Microsoft KB Archive/194254

= FP98: Error Installing FP Server Extensions if Directory Mapped =

Article ID: 194254

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q194254



For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see 164278.



SYMPTOMS
When you install FrontPage Server Extensions to a Web server or publish a Web to another server, you may receive the following error message:

' ' does not refer to a page in this Web.



CAUSE
You may receive this error message because FrontPage cannot manage content that is not stored within the Web content directory on the server. If you install the FrontPage Server Extensions to a Web server that is mapped to a directory that has the same name as the directory you defined for the FrontPage Web, the server redirects the FrontPage Web directory to a location outside of the FrontPage Web. For example, when you install Microsoft Personal Web Server, it creates a directory mapping for a folder called "Docs." If you attempt to create a FrontPage Web named Docs on the Microsoft Personal Web Server, you will receive the error message described in the "Symptoms" section.

This problem occurs on any server configured to map a string to a directory. For example, some servers redirect "/Cgi-bin" to an area outside of the Web by default. If you publish a FrontPage Web that contains a /Cgi-bin folder to one of these servers, you will receive the error message described in the "Symptoms" section.

FrontPage attempts to create a /Cgi-bin folder on any root Web. The /Cgi-bin folder contains the Htimage.exe and Imagemap.exe programs used for image map creation in NCSA, Apache, Netscape, or CERN image map formats.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use either of the following methods.

Method 1: Modify the Configuration Files
Modify the configuration files or use the configuration utility for the Web server to remove the server-wide mapping for the directory, and then allow the FrontPage Server Extensions to create the mappings on a per-Web basis.

Method 2: Rename Cgi-bin before Publishing
Rename the /Cgi-bin or other folder on the source server before you publish your Web. Contact your server administrator to enable the folder for executable programs.

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