Steps to create your own website using MS FrontPage and upload it to a remote server

 

  1. Create a folder anywhere on your computer where you want all the files of your website to be in. For example: I have created a folder in the path h:\new. This is your root folder.
  2. Open MS FrontPage and click on ëOpen Siteí under the ëFileí Menu. Find the particular folder (h:\new) you have created and select the particular folder and click on the ëOpení button. A pop-up appears asking ëDo you want to add FrontPage information to "H:\new" ?í. click on ëYesí.
  3. A screen will appear showing folders ë_privateí and ëimagesí. Both folders can be deleted manually or by using the X button in the left most pane after selecting the particular folder.
  4. Now the new folder is ready to use. This is the folder where you create the website. All web-pages are created inside this particular folder. Sub Folders to store images and other resource files must also be present under the root folder. Note: The new folder is always the local copy of your website. The remote copy exists in your web-server.
  5. After your website is created, Click on the ëRemote Web Siteí button present in the bottom of your page on the left-side.
  6. Now click on the ëRemote Web Site Propertiesí present on the corner of the right-hand side of the page. A pop-up of the same name must open.
  7. Select the ëftpí radio button. Under the ëRemote Web siteí location type ëftp://afs1.njit.eduí and under the ëFTP Directoryí type out ëpublic_htmlí
  8. ÝClicking on ëOKí will show another pop-up named ëName and Password Requiredí.
  9. Under the user-name & password field type out your UCID and PASSWORD and enter.
  10. ÝA screen appears showing two panes. The left-side pane shows the local website and the right side pane shows the remote website folder.
  11. Click on ëPublish Web siteí found in the bottom of the right hand corner of the page after selecting the radio button ëLocal to remoteí.
  12. Your website has been published.

 

Note: If you want to make any changes to your website, first make the change in the local copy (h:\new). After this when you want to publish these new files follow steps 5, 8 ñ 11.