How Do I Get Started Web Authoring With Microsoft® FrontPage®

To connect to the FrontPage server you will need three things:

1. Your username

2. Your password

3. Your URL / domain name.

There are two ways to implement your web pages:

The First Way:

(If you have not designed your pages, and want to use FrontPage, then this is the best option.)

Open FrontPage Explorer.

Go to File, New, FrontPage Web.

It will ask what type of web. Choose a template for your pages or just choose "Empty Web". Click on ok.

It will ask for a webserver or file location. Here you can either choose your hard drive, or your web site domain name with ACME Information Services.

If you choose your hard drive, then you can work on your page without being connected with your Internet Service Provider the whole time.

If you choose your IP address or domain name, then you will have to be connected to your ISP the entire time. Do not put a name in for the new FrontPage web. If you do, it will try to create a new directory in your web site and will ask you for a username and password that has Administrator permissions.

You should now see a new web in the FrontPage Explorer that looks similar to this screenshot section.

Go into folder view. To do this, click on View (at the top), then click on Folder View.

Edit or create your web pages now with the FrontPage editor. The only requirement is that the main page, (the page you want people to see when they browse your web site) be named index.html. You can rename a page by clicking on the file name with the right button of the mouse and then clicking on Rename with the left button of the mouse, and typing in the new name (i.e. index.html).

When you have designed all your web pages, you must now upload it to our server if you weren't creating your pages online. The easiest way to do this is by clicking on File, Publish FrontPage Web.

It will ask for the "Webserver or File Location" put in your IP address or domain name here. Once again, do not put anything in for the Name of Destination FrontPage Web, this will try to put your pages in a separate directory under your root web directory and will ask for a user- name and password that has Administrator permissions. If you are uploading your pages for the first time then only check "Add to an existing FrontPage Web" and click OK.

Anytime FrontPage asks for a username and password that has Author permissions, simply put in your username and password, the same ones you gave us when your account was setup. Click OK.

Your pages will now be uploaded to our server.

The Second Way:

(This way is for people who have already designed their pages using another HTML editor.)

Open FrontPage Explorer.

Go to File, Open FrontPage Web.

FrontPage will ask for the Web Server or File Location.

Type you IP address or domain name (i.e. 38.152.102.255, or www.mydomainname.com)

Click on the List Webs Button. FrontPage will show a list of webs on your site, the only one listed should be <Root Web>.

Highlight <Root Web> and click on OK.

It will prompt you to put in a username and password that has Author permissions. Type in your username and password. Click on ok.

FrontPage Explorer will now open your web site.

Now click on View, Folder View.

Click on the very top folder on the left side, probably called http://www.mydomainname.com or http://38.152.102.### (replace with your IP address).

Click on File, Import. FrontPage will bring up a window asking to Add File or Add Folder.

Click on Add File.

It will then ask for the location of the files that you want to upload. Point to the directory where you have saved you web pages.

Select the files that you want to upload. To select more than one file, hold down the CTRL key while you click on the files. It will highlight those files and list them in the "File name" box.

After you have selected all the files, click on the "Open" button.

All the files you highlighted will be uploaded to our server and will appear in the FrontPage Explorer.

Always keep in mind that your main page or home page must be named index.html. If it is not, anyone that goes to your site will see a "404 Access Forbidden" error. To rename the first page to index.html, after it has been uploaded, right click on the file and then left click on Rename, and type in index.html.