FP: How to Publish Your Web to a Server w/o FrontPage Extensions

Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
Article ID: Q181127
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
  • Microsoft FrontPage for the Power Macintosh, version 1.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how to publish a FrontPage Web to a server on which the FrontPage Server Extensions are not installed.

MORE INFORMATION

To publish your Web to a server that does not have FrontPage Server Extensions installed, use the appropriate method for your situation.

FrontPage 98

  1. Open a Web in the FrontPage Explorer.

  2. On the File menu, click Publish FrontPage Web.

  3. In the Publish FrontPage Web dialog box, click More Webs.

  4. Type the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the server where you want to publish your Web. For example, type the following:

          http://example.microsoft.com/myweb
    

    Click OK.

  5. In the Web Publishing Wizard dialog box, do the following:

        a. In the FTP Server Name box, type the name of your FTP server.
    

        b. In the Directory Path box, type the name of the folder on the FTP
           server you want to use to store your Web content.
    

        c. Click Next.
    

           NOTE: If you do not know the name of the FTP server or the folder,
           contact your system administrator or Internet Service Provider.
    

        d. In the User Name box, type your FTP user name.
    

        e. In the Password box, type your FTP password.
    

        f. Click Finish.
    

FrontPage 97

If you have not installed the Web Publishing Wizard, install it using the following steps:

  1. Insert the FrontPage 97 compact disc in the CD-ROM drive. The Microsoft FrontPage 97 With Bonus Pack windows appears.

  2. When the Microsoft FrontPage 97 with Bonus Pack window appears, click Web Publishing Wizard.

  3. Follow the instructions on your screen.

After you have installed the Web Publishing Wizard, follow these steps:

  1. Open a Web in the FrontPage Explorer.

  2. On the File menu, click Publish FrontPage Web.

  3. In the Publish FrontPage Web dialog box, do the following:

        a. In the "Destination Web Server or File Location" box, type the URL
           address of the Web server to which you want to publish your content.
           For example, type the following:
    

             http://example.microsoft.com/myweb.
    
           Click OK.
    
    

  4. When the Web Publishing Wizard appears, do the following:

        a. Click Next twice.
    

        b. Click New.
    

        c. Click Next two more times.
    

        d. Select the appropriate Internet connection and then click Next.
    

        e. In the User Name box, type your FTP user name.  In the Password box,
           type your FTP password. Click Next twice.
    

        f. When you are prompted to select a protocol, click FTP and then click
           Next.
    

        g. In the User Name box, type your FTP user name.  In the Password box,
           type your FTP password. Click Next.
    

        h. Type your FTP Server Name and click Next.
    

        i. Type the folder on the FTP server that you want to use to contain
           your Web content.
    

        j. Click Next twice, and then click Finish.
    

FrontPage 1.0 for the Power Macintosh

  1. In FrontPage Explorer, open a Web.

  2. On the File menu, click Publish FrontPage Web.

  3. In the "Destination Web Server or File Location" box, type the URL address of the Web server to which you want to publish your content. For example, type the following:

          http://example.microsoft.com/myweb
    

    Click OK.

  4. In the Web Publishing Wizard, type FTP Server Name, and specify the folder on the FTP server to which you want to publish your content. Click Next.

  5. In the User Name box, type your FTP User Name. In the Password box, type your FTP Password. Click Finish.

For more information about designing your FrontPage Web for servers on which you do not have the FrontPage Server Extensions installed, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q143101
   TITLE     : FP: How to Use FrontPage Without the Server Extensions

For more information about the Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard, see the Microsoft Web site at:

   http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/webpost


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Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
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