I have a page that is all messed up due to Frontpage. Well I see where the problem is in the HTML file. But frontpage doesnt show it in there HTML file so I have to use Notepad. How do I make the change in Notepad and then upload it. I have tried, and tried!
Frontpage can be a pain to work with. The best way would be to fix in notepad and then use ftp to upload to the site. I'm assuming this is where you are getting stuck. You can use the browser window you get from clicking "My Computer" for the ftp. then type ftp.yoursite.com and put in the same username and passcode that you use in front page. drill into the folders untill you find the same page and drag your changed file into the folder.
I have been rear ended by FrontPage more than once. I may be able to help you in some detail, but I need to know: Are the FrontPage extensions installed on your site? Did you upload your site using FrontPage? Answering the second question answers the first. To speed this up you can PM me your site URL if you don't want to post it here.
to do changes on notepad you have to have knowledge on HTML coding. you can make a copy of the file renaming it something else then current. then right click on the file, select open with, click on internet explorer or your fav. browser. now you should have the file open on a browser which will show how it looks. now open the file on notepad, do the changes. you can do changes part by part and refresh the browser to see how is it going. hope it helped you. let know if anything else. Textpad at Textpad.com is a good notepad type free tool used widely for these type of editing.
Fontpage is doing me dirty. I load up the FTP and I see the file I want to change. I right click > Open With Notepad> Make my changes in the Code When I attempt to save I do Save As> (I use the same file name) and I add .html to the end. It then gives me a message saying that it cannot save the file in this location
Do you have FP on your computer? If the file is residing in a protected web on your computer you may not be able to save a notepad version of it because the .htm extension is registered to FP as the editor. It is okay to use FP if you must but I suggest you learn to use an ftp client for the upload part. FP is like a virus when it comes to site management. Can you upload the file somewhere? And tell me what you are trying to change? Or open the file using IE and then right click, view source and copy that and post it here or via PM?
If you have created the site, i mean if your designer has created the site in frontpage then it is advisable to publish it via frontpage only, as using FTP could trigger the frontpage extensions permissions. For most of the pages that are developed in Frontpage require Frontpage extensions installed on your site (webserver). You can either get it confirmed from your webhost or you can check it from the control panel provided by your webhost. Tutorial to install frontpage in cPanel (Common Control Panel in Linux): http://www.thehostingsupport.com/in...ase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=75&nav=0,10,27 Installing in HELM (Common Control Panel in Windows): 1) Login the HELM control panel: URL: http://cp.domainname.com 2) Click on the icon named 'Domains'. 3) Click on the domain name in question. 4) Now, click on the icon named 'FrontPage Extensions'. 5) Click on the 'Install' button. Make sure that the file is not 'read-only' file. Thanks,
Using ftp drag a copy of the file to your computer, edit the file on your computer and save to your computer, then drag the file back to the server folder. I don't think you can save directly to the server from notepad.
Don't forget to select the option as 'all files' if not, you'd save the file as filename.html.txt, and it'd eventually be a .txt extention instead of .html extention. That's a very careless mistake everybody could make, so do take note.....
What we all failed to understand until the very end is that he was trying to open the file on server using notepad. Once he got the file on his local drive there was no problem.
Yes. My computer was saved!! Thanks to everyone for your help. I was trying to edit the file on the server. I didn't realize that I had to place it on my local drive and then put it back into the FTP.