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• Publish my web site to the web server for the first time?

  • Publishing Your Site on the Internet with Microsoft FrontPage

    • Some people prefer using FTP for publishing as it gives them full control of the publishing process. While FrontPage obviously does support this option, it is important to point out that publishing with FrontPage takes away many of the hassles and makes the process of remembering which files you changed a painless one.

    • Note: Publishing through the FrontPage interface and FrontPage Server Extensions is based on the HTTP protocol and, as a result, works through firewalls and other connections that do not normally allow for FTP connections because of security risks.

    • Be careful not to lose your login and password information for your Web site. Keep them in a safe and secure place.

    • One of the most powerful features of FrontPage Server Extensions is the ability to quickly publish your Web site without the hassle of remembering which files were updated and having to select each one individually for transfer. If you aren't using a Web server with FrontPage Extensions installed, consider doing so for this simple time saver alone.

    • If your Web site makes use of FrontPage Server Extensions, you'll need to publish through the Publish option. Publishing through the FTP option will not transfer all of the information needed and will result in an incomplete transfer.

    • The Options button in the Publish Web dialog box gives you the ability to either publish only the pages changed since the last publication (default) or to publish all pages, overwriting possible changes on the server side. It also gives you the ability to help maintain security while publishing via SSL.

  • Step By Step Instructions for Publishing with FrontPage

    • The easiest way to publish your Web site is through the Publish feature in FrontPage 2000 to a server with FrontPage Server Extensions installed on it. You can also publish via FTP (explained below) using either FrontPage 2000's Publish function or a third-party FTP program.

    • Once you are ready to publish your site, you need only to select Publish Web from the File Menu.  Click on FILE, PUBLISH.  A Remote Site dialog box will open. 

    • Enter the Web address that you wish to publish your Web site to, http://www.mydomain.com , where mydomain is replaced by your registered domain name.  When the password dialog opens enter the user ID and password you were assigned to enter the site. As mentioned previously, when you publish to your our hosting site the person in charge of your host should provide similar information to you. If the site you use has FrontPage Server Extensions installed, a simple entry of your login and password is all that is required. FrontPage will do the rest.

    • You should be looking at the Publish Window panes , if you don't see both windows, click on the SHOW button so you can see both the Source and Destination Panes.  At this point the Source on the left should have an address of C:\MyDocuments\My Webs\Folder where the folder is named what you named it when we created the web site with the wizard.  The destination address should be http://www.wyzguys.net/student#.

    • You may get a "web site does not exist...do you want to create one" message box.  Click OK.

    • Click on the PUBLISH button.  Any Publishing FrontPage Components dialogs about FP Server Extensions simply click "Continue”.  Your site is now on your web hosting server.

    • If the host does not have FrontPage Server Extensions installed when you try to publish it, FrontPage will tell you so and then ask for an FTP path instead. This path will probably be in the format of ftp://www.websiteprovider.com/mysitename (note that it starts with FTP instead of HTTP). Make sure you have the exact FTP path information from your host. You will be given the chance to enter in the appropriate path again if you need to change anything.

    • Once entered, a name and password dialog box will open asking for the appropriate information. If entered correctly, that is all that is needed to publish the site. If the information is entered incorrectly, you will be asked to enter it again to get it right.

  • Using FTP – File Transfer Protocol

    • FTP stands for the File Transfer Protocol, a format for sending files over the Internet. There are many FTP programs available that enable you to use the FTP format to do just that. Some people enjoy publishing a FrontPage Web site through a more traditional FTP program. This includes either the FTP program built into Internet Explorer or the many FTP programs available for use throughout the net.

    • A disk-based Web requires no special communication with the Web server and FrontPage stores the information for the site on your hard drive in the same hierarchy it will on the final server. (For more information on disk-based Webs, see the article How to Use FrontPage 2000 without FrontPage Extensions.) As a result, publishing by FTP simply requires opening a connection to the Web server through the FTP program and transferring the Web files from your computer to the Web server.

    • When you use FrontPage to publish your site, FrontPage keeps track of which files have been changed and only publishes those files to save time. This is an especially valuable feature if your site contains a lot of content that takes a long time to transfer. If you publish via FTP, you are responsible for tracking that information.

• Transfer my web site files from the Server to my own computer?

  • You can also use the Publish Web feature to move your Web site from one location to another on your hard drive, network drive, or Web server.

    Here are some options you can use when you fill in the "Specify the location to publish your web to" dialog:

    Your hard drive: c:\my webs\new web

    A network drive: \\myserver\path\new web

    A Web server on the Internet: http://www.mydomainname.com

    A Web server on your company's network: http://webserver/myweb

    Open FrontPage.  If a web site opens automatically, click on FILE, CLOSE SITE.

    Click on FILE, OPEN SITE.  A dialog box opens

    In the source box at the bottom of the box, enter the web address of your web site (http://www,mydomain.com)  If you can't remember, open Internet Explorer and you can browser the student web sites until you find yours.

    A password dialog box will open.  Enter your provided User ID and Password.  The web site will open in FrontPage.

