FrontPage

• Introduction
• Activating your FrontPage service
• Publishing with FrontPage
• Changing your FrontPage password
• Using a hosted domain with your FrontPage site

Introduction

FrontPage is a program by Microsoft that lets you easily create web pages and web sites. Rather than writing HTML code yourself, you edit your pages using an interface that's similar to a word processor or desktop publishing program.

If you've made a site using FrontPage, you can host it using our FrontPage service.

Do you support ASP?

The FrontPage service does not support Active Server Pages. Web programming and database access is available though our Unix/Linux based CGI and MySQL services.

Can I use the FrontPage service with my hosted domain?

Not directly, but you can use our guide to allow people to find your FrontPage site using your domain - Using a hosted domain with your FrontPage site

Can I use the FrontPage service with Webstats?

Our FrontPage service does not work with our webstats option, although it is possible to use a FrontPage specific webstats solution.

Who can use our FrontPage service?

FrontPage services are available on some of our subscription based products, except PlusNet Lite, Broadband Plus, Plusnet Value, Plusnet Pro and Plusnet Unlimited.

However, If you're already a Plusnet customer and switch to Plusnet Value, Plusnet Pro or Plusnet Unlimited you won't lose any FrontPage service you're using.

Can I use the FrontPage service straight away?

See the following section on how to activate our FrontPage service and how we'll tell you when it's ready for use.

Activating your FrontPage service

1. Click on Website Settings on the left hand menu of the Member Centre.
   
2. Click on the FrontPage Extensions button.
   
3. Click on the Activate FrontPage button.
   

We'll send you an email to confirm when your FrontPage service is up and running, this can take up to 4 days.

Publishing with FrontPage

Once we've confirmed that your service is ready, the next step is to set up your FrontPage program so you can publish your pages.

1. From the Menu click File, then Publish Web.
   
2. Type in your FrontPage server address in the address line.
   

   The FrontPage server address is - fp.username.plus.com

   Don't forget to change username into your account username.

3. You will be asked for your Username and Password. These are the same as you use for accessing the Member Centre.

There's more information on setting up FrontPage at Microsoft's site - Microsoft FrontPage setup. (Remember to make note of which version of FrontPage you use.)

When your website has been uploaded, you will be able to view your results at http://fp.username.plus.com. (Don't forget to change username to your own username!)

Please note: it is not possible to upload your files to the FrontPage server using an FTP client - you can only use FrontPage itself.
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Changing your FrontPage password

Note: This applies to FrontPage 2003 and above

Change your password by taking the following steps:

1. Open a browser window.
2. Type fp.username.plus.com/_vti_bin/_vti_aut/passwd.htm into the address bar. (replacing 'username' with your PlusNet username).
3. Type in your Username and Password in the pop-up screen.
4. Enter your username, existing password and new password and click to confirm the change.

Using a hosted domain with your FrontPage site

If you want to point a domain to your FrontPage web site, follow these instructions:

What do you need?

• Text editor - Microsoft Notepad will do
• FTP client - you can use Internet Explorer or a dedicated FTP program such as FileZilla or CuteFTP
• Hosted domain - must be hosted on your account

Copy the following HTML code into your text editor:

Change the following code:

YOUR SITE TITLE HERE - this should be changed to whatever you call your website.
YOUR SITE ADDRESS HERE - this should be the FrontPage address for your site.
FrontPage Address -http://fp.username.plus.com. (Don't forget to change username to your own username!)

Save the file as index.html

Copy the following HTML code into your text editor.

Save this file as anchor.html

Upload these two files to your normal (non-FrontPage) website.

Test the redirect is working by putting your domain address into a browser. You should immediately see your FrontPage site.

If this technique doesn't work for you, it is possible to use FrontPage to create your site, then upload the files manually to the web servers, so long as you don't need to use any FrontPage Extensions.

This page last updated 17th February 2009