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• Publishing a Web with Front Page

• Troubleshooting Front Page

Publishing a Web with Front Page

Important note about FTP and Front Page - Please do NOT use FTP to upload files or to check a Front Page enabled web. FTP has a tendancy to break extensions. To minimize the possibility of using Front Page's FTP protocol inadvertantly, please verify that you have a connection to the Internet prior to publishing.

There are several ways to publish a web page. If you want to use the special features that come with Front Page (forms, banners, guestbooks, etc.), you must use Front Page Extensions. See MSKB Article Q281532 for more information.

All methods for getting a Front Page web site contents to the web server start with the Publish Web command available on the File menu in Front Page. If the Front Page Server Extensions are installed on the destination web server, Front Page will communicate directly with them for the upload process.

You can publish your web in two ways:

• Publishing. You save a "root web" locally on your computer and open the web in Front Page. Publishing is done by clicking the "File" menu and selecting "Publish".

• Working "live" on the server. After your site has been published to the web, you can make changes directly on the server by clicking "File" on the menu and selecting "Open". Once you are logged in, you can either drag and drop files from your computer to the top folder of their root web or compose a page in Frontpage and save it directly to the server.

To publish your web using Front Page:

1. In Front Page, open the web you wish to publish.
2. On the File menu, click on Publish Web. See image at right
3. In the Publish Web dialog window, enter the path of the destination web server.

   

4. Click on Options to expand the current list of choices.

   

5. Specify now whether or not you want Front Page to publish only changes you have made, or the entire web site.
6. Specify whether or not you want to publish all the subwebs, if any are in the web site. Typically, Publish changed pages only should be selected. Do not select SSL.
7. Click Publish.
8. You will be prompted for an http:// address. Enter in your domain, http://www.yourdomain.com into the field. Front Page will attempt to communicate with the Front Page Server Extensions on the selected web server. The extensions will verify security (login and password), and the file permissions that have been given.
9. Enter your username and password when prompted.
10. After authenticating, Front Page will begin publishing the web to the web server. The time needed to publish your web will depend on the size of your web site and the speed of your connection.
11. When the process of publishing is complete, you will receive a confirmation notice. You can then go to your website in a browser and verify that it was published successfully.

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Troubleshooting

Publish Web Dimmed

This will occur if you attempt to publish Web pages that are not part of a Web. To publish Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) files, the files must be contained in a FrontPage Web.

To resolve this behavior, create a new empty Web, import your HTML file or files to the Web, and then publish your Web. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Start FrontPage.
2. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Web.
3. In the New dialog box, click Empty Web, and then click OK.
4. On the File menu, click Import, and then click Add File.
5. In the Add File to Import List dialog box, locate the HTML file that you want to import, click Open, and then click OK.
   The file is added to the Folder List in your new Web.
   
   NOTE: If the HTML file that you want to import contains graphics or other associated files, repeat step 5 to add the files to the Import list, click Open, and then click OK.
6. When you are ready to publish your Web, click Publish Web on the File menu.
7. In the Publish Web dialog box, specify the location where you want to publish your Web, and then click Publish.

If the Front Page Server Extensions are not installed, the publish command will give you and error: "The server could not complete your request. Contact your Internet service Provider or web server administrator to make sure that the server has the Front Page Server Extensions installed. For more specific information, click Details."

Try recalculating the hyperlinks: In Frontpage, click Tools on the menu and select Recalculate Hyperlinks. If this does not resolve the problem, please contact our technical support staff for assistance.

Problems with forms and broken links

Recalculating hyperlinks will sometimes help resolve problems with forms, broken links, etc. In Frontpage, click Tools on the menu and select Recalculate Hyperlinks.

NTLM Authentication Error

If you are attempting to publish to the server via a proxy server and are using another service provider to connect, you may receive an "NTLM Authentication failed" error. The Microsoft Windows NT Challenge/Response authentication (NTLM) is on by default (on our end) and would, in this case, need to be turned off. Please contact our technical support staff for assistance.

Indexing Error (e.g. when following a search link on a site)

If you receive an error, "The IDQ file C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\40\isapi\search.html0.idq could not be found", this indicates that the site is trying to use Index Server to search the web. In this case the Index server was not set up for the site. The site needs to be uploaded first before a catalog can be created for the web. Please create the search and republish the page.

404 Error "Not Found": Not Found the requested URL/_VTI_BIN/_VTI_adm/admin.exe was not found on the server.

A possible solution is to be sure to click File and Save to update the page(s) once a connection has been established via FrontPage with the server.

Error 405. HTTP error. Method Not Allowed

This is caused if Front Page cannot access the server through the Front Page Extensions. Ensure that you are publishing to the server and not the local web on your machine. If you have published to the server and still get this error, please contact Stargate technical support.

An error has occurred in the script on this page: Do you want to continue running scripts on this page?

The syntax of the VBScript or JavaScript embedded in the Web page is incorrect. When you preview the Web page in FrontPage Editor or Internet Explorer, the error message will appear. You must review the script and correct the incorrect syntax. Click 'No' in the 'Internet Explorer Script Error' dialog box. In FrontPage Editor, click the 'HTML' tab and review and correct the script. Save the page and click the 'Preview' tab to see if the error message appears again.

Cannot see pages in FrontPage

If you are unable to see pages in your FrontPage web, ensure that the links have been entered correctly, placing an underscore (_) where needed.

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