• Why should I use FrontPage?
• What are FrontPage extensions?
• How do I set up FrontPage extensions on my GetSite Hosting Web hosting account?
• How does GetSite Hosting provide technical support for FrontPage extensions?
• Which FrontPage components does GetSite Hosting support?
• How do I publish My FrontPage 2000 Web To The Server?
• How do I update my FrontPage Web?
• How do I create directories with FrontPage?
• Common FrontPage Error Fixes
• FrontPage keeps asking for a password
• Acceptable File Names
• Notes to Mac Users

How do I set up FrontPage extensions on my GetSite Hosting Web hosting account?

If you did not select the install FrontPage extensions when you started your account, FrontPage extensions can be installed by sending an email to: support@getsite.net or by calling GetSite Hosting Support: 954-776-0901

• FP Site Search
• FP Mail reply (form mail)
• FP Discussion Forum (bulletin board or chat)
• FP Counter
• FP Permissions on directories only

• FTP is not recommended on FrontPage since the FrontPage extensions often get edited, thus components will not function properly.
• Setting up subwebs is no longer permitted on FrontPage 2000 as it poses a security risk.
• Full Access database support is available upon request please note that there is a charge for this service. Please contact GetSite Support support@getsite.net for details.
• Netscape has known issues with some of the themes and scripts that FrontPage creates.
• SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is not supported fully on FrontPage since its extensions cannot be used with it. The extensions will not publish through the SSL port completely.
• FP components are not supported if migrated from a previous host to GetSite Hosting. Migrated sites should rebuild FrontPage components from scratch.

FrontPage Quick Start
All GetSite Hosting^TM clients may have the FrontPage 2000 extensions installed and available for use (free of charge) Microsoft indicates that FrontPage 2000 extentions are compatable with FrontPage 98. For you convience you can find our FrontPage 98 FAQ by CLICKING HERE.

Please Note:
The Copy Web/Publish Web function will not work properly until your domain name is "live" on our servers. If you have requested for your site to be FrontPage ready, you will receive an E-Mail containing your IP address. Thereafter, you can begin publishing your website using FrontPage.

Reminder: Before publishing your site, you must first establish a connection to the Internet via your Internet Service Provider.

How do I publish My FrontPage 2000 Web To The Server?

1. Open your site locally through FrontPage, by using the "File" pull-down menu, and selecting "Open Web".
2. Select the FrontPage Web you want to open, and click on "Open". If the Web you want to open is not listed use the "Look In" pull-down menu to locate the Web.
3. When the Web loads into FrontPage, select "Publish Web" from the "File" pull-down menu.
4. Enter the Destination Web Server (i.e., www.your_domain.com), then click publish.
5. Enter the username and password for your hosting account, then click ok.

How do I update my FrontPage Web?

1. After updating your FrontPage Web on your local machine select "Publish Web" from the "File" pull-down menu.
2. Enter the Destination Web Server (i.e., www.your_domain.com), then click publish.
3. Enter the username and password for your hosting account, then click ok.
4. We have found this to be the best way to update your remote site. This allows you to make fast and easy updates to your site on our Web servers.

One more note, keep in mind that using FrontPage 2000 means that FTP should NOT be used. They both don't interact well with permissions and simply uploading some files via FTP can corrupt a working FrontPage installation.

To save a copy of your Web to your local hard drive, simply publish the Web to a location on your hard drive.

1. Open your remote Website location on our Web servers through FrontPage Explorer.
2. Double-click on the page that you need to edit (this will open your page in the FrontPage Editor).
3. Make all necessary updates to your page.
4. From the File Menu, select Save.

How do I create directories with FrontPage?

1. Open your site through FrontPage, by using the "File" pull-down menu, and selecting "Open Web".
2. Select the FrontPage Web you want to open, and click on "Open". If the Web you want to open is not listed use the "Look In" pull-down menu to locate the Web.
3. Highlight your root web in the folder menu. (http://www.your_domain.com)
4. From the "File" pull-down menu select "New", then "Folder".
5. Give new folder name, next hit the "Esc" key.

