GoWeb can host sites built in FrontPage on a specific FrontPage server; but unless you have actually used anything specific and proprietary to FrontPage we suggest avoiding this where possible. FrontPage server extensions are potentially less secure and also the HTML code produced by FrontPage is quite bulky and cumbersome.

Using FTP to upload your FrontPage site

FrontPage has a built in FTP (File Transfer Protocol) service, which means you can use FrontPage to upload your web site rather than requiring an extra program to do so.

Above is a sample screenshot of a FrontPage web. We are using FrontPage 2000 in this tutorial, but these instructions should work much the same way using an earlier or later version of FrontPage.

Publishing your site via FTP

To publish (upload) your FrontPage site, open your FrontPage web and go to the File menu and choose Publish Web.

A window will appear like the one on the right asking you to Specify the location to publish your web to.

In this example we have used the address ftp://www.example.com/ You should replace "example.com" with your domain name. This setting is the same as the "FTP Server Address" we sent to your when your web site was established. (You can also check your FTP server name, username and password via the Client Service web site if required.)

Once you have typed in your domain name in the format above, click on the Publish button. FrontPage will prompt you for your Username and Password. These are your normal FTP username and password.

FrontPage will proceed to upload your site for you, and that should be all there is to it.

Potential problems

A few potential to note that may cause problems for your site when uploading via FrontPage.

• FrontPage may complain about the presence of the _log/access.log file in your web site space. This is the web server access log file that is used to calculate the statistics reports about your site's visitors. FrontPage will ask if you want to remove this file or not. FrontPage won't actually be allowed to delete the file even if it tries, but clicking either yes or no will allow it to continue with your file uploads.
• Because Windows typically uses three letter extensions (e.g. .doc, .txt, .htm) you may have a problem with your starting page (index page or homepage) apparently not showing up. This is because the default homepage on our servers is called index.html (note the L on the end) whereas your FrontPage site has probably called your first page index.htm without the trailing L. This is okay; it will actually work fine using .htm but the .html file will take precedence if both are present. You can either rename your homepage to "index.html", or else just remove any existing "index.html" file and your "index.htm" will be shown instead.
• If you have used any FrontPage proprietary functions these won't work on our standard hosting plans (this includes FrontPage's fill-in form support, site search and so on). Any normal HTML code, pictures etc will work fine. If you do require the FrontPage server extensions, we can move your site to a FrontPage server on request (additional costs apply).

Last updated 07 Apr 2005

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