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Publishing your
website with FrontPage 2002
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1. Open your web in FrontPage
2. If you didn't correctly set your settings before developing your
site, check your settings before attempting to upload/publish.
Click here for instructions.. |
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3. Choose "File" and "Publish Web" |
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4. In the window that pops up, type
ftp://users.freepages.rootsweb.com/xxxxx
(where xxxx is the community you're publishing to (genealogy_html,
history_html, misc_html, etc) The sample at right is publishing to the
misc_html community.
NOTE: Once you've uploaded a web once, FrontPage remembers where
you published to so that it is already there when you go back to upload
again.
Then click OK.
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5. In the window that pops up, type your RootsWeb
UserID in the Name field and your RootsWeb password in the password
field. These were supplied to you in your "Welcome" e-mail.
(NOTE: It is case sensitive, so be sure that you are typing it
EXACTLY as it was sent to you. We suggest you copy and paste from the
e-mail if possible.)
Then click OK. |
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5. The FTP site location will show at the top of
the next window.
The contents of your web in FrontPage will appear in the lower
window.
The "Show" button allows you to also view the contents of the FTP
folder at RootsWeb in another window to the right. You can click this
on or off as you prefer.
(The "Include subwebs" option sometimes caused me problems, so I
always make sure it's turned off. My webs are not so complex that they
include subwebs anyway!)
If this is your first time to upload, click on the "Options" button
and then choose the "Publish" tab at the top. We recommend that you
set the options as shown here:
- Changed pages only
- Determine changes by comparing source and
destination webs
- Log changes during publish
Click OK. Once you've set these up on each web, they will become
the default and you shouldn't have to set them again. |
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Then click the Publish button. Your website should
immediately begin uploading. When it is finished, you will see a message
that your web has finished uploading.
NOTE: In the future when you publish, this
process will compare what is already on the Rootsweb site versus what is on
your computer. If there are files on RootsWeb that you've deleted from the
web on your computer, a message box may pop up asking you if you want to
delete them.
If your website
doesn't upload correctly the first time, there are several things you
should check:
- Did you type the ftp address correctly?
- Did you type the community/directory name
correctly? Go to File Manager at
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/fileman/file_manager.cgi and
sign in to see a listing of the communities in the drop-down menu. The
actual directory name for the communities is the name listed plus _html
after it (i.e. genealogy_html, history_html, etc.)
- Did you type your UserID and password correctly?
Remember it's case sensitive, so must be exactly what you were sent in
the "welcome" e-mail.
- Did you use any FrontPage extensions on your
website? RootsWeb does not support them.
- Did you include any files on your web that are not
allowed on RootsWeb Freepages? If so, the server will sometimes not
allow you to upload. The original agreement at
http://accounts.rootsweb.com/index.cgi?op=show&page=freagree.htm
lists some of the items, also the
Acceptable Use Policy.
Basically it is any file that is storage or cannot display the
banners - examples include Adobe PDF files, MP3, zip files, video files,
CGI scripts, GEDCOMs, huge images files, databases, etc.
- Do your web pages have spaces in them? This often
causes a problem with uploads. It's best to not have spaces in the names
- use a dash - or underscore _ if you want to split words. For instance
- zuber-cheri_page.htm
Still having problems? Don't be
afraid to ask for help.
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