Publishing with FrontPage

All web page creation and edition can be done directly on the server. Your e-mail username and password are used for authentication, so you don’t need to remember an additional password. Click on any of the publishing options below for instructions on saving and editing using FrontPage.

Publishing Personal Pages

To create and publish a new personal web:

  1. Choose Open Web from the File menu
  2. Enter http://condor.wesleyan.edu/username in the Folder Name box and click on Open or hit Enter.
  3. Enter your e-mail username and password.
  4. Be sure to uncheck the box to save your password by clicking on it. Hit Enter.
  5. Click on http://condor.wesleyan.edu/username to highlight it.
  6. Create a new folder by choosing New, Folder from the File menu or right-click anywhere in the white space under the Folder List column and choose New Folder.
  7. Type the desired name of your web.
  8. Right click on the new folder you have created and choose the Convert to Web option.
  9. Any pages (files) you save in this folder will become a part of this web. Make sure you have a page named index.html. This will be the page first displayed at the specified URL.
  10. Simply quit the application by choosing Exit from the File menu and you will be logged out.

To update an existing personal web:

  1. Choose Open Web from the File menu
  2. Enter http://condor.wesleyan.edu/username in the Folder Name box and click on Open or hit Enter.
  3. Enter your e-mail username and password.
  4. Be sure to uncheck the box to save your password. Hit Enter.
  5. Make changes to any files you want to edit.
  6. Choose Save from under the File menu.
  7. Simply quit the application by choosing Exit from the File menu and you will be logged out.

Viewing your Personal Web Page

  1. Open a browser.
  2. Enter the URL: http://username.web.wesleyan.edu

Publishing Departmental Pages

To create and publish a new departmental web:

  1. Choose Open Web from the File menu
  2. Enter http://frontpage.wesleyan.edu/departmentname in the Folder name box and click on Open or hit Enter.
  3. Enter the departmental e-mail username and password. Hit Enter.
  4. Be sure to uncheck the box to save your password by clicking on it.
  5. Click on http://frontpage.wesleyan.edu/departmentname to highlight it.
  6. Create a new folder by choosing New, Folder from the File menu or right-click anywhere in the white space under the Folder List column and choose New Folder.
  7. Type the desired name of your web.
  8. Right click on the new folder you have created and choose the Convert to Web option.
  9. Any pages (files) you save in this folder will become a part of this web. Make sure you have a page named index.html. This will be the page first displayed at the specified URL.
  10. Simply quit the application and you will be logged out.

To update an existing departmental web:

  1. Choose Open Web from the File menu
  2. Enter http://frontpage.wesleyan.edu/departmentname in the Folder Name box and click on Open or hit Enter.
  3. Enter the departmental username and password.
  4. Be sure to uncheck the box to save your password.
  5. Make changes to any files you want to edit.
  6. Choose Save from under the File menu.
  7. Simply quit the application by choosing Exit from the File menu and you will be logged out.

Viewing your Departmental Web Page

  1. Open a browser.
  2. Enter the URL http://frontpage.wesleyan.edu/departmentname

All changes will be saved directly onto the server. There is no need to use the Publish Web option when creating and editing on the server. You may be concerned about others being able to view your work in progress, but it is highly unlikely someone will find your page if it is not linked to anything. You could also rename your index.html file, so users would get an error if they actually tried to access the URL.

Publishing from your Hard Drive

If you have created a web saved to your hard drive, you will need to use FrontPage’s Publish Web option. You must be careful when using this option as it is easy to inadvertently overlay files.

Some things to do before publishing

Publishing Personal Pages

  1. Choose Publish Web
  2. When prompted to specify your location to publish your web, type: ftp://condor.wesleyan.edu/public_html
  3. Note: You don’t need to specify your home directory. FrontPage assumes your directory based on your username and password.

  4. You will be prompted for your username and password and must enter your username and condor password. Your condor password is often different from your e-mail password.

Publishing Departmental Pages

  1. Choose Publish Web
  2. When prompted to specify your location to publish your web, type: ftp://frontpage.wesleyan.edu:
  3. Note: You don’t need to specify the department’s directory. FrontPage assumes the directory based on your username and password.

  4. You will be prompted for the departmental username and password.