FP97: WebBot Components Fail When Imported on 1.1 ServerLast reviewed: March 18, 1998Article ID: Q161181 |
The information in this article applies to:
SYMPTOMSWhen you use the FrontPage 97 Import Web Wizard to import a web to a FrontPage 1.1 extended server, many WebBot components may cease to function and will be represented as text in brackets.
CAUSEThe FrontPage 1.1 extensions cannot evaluate functions that are implemented only by the FrontPage 97 Server Extensions. The FrontPage 1.1 extensions were not designed to work with the FrontPage 97 Import Web Wizard.
WORKAROUNDTo work around this problem, use any of the following methods.
Method 1: Use the Publish FrontPage Web CommandUse the Publish FrontPage Web command (File menu) instead of the Import Web Wizard to transfer FrontPage 97 content to a FrontPage 1.1 extended server. The publish operation will cleanly overwrite any files with the same name on the destination server.
Method 2: Resave Every Page Using FrontPage 97
Method 3: Create the FrontPage Web on the Version 1.1 Extended ServerInstead of creating the web on a local machine or a staging server, create the web directly on the 1.1 extended destination server.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATIONThe Import Web Wizard, when used on a FrontPage 1.1 extended server, will evaluate most WebBot components incorrectly. The only exceptions to this are the WebBot Annotation (comments) component and the WebBot HTML Markup component. When you use the Import Web Wizard to import to a 1.1 web, these WebBot components are displayed as names in brackets
[Substitution Bot] (the WebBot Include Component also shows this) [ScheduledImage Bot] [ScheduledInclude Bot] [Search Bot]and these components and the form fields to which they apply are also displayed as names in brackets:
[Discussion Bot] [Registration Bot] [Save Result Bot]Note also that the forms will not function properly. The WebBot Timestamp component will cease to update to the most recent modification time. The WebBot Table Of Contents component will not display new pages created on the 1.1 extended server (even if it is configured to do so).
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