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The Microsoft FrontPage web site creation and management tool

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5. Getting started with FrontPage

Accessing your account via Front Page

The FrontPage extensions must be installed before you begin to work with Frontpage.

* You will be asked for a user name and password. The first time you use FP, you will need to enter the ftp/telnet user name and password. Later, you can change the FP password so that it is different from the ftp/telnet password. *

1. After booting Front Page, you will probably be presented the screen below. Click on "Open Existing FrontPage Web" , and then click on "More Webs..."

2. At "Select a Web server of disk location:" put in your domain name You do not need to put in the "www" before it.

3. Click on List Webs to show the FrontPage webs.

4. Choose the sub-web you wish to edit.

Publishing with FrontPage

When you upload a web to your server with the Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard, your FTP Server is just your domain name. The directory path should be left blank.

Updated: January 4, 2001

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