UPLOADING VIA FRONTPAGE

The exact steps depend on what version of Frontpage you are using but the principle is essentially the same.

1. Open Frontpage, and choose FILE / OPEN WEB or OPEN SITE
      
2. Browse your hard drive for the folder containing your files and open that main folder.
   (If Frontpage comes back and says it needs to add files select OK or YES)
      
3. Click OK or OPEN button until you see all your site files in the big window.
      
4. On the top text menu click on FILE.
      
5. Scroll down and look for PUBLISH WEB or PUBLISH SITE and click on it.
   (You may have to hit the down arrow to see all options under the FILE listing)
      
6. In Frontpage 2000/2002:
   ...you will need to select whether to publish ALL files or just changed files.  If this is your first time, choose ALL files and click OK
   
   In Frontpage 2003:
   ...you will be presented with a pop up window - choose "FrontPage or SharePoint Services" then in the "Remote Web site location" field below, type in http://yourdomain.com
   (where "yourdomain.com" is replaced with your own domain name or IP address...)
      
   Click OK
    
   Click on "Publish Web site" button in bottom right of screen.

If you receive a message about overwriting files, generally you can say "Ignore & Continue" to overwrite files on the server with the ones from your hard drive.  If this is your first time you will want to do this.  If you are unsure, you can always decline to overwrite files.

When it is complete your website is uploaded.

EDITING VIA FRONTPAGE

Since there are several versions of the software currently used by people, we will describe how to in the most current version at this time, FrontPage 2003.

1. Open your copy of Microsoft FrontPage 2003.
      
2. Go to FILE at the top then select OPEN SITE.
      
3. Make sure "My Network Places" is clicked on in the left area of the pop up window.
      
4. The FIRST time you do this, you will need to type in your domain in the "SITE NAME:" box - don't forget to start with http:// - so it might look like:  http://yourdomain.com
   (where "yourdomain.com" is replaced with your own domain name or IP address...)
   Note - once you have done this successfully, all you have to do is double click on the domain name in the big white section...
      
5. Click the OPEN button.
      
6. You will be prompted for your user id and password - this is the same as in your welcome email for FTP.
      
7. Enter it and check the "Remember my password" option if you don't want to type it every time.
      
8. Click the OK button.
      
9. Now your website is in front of you.
      
10. You should nowsee a list of files and folders on the left - if you do not, just go to VIEW at the top and select FOLDER LIST
    (or hold down the ALT key on your keyboard and hit the F1 key simultaneously)
       
11. Now you can double-click any .htm or .html file to open it for editing.
       
12. You are working on your site LIVE so as soon as you hit SAVE your changes are live on the web - no more uploading to worry about!

A WORD OF CAUTION:  Any files with the following extensions:  .txt   .js   .css   .pl  or .cgi   need to be edited using NOTEPAD or another plain text editor. 

To do this in FrontPage - RIGHT-click over the file and choose EDIT USING then select Notepad or your text editor from the list.