How to Publish a Web Page With the FrontPage Publishing Wizard

If your ISP does not support Microsoft FrontPage extensions (ask your ISP), you can use the Web Publishing wizard to upload (publish) your pages to the Internet. The Web Publishing wizard is available on the FrontPage installation CD. These instructions use FrontPage 97.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Microsoft FrontPage

1. Start the Web Publishing wizard and click on the Next button at the first screen.
2. Click on the Browse Folders button to locate the files to be uploaded. Make sure the Include Subfolders box is checked if you want to include all the folders in the Web page directory. Click Next.
3. Select a Web server to publish to from the list; click on the New button to add your own ISP to the list.
4. Type a name for your server, such as Smith Personal Web Site, in the first box.
5. Select Other Internet Provider from the second box if your ISP is not listed. Click Next.
6. Enter the Web site address, such as http://www.isp.com/~smith, in the box on the next page. Click Next.
7. Connect to the Internet using the Dial-Up Networking option. Click Next.
8. Click on the Finish button after the computer verifies your connection. When completed, the wizard will notify you that your Web site has been transferred.
9. After 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

• When uploading, be sure to include any images, backgrounds or other files that are used in the Web site.
• If your ISP does support FrontPage extensions, see "How to Publish a Web Page with the FrontPage Publishing Wizard" to upload your site.