When you issue a search using a Microsoft FrontPage Search component against an Index Server catalog, the links that are returned to the browser contain the NetBIOS name of the server rather than the fully qualified domain name FQDN (for example, www.microsoft.com). Users who access the site using the FQDN cannot access the computer using the NetBIOS name.
The FrontPage Server Extensions write a .htx file in the _derived folder that is used in formatting the results page. This page contains the following code:
<base href="http://servername/pagename.htm">
where servername is either the NetBIOS name or the FQDN.
For example, if you connect as http://www.microsoft.com., then the base href equals that and the links contain the FQDN of the server. If you connect using the NetBIOS name, the base href equals the NetBIOS name.
To resolve this issue, always use the FQDN.
When you are connected with FrontPage, click
Recalculate Hyperlinks on the
Tools menu and the .htx file will be rewritten with the FQDN.
If you are on a local area network (LAN) that does not have a Domain Name System (DNS), you can use a hosts file to resolve the name.
For additional information, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
228760Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=228760/EN-US/
)
How to Use a HOSTS File to Test a Site That Uses Host Headers
To work around, use the Server Extensions Wide Area Information Server (WAIS) search engine. To do this, follow these steps:
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may
require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve
problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own
risk.
- Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
- To make a global setting for every virtual server on the computer, lLocate the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\All Ports
-or-
To change the setting for one virtual server, locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web\Server Extensions\Ports\Port /LM/W3SVC/#:
where the number sign (#) is the server instance that you want to effect.
For additional information, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
214515Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=214515/EN-US/
)
How to Determine which Virtual Server References
On the
Edit menu, click
New, and then click
String Value.Add the following registry values:
Value Name: NoIndexServer
Value: 1
Close the Registry Editor.Open the Web in FrontPage. On the
Tools menu, click
Recalculate Hyperlinks.
All searches will now use the FrontPage Server Extensions search engine.