Netfirms does partial FrontPage hosting and their support sections lists
the aspects of FrontPage they don't support.
There are two ways of supporting FrontPage on the server side.
1. Running your web site on Windows Server. They are using Windows
Server 2003 which will no longer be supported by Microsoft starting this
July 14th. 34 day, 3 hours, 52 minutes remaining.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/windows-server-2003/
They want places using 2003 to upgrade to 2012, either way, there is no
more support for FP. If places like Netfirms doesn't migrate to 2012,
they will day-by-day face new security risks.
2. If you are instead running on their Unix-based support, they offer
partial FrontPage support by making modifications to their operating
system to interpret *some* of the FP commands. They may or may not be
the commands that MS acknowledges have been hacked and there is no
certainty Netfirms will continue to support FP.
FrontPage is an obsolete product "abandoned" by it's creator which
suggests those who haven't been abandoned yet will be some day and that
day is sooner vs. later.
The experiences people are having is a harbinger of things to come and
anyone using FP should be exploring alternative options.
Sorry for monopolizing the list with this issue but it is obvious
several users and their web site are or have been affected by this
issue. It is important for people to be armed with facts, not rumors
and hearsay.
Thanks!
On 6/10/2015 7:40 PM, Darlene Smith wrote:
I do my website in Front Page and I continue to update it with no problem.
It is hosted by Netfirms. I use WS_FTP Home to ftp the files to my site. I also look after our club website, in the same manner.
Darlene
Shebland GSDs
