FP97: Files Not Created in Root of New Disk-Based Web

• Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack

SYMPTOMS

In FrontPage Explorer, when you create a new disk-based Web, close the Web, and then reopen it, the default document is not visible in the Root Web.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because the content is located in a Sub-Web not the Root Web. When you create a disk-based web and you fill in the "Web Server or File Location" AND the "Name of New FrontPage Web" boxes in the New FrontPage Web dialog box, FrontPage creates both a Root Web and a Sub-Web and stores the Web content in the Sub-Web. If you enter only a path in the "Web Server or File Location" box, FrontPage creates only a Root Web.

NOTE: To locate the New FrontPage Web dialog box, point to New on the File menu, and then click FrontPage Web.

RESOLUTION

To create a Root Web without creating a Sub-Web, use these steps:

1. On the File menu, point to New, and then click FrontPage Web.

2. Select a template or wizard and click OK.

3. In the "Web Server or File Location" box, type the path for the disk- based web. For example, type the following:

         C:\NewWeb
   

   NOTE: This path also corresponds to the name of your Root Web.

   Do not type anything in the "Name of New FrontPage Web" box.

4. Click OK.

   File://C:\NewWeb\Index.htm