    Click on FILE, PUBLISH.  A Remote Site dialog box will open.  Ignore the Remote part, we are going to type in a local address.

    Next to the destination box is a browse button.  Click on this and browse to MY DOCUMENTS/MY WEBS.

    After the MY WEBS folder opens, click on the NEW FOLDER icon at the open (the folder with the little star on it).  Another dialog box opens.  Name the folder.

    Now click on the OPEN button.  (DO NOT put anything in the file name box)

    Now you will be back at the Publish dialog Box, and your destination on the C drive of your computer will be in the destination box.  Click on OK

    You may get a "web site does not exist...do you want to create one" message box.  Click OK

    You should be looking at the Publish Window panes , if you don't see both windows, click on the SHOW button so you can see both the Source and Destination Panes.  At this point the Source on the left should have an address of http://www.mydomain.com and the destination address should be C:\My Documents\My Webs\Folder where the folder is named what you called it in the previous step.

    Click on the PUBLISH button.  Any Publishing FrontPage Components dialogs about FP Server Extensions simply click "Continue”.  Your site is now on your hard drive.

    NEXT THING TO DO IS CLOSE THE WEB.  YOU ARE STILL ON THE SERVER COPY.  (File, CLOSE SITE)

    Now click on FILE, OPEN SITE, and browse to My Documents/My Webs/Folder Name (the one you created at the beginning) and click OPEN.  You are ready to work.

    BE CAREFUL!  It is possible to "work live" on a FrontPage Server site by opening up the Web through FrontPage and making changes to the site directly. You can even develop the entire site live and never have to publish a thing. This process is not always the most appropriate because it enables you to make immediate changes to your Web site with no method for undoing mistakes before they are accessible to the world. However, the ability to edit your Web site directly against the Web server instead of having to find and edit the source files and then upload them to the server can be a real time saver, especially for quick changes. It also allows you to edit your Web site from any computer that has FrontPage installed. Many find that a simple change to a Web site is easily accomplished through this method. Be warned, however, that an incorrect keystroke can result in an embarrassing Web page viewable by millions. If you do work live with your site, be very careful to hit the Save button only when you are sure about the final results.

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• Feedback left by visitors to my web site?
  • You can do this in FrontPage.
     
  • Open FrontPage
     
  • Open the web site on the server (http://www.mysite.com)
     
  • Enter your user ID and password
     
  • Look in the Folder List on the left side of the screen.  Click on the + sign next to the folder named _private.   FrontPage creates other names for database files coming from forms pages, and you have the option of naming this file yourself.  Anything in the _private folder is data collection from web site forms.
     
  • Right click on the file that holds your results, in your case it is inforeq.txt. 
     
  • From the Contact Menu box that opens select Open With...   The menu will expand, if Microsoft Office Excel is visible, choose that program,  if not click on Choose Program at the bottom of the menu and select MS Excel from the choices.  You can also open this in Notepad, or Word, but you will lose the column order.
     
  • Excel will launch, and a User ID and Password box will open, use the one for your web site.  The file will open.  you may need to expand some of the columns to read the information in them, especially the Comments Column.  Position your cursor on the line between the column letters or row number until the two way arrow appears, then click, hold and drag to open the column or row.
     
  • To save this file locally, in Excel, click on File, Save As, and when the Save Window opens browse to My Documents, and any folder you want to save this in, type the file name you want in the File Name box and click on the Save Button.

     

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Why doesn't ... ?

• My page title stay at the top of the page?  When I type a title at the top of a new page, all the pages change.
  • You are using a feature called Shared Borders. The page title needs to go into an element called a Banner to remain unique to the individual page. Banners can be in a graphic element based on the theme, or simple text. When using Shared Borders, everything above the dashed line, and to the left, and below is shared in common by all the pages. This makes button bar building much simpler, but you need to used the Page Banner feature to title each page.

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What happened....?

• To my web site?  I just signed on and got a screen that says "website not responding'.
  • The Internet is "found" when big servers called Domain Name Servers receive a request for a web site, like www.mywebsite.com, and reply with the actual internet address. Not all servers know all addresses, so the request is sometimes passed up the server hierarchy until a server is found with a valid response.  If this flow is interrupted by a server being offline for some reason, the request will fail.  Occasionally these servers are replaced, upgraded, taken off-line, break, etc, and this can cause a temporary problem for the small section of the Internet they service.
     
    Sometimes web sites are "not found" because one of the Internet Service Providers or Internet Backbone Providers is doing an upgrade or routine maintenance.  Scheduled maintenance and upgrades usually take place on the weekend in the wee hours of the morning, but if things do not go smoothly, sometimes it runs over into daylight hours.
     
    It would be helpful to know the day and time when these problems happen, You could check with the Web Host and see if they are reporting service upgrades or outages for your sites.
     
    Also if everyone with the problem has the same ISP. like Qwest DSL, or AOL, or whatever, and visitors using another ISP like Comcast or EarthLink can connect, then it is an a problem of that particular Internet Service Provider,

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