Microsoft KB Archive/324245

= Web sites do not open in Microsoft FrontPage after you configure FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 on an Apache 1.3.19 or later Web site =

Article ID: 324245

Article Last Modified on 2/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions

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This article was previously published under Q324245



SYMPTOMS
After you configure the Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 on an Apache 1.3.19 or later Web site, the Web site does not open in Microsoft FrontPage.



CAUSE
This problem occurs if you use your _default_ Web site while you are specifying both a unique Fully-Qualified Domain Name (FDN) and any port other than port 80.

This problem occurs because of the way that FrontPage names the CNF files that are used when you open FrontPage-enabled Web sites. For example, virtual hosts may be defined in your Httpd.conf file similar to the way that they are defined in the following example:  DocumentRoot /webdocs/public_html ServerName www.example.com  If you use this example, FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 creates a file in your /usr/local/frontpage/ folder that is named We8080.cnf. However, FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 creates a file that is named www.example.com:8080.cnf instead. Because FrontPage has to find a CNF file with the correct naming format, an error occurs when you try to open the Web site with the FrontPage client.



WORKAROUND
Use one of the following methods to work around this problem:  Use the correct naming format to rename the incorrectly named CNF file so that FrontPage can locate the file that it needs when you open the Web site. For example, if you use the example that is mentioned in the &quot;Cause&quot; section of this article, you would rename the www.example.com:8080.cnf file to We8080.cnf.  Create a symbolic link to the CNF file that FrontPage created. If you use the example that is mentioned in the &quot;Cause&quot; section of this article, use the following syntax to create a symbolic link: ln -s www.example.com:8080.cnf we8080.cnf 



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section of this article.

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