ARCHIVED: At IU, using FrontPage, Dreamweaver, or Netscape Composer, how do I publish my web pages on Mypage or Webserve?

On this page:

• Introduction
• FrontPage
  • Creating a new web in FrontPage 2003
  • Creating a new web in FrontPage 2002
  • Creating a new web in FrontPage 2000
  • Publishing for FrontPage 2000, 2002, and 2003
• Dreamweaver
• Netscape Composer

Introduction

At Indiana University, you cannot access Steel or Webserve with unencrypted FTP clients. Most web authoring tools, including FrontPage, Netscape Composer, and Dreamweaver prior to MX 2004, rely on FTP to transfer files to a server. Therefore, you cannot use their built-in publishing features to upload your web pages to mypage.iu.edu, www.indiana.edu, www.iub.edu, www.iupui.edu, www.iun.edu, or www.iuk.edu.

If you're using a program with a built-in FTP publishing feature, you'll need to save your files to a directory on your hard drive or a network file server, and then use a secure FTP (SFTP) client to transfer them to the server. For information about using SFTP clients, see ARCHIVED: Transfer files in Windows using an SSH or SFTP client or ARCHIVED: In Mac OS X, how do I use Cyberduck to transfer files over SFTP?

Dreamweaver MX 2004 and later support SFTP and can upload your files directly to the server.

To use an external client to publish your web pages, you must know where they are stored on your hard drive or network file server. The following instructions explain how to locate the files of your existing web sites and how to set up a new web folder on a local drive for each of the web authoring programs most commonly used at IU.

FrontPage

Creating a new web site in FrontPage 2003

In FrontPage 2003, the collection of files that makes up a web site is called a "web site" (as opposed to FrontPage 2000 and 2002, where Microsoft simply called it a "web"). The default setting saves it to the My Documents folder of your profile (the path is C:\Documents and Settings\[your username]\My Documents\My Web Sites\mysite). You can change the path if you wish.

To create a new web site in FrontPage 2003:

1. From the File menu, select New.
2. The New Page/Site Wizard will open on the right. To open the Web Site Templates dialog box, select One page Web site....
3. From among the templates, select the one that best fits your planned web site. In most cases, you'll select One Page Web Site or Personal Web Site. Do not click OK yet.
4. Decide where you want to store the web site folder. Under Options, to accept the default folder location (C:\Documents and Settings\[your username]\My Documents\My Web Sites\mysite), click OK.
5. To change the location, click Browse...; this will open the New Web Site Location dialog box. Navigate to the location on your computer to which you want to save the folder. Click Open, and then click OK.

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Creating a new web in FrontPage 2002

In FrontPage 2000 and 2002, the collection of files that makes up a web site is called a "web" or a "FrontPage web". If you are working with a web you have already created, the path to the web will be shown at the top level of the directory tree in the "Folder List" pane. If the "Folder List" pane is not visible, from the View menu, select Folder List.

To create a new web on a local drive:

1. Choose a directory on a local or network drive to hold your web files.
2. From the File menu, select New, and then Page or Web.
3. In the "New Page or Web" task pane, click Empty Web or Web Site Templates.
4. Select a template for the web if desired. In the box labeled "Specify the location of the new web", enter the full path to the directory in which you want the web to be stored. You can also click the Browse button and select the directory.

   If the directory you entered does not yet exist, FrontPage will create it; if the directory already exists, FrontPage 2002 will convert it to a FrontPage web, which will add additional files.

   Note: FrontPage 2002 will not warn you before converting an existing directory to a FrontPage web. To avoid problems, do not convert a directory already in use for other purposes to a FrontPage web.

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Creating a new web in FrontPage 2000

To create a new web on a local drive:

1. Choose a directory on a local or network drive to hold your web files.
2. From the File menu, select New, and then Web.
3. Select a template for the web. In the box labeled "Specify the location of the new web", enter the full path to the directory in which you want the web to be stored.

   If the directory you entered does not yet exist, FrontPage will create it; if it already exists, FrontPage will ask if you want to convert it to a FrontPage web, which will add additional files.

   Note: To avoid problems, do not convert a directory already in use for other purposes to a FrontPage web.

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Publishing for FrontPage 2000, 2002, and 2003

When you are ready to publish your FrontPage web to Steel or Webserve, use a secure file transfer client to upload the files in your local web directory to your www directory on the server. FrontPage creates a number of directories for its own use beginning with _vti. The files in these directories are not needed for web browsing and you do not need to transfer them to the server, although it will not hurt to do so.

Do not transfer the entire mysite or My Web folder as a whole. If you do, your index.html file will not end up at the root level of the www directory; it will be buried one directory deeper, and you will have to move it manually.

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Dreamweaver

In Dreamweaver, the collection of files that makes up a web site is called a "site". If you are working with a site you have already created, you can find the path in the Site window, at the top level of the directory tree in the "Local Folder" column.

To create a new Dreamweaver site:

1. From the Site menu, select Define Sites.
2. In the Define Sites dialog box, click New. This will open the Site Definition dialog box.
3. In the "Site Name" box, give your site a name. In the "Local Root Folder" box, enter the path to the site. You can also click the folder icon next to the "Local Root Folder" box to browse to your site directory.
4. While you are here, it may be helpful to enter the eventual URL of your site in the "HTTP Address" box, for example:

     http://mypage.iu.edu/~yourusername/
     http://www.indiana.edu/~accountname/
     http://www.iun.edu/~accountname/
     http://www.iuk.edu/~accountname/
     http://www.iupui.edu/~accountname/

   This enables Dreamweaver's Link Checker to detect links that refer to your own site.

With Dreamweaver MX 2004 and later, you can transfer your files to Steel or Webserve using the built-in SFTP. With earlier versions of Dreamweaver, transfer your files to your www directory on Steel or Webserve using a separate secure file transfer client.

Dreamweaver creates a number of files for its own use in subdirectories called _notes. These files are not needed for web browsing and you do not need to transfer them to Steel or Webserve, although it will not hurt to do so.

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Netscape Composer

Note: As of March 1, 2008, AOL no longer provides support or updates for Netscape products.

Netscape Composer 6.x does not include a publishing feature. Use an external SFTP client if you are using this program.

Netscape Composer 4.x and earlier has a simple FTP publishing feature. To publish pages to Steel or Webserve, make a copy of your entire site on a local or network drive. Transfer your files to the web server using a secure file transfer client.