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The Server I Upload Info to is UNIX--No FrontPage Extensions
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| Alice Wei 2005-09-03, 5:51 pm |
| Hi! I am working on a website with "Forms" where people could upload
information to the _private folders, and write up some information on the
form. The setting I set was to save everything the users input into the .mdb
format provided by FrontPage. In addition, I would like to get the
"Confirmation" form from the system to send a mail to me. However, I
discovered that my host is UNIX system, and they do not support FrontPage
Extensions.
Can I please ask whether or not it is because I am attempting to send an
e-mail at the same time with the confirmation form and that I am attempting
to get users to upload to the folders on-line? Or, does the lacking of
FrontPage Extensions mean that I could not even try to use the Database
system provided by FrontPage either. If yes, is there an alternative for
this?
I am desperate to hear your reply.
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| Using a Unix server means that the Access (.mdb) database that the
FrontPage wizards use will not work - with or without FPextensions.
To use the FP database wizards, and Access in particular, you must be
hosted on a Windows server. The wizards also use ASP which is
probably not supported on your Unix server.
On Unix, look for a php scripting solution with a mysql database -
check that your host supports php and MySQL. FrontPage support for
these is minimal.
--
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
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"Alice Wei" <AliceWei@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0F372180-8AA9-4E57-8FB2-E6BE42161079@microsoft.com...
> Hi! I am working on a website with "Forms" where people could upload
> information to the _private folders, and write up some information
> on the
> form. The setting I set was to save everything the users input into
> the .mdb
> format provided by FrontPage. In addition, I would like to get the
> "Confirmation" form from the system to send a mail to me. However, I
> discovered that my host is UNIX system, and they do not support
> FrontPage
> Extensions.
>
> Can I please ask whether or not it is because I am attempting to
> send an
> e-mail at the same time with the confirmation form and that I am
> attempting
> to get users to upload to the folders on-line? Or, does the lacking
> of
> FrontPage Extensions mean that I could not even try to use the
> Database
> system provided by FrontPage either. If yes, is there an alternative
> for
> this?
>
> I am desperate to hear your reply.
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