FP98: New Disk-Based Web Times Out While Trying to Connect
Article ID: 194673
Article Last Modified on 10/3/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q194673
For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 version of this article, see
169089.
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to create a new disk-based Web, you receive the following
error message:
The server could not complete your request. Contact your Internet
service provider or Web server administrator to make sure that the
server has the FrontPage Server Extensions installed. For more specific
information, click Details
When you click Details, you receive the following error message:
HTTP/1.0 501 Not Supported.
CAUSE
This problem occurs if you type a path using the forward slash, such
as c:/webs in the "Choose a title for your
FrontPage Web" dialog box. When the server attempts to resolve
the address, it attempts to resolve the folder on the c:\ drive using
an IP address.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, in the "Choose a title for your FrontPage Web"
dialog box, use a backslash and type the path as follows:
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft product
listed at the beginning of this article.
Keywords: kbprb KB194673