Using FrontPage 98 and FrontPage 2000


Microsoft Front Page 98 and 2000 are web design programs with a twist: they have the ability to add functionality using a set of predefined scripts (or mini-programs) that operate on the Web Server.  These are called "Front Page Extensions".

If you are using FrontPage 98 (FP98) or FrontPage 2000 (FP2000) to design your website, let usk know and we will update your website to accomodate it.  We will "add the extensions" that you need to run Front Page. Please note that adding FrontPage extensions to your website if you are not designing in Front Page does not add or give you anything.  The configuration just allows you to use FrontPage and doesn't "give" you anything extra.

One thing to remember:  FP98 creates its own cgi-bin directory.  As a result, you can't reach our default CGI directory by the name "cgi-bin".  Accordingly, you would call our directory containing sample scripts "cgi-master", and let FP98 use its own "cgi-bin" directory.  You may also see a directory called "cgi-custom".  This is a directory we created for you where you can upload your own scripts for your system.

Many customers have problems using FrontPage because of "Permission Issues" and various bugs in the FrontPage programs. These bugs have to do with you accessing the server, your scripts (page counters, guest books, etc...) running on the server, access to editing the site locking up, etc....

We do not provide technical support for FrontPage. You will have to call Microsoft for that.

What we can tell you is that when you publish your site (they call it a "Web") you will publish to your domain name, in the format http://www.yourdomain.com.

FrontPage requires that you give it the http:// at the beginning or it will not connect properly.

Also, do not publish to a subdirectory or "subweb" unless you know what you are doing and have a reason to do this. A "subweb" is basically a subdirectory of your site. If your domain was "abc.com" and you publish to a subweb "xyz", then you will have to access it as:
http://www.abc.com/xyz/page-name.html