Why doesn’t my new password work in my FrontPage® web?

by | Feb 24, 2011 | Knowledgebase, Microsoft Frontpage

Loading and changing passwords in FrontPage is a little more complicated than with FTP programs. To set or change passwords, you’ll need to log on to your current web in order for the security menu choice to be active. To change the user and password for FrontPage login: Go to the FrontPage menu: 1. Click: Tools->Permissions [Tools->Security in FP2000] 2. Add: Name, Password 3. Click “Administer, author and browse..” radio button 4. Click “Apply” and then “Ok”. To change the password: Click: Tools->Change Password [Tools->Security->Change Password in FP2000] Type in old password, then new (if you’ve lost your old password, open a support...

What is a WebBot?

by | Feb 24, 2011 | Knowledgebase, Microsoft Frontpage

WebBots are the mechanism for invoking many of the interactive features built into FrontPage. These features are added to your web through the FrontPage Editor | Insert FrontPage Component. Some, such as Include and Substitution allow elements of the web to be entered once and included in any or all of the pages by inserting the Bot component referencing that element for example a logo or a navigation bar. Changes made to the “master” element are made automatically to any page containing the referencing WebBot. Other WebBots, such as Search, Table of Contents and Timestamp, control dynamic browse-time features. These WebBots work “behind the scene” to keep your site up-to-date for...

Are there any precautions that I need to be aware before I begin using FrontPage® to publish my site?

by | Feb 24, 2011 | Knowledgebase, Microsoft Frontpage

In order to protect the FrontPage extensions on your Unix account, please take into consideration the following precautions: FrontPage uses the same .htaccess file as the Protect Directories utility in your Control Panel, which could cause problems. Once you have installed FrontPage extensions, use the directory protection that comes with the software Do not use features found in your Control Panel to set passwords, limit access, set file permissions or delete directories or files in a FrontPage web. This should only be done through the options in FrontPage Explorer. Do NOT use regular FTP (such as WS_FTP) to upload files to the server when FrontPage extensions are installed. This may corrupt the extensions, disabling the interactive features available with FrontPage. NOTE: The exception to this is when loading custom scripts to the cgi-local directory on your...