Note: FrontPage 2000 is back-wards compatible with FP97 and FP98.

Note: Relative to the subweb issue, this may not be relevant. This reset requirement was eliminated with the FrontPage 2000 server side extensions.

Common FrontPage Error Fixes

Recalculating the links for your site
Recalculating the links for your site directly on the server is the general fix-all for many FrontPage errors. Always recalculate the links every time after you make any changes to your site. Follow these directions to recalculate the links for your site:

1. Open your site locally through FrontPage, by using the "File" pull-down menu, and selecting "Open Web".
2. Click on the "Tools" menu, then "Recalculate Links.
3. Publish you web site by selecting the "File" pull-down menu then selecting "Publish Web".

'www.your_domain.com' is not a valid host name or IP address:
This error occurs when:

• Your site does not have the FrontPage extensions installed, or
• You are not connected to the Internet, or
• You are not connected via a standard 32-bit PPP/SLIP connection.

FrontPage will not function properly with some online services like America Online unless the version you are using supports 32-bit Internet applications. Contact your Internet Service Provider to find out about compatibility with FrontPage 2000.

Table of Contents Web Bot problems (returns hundreds of incorrect links or doesn't show up at all):
This error occurs when your WebBot is not starting its search at the correct cfm page in your site. Try to recalculate the links for your site (see above). If this does not work, follow these steps:

1. Open your site locally through FrontPage, by using the "File" pull-down menu, and selecting "Open Web".
2. Double-click on the page that contains your "Table of Contents".
3. Right-click on the "Table of Contents" and select "Table of Contents Properties."
4. Browse to the correct the start page for you Table of Contents.
5. Save your changes.
6. Recalculate links for your site, using steps described above.
7. Publish you web site by selecting the "File" pull-down menu then selecting "Publish Web".

FP2000: FrontPage Repeatedly Prompts for User Name and Password When You
Open a Web (Microsoft Knowledge base article no. Q250376)

Excerpt from this page:When you try to open a web with FrontPage 2000, you
are repeatedly prompted for a user name and password. You also may be
prompted for a user name and password when you try to save a page that you
are editing.

FP2000: FrontPage Repeatedly Prompts for User Name and Password When You
Open a Web

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The information in this article applies to: Microsoft FrontPage 2000

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to open a web with FrontPage 2000, you are repeatedly prompted
for a user name and password. You also may be prompted for a user name and
password when you try to save a page that you are editing.

CAUSE
This problem results from the way that FrontPage 2000 communicates with
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.

FrontPage 2000 relies on the proxy settings that are configured in Internet
Explorer 5.0. In some cases, the proxy settings are not being detected.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, you must create a registry key to add the manual
proxy configuration option to FrontPage 2000.

To create the key, follow these steps:
1. Close all open programs.
2. Click Start and then click Run.
3. In the Open box, type regedit and then click OK.
4. Move to the following folder:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions
5. Right-click the Web Server Extensions folder, point to New, and then click
Key.
6. Name the new key Web Extender Client.
7. Right-click the Web Extender Client folder, point to New, and then click
DWORD Value.
8. Name the new DWORD Value wecctlflags.
9. Right-click the wecctlflags value, and then click Modify.
10. Type 2 in the Value data text box.
11. Click OK.
12. Quit the Registry Editor.

Open FrontPage and then try to open the remote web.

In some cases in which Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 is installed,
upgrading to Internet Explorer 5.0 fixes the problem. In other cases in
which Internet Explorer 5.0 is installed, downgrading to Internet Explorer
4.0 fixes the problem.

Acceptable File Names

To prevent errors, we suggest naming all files in lowercase. Spaces and special control characters are generally not a good idea. The underscore character ("_") is acceptable and recommended in place of spaces. You should never use special characters ( ! @ # $ % ^ & * : ' ) in file names. We suggest that you keep the length of file names to a minimum. The tilde character (~) cannot be used in directory or file names.

Notes to Mac Users

Select "raw data" transfer mode when using Fetch to transfer both cfm and images. PageMill may add either a .bin or .txt extension to your files which must be removed in order for such files to load properly.