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 "FrontPage® test"

3. From the menu bar, choose File --> Save As.

4. Name the html file.
(If this file is to be your home page, 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 the 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:

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® will then publish your site. You will see a dialog box like this one when it has finished:

8. Click Done .

1. Connect to your Internet Service/Access Provider.
2. Start the Microsoft FrontPage Explorer..
   (In FP2002 the explorer is integrated into into the main FrontPage 2002 program.
3. Click FILE -> OPEN Web
   
4. When prompted to SELECT A WEB SERVER type in your Internet web address such as: http://www.name-serve.net or if your domain isn't yet registered or transferred, use your IP address, such as http://64.156.3.40/
   
5. Click OPEN
6. Next, click on the Folder List icon below, to show a list of files on your site. You can then edit a page by double-clicking on it from the list.  After making changes, just hit SAVE and that's it. No need to publish.
   

7. 
   Additional Editing Info

First it is important to note that when working with Microsoft® FrontPage® you are typically working with "TWO" copies of your web site. The first copy you have created on your own computer with FrontPage and saved to your hard drive. We'll call this your LOCAL WEB. You can access your LOCAL WEB with the Microsoft FrontPage Explorer.  You do not need to be connected to the Internet to open your local web and work with it.

The second copy resides on your web server hosting account. We'll call this your INTERNET WEB SITE.  Once your have created a web site (LOCAL WEB) on your machine, it is ready to publish to the Internet.   Using the FILE -> PUBLISH WEB option in the Microsoft FrontPage Explorer, you send a copy of your web site up to your web hosting account where it is now visible on the Internet.

When you make changes or additions to your LOCAL WEB, you can publish your updated web site to your INTERNET WEB SITE, thus keeping both copies of your web site in sync.

Sometimes it is convenient to make changes in 'real-time', directly on your live INTERNET WEB SITE on your web hosting account.   To do this, you can open your INTERNET WEB SITE in the same manner that you open your LOCAL WEB.

We will point FrontPage users to resources that will help you solve problems, publish your FrontPage webs and learn techniques for getting the most from your FrontPage® software.

We are not able to provide extensive support related to the use of your FrontPage® software.

1. FrontPage uses the same .htaccess file as the Protect Directories utility in your Control Panel, which could cause problems. Once you have installed FrontPage extensions, use the directory protection that comes with the software
2. Do not use features found in your Control Panel to set passwords, limit access, set file permissions or delete directories or files in a FrontPage web. This should only be done through the options in FrontPage Explorer.
3. Do NOT use regular FTP (such as WS_FTP) to upload files to the server when FrontPage extensions are installed. This may corrupt the extensions, disabling the interactive features available with FrontPage.

NOTE: The exception to this is when loading custom scripts to the cgi-local directory on your site.

2. Add: Name, Password

3. Click "Administer, author and browse.." radio button

4. Click "Apply" and then "Ok".

To change the password:
Click: Tools->Change Password
[Tools->Security->Change Password in FP2000]

• If you're in the Page view, choose View > Folders to go to the Folder view.
• Locate the file you do not want published.
• Click the file with the right mouse button. A menu will pop up. Choose Properties, then click on the Workgroup tab.
• Click the "Exclude this file when publishing the rest of the Web" check box (so it is checked).
• Click OK. This file will no longer be uploaded the next time you publish the web.

1) If you have a very large website, the chances of Frontpage timing out is greater. The more files you have, the longer it will take FrontPage to connect to your website. All of our webservers are set to a time-out rate of 900 seconds, or 15 minutes. According to Microsoft, this time period is more than sufficient to allow heavy operations of FrontPage extensions to complete. The best solution is to simply do your FrontPage updates at night, when Internet traffic is much lower than during the day.

2) There could be connectivity problems between your ISP/LAN and our network. You can find out if it is a connectivity problem by performing a PING "yourdomain.com" from your dos prompt.