How to Create a Website Folder for Front Page

Microsoft's FrontPage software combines web publishing with HTML editing features in a way that makes it easy to use for the average computer user. One of the most basic tasks in using FrontPage to create a web page is to create a web site folder. This is a job that is easily done by following a simple sequence of steps.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Open FrontPage and then select "File" from the menu options at the top of the screen. Click on "New", and a taskbar pane will open on the right side of the window.

2. Click on the type of web page you wish to create from the list of options in the taskbar pane. A new blank page will open.

3. Go back and click on "File" at the top of the main FrontPage window. From the drop-down menu that appears, click "Save As".

4. Click on the backwards-facing arrow at the top of the Save As window to exit the current website folder. Then click on the "New Folder" icon. Name the folder by typing a name of your choosing in the text box that will pop up as part of the New Folder window. Click "OK".

5. Type in a file name for the web page that you just began, and click "OK". You are finished, and have just created a new website folder in FrontPage.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't be surprised when you see that two additional folders have been created as a result of this process. FrontPage creates and stores graphics in an "images" folder and uses the "_private" folder for file management.

References

• Creating a New FrontPage Website

Resources

• FrontPage 2003 Help and How-to