Publishing and Managing Your Web Site

Core Training for Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003

Publishing a Web Site

1	To begin publishing a disk-based Web site to a local folder, click the File menu, and then click Publish Site.
2	In the Remote Web Site Properties dialog box, under Remote Web server type, click File System, and then to specify the location of the local folder, click Browse.
3	In the New Publish Location dialog box, on the Places bar, click My Documents, and then in the folder list, double-click My Web Sites.
4	To create a new folder for the Web site, in the New Publish Location dialog box, click the Create New Folder button.
5	To specify a folder name, in the New Folder dialog box, for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR to have the name typed for you in the Name box, and then click OK.
6	To publish the Web site to this folder, in the New Publish Location dialog box, click Open, and then in the Remote Web Site Properties dialog box, click OK.
7	In response to the Microsoft Office FrontPage message box that appears, prompting you to create a new site at the specified location, click Yes.
8	Notice that the files to be transferred are listed under Local Web site. To publish the files to the new location, at the bottom-right corner of the Web Site tab, click Publish Web site, as indicated.
9	In the Publishing FrontPage Components dialog box, listing components that work only on a Web server running SharePoint Services or FrontPage Server Extensions, click Ignore and Continue.
10	In the Publishing FrontPage Components dialog box, informing you that the hidden files in the _private folder might be visible in the local folder, click Ignore and Continue.
11	Notice the newly published files in the Remote Web site list. To begin viewing the publishing transactions recorded in the Publish Log file, under Status, click the View your publish log file link.
12	To browse through the entire list of recorded transactions, click three times below the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar.
13	To filter the publish log to display only certain types of transactions, drag the scroll box to the top of the vertical scroll bar, click the Show only arrow, as indicated, and then click Folder Creations.
14	To close the browser window and return to FrontPage, on the title bar, click the Close button.
15	To view the folder structure of the newly published Web site in Windows Explorer, under Status, click the View your Remote Web site link.
16	To display The Garden Company’s home page, at the bottom of the GardenCoLocal window, double-click the index file, as indicated.
17	To begin testing the functionality of a published site, in the Welcome to The Garden Company – Microsoft Internet Explorer window, click Class Offerings.
18	In the Class Offerings – Microsoft Internet Explorer window, click Products, and then click the Plants for your home! link.
19	To close the browser window, on the title bar, click the Close button, and then to close the GardenCoLocal window, on the title bar, click the Close button.
20	To begin publishing a disk-based Web site to a Web server, click the File menu, and then click Publish Site.
21	To indicate that you are publishing to a Remote Web server, in the Remote Web Site Properties dialog box, under Remote Web server type, click FrontPage or SharePoint Services.
22	To specify the location of the remote Web site, click in the Remote Web site location box, press SPACEBAR to have the location typed for you, and then click OK.
23	In the Microsoft Office FrontPage message box that appears, prompting you to create a new Web site at the specified location, click Yes.
24	To finish publishing the site to the remote Web server, at the bottom-right corner of the Web Site tab, click Publish Web site.
25	To view the published Web site, click the View your Remote Web site link.

