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Frontpage: Lesson 1 - Setting the Site

To use FrontPage's dynamic elements (such as extensions), you will need to have a web server installed. Although you can use FrontPage 2000 without such a server, certain features will not be available. One convenient server is Microsoft's Personal Web Server (PWS): for information on setting up this or other servers, see chapter three of the Web Production for Writers and Journalists book.

To create a site using FrontPage, go to File, New, Web. This creates a folder (including sub directories for images and pages) in the root folder from which the server is activated (for example, C:\Internet\wwwroot\). FrontPage displays a number of templates which you can use to create a web site, but in this instance select Empty Web and click OK.

The typical interface in FrontPage consists of a Views panel on the left hand side, from which you can access common views (site, page, hyperlinks etc.), a folder list and then a tabbed page view which displays design mode, the HTML editor and a preview of your designs.

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You can order copies of the following books:
Web Production for Writers and Journalists in paperback.
The Internet: The Basics in paperback.
The Cyberspace Handbook in paperback.