tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183906.post108700425008029068..comments2007-04-16T15:53:49.936+08:00GreenLeafnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183906.post-1087196506074388082004-06-14T15:01:00.000+08:002004-06-14T15:01:00.000+08:00What Hethu says is true, but he does not address the fact I wanted to point out: The question at hand was WHY MS wants to do exactly what he's claiming MS is doing. I pointed that out from a ponit of view of a (disgruntled) customer; As a customer, it's my right to expect the software I bought to work with existing services which i paid for, and I'd rather not be 'recommended' from one vendor on the other services I run. I went to <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Foffice%2Fpublisher%2Fprodinfo%2Foverview.mspx">Publisher Product Overview</A> page and <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Foffice.microsoft.com%2Fsearch%2Fredir.aspx%3FAssetID%3DXT010950681033%26Origin%3DHH011268801033%26CTT%3D5">System Requirements</A> page, none of which indicate that if I buy this piece of software, I would have to buy my hosting from a provided that Microsoft <EM>dictates</EM> me. It can't be considered as 'recommending' because I am <EM>forced</EM> to follow there "recommendation".Gandalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18192591530777735584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183906.post-1087194070389722332004-06-14T14:21:00.000+08:002004-06-14T14:21:00.000+08:00Regarding the Office Publisher "Publish to Web" issue:<br /><br />The problem is, you seem to still think in the old ways of doing things. You think of FTPing to a web site, which is just one way of dong it, there can be HTTP publishing using FrontPage Extensions, or File Copy publishing to a local network share.<br /><br />This is nothing to do with Office Publisher, in Windows you can define such locations as "Network Places".<br /><br />In your case, if you wanted to publish your Web to an FTP site, go to your My Network Places and create a "Network Place". Here you can create a "folder" (what was earlier called as "Web Folders") to an FTP site, giving your IP, username and password.<br /><br />In Office Publisher, when the "Save As" dialog is shown, simply select the proper Network Place to "Publish your Site"<br /><br />The rational is, Office Publisher (or FrontPage for that matter) doesn't CARE where and how you publish your website, all it does is communicate and synchronize a Folder, be it local or remote!<br /><br />It takes a while for the Linux-minded people to think this way! :-)Hethu Nanayakkarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236808652077068941noreply@blogger.com