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Installing the FrontPage extensions If you want to use Microsoft FrontPage to develop your website, you must first install FrontPage extensions. The FrontPage Manager function will automatically install the 2002 extensions for you. To access the FrontPage Manager, select "Site Builders" from the main menu, and select "FrontPage Manager" from the Site Builders menu. Top of Page MS FrontPage restrictions Installing the FrontPage extensions will remove some advanced administrative functions. This is done intentionally so that FrontPage users do not corrupt their sites. FTP access is removed for this reason. Upon your request, we can restore your FTP access. The applications disabled are: Ad Manager, Business Card, Plug-in scripts, File Manager, Website Security and Database Manager. Top of Page Installing on domains with access control files When attempting to install the FrontPage extensions on a domain with access control files, FrontPage Manager finds these files and performs the following operations in order to complete the installation:
To install the FrontPage extensions on a domain with access control files, select the "Turn FrontPage ON (install)" radio button and click the "Next" button . Read the warning messages and click the "Next" button to continue. Enter a password in the "Enter a Password" textbox and click the "Next" button. The FrontPage Manager checks for the access control files and prompts you to rename them in order to complete the operation. Read the warning messages and click the "Next" button. This step will be repeated until the last control access file is found and renamed. At this point the extensions are installed and the result of operation will be displayed in the "Results" panel. Click the "Done" button to return to the "FrontPage Manager" main page. Top of Page Uninstalling FrontPage extensions To uninstall the FrontPage extensions, select the "Turn FrontPage OFF (uninstall)" radio button. A list of directories and files related to the extensions which will be deleted as a result of uninstall is displayed. After reviewing the list, click the "Next" button to complete the operation. Top of Page Publishing your FrontPage web tutorial This tutorial contains a step-by-step lesson on how to install FrontPage extensions on your domain and how to successfully publish your website. Logging in to WebsiteOS Log in to your domain account through our site. You'll be prompted for your domain and password. Enter your domain (in the form of yourdomain.com) and your domain password. Click the "Continue" button to login. Installing the FrontPage Extensions If you have not already installed the FrontPage extensions on your domain, you must install them before you can publish your website. From the WebsiteOS Control Panel click on FrontPage. The FrontPage function that allows you to install the FrontPage extensions. These server extensions allow your site to use FrontPage specific components like form submission and shared borders. For instruction on how to install the FrontPage on a domain without access control files, click here. For instruction on how to install the FrontPage on a domain with access control files, click here. For the definition of access control files, click here. Publishing your web site Now that the FrontPage extensions are installed on your domain, it is time to publish your site. In FrontPage, from the "File" menu choose the "Publish Web" option. You will be prompted to provide a URL to publish your web to. Enter your domain (in the form of yourdomain.com). This will publish your web to your domain and place it in the /public directory. IMPORTANT: If you registered your domain name or changed your domain name's name servers in the last 24-48 hours, the DNS for your domain name may not have propagated over the entire Internet yet. If you would like to publish your FrontPage site within this time period, you should follow the publishing instructions above, but use the "site preview" URL. For example, if your domain name is bobscars.com and you site preview URL is previewmysite.com, your URL should be entered as bobscars.com.previewmysite.com. After specifying the address to publish to, you have the choice of publishing the entire site, or just the pages that have been changed. If you are publishing for the first time, choose "Publish all pages". The "Include subwebs" option is for webs that parent multiple webs. If you're not sure if you have subwebs, chances are you don't. In this case, leave the box unchecked. Some important notes
Installing on domains without access control files To install FrontPage extensions, select the "Turn FrontPage ON (install)" radio button. Warning messages concerning FrontPage restrictions will be displayed. Installing FrontPage will Disable the following:
The results of the last operation performed is always displayed in the "Last Job results" text area at the bottom of the "FrontPage Manager" main page. FrontPage extensions can be removed using the "Turn FrontPage OFF (uninstall)" option. If you perform an installation for a domain that has FrontPage extensions already installed, the FrontPage Manager will upgrade the existing extensions. Top of Page Solving FrontPage access problems Certain situations such as an unexpected disconnection or multiple users trying to connect to a FrontPage web simultaneously can prevent you from logging into your account. When this occurs, two files are modified (frontpg.lck and service.lck) and access to the web is denied. To correct this problem, select the "Unlock FrontPage Web" radio button and click "Next". The _vti_pvt/frontpg.lck and _vti_pvt/service.lck files will be deleted and access to the web will be restored. Top of Page Setting-Changing FrontPage passwords When you first install the FrontPage extensions on your domain, you will be prompted for a password. This password is used to secure access to your FrontPage web. When you access your web with the FrontPage client, you will be prompted for this password. The FrontPage password is independent of your domain password. It is used exclusively for accessing your FrontPage web with the FrontPage client. Once the FrontPage password is set, it can be changed by selecting the "Change FrontPage Password" radio button from the "FrontPage Manager" main page. Note that you can change your FrontPage password after installing the extensions on your domain. Select the "Change FrontPage Password" and click the "Next" button. Enter the new password in the "Enter New Password" textbox and click the "Next" button to complete the operation. The results of operation will be displayed in the results panel. Click the "Done" button to return to the FrontPage Manager main page. Top of Page Definition of access control files Access control files allow you to password protect a directory on your website. They can be created and edited via the "Website Security" function of WebsiteOS. Access control files are .htaccess files that contain webserver directives that control access to specific areas of a domain. Top of Page |
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