Microsoft Corp. has discontinued the FrontPage development in 2006 and this software is now completely outdated. That is why SiteGround servers are no longer compatible with FrontPage.

FrontPage Tutorial: Learn How to Use FrontPage

About FrontPage

FrontPage is software of Microsoft which is developed for creating and editing webpages. FrontPage is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor, which means that the program supports visualization of the web page in the same time of its creation. With FrontPage you can easily and quickly create large web sites; you can also create your own templates and use them to edit hundreds of pages on your website with a single mouse click. This program is suitable for beginners as well as for advanced website developers. FrontPage is included in the Microsoft Office package.

In this FrontPage Tutorial we will cover the following topics:

• How to activate the FrontPage extensions of your hosting package;
• How to install FrontPage and how to publish your website, created with FP
• How to publish FrontPage sites via web address;
• How to create and use FrontPage templates;
• A few FrontPage troubleshooting issues, which we have encountered while servicing FrontPage users on our servers.

SiteGround has long experience in providing web space for web sites created with FrontPage. Our FrontPage hosting package is the best choice for FrontPage users for it offers the richest set of features, FrontPage extensions, easy upload of your site, and more.

You may use this tutorial for your own use. You may not distribute it in any form without the express permission of the publisher. You may provide a link to the publisher's web site, where this tutorial can be used from. This tutorial is provided free of charge and without any warranty of any kind.

Microsoft Corp. has discontinued the FrontPage development in 2006 and this software is now completely outdated. That is why SiteGround servers are no longer compatible with FrontPage.

FrontPage Tutorial - FrontPage Extensions

What are "FrontPage extensions"?

FrontPage extensions are a combination of programs that gives to you the opportunity to upload directly your webpages via FrontPage. When you have already created your webpage with FrontPage, all you need to do to upload your page on your hosting account is to click on the button "Publish FrontPage Web". Then input the address of your web site and the exact folder in which you want to upload your webpage. For successful uploading and working of the webpage you should first install the FrontPage extensions on your account. This is a great opportunity for those who want to create and publish webpages without using programming languages or FTP Clients and File Managers. That is why you should activate FrontPage extensions before starting to upload your webpage.

How do I find the FrontPage extensions installer?

To find the FrontPage extensions control panel you should log into your hosting account in SiteGround. You can reach the cPanel from your Customer's area. When you log in, click on the icon "Manage accounts."

What you see is a list of all your accounts and a button "Manage" next to each account. Choose the account whose cPanel you want to reach and click on the button "Manage" next to it. After that action you will see a page with a list of control functions for that account. Look for "Access my cPanel to manage my accounts" and click on the button "Go!"

You will be asked for the username and password for your cPanel. After you are logged on you can see the FrontPage extensions icon in the middle of the screen, click on it.

How to activate FrontPage extensions?

On the page which you opened you can see warning massage with the following text:

Warning: It is recommended that you DO NOT install FrontPage Extensions on your account unless you intend to publish your site directly from the FrontPage application.

Uninstalling the extensions from the main domain will uninstall the extensions from all subdomains and addon domains. Uninstalling will also remove all .htaccess files in your web root (public_html). You must have the extensions installed on the main domain before they can be installed on any subdomains or addon domains.

Installing or uninstalling FrontPage Extensions will result in the loss of all .htaccess files in your web area. Any directories you have protected with WebProtect will become unprotected until you reprotect them.

You can also see the current status of the FrontPage extensions (installed/not installed). Click on the button named "Install Extensions" to install it (if the status is not installed). In case the FrontPage extensions are already installed or there is an error until the installation, please uninstall it and then click on the button "Clean Up Old Extensions", after that you can install it again. It is highly recommended to clean up the old extensions because The FrontPage extensions are very 'sensitive' and even the slightest permission change can make them not working.

Just to remind you that during the installation of FrontPage extensions you do not need username and password, but the uploading through FrontPage software requires username and password. Note that the login credentials for uploading are the same as your login details for the cPanel of your SiteGround account.

NOTE!!! If you have created a subdomain (or many subdomains) through your primary domain and want to upload FrontPage webpages on the subdomain/s, you will have to activate FrontPage extensions for each subdomain separately.

Microsoft Corp. has discontinued the FrontPage development in 2006 and this software is now completely outdated. That is why SiteGround servers are no longer compatible with FrontPage.

FrontPage Tutorial - Publishing a new site with FrontPage

Installing FrontPage Software

FrontPage is a component of Microsoft Office Package and can be easily installed as any other application from the package. Just insert the CD (DVD) and follow the Installation Wizard.

Publishing FrontPage Websites

For proper working of your site you have to publish your website via FrontPage application by following these steps:

• Open FrontPage and click on the File menu and select "Publish Web ...". Leave the radio button at "FrontPage or SharePoint Services".

Note!!! Please do not use the FTP option for uploading your FrontPage website to the SiteGround servers, for this may cause serious damage on your site and it may not work properly after the upload.

• Type URL of your website in the field entitled: "Specify the location to publish your web to:" (for example if your domain name is abc.com then type http://www.abc.com/ in the box.



