1. How to publish website using Microsoft FrontPage?
Open the FrontPage website in FrontPage that you wish to publish >> Select the publish option from the file menu >> File >> Publish Web >> enter the location to publish the website to like 'http://www.yourdomainname' (do not enter address in quotes) >> and press the publish button >> You will be prompted for the username and password >> enter your default ftp user and password >> FrontPage will then begin to send your website to your web space.
Note: Do not select the option for 'Secure connection required (SSL)'
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The homepage of your website needs to be named index.html (in lower case) in order to appear automatically when accessing your website at http://www.yourdomain.com
Please do not allow FrontPage to remove any files or directories that you have not created yourself. The files and directories pre-installed are very important for the functioning of the FrontPage extensions and your website may give errors if they are removed.
If after publishing you still see a default page you should first refresh your browser and then check that your homepage has been named index.html correctly. For refresh you can also press CTRL + F5 from keyboard if it is showing you the default page.
Note:
Please note we can only provide limited support for Microsoft software problems which should be directed at Microsoft the software vendors. There are a number of good web sites like www.talkfrontpage.com/ and http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/frontpage/ offering help chat and tutorials.
The information below is just a guide on using your Microsoft FrontPage software and further information will be available in the help files of the FrontPage.
On the webpage you want the form on select the insert >> form option choosing the type of form field you require >> right click on the form and select the form properties menu >> then remove the default filename (unless you require information to be stored here) and enter the email address you require the form to be sent to >> after pressing OK on the changes to use an email address this warning box may appear. This is not a problem just a cryptic Microsoft message.
It is important to select the \'yes\' option on this message.
A screen will then appear where further configuration of the email format can be made and an option to add a confirmation page after the form has been submitted.
Now the form just needs to be published to your website.
If FrontPage gives the error 'FrontPage extensions are not installed at 'www.yourdomainname.com'
This could be caused by 2 things
-Extra spaces have been entered on the end of your domain name, this can happen if you have copied and pasted the domain name into the publish location box.
-The location to publish may have been entered incorrectly in the publish menu. This must be entered as specified in your Account Configuration Details email. Make sure there are no extra spaces at the end.
Note: In order for components like counters and forms to work in FrontPage it is important to Publish using http, not ftp. If FrontPage extensions are not installed or have been broken, FrontPage may change and upload using ftp so ensuring that forms and other components do not work.
Please also check 'Use Proxy Server for you LAN' are NOT be checked in 'Connections/LAN settings' under Internet Explorer options.
TIMEOUTS
These can be caused by a
-Weak connection by your ISP to our servers and is related to the size of the website being published. To reduce this problem Microsoft recommend that large websites are broken into smaller subwebs which can then be published individually.
-Firewall or anti virus settings,generally you should keep the size of any web under 20MB to avoid problems. If you are likely to exceed this, create subwebs.
-Anti Virus, check your anti virus settings - if you have a virus checker installed with large files and large amounts of virus scanning the browser software can 'time-out' as it has not received any data from the server for a while - this is because it has been temporarily trapped by the virus scanner. It will appear (incorrectly) that the server has timed-out , when in fact it is the virus checker causing the problems - newer virus checkers should have an option for 'time-out' protection you should beware of this.
-Firewalls, if firewalls are in place it is important to set your ftp to passive mode so that the ftp connection will not be affected.
Active components require the server to perform some processing in order for them to work. The software that gets the server to do this work are the FrontPage extensions that you have loaded onto the site.
However, before the components will work your copy of FrontPage has to configure these extensions so your active components with the specifications of your active components.
In order for FrontPage to configure them correctly you MUST publish the site from Front Page using http://. If you create the form, counter etc in FrontPage and then FTP it to the site it will not work. So you must use the File >> Publish command.
These active components include:
-Forms - to send an email or save the results to a file on the web server
-Guest books - similar to forms but usually display the results in a web page
-Website Search facilities - to search for matching words etc in your website
-Counters - to count the number of visitors to your website
These components will show errors on your web pages if they have not been setup correctly. These errors generally show the text below on your published web pages.
'FrontPage Save Results Component '
The first thing to check is that the pages have been configured correctly in FrontPage by right clicking on the component and editing the FrontPage component properties. You can check these settings in our component setup guides.
Once any changes have been made the website should be re-published ensuring that the correct publish location is entered ie:http://www.yourdomain.com
If the active component ceases working then the first thing to get it working is to recalculate the hyperlinks of the site. This will not just recalculate the hyperlinks but connect to the web site live and configure the extensions which should get the active components working again.
The instructions for recalculating the hyperlinks follows.
For FrontPage 98
Open FrontPage Explorer >> open Existing Web (www.domain.com) >> enter your username and password >> click OK (This should open your site on our server) >> click on the 'Tools' menu >> select 'Recalculate Links'
For FrontPage 2000
Hit 'File' then 'Open Web' >> click on 'Web Folders' >> double click on your web site >> enter your Username and Password >> click on 'Open'. (This should open your site on our server) >> hit 'Tools' >> click on 'Recalculate Hyperlinks'
Once you have done this you will need to refresh the page in your browser and the active components will now work.
Please note that while we support Microsoft FrontPage server extensions we can only provide limited support for Microsoft software problems which should be directed at Microsoft the software vendors.
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