DOS floppy if you just MUST).
N>> > But a FAT drive cannot have any security, hence no FPSE. (No,
N>don't think that far >ahead
N>> > of me, I didn't do THAT).
N>> > Since I couldn't abide by having the web docs stored on a
N>> > non-secure FAT partition, I typed in a new location where
N>> > permitted, during the Option Pack installation:
N>> > D:\DOCS (A many-gigabyte NTFS partition)
N>> > IIS then creates a DEFAULT WEB SITE in that directory! I always
N>KILL >that
N>> > site, since that's NOT what I want. I then install all
N>directories >under
N>> > that:
N>> > D:\DOCS\DOMAIN-A
N>> > D:\DOCS\ANOTHER-DOMAN
N>> > D:\DOCS\GUESS-WHO
N>> > Since they are all "on par" with each other, no site in a
N>subdirectory= of
N>> > another site (by definition, no "sub-webs" exist), there should be
N>> > no problem, right?
N>> > WRONG.
N>> > Remember that default web site it creates in the first directory
N>you= give
N>> > it? That was d:\docs, right? Well, I removed the site from the
N>IIS >Admin
N>> > pages using the MMC console, so there shouldn't be a front page
N>> > web there. But THERE WAS.
N>> > Deep inspection found _vti_cnf and other _vti* directories in
N>d:\docs,= the
N>> > usual hidden directories. I didn't think to look there for them,=
N> because
N>>I
N>> > did not remember there ever being a web installed at that "top
N>> >level".
N>> > I stopped the web server, and removed these directories. I then=
N> re-BOOTED
N>> > the web server, and again tried to apply FPSE 2K to the site.
N>> > I did *not* get the error from before, and I do seem to have the
N>ability >to
N>> > now use the FPSE 2K tab in the MMC console, which I never could
N>do= before.
N>> > I have also been able to open the web (as Administrator) using
N>> > FP98, and have confirmed that the NT SAM account has proper
N>> >permissions even now.
N>> > At 12:28 PM 9/22/99 -0600, you wrote:
N>> > >I am sure FP98SE do not support all 2000 functions, but FP2000 on
N>the >client
N>> > >end will interface fine with the FP98SE. I have used it plenty
N>> > >lately.
N>> > >So, what am I missing, and why should we install the FP2000SE
N>> > >then?
N>> > >Dave
N>> > >----- Original Message -----
N>> > >From: Jeff Woods <jwoods@deltacomm.com>
N>> > >To: <ntisp@iea-software.com>
N>> > >Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 8:34 AM
N>> > >Subject: Re: [NTISP] frontpage 2000 server Extensions
N>> > > > INSTALLING isn't the problem. RUNNING is. <sigh>
N>> > > >
N>> > > > If you locate a clue, could I borrow it? Here's what I ran
N>> > > >into:
N>> > > > Install went OK, but when I try to set up FPSE2K on a site, I
N>am= told:
N>> > > >
N>> > > > "Unable to create a web for the URL "/" because its root
N>> > > > "directory, d:\docs\aeicomp\" falls below the root of another
N>web int he >directory,
N>> > > > "d:\docs".
N>> > > >
N>> > > > There *is* no web at d:\docs. I've spent hours trying to
N>solve= this
N>>one,
N>> > > > and cannot.
N>> > > >
N>> > > > At this point, I'm unable to even go back to FPSE98 without
N>nuking= the
N>> > > > site, either. Right now, I'm without FPSE at all, and will
N>likely >remain
N>> > >so.
N>> > > >
N>> > > > At 09:02 AM 9/22/99 -0500, you wrote:
N>> > > > >HI
N>> > > > >
N>> > > > >Can anyone lead to some good doc. on how to install FrontPage
N>2000 >Server
N>> > > > >Extensions on to iis 4.0 server.
N>> > > > >
N>> > > > >Thanks
N>> > > > >Thomas
N>> > > > >
N>> > > > >
N>> > > >
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