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Based
on Microsoft Page 98
What
is Microsoft FrontPage?
Microsoft
FrontPage is a WYSIG (what you see is what you get) editor.
It allows you to create a fully functioning web site on
your local PC, and then seamlessly upload it to your account,
thus avoiding the need for using FTP clients and so forth.
FrontPage is especially useful if you're planning on building/managing
many webs, as it allows you to create all of them in separate
accounts, both on your local computer, as well as the server.
It has a number of built in features and templates, such
as web themes, guest books, and ability to allow other users
to author, and administrate your web with their FrontPage
clients by assigning them private user accounts. You can
also password protect directories using the FrontPage administrative
features.
Seamlessly
integrating FrontPage with your web site:
If you
want FrontPage to seamlessly integrate with your web site,
then you can install them from within your control panel.
"Note" Installing or Uninstalling Frontpage extensions
will result in the loss of all .htaccess files in your web
area. Any directories you have protected with WebProtect
will become unprotected until you reprotect them.
Setting
up FrontPage to work on our servers:
1. Open
your FrontPage Explorer
2. Open
the web you would like to upload
3. Select
the " Web" you would like to publish:
4. Once
the web is open, select "Publish To Web":
FrontPage
will display all current webs on your local PC. Select the
one you want to upload, and you'll see the following dialog
box:
Please
be advised of the following issues before proceeding:
Uploading
a web using a URL or IP number:
FrontPage
will "Always" display the last "remote server"
a particular web was uploaded to. If you have never uploaded
the site to a remote server, then it will not display the
last remote site it was uploaded to. If your domain name
"is not" officially answering to your new account
on our server as of yet, then you can try using your web
sites IP number until you're certain that www.youdomain.com
is answering to this account. Please Note! FrontPage will
not always function correctly when attempting to upload
a web with an IP number, as opposed to a fully qualified
domain name URL. If this happens, please wait until your
official domain name is responding to our servers.
Proceed
with Step 5:
From
the "Publish FrontPage dialog box" select "More
Webs" and the following option will appear:
Enter
the location of where you'd like your web to reside on the
remote server, then click "OK" FrontPage will
confirm this location in its following dialog box. Click
"OK" once again. You'll now see a Username and
Password prompt. Enter the Username and Password we provided
you with in your welcoming email message. Even if you've
since changed your main system password, the "original"
one we sent is the "only" one that will authenticate
FrontPage.
If all
goes well, you'll observe a message in the bottom left of
the FrontPage Explorer stating "Publishing to FrontPage
Web" Once this message disappears, and the "RED
STOP" icon is no longer illuminated, your web is successfully
uploaded. To call it via the WWW, enter the same URL into
a browser that your used to upload the web with.
Important
Notes:
C-Panel
administration features should *Never* be used to administer
a FrontPage web, as it will damage it. Repairing a FrontPage
web means we must "reinstall" the FrontPage extensions
into your account. In the event you request this option,
"make sure" your entire FrontPage web is backed
up on your local computer before asking us to do so.
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