FTP Uploading FrontPage Sites

Microsoft provides their Web Publishing Wizard (WPW) on all Windows-compatible FrontPage CD’s. This Wizard provides an upload-only interface for any FTP server. However, WPW will not allow you to view the contents of your server directories, nor delete files already on the server. We would encourage you to install and use a standard FTP client. FrontPage generates standard html files, along with some Microsoft-specific code embedded in the page, so any FTP client will work.

If you have installed the FrontPage Extensions, then you should not try to FTP files up to the server. If you wish to upload files via FTP, please remember to uninstall the extensions before uploading.

No Extensions are required to upload your web site. Here is how it can be done. In the examples below, you would change the words "yourdomain.com" to your actual domain name.

• Have your designed web open and click on File/Publish FrontPage Web.
• Publish FrontPage web to: ftp://yourdomain.com/www/
• Click OK.
• You will need these settings:
  • FTP Server Name: yourdomain.com or your IP address
  • Directory Path: www
  • Enter your username and password
• Click Finish.

FrontPage should now begin to upload your web to the Internet. Once it is finished, the upload box will disappear. This will take a little while depending on the size of your web, so be patient.

• Have your designed web open and click on File/Publish Web.
• Specify the location to publish your web to: ftp://yourdomain.com/www/ (where yourdomain.com is your actual domain name or IP address)
• Click publish.
• Enter your username and password. FrontPage should now begin to upload your web to the Internet. Once it is finished, it will give you the message, "web site published successfully!".
• Click Done.
  

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