Microsoft Frontpage® is a popular HTML editor. It is referred to as a WYSIWYG editor (What You See Is What You Get). This is because, as you develop your pages, you get to see what they look like. This is different from the development of Web pages in which you do all the coding by hand. Checking the accuracy of the code often requires that you view the page several times in your browser in order to get it right.

This tutorial will illustrate how you can go about creating a simple page using Frontpage® 2000.

To create a page in Frontpage, click on File --> New. This will bring up a blank page. Type something on this page, such as This is will be the best ever Web page.

Click on File --> Save As and name the file. Be sure to give the file a .html or .htm extension. If you want the file to be your "Home Page," the page that is displayed when someone visits yourdomain.com, name the file index.html.

To publish the page to your site, click on File --> Publish Web.

You should see a dialog box similar to:

Click on the Options button.

In box below "Specify the location to publish your site to:" enter the full URL for your site. If this is the first time you are publishing your site, select Publish all pages, overwriting any already on the destination. Also check the Include subwebs checkbox. Your dialog box should look similar to:

Click on the Publish button. You will be prompted to enter your username and password.

This is the same username and password you use to access the Control Panel portion of your Web site. Frontpage® will begin publishing your site.

After Frontpage® is done publishing your site, you should see a dialog similar to:

You should be able to go to your Web site and see the new page you published.

For more information about Microsoft Frontpage®, please check this knowledgebase.

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