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MS FrontPage restrictions
The FrontPage Server Extension make it easy to publish a website using Microsoft FrontPage. The Front Page Server Extensions should only be enabled if you use Microsoft FrontPage to publish you website. If your use any other tool, you should disable the FrontPage Extensions.
If you enable FrontPage Server Extensions, there are several other features that will not work as expected. Here is a list of the issues that we are currently aware of regarding FrontPage Server Extensions.
- Folder permissions will be set to read only. This will cause most scripts to fail.
- Our Password protection wizard will not work properly if FrontPage Extentions are enabled.
- Our Easy Script Setup options will not work properly. This includes our form to email, Shopping Cart, Guestbook, Search, Joomla, PHPBB, Blog, and Gallery.
- If you update your FrontPage enabled website using FTP, the FrontPage Server Extensions will potentially break and will need to be reset.
- Our Easy Site Writer will not work properly when FrontPage is enabled.
We encourage users to disable FrontPage Server Extensions and to publish their websites using FTP. There are a number of good softwares such as NVU, HTML-Kit, HTML Taco, Mozilla Editor, Web Dwarf or Dream Weaver. Remember that we do not support these softwares and you will want to find one that works well for you and has the level of support that you need.
Microsoft Front Page Overview
Installing the FrontPage extensions
If you want to use Microsoft FrontPage to develop your website, you must first install FrontPage extensions. You can do this from the WebSite Admin Interface.
To enable Microsoft FrontPage extensions on your domain, you must: log into you admin site, choose FrontPage from the menu at the left, choose the "yes, enable FrontPage" option and then click "install."
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Publishing your website
Now that the FrontPage extensions are installed on your domain, it is time to publish your site.
In FrontPage, from the File menu, choose the Publish Web option. You will be prompted to provide a URL to publish your web to. Enter your domain (in the form of yourdomain.ext). This will publish your web to your domain and place it in the correct directory.
After specifying the address to publish to, you have the choice of publishing the entire web, or just the pages that have been changed. If you are publishing for the first time, choose Publish all pages.
The Include subwebs option is for webs that parent multiple webs. If you're not sure if you have subwebs, chances are you don't. In this case, leave the box unchecked.
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Uninstalling FrontPage extensions
Note: Doing so will corrupt your Front Page Extensions!
To uninstall Microsoft FrontPage extensions on your domain, you must: log into you WebSite Admin Interface, choose FrontPage from the menu at the left, choose the "yes, uninstall FrontPage" option and then click "Uninstall."
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Important Notes:
- Installing FrontPage Extensions on your domain will disable a lot of very useful funtions normally available to you.
- Uninstalling the Extensions will often corrupt them, once this is done, you will need to call our tech support number and we will have to re-install them for you if you want them back.
- Be sure to install the FrontPage extensions on your domain BEFORE publishing your website.
- Publish your site using FrontPage's Publish Web funtion. Your publishing address is your domain (in the form of yourdomain.ext).
- Once your website is published, use a browser and check to make sure all your changes occurred. If they have not, try refreshing your browser and clearing the cache (temporary internet files) before making further changes to your site.
- If all else fails, email our support department.
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