How to Publish a Web Page With FrontPage Extensions

Once your site is finished, it's time to get it on the Internet. "Publishing" a Web site means uploading it to your Web server. These instructions are for FrontPage 98.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Microsoft FrontPage

1. First, contact your ISP and verify that its server supports Microsoft FrontPage extensions. If not, you'll need to use the Web Publishing wizard. (See "How to Publish a Web Page With the FrontPage Publishing Wizard" under Related eHows.)

2. Ask your ISP for any information you need to publish your Web page. Some ISPs use a different log-in name or special addresses to publish to. Ask for any passwords you might need.

3. Start the FrontPage program and open the web to be published.

4. Select the File menu and choose Publish FrontPage Web.

5. Type the address the Web page will be published to in the first box; for example, http://www.yourisp.com/.

6. Change the name of the web in the next box, if necessary. The name of the current web is the default name.

7. Check or uncheck the appropriate boxes (see Tips) and click OK. The Web pages will be copied to the destination listed.

8. When the page has been uploaded, visit the site using your regular Web browser and an alternate Web browser (for example, view the site in both Netscape and Internet Explorer). Double-check links, colors and images.

Tips & Warnings

• Copy changed pages only: If you are making changes to a Web site and don't want to copy the entire site to your server, check this box.
• Add to an existing FrontPage web: Checking this box will add new Web pages to an existing site.
• Copy child webs (for Root Web only): This option is only available if you have a root web open (a main web with one or smaller webs inside it). You can copy any or all of the "child" webs.
• Uncheck all of the boxes if you are publishing a site for the first time.