Administering a Web Site

1	To begin publishing a Web site for administrative purposes, click the File menu, and then click Publish Site.
2	To indicate that you are publishing to a remote Web server, in the Remote Web Site Properties dialog box, under Remote Web server type, click FrontPage or SharePoint Services.
3	To specify the location of the remote Web site, click in the Remote Web site location box, for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR to have the location typed for you, and then click OK.
4	In the Microsoft Office FrontPage message box that appears, prompting you to create a new Web site at the specified location, click Yes.
5	To finish publishing the site to the remote Web server, at the bottom-right corner of the Web Site tab, click Publish Web site.
6	To begin opening a server-based Web site, click the File menu, and then click Open Site.
7	To specify the location of the site you want to open, in the Open Site dialog box, press SPACEBAR to have the location typed for you in the Site name box, and then click Open.
8	To begin exploring server administration options, click the Tools menu, point to Server, and then click Administration Home.
9	To browse through the options available on the Site Settings page, in the browser window, click below the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar.
10	To view all subordinate sites to which you have access, under Administration, click the Manage sites and workspaces link.
11	To begin creating a new subsite, in the browser window, click Create, as indicated.
12	To specify a title for your new subsite, in the New SharePoint Site – Microsoft Internet Explorer window, press SPACEBAR to have the title typed for you in the Title box.
13	To specify a name for the subsite at the end of the current Web site URL, click in the URL name box, and then press SPACEBAR to have the name typed for you.
14	To create the subsite, click below the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar, and then at the bottom of the page, click the Create button.
15	To select a template for the subsite, on the Template Selection page, in the Template list, click Basic Meeting Workspace, click below the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar, and then click OK.
16	To move up one level to the parent site, at the top-right corner of the page, click the Up to /GardenCoAdminSite link, as indicated.
17	To return to the Meeting Zone page, in the browser window, click the Back button.
18	To begin setting permissions for the newly created subsite, at the top-right corner of the page, click Modify This Workspace, and then click Site Settings.
19	On the Site Settings page, under Administration, click Go to Site Administration.
20	On the Site Administration page, in the Users and Permissions area, click Manage permission inheritance.
21	On the Manage Permission Inheritance page, in the Permissions area, click Use unique permissions, as indicated, and then click OK.
22	Notice that the links in the Administration section have changed to reflect that this site has its own set of permissions, and then in the Administration area, click Manage users.
23	To add a new user to the list of people who are permitted to work on this site, on the Manage Users page, click Add Users.
24	To specify the e-mail address of the person you want to add, press SPACEBAR to have the address typed for you in the Users box.
25	To set permissions for the new user by assigning him to a Site group, in the Site groups area, select the Contributor check box, click below the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar, and then click Next.
26	To send an e-mail to the user you just added, verify that the Send the following e-mail check box is selected, and then click below the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar, and then click Finish.
27	To view the permissions assigned to the newly added user, on the Manage Users page, in the Users list, click Gordon Hee.
28	To modify the permissions for this user by reassigning him to another Site group, in the Site Group Membership area, select the Reader check box, clear the Contributor check box, and then click OK.

Generating Reports

1	To begin generating a series of reports about a Web site, click the View menu, point to Reports, and then click Site Summary.
2	Notice that FrontPage switches to Reports view. To display an individual report, in the Site Summary report, in the Name column, click the Slow pages link, as indicated.
3	To generate a report that includes every file in the Web site, on the Reporting toolbar, click the Slow Pages button, as indicated, point to Files, and then click All Files.
4	To sort the files alphabetically by type, click the Type column heading.
5	To filter the report information so that it displays only the static HTML pages, click the arrow to the right of the Type column heading, as indicated, and in the drop-down list, click htm.
6	To view a report of every file in the Web site that can’t be reached by a direct link, on the Reporting toolbar, click All Files, point to Problems, and then click Unlinked Files.
7	To begin making changes to a site based on the reported information, click below the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar, in the Name column, click custrel1.gif, hold down the SHIFT key, and then click custrel3.gif.
8	To delete the selected files, press the DELETE key.
9	To confirm deletion of the three selected images, in the Confirm Delete dialog box, click Yes to All.
10	To generate a Workflow report, on the Reporting toolbar, click Unlinked Files, point to Workflow, and then click Categories.
11	To assign the 7124.jpg file to a category, click the File menu, and then click Properties.
12	In the 7124.jpg Properties dialog box, click the Workgroup tab, and then click Categories.
13	To add a category to the list, in the Master Category List dialog box, for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR to have a new category name typed for you in the New category box, and then click Add.
14	To update the Master Category List with the newly created categories, in the Master Category List dialog box, click OK.
15	To assign the 7124.jpg file to one of the newly created categories, in the Available categories list, select the Carnivorous Plants check box.
16	To designate a person to work on the 7124.jpg file, in the Assigned to area, click Names.
17	To specify a username for the person, in the Usernames Master List dialog box, press SPACEBAR to have a username typed for you in the New username box, and then click Add.
18	To update the Usernames Master List with the newly created usernames, in the Usernames Master List dialog box, click OK.
19	To assign a user to work on the 7124.jpg file, in the 7124.jpg Properties dialog box, click the Assigned to arrow, as indicated, and then click Graphic Artist.
20	To assign a review status to the 7124.jpg file, click the Review status arrow, as indicated, and then click Pending Review.
21	To apply the changes, in the 7124.jpg Properties dialog box, click Apply, and then click OK.