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USING MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE
Basic FrontPage Instructions
Login: Choose "Open FrontPage Web" from the File Menu in
FrontPage Explorer. It will ask you for a Web Server of File
Location. Enter yourdomain.com and then
"list webs". Next, you will need to select (double-click) the root
web. The requested login and password will be the same as your FTP
account.
Usage: FrontPage supplies you with two separate interfaces.
The FrontPage explorer is used to manage the files within your web
site. If you open a file in your web site another program called
FrontPage Editor will open. When you are connected to your web then
all changes made to any file you edit will be saved to your web.
*Note: Although the software documentation states that you can
create the site on your computer and then "publish" it to the web
server, we do not recommend this. Many times publishing to the
server from your computer will loose the Interactive web bots
features that you may have setup when designing your site on your
local computer. We recommend that you create your entire site by
being connected to your web and saving directly to the server. To
move files already created on your web site use the Import command
found under the File menu within FrontPage Explorer to select the
files to import to the server. This is by far the best method for
moving files from your hard drive to the server.
Additional support documents and complete usage instructions can be
found at Microsoft's official
FrontPage Home Page.
(Please note that the Our Technical Staff can not assist in
client side FrontPage configuration, please check with
Microsoft's Technical Support
documents)
MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE 98
Publishing a Web
Opening an
Existing Web
Troubleshooting problems in FrontPage 98
Further Microsoft FrontPage Support
Publishing a Web
After you have built your html documents and are ready to upload
them to our server:
1. Open the web you've created on your PC using FP Explorer.
2. Choose File > Publish
3. If your "Destination Web Server" doesn't appear in the Publish
window (it won't the first time you publish to our server) CHOOSE
"More Webs" and type the location of the web to publish to. Hit
return. IMPORTANT: Use www.yourdomain.com
as the Destination Web Server to publish to our server. Leave the
"Destination Web Name" BLANK.
4. You will be asked for your USERNAME and PASSWORD. This is your
domain's USERNAME and your FrontPage PASSWORD (which may be
different than your regular telnet/ftp/POP password). If you're not
sure what it is or if you aren't allowed past this point, you'll
need to contact us for a new FP password.
5. You can watch the progression of the upload by looking at the
bottom left corner of FP Explorer.
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Opening an Existing Web
1. Open FP Explorer and choose File > Open Front Page Web.
2. You can now choose to open a previously created web on your PC or
your web on our server.
3. Highlight the appropriate web or type in the web address (www.yourdomain.com)
and click OK.
4. Enter your USERNAME and FP PASSWORD if required.
5. Make modifications and recalculate links if needed. (See FP help
docs for info on when it's necessary to recalculate links.
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Troubleshooting Common Problems with FP98
Getting error - "Root Web Busy"
FTP or telnet to your site and remove the "service.lck" file in
/www/_vti_pvt. This usually happens when an FP session is
interrupted before completion.
Server timing out when publishing large sites.
This difficulty arises when the uploading link times out in the
process of copying the web to our server. The only suggestion
Microsoft has offered so far is to break the main web into a group
of sub webs on your PC, then upload these individually. If this
problem persists for you, please contact support.
Getting Error - "Front Page Extensions not Installed"
We often see this error being reported even when the extensions have
been installed. If you get this error, please contact support and
we'll make sure the extensions are installed and repair them if
necessary. NOTE: The extensions are easily corrupted. Please use
only FP Explorer to update your web site on the server, not FTP.
I published but my web's not there!
This will happen when the "Destination Web Name" is filled in when
publishing to our server.
This box should be left blank. If you put any other name in this box
it will create a subdirectory off of your root web and copy all of
your files into it. Your site will exist under a subdirectory
instead of at the top level /www where it should be.
My counter, bbs, guestbook, etc isn't working.
These problems are generally due to incorrect permissions on either
the directory, file(s) or cgi script(s) that are associated with
them. Please don't change the permissions of your files or
directories unless you have a specific reason for doing so and you
know what effect it will have on your site.
My forms won't work through the Secure Server.
The call to a cgi script using the Secure Server must not be within
a webbot. Use a normal cgi call in your html script for Secure
Server calls.
My search bot doesn't return any results.
The /www directory must be world readable AND you need to
recalculate links BEFORE publishing (or after editing directly on
the server). If it still doesn't work: FTP to the server and go to
the /www/_vti_txt/default.wti directory.Delete any files that begin
with "ALL.". Don't delete any other files. Then using Windows
Explorer, do the same thing on your PC. Recalculate links, test
locally with your browser and publish.
FP starts the Web Publishing Wizard when I try to publish.
Cancel the operation and email support to have the FP extensions
installed/repaired.
Why is my page renamed on the server when I publish?
The "Default Document" of your web is automatically renamed by the
server to what is required by the configuration of the server. For
example, if you've named the main page "index.html", it may be
renamed "default.html". Just check the links to your main page to
make sure they refer to it the same way.
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Microsoft FrontPage 2000
This tutorial will guide you step-by-step through configuring
Microsoft FrontPage to exchange files between your computer and your
web site.
In order to follow along with us, you'll need to have Microsoft
FrontPage installed, and you'll need to be connected to the internet
via your Internet service provider
Create a Simple Page
Before you can publish an html file to your web site with FrontPage,
you must either have a page already created, or create a page. To
create a page with FrontPage, follow these simple steps:
1. With FrontPage open, choose File --> New.
2. Type in "This is a simple test"
3. From the menu bar, choose File --> Save As.
4. Name the html file.
(If this file is to be your homepage, be sure to name it index.html)
Once you have the file saved to your hard drive, you are ready to
publish the file.
Publish Your Web Page.
1. From the menu bar, choose File --> Publish Web .
You'll get a dialog box like this:
2. Click on the Options button
You will see a dialog box like this:
3. In box below Specify the location to publish your site to: enter
the full URL for your site.
4. If this is the first time you are publishing your site, select
Publish all pages...
5. Select Include subwebs.
You should now have a dialog box that looks like this:
Obviously, you will have put your real domain name instead of 'mydomain.com'
6. Click the Publish button.
You should now see a dialog box like this one:
7. Enter your username and password.
If you have entered all the details correctly, FrontPage 2000 will
then publish your site. You will see a dialog box like this one when
it has finished:
8. Click Done.
Further
Microsoft FrontPage Support
If you need further assistance using FrontPage, go to the FrontPage
Home Page.
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