# Nginx + Frontpage extensions **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [March 8, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-frontpage-extensions/204222 "2011-03-08T05:41:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-frontpage-extensions/204222/1 "2011-03-08T05:41:13Z")
Hello, I’m a long time mailing list subscriber and I had a client ask me about this. I drew a blank so here goes: My client wants to use Frontpage extensions because she is accustomed to using them. I run all my website clients on VPS servers because nginx is very efficient. I usually run nginx + MySQL + php-cgi and my clients are extremely happy I migrate them from shared hosting to “their own server”. This client needs Frontpage extensions and I’m dreading the thought of putting her on Apache - any ideas or suggestions besides telling her to stop using Frontpage? 😉 Thank you very much! Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[nginx + Frontpage extensions](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,181144,181144#msg-181144)** > > Hello, I'm a long time mailing list subscriber and I had a client ask me about this. I drew a blank so here goes: My client wants to use Frontpage extensions because she is accustomed to using them. I run all my website clients on VPS servers because... ---
**Author:** ![vpslist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ee7513/32.png) [@vpslist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vpslist)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 10:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-frontpage-extensions/204222/2 "2011-03-09T10:13:43Z")
On 08.03.2011, at 7:39, vpslist wrote: > very efficient. I usually run nginx + MySQL + php-cgi and my clients > are > extremely happy I migrate them from shared hosting to “their own > server”. This client needs Frontpage extensions and I’m dreading the > thought of putting her on Apache - any ideas or suggestions besides > telling her to stop using Frontpage? 😉 nginx has no Frontage support. – Igor S. > **[Igor Sysoev](http://sysoev.ru/en/)** ---
**Author:** ![vpslist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ee7513/32.png) [@vpslist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vpslist)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-frontpage-extensions/204222/3 "2011-03-09T13:48:56Z")
No kind of hack you could think of? ---
**Author:** ![vpslist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ee7513/32.png) [@vpslist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vpslist)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-frontpage-extensions/204222/4 "2011-03-09T16:17:03Z")
On 3/9/11 7:47 AM, Christopher wrote: > No kind of hack you could think of? My guess is that anyone who is still running a site or sites based on FrontPage is not running anything high volume. Putting her on a VPS with Apache is probably not going to stress your server very much. You might remind her that there are no longer any security updates for FrontPage as it is way beyond EOL (2006) and she should learn a new way to develop her site(s). This may also be a concern for you. I’m not aware of any security issues with FrontPage that allow a user to gain access to the server itself from the VPS, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t out there. Certainly if there are holes that use your server to send/relay spam from your IP that would be bad enough. Again, I’m not really up on that. Your alternative to using Apache on a VPS for her is to tell her that you can no longer host FrontPage based sites and that she has a choice to develop her site(s) using a more modern tool or to find another host. > > > using them. I run all my website clients on VPS servers because nginx is > > > – > > * * * > > nginx mailing list > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > [mailman.nginx.org archive](http://nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx) – Jim O. ---
**Author:** ![vpslist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ee7513/32.png) [@vpslist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vpslist)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-frontpage-extensions/204222/5 "2011-03-09T19:33:58Z")
Yeah. I’m trying to migrate her over to Wordpress but she has 7000+ HTML pages. It’s like an online encyclopedia she is running. I was going to put her on one of mine that could handle her traffic but she made the offer to purchase her own VPS so this will be fine. I keep telling her Frontpage is EOL but she knows us computer folks can think of something. Maybe I’ll put in a bid to copy/paste/reformat her pages over to Wordpress… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![vpslist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ee7513/32.png) [@vpslist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vpslist)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-frontpage-extensions/204222/6 "2011-04-04T22:28:07Z")
So since NGINX has no support for FP ext. would it be possible to use the staticvhost setup for domains that need to use the FP ext. ? Or would that not work? Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: nginx + Frontpage extensions](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,181144,188342#msg-188342)** > > Hello, I'm a long time mailing list subscriber and I had a client ask me about this. I drew a blank so here goes: My client wants to use Frontpage extensions because she is accustomed to using them. I run all my website clients on VPS servers because...