Follow the instructions below, or if you prefer to watch a movie that shows how to setup and use Microsoft FrontPage, select one of these:
| Publishing your web via HTTP |
| Publishing your web in live mode via HTTP |
| Publishing your web via FTP |
| Deleting files off your server |
| Creating forms in FrontPage |
| Password protecting a directory (subweb) |
| Changing your password in FrontPage |
Microsoft FrontPage is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) web building program. If you use, or plan to use FrontPage to build and manage your website you must be sure to indicate this when opening your account. FrontPage requires special "extensions" installed on the server. If you do not have a FrontPage Account, you will need to contact us to have your account modified before your FrontPage Web will work.
NOTE: TO AVOID FRONTPAGE PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU MAKE SUBDIRECTORIES AND NOT STORE ALL FILES IN THE WWW DIRECTORY. For example, all of your images could go in a subdirectory named /images.
Publishing Your FrontPage Web
After you have built your web pages on your computer, you will be ready to publish them. Basically, this just means that you will upload them to our server. Once this is done, your pages will be viewable from the web. However, you must do this in the following manner. Warning: FrontPage Account holders should never use FTP to transfer files as it can damage the FrontPage extensions.
1. Launch Microsoft FrontPage
2. From the menu at the top of the window,
select File, then Publish Web
3. If this is the first time you publish
to our server, select More Webs and enter the location you want to publish
your FrontPage web to. (www.yourdomain.com) Hit Return (Enter) on your keyboard.
Note: If you have published to the server
before, your "Destination Web Server" (www.yourdomain.com) will
appear in the Publish window.
IMPORTANT: Use 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 User ID and your FrontPage Password (which may be different than your regular SSH/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 FrontPage password. You will also need to enter your domain name in the appropriate field.
5. You will then be connect to the server and are ready to publish your Front Page Web.
Left Window
Once you connect to Front Page you will see two windows. The window on the left is your local web. This should be pointing to the folder on your local computer that stores your website. If this is not the case, please refer the the Front Page help file.
Right Window:
The window on the right will contain the folders and files contained within your home directory. This is your space on the server. This is where you will place your website. You will see folders with names such as www, infobots and access-log.
6. You are now ready to select the Publish button and publish your website to the www directory on the server.
Open Your Published Web
Once your FrontPage Web is published and online, you will need to access
it to make updates and changes. Be sure that you are connected to the internet
before attempting to open your web on our server.
1. Open FrontPage Explorer and choose
File > Open FrontPage 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 FrontPage Password
if required.
5. Make modifications and recalculate
links if needed. (See your FrontPage Manual for info on when it's necessary
to recalculate links.)
Troubleshooting Common Problems with FP 00/02
The following are common problems and solutions encountered with using FrontPage
00/02. If you are having a problem not listed here, please feel free to contact
support for help. Or, refer to your Front Page manual provided with the software.
Getting error - "Root Web Busy"
FTP or SSH to your site and remove the "service.lck" file in /www/_vti_pvt.
This usually happens when a FrontPage session is interrupted before completion.
Server times 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 FrontPage
Explorer to update your web site on the server. Never use 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 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 contact 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.
NOTE: If you are using FrontPage, you
should NEVER use regular FTP to upload your files. This will damage the extensions.
Stick with one or the other all the time.