In frontpage, I could open a website in the program and make changes to it live, without having to publish everything I did to see if the changes worked properly. I could publish back to my local server at the end of the session.<br/><br/>Is this possible in Expression Web?© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:15:56 Z09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2Phoenix Floridahttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Phoenix%20FloridaIn frontpage, I could open a website in the program and make changes to it live, without having to publish everything I did to see if the changes worked properly. I could publish back to my local server at the end of the session.<br/><br/>Is this possible in Expression Web?Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:39:33 Z2009-07-03T13:39:33Zhttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#63a473a2-b92d-4785-b266-72308b493f34http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#63a473a2-b92d-4785-b266-72308b493f34Steve Eastonhttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Steve%20Easton<p>Yes. with or without frontpage extensions it is possible to edit live with EW.<br/>Not recommended but possible.</p><hr class="sig">FrontPage MVPFri, 03 Jul 2009 13:42:42 Z2009-07-03T13:42:42Zhttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#3c157c35-70a9-4997-b1f8-9f2ae0dcf38ahttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#3c157c35-70a9-4997-b1f8-9f2ae0dcf38aKathyW2http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=KathyW2It's possible, but it isn't recommended practice.  It's far safer to work locally, preview the local changes in browsers to check that things are working properly, then publish.  That way your in-the-middle-of-a-change and uncorrected mistakes won't be live, too.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:27:21 Z2009-07-03T14:27:21Zhttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#a7cda62b-a9e8-4e32-8359-2c1326f4e2behttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#a7cda62b-a9e8-4e32-8359-2c1326f4e2beCheryl D Wisehttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Cheryl%20D%20WiseExpression Web has a built-in testing server that will allow you to preview pages and test them locally even if they include ASP.NET or PHP code working locally. This is the recommended method of creating and testing web pages. When you work live on the server any errors or problems that occur are visible to anyone visiting your website.<br/><br/>That is why it recommended that you never work live on your production server. Reserve working live for those very, very minor text edits.<hr class="sig">MS MVP Expression Tutorials &amp; Help <a href="http://by-expression.com">http://by-expression.com</a> and online instructor led <a href="http://starttoweb.com">Expression Classes</a>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:13:36 Z2009-07-03T15:13:36Zhttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#12af3bf0-aa53-452f-aac4-1a30d2ad3592http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#12af3bf0-aa53-452f-aac4-1a30d2ad3592jsp254http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=jsp254<blockquote> <p>Yes. with or without frontpage extensions it is possible to edit live with EW.<br/>Not recommended but possible.</p> <hr class=sig> FrontPage MVP</blockquote> <br/>how?<br/><br/>i need to perform edits on the server, live. i need to do this with expressions web 2. i need to do this without frontpage extensions instelled.<br/><br/>how can i log into the site? without FP extensions installed, when i try to login, EW2 rejects the login and respons with something about sarepoint services.<br/><br/>i use bluehost. it's an apache linux server.Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:13:09 Z2009-07-26T14:13:09Zhttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#df666b7f-6f68-4814-a735-ba6baec084eehttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#df666b7f-6f68-4814-a735-ba6baec084eeMark Fitzhttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Mark%20Fitz<p>Without the extensions you have to use FTP. Just setup EW to use your FTP site instead of http. If you use http:// to try to open the web, EW will complaint because the FP extensions or sharepoint services are not present.<br/><br/>Be careful editing live. You can nuke the entire site if you accidentally change the wrong file while editing. Happens to the best of us.</p>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:41:52 Z2009-07-26T15:41:52Zhttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#c02f0b2b-e97e-4628-a65a-f8f12d706affhttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#c02f0b2b-e97e-4628-a65a-f8f12d706affSteve Eastonhttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Steve%20EastonOpen the site using the <a href="ftp://websitename.com">ftp://websitename.com</a> address and log on<br/><br/>Click a file to open it in design view and you will be prompted as to whether you want to edit live or download , edit and publish back to the server.<br/><hr class="sig">FrontPage MVPSun, 26 Jul 2009 15:46:47 Z2009-07-26T15:46:47Zhttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#9b6a5e14-bf07-42a3-8cb8-f1be682604cfhttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#9b6a5e14-bf07-42a3-8cb8-f1be682604cfVeignhttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Veign<blockquote> <p>Be careful editing live. You can nuke the entire site if you accidentally change the wrong file while editing. Happens to the best of us.</p> </blockquote> <br/> Reason why I think its a bad idea to work on a live site.  Also, why let your visitors see your mistakes or issues you're working through.<br/><hr class="sig">-- <br/> Chris Hanscom - Microsoft MVP<br/> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Columbia-SC/Veign/5980723881">Veign on Facebook</a> | <a href="http://www.veign.com/development-center.php">Resource Center</a> | <a href="http://www.veign.com/blog">Veign's Blog</a> | <a href="http://www.veign.com/development-center-web.php">Web Development Help</a><br/><br/> <strong><a href="http://www.veign.com/website-check.php">Get a Complete Website Analysis</a> by Veign</strong>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:49:45 Z2009-07-26T15:49:45Zhttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#14811e0e-28a8-481b-a0b3-709d6e55c9behttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en/web/thread/09f1b41d-3bf5-4a18-990d-778bcb8b74e2#14811e0e-28a8-481b-a0b3-709d6e55c9beClarkNKhttp://social.expression.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=ClarkNK<blockquote> <blockquote>i need to perform edits on the server, live. i need to do this with expressions web 2. <br/></blockquote> </blockquote> Why do you need to do it this way?<hr class="sig">ClarkNK, QVP<br/> HomePage Doctor CHO <br/> <a href="http://www.HomePageDoctor.com">HomePageDoctor.com</a> -- Expression Web database tutorials <br/> <a href="http://www.ownertrades.com">Ownertrades.com</a> -- Created with FP, Access, Bots and Wizards <br/> <a href="http://www.mynumberstracker.com">MyNumbersTracker.com</a> -- Created with Expression, VWDExress, SQL Express, and ASP.NET. 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