Cannot activate third party dev tools

Cannot activate third party dev tools

• Mark Rendle

  So basically, if you want to use your existing website or pages that you have already created, you have to use the Office Live Essentials or Office Live Premium.

  Bummer, I was kinda hoping to create a website in my own time, using my own html editor and tools, and then just upload it when I was ready, but I guess not.

  Aw well, when you're getting something for free, there must be a catch somewhere.

  
  

• crodude

  Thank you very much, Jason. Everything Works just fine now.

  Theo

  
  

• dsallow

  I am also having the same problems.
  
  The menu looks the same as the screen shot when I open it too.
  
  Does a setting have to change from a new account to enable the ability to enable 3rd party tools
  
  

• Black_Keyboard

  The feature to activate third party dev tools is not available from a Basics subscription. In order to use this feature you must have either an Essentials or Premium subscription. I will send a message to the owners of the Microsoft Office Live help and ask if there is anything that they can do to make this more apparent in the documentation.

  Brian Blomquist

  Microsoft Corporation

  
  

• Brian_W

  I was just wondering when they changed their minds about that. I received an e-mail saying that FTP uploading would be available to all subscribers, even Basics. The e-mail had a link to the following page:

  Thanks to feedback we received from valued Microsoft Office Live Small Business customers, you’ll soon see some exciting enhancements to your service.

  Complete details appear below, but here are just a few highlights:

  • Do more with your Web site – Flexibility is what you wanted – and what you’ll get. Replace the header template with your own customized header, add a blog module, put captions on your Slideshow, and take advantage of new advanced user mode to customize your site even further.
  • Keep in sync with your mobile life – Now easier than ever to synchronize your e-mail, contacts, tasks, calendar, and business applications information with Office Outlook 2007.
  • Manage contacts better – A redesign of Contact Manager makes it easier to use, plus we’re adding quick search and a preview mode as well as time-saving integration with your Web site.
  • Add-on services –Adding and managing additional services and features is more streamlined and easier than ever.

  You’ll see improvements throughout the entire Office Live Small Business service – we’re making tools easier to use, adding new functionality, plus we’re sprucing up site navigation. And during this upgrade process we’re also preparing for some exciting new services. (So stay tuned!)

  Service alert

  Important While we implement these changes there will be brief periods when service is unavailable. During these periods of service interruption, Web site traffic data will not be collected and will not be reflected in Reports. Rest assured that we are working hard to minimize the impact to our customers, but we want you to be prepared. If you have any problems during the upgrade process, please contact our Customer Support Team.

  Changes at a glance …

  Office Live Basics

  Here’s how we’re improving your service:

  Web site design and management

  • Site Designer tool is now easier to use
  • Customize the look of your site even more by replacing template header with your own custom header
  • Easily add a blog to your Web site with the new integration with Windows Live Spaces Blogs
  • Slideshow creation is now easier than ever and you can now add captions to your images
  • For our advanced users and professional Web designers, a new advanced mode adds more flexibility in design and layout, You’ll now have the ability to:
    • Customize header, footer, and navigation on a page-by-page basis
    • Import or edit custom XSLT code
    • Use custom HTML and third-party design tools

  E-mail accounts

  • All customers can now take advantage of full synchronization with Outlook 2007 for e-mail, personal contacts, calendar, and tasks
  • Mail storage capacity expanded to 5GB per user e-mail account

  Reporting

  • The reporting system is completely redesigned and enhanced
  • With new adManager integration, you can monitor search advertising efforts with live.com and ask.com, along with your Web site traffic
  • Analyze performance of all your sales and marketing campaigns in a single place
  • Track Web site conversion points, click-through, and page views for each marketing campaign

  Note The reporting system will experience a service interruption when the application is upgraded

  Office Live Essentials

  You’ll get all the Office Live Basics improvements, plus these:

  Contact Manager

  • Contact Manager is completely redesigned and easier to use
  • Quick search lets you find contacts fast
  • Preview individual contact information before you select the contact for more details
  • When a prospect or customer fills out a form on your Web site, they can be automatically added to Contact Manager with notification sent to any e-mail address you want

  Team Workspaces

  • Workspaces are now easier to set up and manage
  • Granting and managing permissions to workspaces is easier than ever
  • Improved ability to take workspace contents offline with Outlook 2007 and data export features
  • Easily display information stored in workspaces on your public Web site

  Office Live Premium

  You’ll get all the Office Live Basics and Office Live Essentials improvements, plus these:

  Business Applications

  • Business applications are redesigned and are simpler to use
  • Re-order tabs with a simple drag-and-drop
  • You can rename tabs and data with a single click

  We hope you’ll take full advantage of these latest service enhancements. And as always, we welcome your feedback.

  If you notice, it includes custom html in the Basics thing. I actually just copied and pasted that today (2/2/08) from a link.

  So, if this is true, why am I unable to access it

  
  

• LastBoyScout

  Did you get the third-party design tool to work
  
  
  
  
  

• mrmckeb

  I cannot activate it either, I am using Office Live Basics, but I have a trial of Office Live Essentials, I have what it looks like every other feature but that.
  
  

• Ondrej Vaverka

  If you are a current paying Essentials or Premium customer and you are not seeing the "Activate 3rd Party Design Tools" option, please post your domain name and I will try and look into why this might be happening. Trial accounts unfortunately do not get the option, however fully upgraded accounts should be seeing this option.

  Brian Blomquist

  Microsoft Corporation

  
  

• JustbobChico

  I have upgraded to Essentials in order to get this function but do not have that option on the drop-down menu
  
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