Publish a web site

If your Internet service provider  (ISP: A business that provides access to the Internet for such things as electronic mail, chat rooms, or use of the World Wide Web. Some ISPs are multinational, offering access in many locations, while others are limited to a specific region.)(ISP) has the Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions  (FrontPage Server Extensions: A set of programs and s that support authoring in FrontPage and extend the functionality of a Web server. )or SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft installed, you can publish to the Web server  (Web server: A computer that hosts Web pages and responds to requests from browsers. Also known as an HTTP server, a Web server stores files whose URLs begin with http://.)using HTTP (HTTP: Internet protocol that delivers information on the World Wide Web. Makes it possible for a user with a client program to enter a URL (or click a hyperlink) and retrieve text, graphics, sound, and other digital information from a Web server.). Otherwise, you can use Microsoft FrontPage to publish your web site to an FTP server (FTP: A communication protocol that makes it possible for a user to transfer files between remote locations on a network. This protocol also allows users to use FTP commands, such as listing files and folders, to work with files on a remote location.).

Note   If you publish to a location on your local computer, your web site will not have the full FrontPage functionality unless your computer is a server that has the server extensions or SharePoint Team Services installed.

Choose one of the following:

Publish to a Web server (HTTP)

  1. On the File menu, click Publish Web.
  2. In the Publish Destination dialog box, do one of the following:

    Note   If you have previously chosen a publishing destination for this web site, the Publish Destination dialog box will not appear. Proceed to step 4.

  3. Click OK.
  4. Specify the pages you want to publish.

    How?

    1. In the Publish Web dialog box, click Options in the lower left corner.
    2. Click the Publish tab, and do one or more of the following:
      • Under Publish, specify whether you want to publish only pages that have changed, or all pages.
      • Under Changes, specify how you want Microsoft FrontPage to determine which pages have been changed.
      • If you want to create a log file for changes made during publishing, select that check box.
    3. Click OK.
     
  5. To publish subwebs (subweb: A named subdirectory of the root web site that is a complete FrontPage-based web site. Each subweb can have independent administration, authoring and browsing permissions from the root web site and other subwebs. ), select the Include subwebs check box.
  6. Click Publish.

    FrontPage publishes your web site to the Web server you specified. If you want to verify that your web site was successfully published, click the hyperlink that is displayed after the web has been published — your web browser will open to the site you just published.

    Note   If you cancel publishing in the middle of the operation, files that have already been published remain on the destination Web server.

Publish to an FTP server

  1. On the File menu, click Publish Web.
  2. In the Publish Destination dialog box type the location of the FTP server (FTP: A communication protocol that makes it possible for a user to transfer files between remote locations on a network. This protocol also allows users to use FTP commands, such as listing files and folders, to work with files on a remote location.), or click the arrow to select a location to which you have already published another web site.

    Note   If you have previously chosen a publishing destination for this web site, the Publish Destination dialog box will not appear. Proceed to step 4.

  3. Click OK.
  4. Specify the pages you want to publish.

    How?

    1. In the Publish Web dialog box, click Options in the lower left corner.
    2. Click the Publish tab, and do one or more of the following:
      • Under Publish, specify whether you want to publish only pages that have changed, or all pages.
      • Under Changes, specify how you want FrontPage to determine which pages have been changed.
      • If you want to create a log file for changes made during publishing, select that check box.
    3. Click OK.
     
  5. To publish subwebs, select the Include subwebs check box.
  6. Click Publish.

    FrontPage publishes your web site to the FTP server you specified.

    Note   If you cancel publishing in the middle of the operation, files that have already been published remain on the destination Web server.

Publish to a location on your local computer

  1. On the File menu, click Publish Web.
  2. In the Publish Destination dialog box, do one of the following:

    Note   If you have previously chosen a publish destination for this web site, the Publish Destination dialog box will not appear. Proceed to step 4.

  3. Click OK.
  4. Specify the pages you want to publish.

    How?

    1. In the Publish Web dialog box, click Options in the lower left corner.
    2. Click the Publish tab, and do one or more of the following:
      • Under Publish, specify whether you want to publish only pages that have changed, or all pages.
      • Under Changes, specify how you want FrontPage to determine which pages have been changed.
      • If you want to create a log file for changes made during publishing, select that check box.
    3. Click OK.
     
  5. To publish subwebs, select the Include subwebs check box.
  6. Click Publish.

Note   If you cancel publishing in the middle of the operation, files that have already been published remain on the destination folder.

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