Subweb User Administration

[kettererorg]

Has the feature to add users to a FrontPage subweb been added/fixed?

I'd like to create a new user that can connect to and administer a subweb via FP so I don't have to give out my admin username/password for the root site. Is this possible?

I've added another user with the discountasp.net control panel but FP does not see this user. And the FP admin pages do not have an option to add users. I'm currently using FP 2002/XP. Help!

If this will not work, are there other free or cheap options where I can have a second site under the same account? I don't want to pay another monthly fee when I don't need an addition 150MB of space and 2GB of bandwidth, etc.

Thanks,

- Ed


Ed Ketterer
ed@ketterer.org

[ShimonSim]

Look at discosion in Hosting Services / Control Panel discusion on Subdomains. See if it what you looking for.

[rory]

[b]quote:Originally posted by kettererorg


If this will not work, are there other free or cheap options where I can have a second site under the same account? I don't want to pay another monthly fee when I don't need an addition 150MB of space and 2GB of bandwidth, etc.

Thanks,

- Ed


Ed Ketterer
ed@ketterer.org
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you could use this on your default root page to redirect another domain name to a subweb, if this is what you were looking for:

dim host
host=lcase(request.servervariables("HTTP_HOST"))
SELECT CASE host
CASE "domain2.com"
response.redirect "domain2/"
CASE "www.domain2.com"
response.redirect "domain2/"
END SELECT
'put this at the top of your default page in your root

[rowdy]

Ed says he's using FP 2002. I'm using FP 2003 and wondering if there will still be a problem restricting access to a subweb in FP 2003? If there is, would it work to put the pages that I want restricted in a serparate folder within my website and use the ASP.net control panel to restict access to this folder by adding a user with permissions?
It looks like going the subdomain route could be pretty tricky for me because this'll be my first web-site. I just want a few parts of it to be resricted to be viewed and used by only one other person.
Would the easiest thing be to just create two separate web-sites and simply resrict one?

[bruce]

If you just want to restrict browsing to a sub directory, you can use the permission manager. See http://kb.discountasp.net/article.aspx?id=10100


If you want another user to login through FrontPage, we'll need to set it up for you manually.

[b]quote:Originally posted by rowdy

Ed says he's using FP 2002. I'm using FP 2003 and wondering if there will still be a problem restricting access to a subweb in FP 2003? If there is, would it work to put the pages that I want restricted in a serparate folder within my website and use the ASP.net control panel to restict access to this folder by adding a user with permissions?
It looks like going the subdomain route could be pretty tricky for me because this'll be my first web-site. I just want a few parts of it to be resricted to be viewed and used by only one other person.
Would the easiest thing be to just create two separate web-sites and simply resrict one?
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[FP2002]

bruce [DASP] said...
If you just want to restrict browsing to a sub directory, you can use the permission manager. See http://kb.discountasp.net/article.aspx?id=10100


If you want another user to login through FrontPage, we'll need to set it up for you manually.


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Are the _vit_adm pages disabled? I don't inderstandhow this is possible, since discountasp.net advertises "DiscountASP.NET's advanced Windows 2003 ASP/.NET web hosting platform is perfect for Microsoft FrontPage website hosting."
To be a gold cert partner, I am under the complete understnading that those who wish to host using IIS6 must adhere to those standards. One of those is that if Extensions are insatlled, they must be installed correctly and with no feature disabled by the host - that would include IP filtering.

Now, if discountasp.net is unwilling to adhere, can you recommend ANy OTHER HOSTER THAT WILL?

OR-
Is, in FP2003 specifically, the use of ASP and FTP in designing the site, just plain better than using FP and SUBWEBS for collaboration(keep in mind that MS is comping otu with IIS7 and rebranding FrontPage under the new name blablawhatever)

How does ASP handle collaboration and the security inherent in using Subwebs (instead of or in addition to plain folders that may or may not be password protectable from a control panel method)?


Post Edited (FP2002expert) : 7/4/2006 10:05:54 PM GMT