• Click on "Options" button if you need to change default publish options.
• Click on "Publish" button then in the "Name and Password Required" window enter your user name and password assigned to your SiteGround account in "Name" and "Password" field.



• Click on "OK" button and your local FrontPage webpage is starting to publish to your website.



• You will see your web site published after a while.

Microsoft Corp. has discontinued the FrontPage development in 2006 and this software is now completely outdated. That is why SiteGround servers are no longer compatible with FrontPage.

FrontPage Tutorial - Editing and existing website with FrontPage

Note!!! Please do not use any kind of FTP Clients or File Managers for uploading your FrontPage website to the SiteGround servers, this may cause serious damage on your site and may not work properly after the upload.

We recommend you to use FrontPage to publish your website to us, please follow these steps for fast and easy publishing:

• Start Microsoft FrontPage



• Click "File" menu and select "Open Web ..."
• Type URL of your website in the filed named "Web Name" (for example if your domain name is abc.com then type http://www.abc.com/ in the box.



• Click on "Open" button and then in the "Name and Password Required" window enter your user name and password assigned to your SiteGround account in "Name" and "Password" field.



• Click "OK" button then your website will be opened for editing. Double click on index.htm file and start to edit this home page file. After you finished editing the index file, save it and you will see your changes by refreshing your browser!

Microsoft Corp. has discontinued the FrontPage development in 2006 and this software is now completely outdated. That is why SiteGround servers are no longer compatible with FrontPage.

FrontPage Tutorial - FrontPage Templates

How to Create Templates in FrontPage

When you create a new page using in FrontPage, you will have the choice to base your page on one of many pre-built templates. You can also create your own template, with your own styles, frames, etc. Once created, you will be able to choose this template from the list in the future.

To create a template, follow these steps:

• Open an existing Web or create a new Web in FrontPage.
• On the "View" menu, click "Page".
• On the "File" menu, point to "New", then click "Page".
• In the "New Page" dialog box, select "Normal Page", and then click "OK".
• Design the page the way you want it to look.
• On the "File" menu, click "Save As...." In the Save As dialog box, under Save as type click "FrontPage Template". Click "Save", type the title and then click "OK". (If the page contains any images, you have to save them all too.)

Microsoft Corp. has discontinued the FrontPage development in 2006 and this software is now completely outdated. That is why SiteGround servers are no longer compatible with FrontPage.

FrontPage Tutorial - FrontPage Troubleshooting

Can not install FrontPage Extensions.

The most common error when activating FrontPage extensions is that the installation is completed but there is a file .htaccess in the folder which you install the extensions.

In this case you have to uninstall the FrontPage extensions (via the button "Uninstall Extensions"), after that you have to clean up the old extensions (with the button "Clean Up Old Extensions") and install the FrontPage extensions again.

Uploading to domain and subdomain.

When you publishing site in your primary domain (root folder "public_html/") there is important to add "www" before your domain name, for example: you have the domain name "abc.com", when you publishing site you have to type the full URL www.abc.com

When you publishing webpage in subdomain (fro example: "alpha.abc.com") you should enter it without "www" � alpha.abc.com

Uploading Forms.

If you are creating webpage with forms (radio button, checkbox, etc.) it is necessarily to publish (upload) the webpage exactly through FrontPage Extensions. Using other ways to upload your webpage like FTP Client or File Manager will cause your site to work without the forms.

Uploading without installing FrontPage Extensions.

If you try to publish your webpage on the server without installing FrontPage Extensions and after that you understand your mistake, activate the FrontPage Extensions and try to publish it again, it is most likely that your second try does not succeed even the extensions have already been installed. In this case you have to uninstall the extensions, clear the old extensions too, clean up the cache of your browser and restart your computer before you trying to publish your webpage again.

I get "Server rejected your username and password" when trying to publish my website.

Please, make sure that you are using the correct username and password. If you have forgotten your password, you can restore or change it via your Customers Area change password option. This will reset the whole cPanel password. If you are still experiencing the same difficulties, please login again to cPanel -> FrontPage extensions, click on "Uninstall Extensions" and then "Clean Up Old Extensions" button and install it once again. The FrontPage extensions are very sensitive and even the slightest permission change can cause them not to work.

The images on my site do not show.

The issue is most probably caused by enabled "HotLink" protection. Please, login to your cPanel -> HotLink Protection and disable the protection by clicking on the "Disable" button.

If you are still unable to see your images, please right click on one of them (there should be a big red 'x' on the place where they are supposed to be � right click there) and select "Properties", then verify that the image path is correct and that there is an image in that folder.

Finally, if there is a image file there, and the HotLink protection is disabled, it might be a permissions issue. Please, either use the cPanel -> FileManager to change the permissions of the file (to 755 for example) or connect using your favourite FTP client and change it from there.

There are "Strange Files" on my site.

If you log into your site with plain FTP and find some directories (for example: _vti* ) and files (for example: .htaccess ) that you did not upload, do not delete them. They belong there, and you will damage the FrontPage extensions if you remove them.

Please, feel free to contact us if you have any questions or recommendations about this tutorial at: tutorials 'at' siteground.com