Getting Started:
To publish your web site to our servers, you will need to
use the following information:
Publish destination:
http://www.yourdomain.com Username:
yourdomain Password:
yourpassword
You will need to replace the above red text with your own
Front Page account information.
The first thing you want to do is create your web site, or
web as it's called with FrontPage. This can be done in Front
Page under File -> New -> Page or Web.
Figure 1 - New FrontPage web
Upon selecting "Page or Web…" you will be give the option
on the left side of the Front Page window as to what type of
Web you want to use. Front Page comes with several Web
templates that can be customized to your needs. You also have
the option to start with a blank Web and create everything
yourself. If you choose to start with a blank Web make sure
you name your home page index.htm
Figure 2 -
Select Page or Web
Publishing your
Web:
After you have created your Web and are ready for the pages
to go "live" you will then need to publish the Web using the
Front Page publish feature. This can be done under File ->
Publish Web…
Figure 3 - Publish Web
You will then be asked to specify the "Publish Destination"
It is very important that you use full URL
http://www."yourdomain".com and NOT ftp."yourdomain".com
Figure 4
- Publish Destination
You will then be asked to provide the Front Page username
and password. This is the username and password you specified
when you installed Front Page on your account.
Figure 5 - Enter Password
If your username and password is successfully entered you
will then see this box. To publish the files just click on the
"Publish" button on bottom of the window.
Figure 6 -
Publish
As it publishes the files to the server you will see a box
indicating the progress
Figure 7 - Publishing Progress
When it is finishing publishing then it will display the
box below.
Figure 8 - Publishing Complete
That's it. Now your entire Web is published to the
server.
Troubleshooting:
If you are having any problems uploading, copying, or
opening your webs, or with the non-FrontPage portion of your
site, please be sure to note the following:
- Never use FTP or SSH in those directories where you
are using FrontPage. FrontPage will not see anything you
manually upload, and any configurations you alter could
cause big problems with your FrontPage extensions. You can
also safely FTP to a sub directory within your www
directory, BUT you must create a sub directory using your
FTP program. This will not work if you created the sub
directory using FrontPage.
- For information on how to use FrontPage, see the on-line
help that comes with FrontPage. Microsoft also has
newsgroups and FAQ's devoted to FrontPage where you might
find answers to your questions.
Common Problems with FrontPage
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.
Getting Error - Could not write to file... or Could not
close file... This is caused by not having any space
left on your account. You will need to remove some files or
upgrade your account. |