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Microsoft FrontPage issues

Occassionally, you may find that your updates don't appear as you expect them to when using Microsoft FrontPage, or counters, message boards, or other Web components stop functioning.

Recalculating your Web

The most common reason for problems with your website when you publish with FrontPage is a mismatch, or asynchronization, between the local copy of the site stored on your computer, and the copy on the server as managed by the FrontPage server extensions. You can sometimes solve such problems by performing a "recalculation" on your website.

To perform a recalculation of your local copy of the site using the FrontPage software, click the Tools menu item, then select Recalculate Hyperlinks.... After recalculating, publish your site to the server.

You can also perform a recalculation of the server copy of the site using AMS Control Panel. Read Manage FrontPage extensions for more information.

Do not use FTP to make changes to your FrontPage website. Use only the FrontPage software to make changes. Using FTP will cause damage to your FrontPage data files which may be difficult to repair, and may require deleting and republishing the entire site.