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pixel The big day had finally come! The kids were ready to put their Web report live on the Internet.

blipFrontPage 2000 made it easy to publish the Web site. Or, as Pixel mentioned, go live on the Internet. Mr. Clark even loaded the files to a Web server that didn't have FrontPage extensions.

pixelExtensions? Web server? I think we've lost our entire class, Blip.

blip A server is a special high-powered computer that stores Web site documents. And FrontPage 2000 extensions are like little mini-programs that help servers use FrontPage 2000 Web pages.

pixel Gee, Blip! How do you remember all this stuff?




 


    You need to "publish" your Web site before other people can see it on the Internet.

    While you were creating your site, you saved your Web documents on your own computer. To "publish" your site means to transfer these same documents onto a Web server. A Web server is a high-powered computer that places Web site files onto the Internet. Once your files are on the Web server, other computers can "connect" to the Web server and retrieve your files for viewing.

Other computers can retrieve files from the Web server.

    Publishing your Web site not only allows you to share it with the public, but it also lets you check out how your forms and databases work.

    Your school may have its own Web server. If not, you'll have to find an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that will publish your Web site on its server. An ISP is a company that provides Internet access and rents space for people's Web site files.

An ISP can rent you space on their Web server.

 

 


 

    Ask your ISP or your school's network administrator if your Web server has FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions. Server extensions are like special mini-programs. You can publish your Web site even if your server does not have these extensions - but you just need to do it a little differently.

    To publish your Web site to a server with FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions:

    1) Click File and choose Publish Web. The Publish Web dialog box appears.

    2) Type in the location you want to publish your Web site to. The location will look something like this: http://ISPname.com/~yourfolder/. Your ISP or your school's network administrator will give you this location information.

If you don't have this information, ask your ISP or network administrator.

    3) Click Publish. FrontPage prepares to publish your Web site to the server.

    To publish your Web site to a server without FrontPage Server Extensions:

    1) Click File and choose Publish Web. The Publish Web dialog box appears.

    2) Type the FTP server location. The location will look something like this: ftp.ISPname.com/~yourfolder/. Your ISP or your school's network administrator will give you this location information.

Where will you FTP your web pages?

    3) Click Publish. FrontPage 2000 prepares to transfer your files to the Web server.