Juan
Thu Apr 06 19:14:52 CDT 2006
Ahh...
Glad you're up and running again, William.
Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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"Bill" <wstyler@comcast.net> wrote in message news:4f6dnQAhYbDLOqjZnZ2dnUVZ_t2dnZ2d@giganews.com...
>I would like to thank you both for your help and replies to my request.
> Both links you sent me were very helpful.
>
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP030661591033.aspx and
>
http://www.ez2ba.com/html/help/guides/microsoft-publisher.html
>
> They both pointed me to the same thing in resolving my problem, I was able
> to publish the web page without any problem. And thank you for the link to
> the IIS Resource Kit that will come in handy as well, for I did receive an
> error pointing to one of the pages within the file as it was being convert
> over to .html, so between the Resource Kit and the built-in Help features of
> IIS I should be able to resolve that issue as well.
>
> Once again, thank you both for your time and effort, you both were very
> helpful.
>
> Thanks
> William
>
>
> "Juan T. Llibre" <nomailreplies@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:uQPs7ucWGHA.4132@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> So, does the link I sent in my reply, which you snipped, answer the OP's
> question ?
>>
>> Here it is again :
>>
>>
http://www.ez2ba.com/html/help/guides/microsoft-publisher.html
>>
>> In fact, has anything you've sent in answer the OP's question?
>> (Given that you are criticizing that I suggested he read the IIS 6.0
> Resource Kit Guide)
>>
>> I really don't understand why you don't want the OP to read the
>> IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Guide, if he has problems publishing html files with
> IIS 6.0.
>>
>> One thing is clear, though, the link posted above *does* solve the OP's
> question.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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>> "Kristofer Gafvert" <kgafvert@NEWSilopia.com> wrote in message
>> news:xn0ekoj03eeofi500l@news.microsoft.com...
>> > You neglected to answer the more specific question, the question the OP
> really needed an answer
>> > to. The answer to the question is not to be found in the IIS 6.0
> Resource Kit and it would have
>> > been a vaste of time for the OP to read through ~900 pages and not find
> the answer. Hence my
>> > comment that the IIS 6.0 Resource Kit will not answer the question about
> publishing websites
>> > designed in Publisher.
>> >
>> > ** Quote **
>> > "Can you publish ".pub" files in IIS ?
>> > Or, does Publisher produce standard html files which can be published
> with IIS ?
>> >
>> > Of course, you cannot use *.pub files to publish Publisher websites.
>> > Publisher uses html files to publish the contents of *.pub files."
>> > ** End Quote **
>> >
>> > It may be obvious to you that Publisher uses html to publish the
> contents of .pub files. But is it
>> > obvious for the OP? You made the very rough assumption that the OP knew
> what to do with the pub
>> > file (convert it to HTML in Publisher), and that the problem was in
> publishing the HTML for
>> > everyone in the company to view. Since the OP explicity asked how to
> publish a website from a pub
>> > file, it is rather obvious (to me) that the OP did not know this
> information.
>> >
>> > Furthermore, publishing a website for users on the Intranet to see, is
> more or less to just start
>> > IIS. There is no need to read 900 pages. It may be helpful, or
> interesting, but definitely not
>> > necessary. In fact, I would find that the IIS help file (press F1 in IIS
> Manager) is far more
>> > useful for the typical user of IIS, than the resource kit is. It has a
> "Getting Started" section,
>> > and several step-by-step articles on how to do various tasks.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> > Kristofer Gafvert
>> >
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>> >
>> >
>> > Juan T. Llibre wrote:
>> >
>> >>re:
>> >>>The IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Guide will not tell the OP how to resolve the
> question about how to
>> >>>publish a website designed in Publisher, which was the question.
>> >>
>> >>I don't understand your comment, Kristofer.
>> >>
>> >>The question was :
>> >>
>> >>>>Could someone please point me in the right direction (book or web
> links)
>> >>>>that will give me a good step by step procedure and understanding of
> how to configure my newly
>> >>>>installed IIS v6 Server?
>> >>
>> >>Just because the OP mistakenly thinks that .pub files can be used to
>> >>"put in place a web page that has been built using Microsoft Publisher
> v2003",
>> >>doesn't mean that *.pub files can actually be published to IIS to make a
> site
>> >>"accessible to everyone in the company".
>> >>
>> >>Can you publish ".pub" files in IIS ?
>> >>Or, does Publisher produce standard html files which can be published
> with IIS ?
>> >>
>> >>Of course, you cannot use *.pub files to publish Publisher websites.
>> >>Publisher uses html files to publish the contents of *.pub files.
>> >>
>> >>Therefore, reading the IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Guide is good advice,
>> >>in order to avoid the usual pitfalls associated with publishing websites
> with IIS.
>> >>
>> >>Here's a quick guide to publishing web sites using Publisher 2003 or
> Publisher 2000 :
>> >>
>> >>
http://www.ez2ba.com/html/help/guides/microsoft-publisher.html
>> >>
>> >>Following those simple rules should cover it.
>> >>
>> >>If the OP runs into problems publishing the html files Publisher
> produces,
>> >>the IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Guide will be an invaluable resource for
> resoving
>> >>those problems, just like it is an invaluable resource for resolving
> most IIS
>> >>site-publishing problems.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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>> >>"Kristofer Gafvert" <kgafvert@NEWSilopia.com> wrote in message
>> >>news:xn0eko35veac44g00k@news.microsoft.com...
>> >>>The IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Guide will not tell the OP how to resolve the
> question about how to
>> >>>publish a website designed in Publisher, which was the question.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>-- Regards,
>> >>>Kristofer Gafvert
>> >>>
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>Juan T. Llibre wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>Download the IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Guide :
>> >>>>
>>
>>>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=80a1b6e6-829e-4
> 9b7-8c02-333d9c148e69&displaylang=en
>> >>>>
>> >>>>It will not only tell you how to resolve your problem,
>> >>>>it will give you answers to many other IIS 6.0 questions.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>You might also want to download the IIS Resource Kit Tools :
>>
>>>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=56FC92EE-A71A-4
> C73-B628-ADE629C89499&displaylang=en
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
>> >>>>aspnetfaq.com :
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>> >>>>"Bill" <wstyler@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> >>>>news:ZY2dnRNkSZWmxKjZnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> >>>>>Hello,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>As you will notice from my question I'm new to the configuration of
> IIS.
>> >>>>>Could someone please point me in the right direction (book or web
> links)
>> >>>>>that will give me a good step by step procedure and understanding of
> how to
>> >>>>>configure my newly installed IIS v6 Server? What I need to know is
> how to
>> >>>>>put in place a web page that has been built using Microsoft Publisher
> v2003
>> >>>>>(.pub file), and how do I make it accessible to everyone in the
> company.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>By the way, this IIS has been built for "internal use only" it will
> not be
>> >>>>>open to the public, so I don't have to worry about locking it down so
> much.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>Thanks in advance for your help with this matter.
>> >>>>>William
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>>
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