Frontpage Form Errors

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Frontpage Form Errors

Thursday, October 11, 2007

A lot of times, you might see this message when you are working with Frontpage Forms. Chances are, you did not publish the site using http - you use FTP.

Frontpage Forms

When working with Frontpage Forms, you need to publish to http://www.example.com (replacing with example.com with your domain name). Don't use FTP. If you FTP your site, especially a Frontpage form, chances are very good that the form will not work.

Frontpage Form Errors

There are different errors when using Frontpage forms. Sometimes, this will help you to determine what you need to do to get your Frontpage form working properly.

_derived/nortbots.htm and --WEBBOT-SELF--

If you hit Submit on your Frontpage form, and you see _derived/nortbots.htm in the URL or --WEBBOT-SELF--, chances are Frontpage Server Extensions are not even installed on your domain. You will need to check with your hosting provider for more information. Chances are also pretty good that you used FTP as well.

Would you like to remove the e-mail recipient?

When working with a Frontpage form, you might want to enter and email address. However, you might get a message:

This form cannot be configured to send results via e-mail. The Web site maybe be located at a disk-based location, or on a server that has not been configured to send email. Contact your system administrator or Internet Service provider for more information.

Would you like to remove the e-mail recipient?

The answer to this question is no. If you choose Yes, it will remove the email address that you just entered. Choose no and publish your Frontpage website.

Frontpage Server Extensions (FPSE)

A good way to check to see if FPSEs are installed is to go to your domain name and the file _vti_inf.html. So if your domain name is www.example.com, you would go to www.example.com/_vti_inf.html. You should get this message:

FrontPage Configuration Information

In the HTML comments, this page contains configuration information that the FrontPage Explorer and FrontPage Editor need to communicate with the FrontPage server extensions installed on this web server. Do not delete this page.

If you get Page not Found or a 404 Error, Frontpage Server Extensions are not installed or possibly damaged. You need to contact your hosting company and ask them to repair the FPSEs.