Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 Information

How to Create a New Web in Microsoft FrontPage

1. From the Start menu, point to Programs, and then click Microsoft FrontPage. The FrontPage Explorer starts.
2. In the "Getting Started With Microsoft FrontPage" dialog box, click to select one of the three options under the "Create A New FrontPage Web" section. Click OK.
   If you selected the "From a Wizard or Template" option, the New FrontPage Web dialog box appears. In the Template Or Wizard list, select the template or wizard you want to use, and then click OK.
   The Web Template dialog box appears.
3. In the "Web Server or File Location" box, type or select the web server or directory you want to use.
   If you installed a local Web server and the FrontPage Server Extensions successfully, the Web name already appears in this box. Select the default and go to step 4.
   NOTE: You can also specify "Localhost" (without the quotation marks) as the server location.
   If you did not install a Web server locally and you are not working with a remote Web server, type the drive and directory where you want to store the Web, and then click OK.
4. In the "Name of New FrontPage Web" box, type the name you want. The web name should be one word and should not include spaces.
5. If the Name and Password Required dialog box appears, type your name and password in the appropriate boxes, and then click OK.
   The FrontPage Explorer builds the new web. The web address is displayed in the title bar.

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How to Make a Web Page Display Data from a Database

To start using the Internet Database Connector, use the following steps:

1. Make sure you have all of the following components:
   - Microsoft Personal Web Server, Microsoft Peer Web Services, or Microsoft Internet Information Server
   - An ODBC Driver for your database management system
   - A database
2. Create a system data source name using your ODBC Driver. Q161172 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base will explain the steps necessary to do this with an Access Database
3. Use the Database Results Page template or click Database on the Edit menu in FrontPage Editor to create detail sections, database column values, IDC parameter values, if-then conditional sections or else conditional sections as needed
4. Run the Internet Database Connector Wizard using the Database Connector Wizard template. Specify the file for results as the file you created in step 3 above. Specify the options requested by the wizard and write your SQL statement to create an .idc file
5. Store the .idc file in an executable directory in the Web server (any browser will be able to run your query).
   To activate the IDC file via hyperlink, point the hyperlink at the IDC file. To activate the IDC file from a form, select Internet Database Connector as the Form Handler, then enter or browse to the IDC file name to complete the link.

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HTTP 404 Error When Using Web Publishing Wizard

When you use the Publish FrontPage Web command in FrontPage 97, you may receive the following error when you post to a Web server that doesn't have FrontPage Server Extensions installed:

The server may not have the FrontPage Server Extensions installed,or the server may be misconfigured, or you may have specified an invalid proxy server, or the web you are accessing may have been deleted. HTTP error 404.

While the Web Publishing Wizard can create subdirectories when you post files to an established directory on a destination server, it cannot create the Web directory it is posting to. The Web Publishing Wizard is designed only to post files to an existing directory.

To avoid this error message, select the "Add to an existing FrontPage Web" check box, and verify that the directory listed in the "Destination FrontPage Web" box exists on the destination server.

For more information about the Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard, see the following Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/webpost/

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FrontPage Repeatedly Prompts for User Name, Password

There are two scenarios for this situation:

Scenario #1 :
•This problem occurs when you attempt to open the <Root Web> or create a new web from a remote computer to our  servers and you do not have the "Client for Microsoft Networks" configuration installed on your PC and you do not have the "Log on to Network" option selected in dial-Up networking.
RESOLUTION
1.Install the Client for Microsoft Networks Network Option.
2.Turn on the Log on to Network Dial-Up Option .

Scenario #2 :
•This problem occurs when you attempt to open the <Root Web> or create a new web from a remote computer, if all of the following are true:
•The computer hosting the web is using user-level access control. (To locate this option, right-click the Network Neighborhood icon, click Properties, and then click the Access Control tab.)
-and- •The <Root Web> is hosted on the Microsoft Personal Web Server.
-and- •There are no users or groups granted author or administrator access (in the Users and Groups tabs of the Permissions dialog box (Tools menu) for the <Root Web>.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem and allow users (including the original author of the Web) to author and administer the <Root Web> or subwebs remotely, set permissions for the <Root Web> or subwebs using FrontPage Explorer.
NOTE: The instructions below only apply to user-level access.
1.In FrontPage Explorer, open the <Root Web>.
2.On the Tools menu, click Permissions.
3.Click the Users tab. Or, if you want to grant permissions to a group, click the Computers tab.
4.Click Add.
5.In the Add Users dialog box, type the name of the user in the Name box and the password in the Password and Confirm Password boxes. Under User Can, click either "Author and browse this web" or "Administer, author, and browse this web." Click OK.
6.Click OK.
To set permissions for each subweb, click Permissions on the Tools menu, click the Settings tab, click "Use unique permissions for this web," click the Users or Computers tab, and then follow steps 1 through 6 for each subweb.
In Microsoft FrontPage, you do not need to set permissions to author or administer webs locally from the Microsoft Personal Web Server. In contrast, the FrontPage Personal Web Server requires a name and password to author or administer webs remotely and locally.
Administrators of a web can create or delete FrontPage webs, designate administrators and authors, and restrict access to a FrontPage web. Authors can create or delete pages from a FrontPage web.

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Publishing FrontPage Webs

1. Establish a connection to the Internet
   (you MUST be online BEFORE beginning the publishing process - FrontPage does NOT invoke a dial-up connection)

2. Select File | Open FrontPage Web and enter the name of your local Web Server to open your web locally.

3. In FP Explorer, select File -> Publish FrontPage Web

4. The Destination web server name should be www.[domain_name]
   OR [IP address] for a new account.

5. The Destination web name field should be left BLANK if you are publishing to the root directory

6. Select the option "Add to an existing web"
   (OR If you are publishing a new subweb (child web) enter that name into the Destination Web Name field and UNCHECK the box for "Add to an existing web").

7. Enter username/password when prompted.

To replace the temporary Home Page with your Home Page, you must do the following:

After the publishing process is complete, DO NOT Recalculate Links.

1. Select File | Close FrontPage Web, then

2. File | Open FrontPage web

3. for Web Server or file location, enter www.[domain_ name]
   or the [IP address] for a new account.

4. Click List webs

5. Select the <Root Web>, then OK

This will open the web on the remote server. You can then rename the temporary page (based on the following information) to insure that your new page is accessible.

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Home Page File Names

The opening page file name hierarchy is as follows:

Default.asp, default.htm, index.htm, index.html

However, when you publish with FrontPage, if your opening file has any of the above names, it will be renamed to have ALL of the above. Highlight the page named Default.asp, default.htm, index.htm, index.html and select Edit | Rename. You may then rename the file to ANY ONE of the four options.

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How to Add the "Client for Microsoft Network" Configuration

1. Select Start -> Settings -> Control Panel

2. Double Click on the Network Icon

3. Select the Configuration Tab

4. Click on Add

5. Select Client, then Click on Add

6. Select Microsoft -> Client for Microsoft Networks

7. Click on OK

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How to Add "Log on to Network" in Dial-Up Networking

1. Select Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Dial-Up Networking

2. Right Click on Your Internet Providers Dial-Up Networking Icon. Select Properties

3. Select the Server Types Tab

4. Check the Log on to Network Checkbox, then OK