FTP using FrontPage

How to establish your site in FrontPage 2002 (XP)

1. In FrontPage, select File > Open Web from the menu.  This will bring up the Open Web window shown below:

• Within this window click on the My Network Places section (lower left) and then click the create new folder  icon (the small file folder icon with the star-burst).

(Open Web window)

3.  This opens the Add Network Place wizard (shown below).  On this window select the first bullet (create a        shortcut to an existing Network Place) and then click Next >.

(Add Network Place wizard)

4.  This brings up the Create Network Place Shortcut window (shown below). 

• Within the Location field type: http://myweb.uiowa.edu/HawkID
• Within the Shortcut name field choose a name for your folder.  Note: The name can be anything you want as it only names the folder on your local machine.   It has no relation to the URL of your site.
• Click Finish and you will be prompted to authenticate (log in) to your site.
• Login with your HawkID and Password as shown below.
• For information on the HawkID system go here: http://www.its.uiowa.edu/cs/helpdesk/hawkid
• That's it.  Once connected you should see two folders name images and _private.  These are created by FrontPage and are required for use with certain FrontPage Extensions.  Do not delete them unless you never plan to utilize any FrontPage Extensions!
• Once connected you can start adding files for publishing (see the next section)

 
(Create Network Place Shortcut window)

(Login window)

How to publish your site using FrontPage 2002 (XP)

1. In FrontPage 2002, open the web you want to publish by selecting File > Open Web from the menu.

2. Next, highlight the top (or parent) folder of your site and select File > Publish Web from the menu.

• This command displays the Publish Destination window shown below.  Type the full path of the destination server-based web using this format: http://myweb.uiowa.edu/HawkID
• Click OK

(Publish Destination window)

2. This will open the Login window shown below.  Insert your user name and password as shown.

• Remember to precede your HawkID with: iowa\
• Your password is your HawkID password

(Login window)

3. A successful connection to the server will then open the Publish Web window shown below.

• From this window you have a few options for publishing your files:
  • Drag and drop selected files individually
  • Click the Publish button to publish all new files automatically (designated with a check mark)
  • To prevent FrontPage from automatically publishing a checked file, right-click on the file and choose Don't Publish from the menu.

(Publish Web window)

Important Notes

• The examples shown above specify using iowa\hawkID when prompted for a user ID when authenticating (logging-in).  However, it is possible that your HawkID may be contained within one of the other Active Directory domains on campus.  The other domains are: uihc, medicine, healthcare,dentistry and public-health.
• Your sites main home page must be placed within your top-level folder/directory (not within a sub-folder)
• Your home page file must be named one of the following:
  • index.htm
  • index.html
  • index.asp
  • index.aspx
  • default.htm
  • default.html
  • default.asp
  • default.aspx
• Caution: Saving a file you are working on while connected (logged in) to your site in FrontPage will automatically publish the file to the server.  This is a nice shortcut to publishing single pages, however, be aware of this when working on files while connected.
• You can also publish your files via FTP using WS-FTP, Fetch, Dreamweaver, etc.  For instructions please go to: FTP Publishing Instructions