Using Microsoft FrontPage

Link to the original page: http://help.name-serve.net/frontpage/
FrontPage - Step by Step

This section will guide you step-by-step through configuring Microsoft FrontPage to exchange files between your computer and your web site. The steps shown here are for FP2000, but older versions work in the same manner.

In order to proceed, you'll need to have three things: Microsoft FrontPage installed; a connection to the Internet via your Internet service provider; and you'll need to have installed the FrontPage extensions in your account Control Panel (see to the right for more information on extensions).

Create a Simple Page

Before you can publish an html file to your web site with FrontPage, you must either have a page already created, or create a page. To create a page with FrontPage, follow these simple steps:

 

1. With FrontPage open, choose File --> New .

2. Type in "FrontPage test"

3. From the menu bar, choose File --> Save As.

4. Name the html file.
(If this file is to be your home page, be sure to name it index.html)

Once you have the file saved to your hard drive, you are ready to publish the file.

Publish Your Web Page.

1. From the menu bar, choose File --> Publish Web .

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You'll get a dialog box like this:

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2. Click on the Options button

You will see a dialog box like this:

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3. In box below Specify the location to publish your site to: enter the full URL for your site.

4. If this is the first time you are publishing your site, select Publish all pages...

5. Select Include subwebs .

You should now have a dialog box that looks like this:

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Be sure to use your real domain name instead of 'yourdomainname.com' !

6. Click the Publish button.

You should now see a dialog box like this one:

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7. Enter your username and password.

If you have entered all the details correctly, FrontPage 2000 will then publish your site. You will see a dialog box like this one when it has finished:

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8. Click Done .

 

Where can I find additional FrontPage support?

For more FAQ's and support please go to Microsoft's Product Support Services site at http://support.microsoft.com/support/frontpage/.

For Microsoft's Personal Online Support Services for all Microsoft's products including FrontPage please go to http://support.microsoft.com/support.

For Tips and News about FrontPage from CNET's Builder.com please go to http://home.cnet.com/webbuilding/0-7296.html.

 FrontPage Questions and Answers
  1. How do I install FrontPage extensions on my website?
  2. Why do I have to have FrontPage extensions installed?
  3. What is the scope of technical support for FrontPage?
  4. What are FrontPage server extensions?
  5. Are there any precautions that I need to be aware before I begin using FrontPage to publish my site?
  6. What is a WebBot?
  7. Are all the features available in FrontPage supported on my site?
  8. Why doesn't my new password work in my FrontPage web?
  9. How can I call a page or form securely with FrontPage?
  10. Where can I find additional FrontPage support?
  11. Password Protect1 a page
  12. Password-Protect2 FrontPage Sites
  13. Tips Using FrontPage
How do I install FrontPage extensions on my website? Screen Shot

Your account Control Panel has a button called "MS Frontpage". Select this button and on the next screen, select "Install Front Page" - it's that simple!  

Why do I have to have FrontPage extensions installed?

Installing FrontPage server extensions gives you full support of all the features of FrontPage.  Features include remote authoring, threaded discussion groups, full text search and surveys.  

What is the scope of technical support for FrontPage?

  • We will provide support related to the functionality of the extensions.
  • We will point FrontPage users to resources that will help you solve problems, publish your FrontPage webs and learn techniques for getting the most from your FrontPage software.

We are not able to provide extensive support related to the use of your FrontPage software, but there are good places to look. Please see "Where can I find additional FrontPage support?"  

What are FrontPage server extensions?

FrontPage server extensions are CGI programs which provide the server side implementation of FrontPage. FrontPage communicates with the extensions via Hyper Text Transmission Protocol (HTTP) using a Remote Procedure Call (RPC).

When the server sees the "POST" request addressed to the FrontPage server extensions it simply directs the request to the appropriate CGI program. The extensions implement authoring (uploading/downloading documents, To Do Lists), administration (setting end-user, author, and administrator privileges), and dynamic content (browse-time WebBot components).

Without the FrontPage Server Extensions you will not be able to take advantage of the WebBots that are available through FrontPage. Also, without the extensions you cannot author and administer your web using the tools provided as part of the FrontPage Editor/Explorer package.

Are there any precautions that I need to be aware before I begin using FrontPage to publish my site?

In order to protect the FrontPage extensions on your Unix account, please take into consideration the following precautions:

  1. FrontPage uses the same .htaccess file as the Protect Directories utility in your Control Panel, which could cause problems. Once you have installed FrontPage extensions, use the directory protection that comes with the software
  2. Do not use features found in your Control Panel to set passwords, limit access, set file permissions or delete directories or files in a FrontPage web. This should only be done through the options in FrontPage Explorer.
  3. Do NOT use regular FTP (such as WS_FTP) to upload files to the server when FrontPage extensions are installed. This may corrupt the extensions, disabling the interactive features available with FrontPage.

