FP: How to Create an Alias for FrontPage Personal Web Server

Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
Article ID: Q151541

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
  • Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, version 1.1

SUMMARY

If your computer is running FrontPage Personal Web Server, you may want to create an alias to another folder (directory) or drive. Creating an alias to another folder or drive will allow remote clients to browse documents at various locations as though these documents were FrontPage Webs.

MORE INFORMATION

To create an alias to a folder, to a CD-ROM drive, or to a network drive, use any of the following methods:

Method 1: Create an alias to a folder

  1. In a text editor such as Notepad, open the Srm.cnf file.

    NOTE: This file is usually found in C:\Vermeer\Httpd\Conf for FrontPage version 1.0, in C:\FrontPage Webs\Server\Conf for FrontPage, versions 1.1 and 97, and in C:\Program Files\FrontPage PWS\Server\conf for FrontPage 98.

  2. In the Srm.cnf file, type:

          Alias /name/ c:/folder/
    

Method 2: Create an alias to the root directory of a CD-ROM drive

  1. In a text editor such as Notepad, open the Srm.cnf file.

    NOTE: This file is usually found in C:\Vermeer\Httpd\Conf for FrontPage version 1.0, in C:\FrontPage Webs\Server\Conf for FrontPage, versions 1.1 and 97, and in C:\Program Files\FrontPage PWS\Server\conf for FrontPage 98.

  2. In the Srm.cnf file, type:

          Alias /cdrom/ d:/./
    

Method 3: Create an alias to a network drive or share

  1. In a text editor such as Notepad, open the Srm.cnf file.

    NOTE: This file is usually found in C:\Vermeer\Httpd\Conf for FrontPage version 1.0, in C:\FrontPage Webs\Server\Conf for FrontPage, versions 1.1 and 97, and in C:\Program Files\FrontPage PWS\Server\conf for FrontPage 98.

  2. In the Srm.cnf file, type:

          Alias /name/ //server/share/
    


Additional query words:
Keywords : fppws kbdta
Version : windows:1.0,1.1,97,98
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbhowto


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Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
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