Help with .asp files

how to use

[Zhal]

[alief.com...] is where i acquired a .asp file you can delete, edit, etc files on a website from any comp....copy the code and save the file as siteman.asp then you insert it into the root of your web....how do i insert it into the root of my web(i use front page 2000).....then lets say my url was www.zhal.com/index.htm what would be the exact url to make this .asp file work?

if you can answer any of these ?'s i'd be grateful

Zhäl

[rogerd]

I'm no ASP expert, but what they are telling you to do, I assume, is copy the file "siteman.asp" to your site root directory, i.e., your final file would be "http://www.zhal.com/siteman.asp".

If you use FrontPage, you could copy the file into your local copy of the web site, and then when you publish it will be uploaded. You could also FTP it into the remote site, but FrontPage is funny about files it doesn't expect to find.

I haven't looked at this file, but I'd be pretty careful about putting this kind of utility on a web site. It sounds like a hacker's dream. I wouldn't use it if I couldn't establish password-only access in some kind of secure manner. Be sure you trust the site where you found it - sounds like a great trojan horse opportunity. Also, I'd rename it to keep out hackers who might send a spider out looking for "siteman.asp" on random web sites.

[Fixit]

I would avoid this like the plague.

[chiyo]

We are not so good on scripts though we do use js/perl/cgi and have worked at modifying these with good results. We have always left *.asp alone thinking like perl you need some extra modules/programs on the hosts server. It took us hours to confirm with our host for eample the location of perl, the version, and what modules were installed. And becuase he wants us to use the very expensive Cold Fusion, he charges us for advice such as this, saying CF is "much better"...

Can I confirm that asp scripts can just be used by uploading it to your site with say a few amendments for directory structure filenames etc., and dont need any extra installation on the host of say a asp module etc? If so, its good news.. Any good introduction to asp on the web?

[Woz]

Chiyo, ASP only needs IIS running on NT/Win2000 to run. It may need to be installed but every IIS host I have looked at has it ready to run. You can develop on you own computer using PWS4 (Personal Web Server) that comed with Win98 or above.

There are tons of ASP tutorial sites out there, some of the best are
[15seconds.com...]
[4guysfromrolla.com...]
[asptoday.com...]
[aspcode.net...]

hope this helps,

Onya
Woz

[chiyo]

deleted double post

(edited by: chiyo at 12:40 pm (gmt) on July 28, 2001

[chiyo]

Thanks WOZ.. all good news.. dont come across many ASP scripts we really need but there is on in particular.