NOTE: The exception to this is when loading custom scripts to the cgi-local directory on your site. Check "Writing CGI scripts" for more information on working with custom scripts.  

What is a WebBot?

WebBots are the mechanism for invoking many of the interactive features built into FrontPage. These features are added to your web through the FrontPage Editor | Insert FrontPage Component.

Some, such as Include and Substitution allow elements of the web to be entered once and included in any or all of the pages by inserting the Bot component referencing that element for example a logo or a navigation bar. Changes made to the "master" element are made automatically to any page containing the referencing WebBot.

Other WebBots, such as Search, Table of Contents and Timestamp, control dynamic browse-time features. These WebBots work "behind the scene" to keep your site up-to-date for visitors.  

Are all of the features available in FrontPage supported on my site?

FrontPage was created for developing websites in the Windows environment, so the following features are not available on our UNIX servers:

  • Active Server Pages
  • ODBC and MS SQL Database connections (Access, FoxPro)
  • ActiveX
  • VBScript
There are good alternatives to each of these features within our services, with the exception of databases, which are offered only with the One World plan upgrades.  

Why doesn't my new password work in my FrontPage web?

Loading and changing passwords in FrontPage is a little more complicated than with FTP programs. To set or change passwords, you'll need to log on to your current web in order for the security menu choice to be active.

To change the user and password for FrontPage login:

Go to the FrontPage menu:

1. Click: Tools->Permissions
   [Tools->Security in FP2000]

2. Add: Name, Password

3. Click "Administer, author and browse.." radio button

4. Click "Apply" and then "Ok".

To change the password:

Click: Tools->Change Password
   [Tools->Security->Change Password in FP2000]

Type in old password, then new (if you've lost your old password send us a note!).

Password Protection 1

You have the ability to password protect directories using your Control Panel so that only users with proper logins have access to those directories.  To do so, log into your Control Panel and click on the box below and follow the instructions.


(see below first if you are using MS FrontPage)

To remove password protection: go to the link above, load the the directory you want to work with.  A list of users should come up.  If there are no users listed then your directory is not password protected.  Click on the user that you want to remove password protection for.  If you want to get rid of password protection all together than clear all the users as in the process above.

FrontPage Enabled Sites, READ FIRST:

If you use FrontPage and have installed FrontPage extensions, you should follow the directions below.  Do not use the Control Panel Option above, as this will cause FrontPage to function incorrectly.

  1. Open the Front Page Web on the server.  This allows you to work with your page directly on the Server instead of off your hard drive. Then the security option under tools will no longer be grayed out and you can then select it and proceed with the the directions below:

  2. If you want to restrict access to directories, you have to turn the subdirectories into SubWebs and use FrontPage's access restrictions. Here's how:

a. Create the subweb by doing File --> New -->FrontPage Web . 
b. Select "Import an existing web". 
c. Choose a title for your web. Since you can only restrict access to a web that's on the server, be sure you change the path so that it is going to the Internet location. Click ok. 
d. It will start the process to make the new web. 
e. The Import Web Wizard will come up. Select "From a World Wide Web site". In the location box, put in the path to the specific directory, for example, http://domain.com/members . This will get only that directory, and not the whole web. Click next. 
f. This is where you limit the amount of information you will receive. Unless you know your pages are more extensive than these defaults, just leave it at the default and click next. 
g. Click finish and wait a few minutes as the content copies over.

3. At this point, you have all your information in a new web. Now you can set up the restrictions. 

1. In the FrontPage Explorer, click on Tools --> Permissions... 
2. Select "use unique permissions for this web". Click apply at this time. 
3. Click on the users tab. 
4. Select "only registered users have browse access". 
5. Add any users you need, and then click ok.

Password -Protect 2 FrontPage Sites
Neil Randall

How can I password-protect only certain portions of a FrontPage 2000 web? Specifically, how do I password-protect the discussion group on my Web site created in FrontPage?

Catherine Adams
via the Internet

FrontPage 2000's web permissions features, like those of FrontPage 98, can be confusing and trying, partly because they're not all that powerful. In addition, they have to work in conjunction with the Web server, and how they do so depends on which type of server is hosting your web.

FrontPage only lets you password-protect an entire web or subweb (a subweb being a FrontPage web created within another FrontPage web). Select Tools | Security | Permissions (see Figure 1). Tell the Permissions dialog to use unique permissions for this web, click Apply, and then click the Users tab. Select the radio button Only registered users have browse access and then OK to change the permissions. You can then call up the Permissions dialog again to add users and their passwords, then e-mail them and supply them with the URL and username/password combination.

