Microsoft FrontPage 2000--FrontPage Server Extensions

You should test a web page or web site before you publish it to a web server that has FrontPage Server Extensions installed

FrontPage Server Extensions installed with a web server allows all FrontPage components (form handlers, all forms, counters, and other features) to operate. FrontPage Server Extensions are contained on the FrontPage 2000 CD-ROM and on the Microsoft Premium CD-ROM. After you install the FrontPage Server Extensions, you will be able to access the Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions Resource Kit to obtain more information about FrontPage Server Extensions. The resource kit is installed in the C:\Program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\40\serk\1033 folder.

 

You can install FrontPage Server Extensions on your hard drive if you have installed PWS, and you intend to test your web site locally. Use the ADD/REMOVE Software tab in the control Panel and your FrontPage CD-ROM. If you install PWS AFTER you install FrontPage Extensions, you must configure the extensions. FrontPage also installs a server extensions administrative tool that can be used to configure the extensions with PWS when you install the FrontPage Server Extensions.

Frontpage Server Extensions are applied to the system on which the web server(s) for a company's Intranet or Internet Web are located. When the extensions are applied, the web server enables the additional features of what becomes known as a frontPage extended web. Each extended web has a root web, which serves as the first or basic level of a web, and subwebs, which are the equivalent of subdirectories beneath a PC's root directory. In subwebs materials can be divided by category or provided for individual teams or departments. Subwebs cannot be created where no root web exists, and only FrontPage 2000 permits the use of nested subwebs, that is, webs contained within subwebs, oriented to a central root web.

You must enable FrontPage Server Extensions after the installation. To enable FrontPage Server Extensions, open the TOOLS menu in FrontPage 2000, click PAGE OPTIONS, and the click the COMPATIBILITY TAB. Click the ENABLED WITH MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE SERVER EXTENSIONS check box.

 

Configuration of Extensions:

 

  • CLICK THE START MENU.
  • CLICK PROGRAMS.
  • POINT TO MICROSOFT OFFICE TOOLS
  • CLICK SERVER EXTENSIONS ADMINISTRATOR.

 

The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) opens.

 

Complete the following steps if PWS has not had FrontPage Server Extensions configured:

 

  • RIGHT CLICK THE PWS ROOTWEB FOLDER.
  • POINT TO NEW.
  • CLICK WEB TO OPEN THE SERVER EXTENSIONS CONFIGURATIONS WIZARD.
  • FOLLOW THE WIZARD.
  • OBSERVE THAT THE NEW FOLDER IN THE CONSOLE’S RIGHT PANE CONTAINS SERVER EXTENSION FILES.
  • CLOSE THE CONSOLE WINDOW.
  • CLICK YES TO SAVE.

 

Complete the following if PWS has an earlier version of the FrontPage Server Extensions configured, and you are updating to FrontPage 2000 extensions:

 

  • RIGHT CLICK THE ROOT WEB FOLDER.
  • POINT TO TASK.
  • CLICK UPGRADE EXTENSIONS.
  • CLOSE THE CONSOLE/SAVE.

 

You can also publish a web page with a provider that offers web hosting with FrontPage Server Extensions. See tripod.com, geocities.com, and bizland.com. . .

 

 

 

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An Overview of Extensions.

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Reference Materials by Glenn Knapp