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Cannot save changes to home page; says cannot save file with same name.

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by director

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I am trying to revamp the look on the home page of my web site using Front Page. I took out most of the content, then created new tables and added some text boxes with text. When I tried to save the file I got an error message: cannot save file because a document with the same name exists at this location. I don't know why it is doing that.

Since it is my home page, index.htm, I am reluctant to rename it. I tried copying and renaming it, and that one saved. I named it index2.htm

I am afraid that if I delete the original index.htm and then rename index2.htm to index.htm that I will lose my entire web site - all my links and etc.

I am using Windows XP, and FrontPage 2003. Any help you can offer would be appreciated.

Anne

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by david.wallis

did you in anyway edit or change the index.htm page when you changed the content?

by david.wallis

rename your original index.htm file indexbak.htm

rename your new one index.htm and see what results you get. if things are missing then just rename them back

by director

I renamed files as you suggested, then previewed the new index.htm in a browser. The text boxes I had placed on the page were not where I had put them. It was a mess. Could they be causing the problems?

by thumbsup2

If you are NOT editing live, you should be changing your local copy and then "publishing". If you're editing LIVE, you can't use the "save as" function. You can only use "save". The use of text boxes shouldn't prevent you from saving changes to a file.

by david.wallis

never really got on with frontpage..

you can get a 30 day trial of dreamweaver mx though which is highly recommended :)

by david.wallis

are you using just html in these pages or are you using style sheets??

style sheets have completely destroyed the need for tables nowadays :)

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