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Active Server Pages (ASP)
Microsoft Access Databases
Microsoft Frontpage Extensions
Active Server Pages (ASP)
Active Server Pages (ASP) is a server side scripting technology, which can be used to easily build dynamic web pages. Our Windows 2000 servers run Internet Information Server (IIS) 5, offering full support for ASP version 3 & ASP.NET 1.1.
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Using ASP
ASP Components
Debugging ASP Scripts
ASP Scripts can be written in either VBScript or JScript, the server default is VBScript. In order for the server to parse the file as an ASP script it must have the extension .asp. & .aspx Your default pages can be called index.asp , default.asp or index.aspx.
30+ ASP Components [?]
All ASP components included as standard with IIS 6, including CDO are available. for Basic & Medium plans
PRO , Developer & DotNetNuke packages include 30+ ASP Components [?]
Asp Components included in Pro - Developer plan
Our servers are configured to send detailed error messages to the browser window, these error messages can be used to identify errors in your ASP code. In order to see these error messages you may need to turn off your web browser's internal error handling. For example, in Internet Explorer, this can be accomplished via the Advanced tab of the Internet Options menu.
Microsoft Access Databases
Microsoft Access Databases can be placed on our Windows 2000 servers for use with your ASP pages.
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Uploading Your Database
Connecting To Your Database
You should upload your database file created with Microsoft Access to the /private directory within your web space, your database file should have the extension .mdb. Uploading your database to the /private folder allows your scripts to access the data within it without allowing internet users to download your entire database file and given the special file permissions on the /private folder allows your scripts to write data to the database.
You should connect to your access database using a DSN less connection. You might use code such as the following:
Set Conn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") conString = "DBQ=D:\j\o\joebloggs\private\database.mdb" Conn.Open "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};" & conString
DSN less connections are faster and more efficient than ODBC connections since they avoid the need for a registry lookup, for this reason, ODBC connections for Access databases are not supported.
Microsoft Frontpage Extensions (FAQ Center FP demo)
FrontPage extensions allow you to use the publication feature and dynamic page elements available in Microsoft's FrontPage software. The FrontPage Extensions page shows whether or not FrontPage extensions are currently installed on your account.
You should only install the server extensions if you intend to use Microsoft's FrontPage software to create and upload your web site. If you install FrontPage extensions you will not be able to upload your files and manage your site using FTP
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Installing FrontPage Extensions
Uninstalling FrontPage Extensions
Using FrontPage Extensions
FrontPage Technical Support
Notes On Windows FrontPage Extensions
Installing FrontPage Extensions
To install FrontPage extensions on a Windows virtual server, click the 'Install FrontPage Extensions' link on the Frontpage extensions page. Please note that any existing content on your web site will be erased during the FrontPage Extensions installation process.
Uninstalling FrontPage Extensions
If FrontPage extensions are no longer required on your account you can uninstall them. Uninstalling the server extensions will restore access to your site by FTP. Click the 'Uninstall FrontPage Extensions' link on the Frontpage extensions page. You will be asked to confirm the action before FrontPage extensions are actually removed from your account.
To publish your site using Microsoft FrontPage you must first have FrontPage extensions installed on your account, see above. Click the 'Publish Web' option from the 'File' menu in your FrontPage software. Enter your full web site domain name when asked where you want to publish your site to and click 'Publish'. You will be asked for your account username and password, after which your site will be published to the server. Note that you can only publish your site to an active domain name using FrontPage, you cannot publish your site using FrontPage to the FTP server, to a temporary URL or to a domain name which is not yet fully transferred to our network.
Please note that we will provide technical support on the use of Microsoft FrontPage, technical support issues relating to the use of Microsoft FrontPage .
Notes On Windows FrontPage Extensions
FrontPage 2002 extensions are installed on our Windows 2000 servers, however due to the shared environment, the subwebs, usage analysis and user management features are disabled.
