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Uploading your Website Content with FrontPage
Microsoft FrontPage is a simple web development tool that allows you to quickly design and publish a website, and is a great starting point for beginners.
FrontPage is different from many other publishing clients in the fact that it requires a server-side component to be enabled to allow you to publish your site. You will need to install this server-side component on your account before you can begin using FrontPage:
Activating the FrontPage Server Extensions
Log in to your VDS Manager by clicking the ‘Login to VDS Manager’ link from the Products page of the Customer Manager, which is located at https://my.opensourcehost.com.
Click Install & Manage on the left
Click the Web Development folder at the top
Click the FrontPage Extensions icon under Available ValueApps
Agree to the License
You will be prompted to enter the following:
- Admin Username - Select a username. You will use this when publishing with FrontPage
- Language - Select a language, or leave the default option selected
- Character Set - Select a character encoding, or leave the default option selected
- New Password - Select a password. You will use this when publishing with FrontPage
- Retype Password - Re-enter the password you have just selected for verification
Important Note: Please write down the username and password that you have selected, as they cannot be retreived.
Click 
This will install the FrontPage Server Extensions and you can now publish using the directions below, which are organized by FrontPage version.
FrontPage 2002
Open FrontPage
Click File
Select Publish Web
In the Enter Publish Destination field, enter http://yoursitedomain.com
Click OK
Enter the following information:
- User name - Enter the username for your FrontPage extensions
- Password - Enter the password for your FrontPage extensions
- Remember my password checkbox - Check
Click OK
Important Note: If the publish window is not expanded, like the image below, click the Show >> button in the bottom right corner.
To upload a file, drag it from your local directory on the left to your Web directory on the right.
FrontPage 2000
Open FrontPage
Click File
Select Publish Web
In the Specify the location… field, enter http://yoursitedomain.com
Enter the following information:
- Name - Enter the username for your FrontPage extensions
- Password - Enter the password for your FrontPage extensions
Click OK
FrontPage 98
Open FrontPage
Click File
Select Publish FrontPage Web…
In the Please specify the location… field, enter http://yoursitedomain.com
Click OK
Enter the following information:
- Name - Enter the username for your FrontPage extensions
- Password - Enter the password for your FrontPage extensions
Click OK
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