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by geocar 486 days ago
> Why did my simple site need front page extensions on the server?

Frontpage could do FTP under ideal conditions.

> Finding a free web host with those extensions was near impossible.

Once upon a time I made a cgi version of the fpse protocol because Windows was so expensive to run, so it's a shame you didn't find it. The internet was smaller back then, but maybe not as small as I remember.

I implemented a few "webbot"s as cgi scripts instead of activex controls (like counter and search and even the 'Visual InterDev Navigation Bar' if you remember that). Dreamweaver never had anything like that - and cold fusion really was a bit further than most of my customers could handle on their own.

    <html>
    
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
    content="text/html; charset=iso-18859-1
    <title FrontPage Configuration Information </title>
    </head>
    
    <body>
    <!-- _vti_inf.html version 0.100>
    <!--
     This file contains important information used by the FrontPage client
     (the FrontPage Explorer and FrontPage Editor) to communicate with the
     FrontPage server extensions installed on this web server.
    
     The values below are automatically set by FrontPage at installation.
     Normally, you do not need to modify these values, but in case
     you do, the parameters are as follows:
    
     'FPShtmlScriptUrl', 'FPAuthorScriptUrl', and 'FPAdminScriptUrl' specify
     the relative urls for the scripts that FrontPage uses for remote
     authoring.  These values should not be changed.
     'FPVersion' identifies the version of the FrontPage Server Extentions
     installed, and should not be changed.
    --><!-- FrontPage Configuration Information
     FPVersion="4.0.2.2717"
     FPShtmlScriptUrl="_vti_bin/shtml.exe/_vti_rpc"
     FPAuthorScriptUrl="_vti_bin/_vti_aut/author.exe"
     FPAdminScriptUrl="_vti_bin/_vti_adm/admin.exe"
    -->
    <p><!--webbot bot="PurpleText"
    preview="This page is placed into the root directory of your FrontPage web when FrontPage is installed. It contains information used by the FrontPage client to communicate with the FrontPage server extentions installed on this web server. You should not delete this file."
    --></p>
    
    <h1>FrontPage Configuration Information</h1>
    
    <p>In the HTML comments, this page contains configuration information
    that the FrontPage Explorer and FrontPage Editor need to communicate with
    the FrontPage server extentions installed on this web server. In short,
    do not delete this page.</p>
    </body>
    </html>