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Publishing your pages using Front Page
If you are planning on using Microsoft's FrontPage as the web-development tool for your site, you will first need to enable FrontPage Extensions.
Note: installing FrontPage extensions for your site does not install Microsoft FrontPage on your computer. FrontPage is a separate software application which you will need to purchase and install on your computer. (Note: Some computers come equipped with Microsoft FrontPage pre-installed.)
Warning: Turning on Microsoft FrontPage extensions disables utilities in the Control Panel. When you enable FrontPage extensions, you are telling the server that FrontPage will perform certain functions rather than the Control Panel Options. These options include:
- Site Creation Tool
- Redirect URL
- Mime Types
- Protect Directories
How To Install Microsoft FrontPage Extensions:
1. From the Control Panel, select the MS FrontPage icon. The Microsoft FrontPage Extension Manager displays.
2. To install the FrontPage Extensions, select the Install FrontPage button.
How to use Front Page to publish your site:
1. Launch FrontPage Explorer and open the web you’ve created on your computer.
2. From the menu at the top of the window, select File, then Publish
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a. 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.
b. If you have published to the server before, your "Destination Web Server" (www.yourdomain.com) will appear in the Publish window.
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 User ID and your FrontPage Password.
5. During the publishing process you will see the pages listing, copying and updating the server. You can check the changes by going to your site in an open browser.
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
Troubleshooting Common Problems with Front Page 98
The following are common problems and solutions encountered with using FrontPage and FrontPage98. If you are having a problem not listed here, please feel free to contact support for help.
Getting error - "Root Web Busy"
FTP 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 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.
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. Customers with Microsoft FrontPage extensions installed on their sites should use only the FrontPage publishing feature to transfer files. Using regular FTP can corrupt the extensions, disabling the functionality of the FrontPage web and requiring that the site be deleted to reinstall the extensions.
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 use Windows Explorer, do the same thing on your PC. Recalculate links, test locally with your browser and publish.
Front Page 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.
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