Sharepoint Enabled Website for FrontPage DataView Access
Hi all. Hope you are well.
Windows 2003 Standard Edition running Office Sharepoint Portal Server 2003.
I recently decided to setup a small web hosting server for particular clients, which thanks to EE help is running like a charm! (https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21054672/IIS-Server-Not-Publishing-from-Front-Page-Client.html)
However,
One of my client now want to make full use of FrontPage 2003, including the ability to Insert Data View. On consultation with MS it was pointed out the the server needs to be running Sharepoint Portal in order to do that. Okay, so after many $$$ for a licence I have it installed and running. Using the Wizard (IIS) and Administration tools in Sharepoint Central I can reletavily easily setup a SharePoint Site. All content provided by the wizard.
But, my client does not want a Sharepoint "Looking" site. They want to extend their sites functionality by including database access (mdb) and other bits and pieces, and in turn making use of FrontPage to do this!
My problem (finally ;-) is the following:
a) I cannot "surf" the site without being asked for Authentication (anonymous turned on - take off Windows - give me all sorts of 401.2 errors)
b) I dont want to have the default sharepoint content installed. (not an issue - can remove - i think - manually)
So, is their away of just enabling sharepoint services on a web site so that the client can make use of his FrontPage 2003 dataview? I've tried to include just the ISAPI sharepoint filter but this doesn't seem to work. I get the feeling this sharepoint thingy is really for "intranets"...
Any advice. Thanks
Sean
Windows 2003 Standard Edition running Office Sharepoint Portal Server 2003.
I recently decided to setup a small web hosting server for particular clients, which thanks to EE help is running like a charm! (https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21054672/IIS-Server-Not-Publishing-from-Front-Page-Client.html)
However,
One of my client now want to make full use of FrontPage 2003, including the ability to Insert Data View. On consultation with MS it was pointed out the the server needs to be running Sharepoint Portal in order to do that. Okay, so after many $$$ for a licence I have it installed and running. Using the Wizard (IIS) and Administration tools in Sharepoint Central I can reletavily easily setup a SharePoint Site. All content provided by the wizard.
But, my client does not want a Sharepoint "Looking" site. They want to extend their sites functionality by including database access (mdb) and other bits and pieces, and in turn making use of FrontPage to do this!
My problem (finally ;-) is the following:
a) I cannot "surf" the site without being asked for Authentication (anonymous turned on - take off Windows - give me all sorts of 401.2 errors)
b) I dont want to have the default sharepoint content installed. (not an issue - can remove - i think - manually)
So, is their away of just enabling sharepoint services on a web site so that the client can make use of his FrontPage 2003 dataview? I've tried to include just the ISAPI sharepoint filter but this doesn't seem to work. I get the feeling this sharepoint thingy is really for "intranets"...
Any advice. Thanks
Sean
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WOW, thanks for that.
So heres the deal. New Server. New Windows 2003, SQL 2000 Plus Service Pack 3, Windows Sharepoint Services 2.0 installation - default - no funny setting - network configured.
IIS Add New Website.
Extend it through the Windows Sharepoint Services and great - first time i log on asks for template.
When i try view the site now as if i was a usual web site surfer persin somewhere on the net, I get asked for Windows Authentication. Okay, so in IIS, remove integrated authentication and tick Anonymous.
Now when I surf to the site I get. Access denied You do not have permission to perform this action or access this resource.
All i want is for my clients using my Server as a hosting server to be able to make full use of their FrontPage 2003.....
Any more suggestions...
So heres the deal. New Server. New Windows 2003, SQL 2000 Plus Service Pack 3, Windows Sharepoint Services 2.0 installation - default - no funny setting - network configured.
IIS Add New Website.
Extend it through the Windows Sharepoint Services and great - first time i log on asks for template.
When i try view the site now as if i was a usual web site surfer persin somewhere on the net, I get asked for Windows Authentication. Okay, so in IIS, remove integrated authentication and tick Anonymous.
Now when I surf to the site I get. Access denied You do not have permission to perform this action or access this resource.
All i want is for my clients using my Server as a hosting server to be able to make full use of their FrontPage 2003.....
Any more suggestions...
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What can I say? You are a legend! Thankyou!
Sean
Sean
no problem... i spent ages trawling through whitepapers trying to migrate a sharepoint site server to server once... that's pretty much as ugly as it gets :)
glad to help.
glad to help.
The Sharepoint Portal works by checking out who you are and then delivering appropriate content. If you don't want full functionality you could probably use anonymous but would need Windows Auth or Basic enabled as a backup for when you're doing administrative tasks or accessing resources that the anonymous account doesn't have access to.
The "default content" issue:
Sharepoint essentially gives you a pre-configured web infrastructure. I'm not sure that manually deleting sharepoint content is going to do you much good because the content in there is what allows you to access Sharepoint functionality.
There are a number of resources available on MSDN that discuss how to customise Sharepoint Portal Services to suit you.
They are mainly concerned with configuring your own stylesheets, templates and building web parts to show customised content. These are 3 overview documents that might give you an idea on how to get in there and customise it.
Part 1: http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/sharepoint/articles/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/odc_sp2003_ta/html/odc_spscustomizingsharepointsites1.asp
Part 2: http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/sharepoint/articles/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/odc_sp2003_ta/html/odc_spscustomizingsharepointsites2.asp
Part 3: http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/sharepoint/articles/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/odc_sp2003_ta/html/odc_spscustomizingsharepointsites3.asp
The "data view" issue:
This article goes through the steps to create a dataview in a sharepoint site
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/frontpage/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/odc_fp2003_ta/html/odc_fpparameterbinding.asp
The article doesn't say anything about sharepoint portal services. It only says sharepoint services (i.e. this one: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/sharepoint/overview.mspx downloadable for free).
What the Portal services version does allow you to do is to index and use resources elsewhere on your network however so this may be why it was recommended. Hopefully this is what you required or you may have just spent a large sum of money when you didn't need to.