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General Info
FrontPage is a web designer application developed by Microsoft.
FrontPage extensions are included free upon request with
all accounts. You will need a copy of the FrontPage program from Microsoft before
you can begin following the directions below:
If your account is a plan 2 or lower, your domain name
will need to be activated on our nameservers before FrontPage will be available
on your account.
Login
Choose "Open - FrontPage - Web" from the File
Menu in FrontPage Explorer. It will ask you for a Web Server of File Location.
Enter http://yourdomain.com and then "list webs". Next, you will need
to select (double-click) the root web. The requested login and password will
be the same as your FTP account.
Usage
FrontPage supplies you with two separate interfaces. The
FrontPage explorer is used to manage the files within your website. If you open
a file in your website, another program called FrontPage Editor will open. When
you are connected to your website, all changes made to any file you edit will
be saved to your website.
*Note: Although the software documentation states that you can create the site
on your computer and then "publish" it to the web server, we do not
recommend this. Many times publishing to the server from your computer will
cause a loss of the Interactive web bots features that you may have set up when
designing your site on your local computer. We recommend that you create your
entire site while connected to your website and save directly to the server.
To move files already created on your website, use the Import command found
under the File menu within FrontPage Explorer to select the files you wish to
import to the server. This is by far the best method for moving files from your
hard drive to the server. Using FTP to upload is not recommended as this may
overwrite important files. Also, do not edit .htaccess files since FrontPage
uses these.
Additional support documents and complete usage instructions can be found at
Microsoft's official FrontPage Home Page. http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage
