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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.

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