Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Dedicated Server : Unable to open http://<IP-no> Frontpage - can you help?

[nogi]

Hi everyone,

I have a client on my new server, who can't upload with Frontpage using the servers IP number. Shouldn't it be possible to use the servers main IP before propagation? His reseller domain hasn't changed nameservers yet. I thought that it was possible to upload to a server with frontpage before propagation using http://<IP-no> and the username and password but now I'm not sure. Does anybody know? - the error returned is 'unable to open http://<IP-no> and the extensions has been installed.

Thanks
John

[AussieHosts]

Server specs?

How about http://<IP-no>/~username ??

Gary

[OJI]

Originally posted by Editor
Server specs?

How about http://<IP-no>/~username ??

Gary

I thought it was just ip address - not username.

[AussieHosts]

Originally posted by OJI
I thought it was just ip address - not username.

No, it needs the username afaik.

Gary

[Andrew]

I've never been able to get it to work prior to propagation. The /~username never worked for me.

[Wolfy]

I think that FP uses the host header info to work out what website it should upload to.
Then it uses the User/pass to check for permissions.
If this is the case it won't work w/o a host name.
/~username is a Linux thing

On the other hand, many other programs simply use the User/pass to then identify where the files should be uploaded to.

Can't your client just upload by FTP?
Or even force FP into FTP mode?

[cbtrussell]

{deleted, I thought I was in the RaQ forum}

[nogi]

Hello,

Thanks for your suggestions. It's a whm/cpanel server - athlon +1600 (1.4Ghz).

John

[skelley1]

I'm with lightnin. before propogation, i always ftp'd a frontpage site.

[AussieHosts]

Yep, it seems so. Best bet would be just to not install FP extensions at all. :-)

Gary

[StevenG]

It can be done.. hmm I am no help because I never did find out how to fix it on the server.......

Anyway this should do the same thing,


In windows go to:

Start > Settings > control Panel > network > TCP/IP > Click properties.

Select

Dns Configuration

Select

enable dns

enter your hosts name server or your name server if you have one and the IP address for that name server.

Click OK.

Reboot your PC and now you should be able to publish via frontpage to http://yourdomain.com b4 propagation

Hope that works for you

[nogi]

Thanks everyone.

John