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Dami posted this at 16:32 — 15th December 2008.

Joined: Sep 2001

Yes, I know it's the bane of the web universe, but my client insists on using it. I have the product and I can get around in it, but I don't know all the ramifications of using it. I wrote all the code outside of FrontPage and now I'm trying to bring it into FrontPage and I'm getting some errors.

1. I need to test some of my coding on her web host. Will creating a test directory on her web host mess up any of her existing pages, at least insofar as page linking and however it syncs itself up? I'm not even sure my question makes sense.

2. I have embedded js files to write menus and footer info and iframes for sidebars. These aren't showing up in the FrontPage preview. Is there something I need to do to make them work?

Thanks for your help.

greg posted this at 17:41 — 15th December 2008.

He has: 1,581 posts

Joined: Nov 2005

1)
If you create a NEW folder on the host, then nothing is using that folder at all, as you have just created it.
Only when you code things to use it will it be used.

As for the current site working in the new folder for testing purposes, that depends if you use references to the root, eg /file.php or /folder/file.php
If that's the case then the first thing that requires a file or folder path in the testing folder will use the original file (not in the testing folder)
If your refs are not done this way, eg folder/file.php then you should be fine testing.

2)
I haven't used frontpage so cannot help you with that one, sorry.

Dami posted this at 18:19 — 15th December 2008.

She has: 88 posts

Joined: Sep 2001

Thanks, Greg.

1. All my links and stuff are relational, so I would think they would exist a level below (above?) the root where everything live resides. I just wanted to put a few files out to see how they worked with the FrontPage extensions.

I figured out #2...have to insert webbot includes (in case someone else ever needs to know).

Thanks again!