You cannot password-protect a single file from within FrontPage itself, but you can work around this limitation and password-protect a single page by creating a one-page subweb, setting its permissions, and then linking to that page from the parent (or other) web. Actually, this isn't a bad idea anyway; you should keep the interactive elements of your site separate from the rest.

In the case of the discussion web feature, the easiest way to apply protection is to use the Discussion Web Wizard. Select File/Open/Web, tell FrontPage where on the server to store the new web, and then fill in the details until you come to the question Will the discussion take place in a protected web? Click the Yes radio button and keep going.

The other point of confusion lies with the way FrontPage interacts with different servers. Knowing how to change permissions is all well and good, but it's useful only if the server cooperates. If you run your own Web server, no sweat, but if you're using a hosting service, you might not be able to do what you want. IIs uses Windows NT/2000's security, for example, and you have to add users through Win NT/2000's administrative tools. Of course, you won't always have access to these. The security on Unix and Linux servers can be set in a variety of ways, and not only might you be unable to add users or set permissions, you might be completely unable to access the Permissions dialog through FrontPage (it might be grayed out). These are points to consider when you're signing up for your account in the first place.

Tips using FrontPage

By Scott R. Garrigus
(9/1/98)

More than half a million Web builders use Microsoft FrontPage 98, and more than 1.5 million people use some version of the product, according to Microsoft. That's a lot of users, and for good reason.

FrontPage 98 is a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to Wysiwyg HTML editors, supporting JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and Internet Explorer 4.0's channel definition format (CDF) push platform. It makes it easy for just about anyone to build a Web site using the latest Net technologies.

But just because FrontPage 98 is easy to use doesn't mean it's easily mastered. Every program has its hidden or not-so-obvious features you'd find useful if only you knew about them. For instance, did you know adding a paragraph tag right before a table just got easier in FrontPage 98? And were you aware that you can customize your themes without much work at all?

To help further your knowledge of this popular Web building product, CNET Builder.com has collected 22 helpful tips. We'll tell you what you need to know to make Web building with FrontPage even easier

  1. Make a quick global change 
  2. Trick the Import Web Wizard 
  3. Take your Web with you 
  4. Create quick links 
  5. Remove Word formats 
  6. See what makes a site tick 
  7. Get free FrontPage add-ons 
  8. Bring users back with a button 
  9. Simple redirection 
  10. Add alternate fonts 
  11. Insert paragraph tags before tables 
  12. Use keyboard shortcuts 
  13. Create a hovering CSS background 
  14. Create custom themes 
  15. Reduce image size 
  16. Turn delimited data into a table 
  17. Customize the No Records Returned message 
  18. Learn FrontPage's database features 
  19. Format database bots 
  20. Deal with form field defaults 
  21. Use 97 database files 
  22. Integrate FrontPage 98 with Navigator 

Opsætning af Internet Explorer FTP (TDC Internet)

Sådan uploader du din egen hjemmeside til din home-server med Internet Explorer FTP

Hvis du ikke har installeret et FTP program, kan du vælge at benytte Internet Explorer.




Nu er du logget på din home-server. Du kan overføre filer til din home-server således:

Hvis du vil slette en fil på din home-server, gør du det således (dette påvirker ikke eventuelle kopier på din pc):

Opsætning af WS FTP LE (TDC Internet)- Dette er ikke FrontPage!!

Sådan uploader du din egen hjemmeside til din home-server med WS-FTP LE

Hvis du ikke allerede har installeret WS-FTP LE, kan du hente det hos http://tucows.inet.tele.dk/ eller installere det fra Opasia CD'en.



Øverst til venstre i skærmbilledet står der Local System, og øverst til højre står der Remote System.

Local System henviser til dit eget lokale system - dvs. til din computer.
Remote System viser hvad du på nuværende tidspunkt har liggende på dit websted (din home-server).

Du kan nu begynde at flytte dine hjemmesidefiler fra din computer over på dit websted, så man kan se filerne på internettet. Det gør du således:

Hvis du vil slette en fil på din home-server gør du det således:

Ordliste til WS-FTP LE
Knapperne fungerer som følger:

ChgDir Skifter katalog - du kan dobbeltklikke direkte i vinduet for samme effekt.
MkDir Opretter et nyt katalog.
View Vil vise indholdet af den markerede fil.
Exec Vil forsøge, at eksekvere (starte) den markerede fil.
Rename Giver mulighed for at omdøbe en fil.
Delete Vil slette den markerede fil.
Refresh Genopfrisker listen af filer.
DirInfo Giver oplysninger om det aktuelle katalog.