How to establish your site as a Network Place and publish in FrontPage 2003

- note that this procedure is not available with Microsoft Vista. If using Vista the only publishing option when using FrontPage is SFTP-

1. In FrontPage, select File > Open Site from the menu.  This will bring up the Open Site window shown below:

  • Within this window click on the My Network Places section (lower left) and then click the create new folder  icon (the small file folder icon with the star-burst).


(Open Site window)

3.  This opens the Add Network Place wizard (shown below).  Click Next >.


(Add Network Place wizard)

4.  In the following window select "Choose another network location" and then click Next >

 

5. Now you specify the Internet address of your MyWeb site. 

  • Within the field type: http://myweb.uiowa.edu/Your HawkID
  • Click Next >

 

6. Now you specify a name for the Network Place

  • This name can be anything you choose. It does not have any impact on your site name or URL. It is simply a name for your Network Place and is local to your computer.
  • Add a name and then click Next >

 

7. On the next window click Finish

  • You will be prompted to authenticate (log in) to your site
  • Login by specifying your domain\HawkID and password
  • For information on the HawkID system go to: http://hawkid.uiowa.edu

  • That's it.  Once connected you should see two folders name images and _private.  These are created by FrontPage and are required for use with certain FrontPage Extensions.  Do not delete them unless you never plan to utilize any FrontPage Extensions!
  • Once you have established your site as a Network Place and connected to the server you are working "live."  This means that if you make and save any changes to a page or if you add and save a new page(s) they will instantly be live on the server - there is no extra step needed to publish the pages to the server.
  • Please note that establishing your site as a Network Place typically means that your site files are not saved locally to your own computer so be sure to also save a local copy of all of your files.
  • To open your site subsequent to establishing it as a Network Place:
    • Open FrontPage
    • Select File > Open Site from the menu
    • Click "My Network Places" in the Open Site window
    • Click on the Network Place name you established for your site (step 6 above)
    • Authenticate into the site

    Important Notes

  • The examples shown above specify using iowa\hawkID when prompted for a user ID when authenticating (logging-in).  However, it is possible that your HawkID may be contained within one of the other Active Directory domains on campus.  The other domains are: uihc, medicine, healthcare and public-health.
  • Your sites main home page must be placed within your top-level folder/directory (not within a sub-folder)
  • Your home page file must be named one of the following:
    • index.htm
    • index.html
    • index.asp
    • default.htm
    • default.html
    • default.asp
  • Caution: Saving a file you are working on while connected (logged in) to your site in FrontPage will automatically publish the file to the server.  This is a nice shortcut to publishing single pages, however, be aware of this when working on files while connected.
  • You can also publish your files via FTP using WS-FTP, Fetch, Dreamweaver, etc.  For instructions please go to: FTP Publishing Instructions
  • For more information please read the MyWeb FAQ

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