I think we've gone off track somewhere. I think the OP was 'intranet' in which case it'd be
http://localhost/ no?
Ignore me if I'm confused here...don't want to lead to more confustion.
| Normally, when you develop a website using Front Page,
| the site is stored on your computer in s special folder
| called a "Web". Webs are created for you by Front Page
| when you do a File | New | Web. A single web will contain
| everything that will eventually be on your site ... web
| pages, text content, pictures, hyperlinks, etc.
|
| The significance of a Front Page web is that Front Page
| will handle many things for you during your site building
| experience. For instance, if you decide to rename a page,
| Front Page will search through all of the hyperlinks that
| reference that page and automatically change the
| references for you.
|
| After you have finished your website, the next step is to
| publish your site to a server that is connected to the
| WWW so that anyone can acess your site. During this
| publishing process (File | Publish) Front Page will copy
| all of the necessary files that reside on your PC for
| your website from your PC to the server.
|
| Publishing is accomplished in one of two ways: "http"
| or "ftp". The http approach is easiest but requires that
| the host server supports the Front Page Extensions and
| has them enabled on your account.
|
| I started the above description by stating "normally".
| From the post of one of the other folks, it looks like
| your website development is done directly on the
| server "live". While this can be done, it is a better
| practice to use the "normal" approach described above.
| One of the biggest reasons for my statement is that it
| forces you to have a backup of your site. If you work
| live and the server crashes, you do not have a backup
| copy on your PC. If you work in the normal fashion and
| either your PC or the server crashes, you can simply
| publish from the surviving site back to the crashed site.
|
| With respect to your requirement that a visitor access
| your site by typing
http://rhi101/atchome, what Steve is
| saying is that if your home page is named using the
| conventions of your host (index.htm, default.htm, or
| whatever), you will not force the user to include
| index.htm or default.htm in the website address, hence
| the term "default" home page name. The server will
| default to that name and it will not need to be included
| in the web address.
|
| I hope this clears things up for you. I would also
| strongly suggest that you stop by your favorite bookstore
| and pick up a copy of a book that covers your version of
| Front Page. "Microsoft Front Page 200x Inside Out" by Jim
| Buyens would be an excellent choice.
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >
| >Thank you Steve,
| >
| >I am still a little confused. Am I published to a file
| server, or a web
| >server? I can reach the web either by D:\\rhi101\atchome
| or
| >
http://rhi101/atchome. I hate to seem like a dunce,
| I'm not normally. I
| >tried both Index.htm and default.htm to open the home
| page automatically but
| >neither worked. I don't understand what you mean when
| you say "when opening
| >as a file location". Can I change how it opens? My goal
| would be for the home
| >page to open after typing rhi101/ atchome, as opposed to
| >rhi101/atchome/index.htm.
| >
| >
| >"Steve Easton" wrote:
| >
| >> You need to make sure the home page file name is what
| is required by the server. Most likely either
| >> index.html or default.html
| >>
| >> When opening as a file location such as file/// it
| will always open as a directory in folder view
| >> unless the path is to a specific file within the web
| folder.
| >>
| >> --
| >> Steve Easton
| >> Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| >> 95isalive
| >> This site is best viewed............
| >> ........................with a computer
| >>
| message
| >> | (e-mail address removed)...
| >> > It opens with
http://rhi101. When it opens it shows
| the directory, not the
| >> > home page. That is true also when I open it through
| our network places. If
| >> > it is on a file server, is there anything I can do
| to make the features work?
| >> >
| >> > "ron b" wrote:
| >> >
| >> > > Hello,
| >> > > I am totally new to FrontPage and web design. I
| was assigned to manage and
| >> > > update our company intranet web site, which is on
| FrontPage 2000. I will be
| >> > > going to training in December, but I am trying to
| learn as much as possible
| >> > > before hand. While checking the mechanics of the
| web site I entered "Web
| >> > > Settings" and discovered something that is
| puzzling to me. Under web
| >> > > settings the general tab, the server version
| listed says " No server
| >> > > currently in use". Does this mean the web is
| published without a server? The
| >> > > web can be accessed through our network places. I
| cannot get the home page
| >> > > to open automatically, and the search form doesn't
| work. Is this because
| >> > > there is no server?
| >> > >
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >.
| >
