Help me with FP 2003 subweb / subsite (trying to create a new toppage and not screw navigation)

[Roveer]

I've got a web site existing that has extensive navigation in a shared
left side border. Everything works great. Owner of the site wants me
to put a temporary "splash" page which is the first page users will
see when going to the site. Basically a new index.htm or top page.

Any attempts I try to put a new page at the very top of the web
totally screw up the navigation buttons for the rest of the site.
Seems it has something to do with the fact that they are all in that
left side shared margin or something. Makes my navigation options
(child, parent etc) change universally even when I'm trying to do it
for a single page or level.

I have been told that the only way I can do what I want is to create a
subweb or subsite (basically making my entire website a subsite and
then having my splash page be the top site. Is this so? If so, can
anyone give me any pointers on how to do this in FP 2003. I've got my
site published to a test website so I can test it all I want until I
have what I want then publish to the real site.

Your help is appreciated.

Roveer

 

[Ronx]

First open the website in FrontPage, and make sure you have a backup.

Create a new folder - the name you give this folder will appear in the
URL for every page in the site.
Right click on this folder and choose "Convert to Web", and allow FP to
convert the folder to a sub web.

Click the Remote Web Site tab
In Remote Website Properties, change the "Remote Web Site location" to
the new sub web.
On the Publishing tab, choose "all pages" and clear the check box
"Include subsites" - you don't want to publish the new subweb to itself.


Click OK.

In the View drop down (at the top of the left column) change the value
to "Files not to Publish". Make a note of these files (including the
paths, right click them in turn and revert them to publish.

Publish Local to Remote. If the website has any other subwebs, open and
publish these separately to the new subweb.

Delete everything in the root web, EXCEPT - the new subweb, the _private
folder, the images folder. You should delete the contents of the
_private and images folders.

Create your splash page, and add a prominent link to the home page in
the new subweb so users can easily skip the splash page.

Open the new subweb, and mark those original "Do not publish" files back
to "Do not Publish".


In my opinion splash pages are a waste of space and bandwidth - I always
prefer to see the site's content, not a pretty demonstration of what can
be done with Flash or Silverlight or whatever... but that's just me.

 

[Roveer]

First open the website in FrontPage, and make sure you have a backup.

Create a new folder - the name you give this folder will appear in the
URL for every page in the site.
Right click on this folder and choose "Convert to Web", and allow FP to
convert the folder to a sub web.

Click the Remote Web Site tab
In Remote Website Properties, change the "Remote Web Site location" to
the new sub web.
On the Publishing tab, choose "all pages" and clear the check box
"Include subsites" - you don't want to publish the new subweb to itself.

Click OK.

In the View drop down (at the top of the left column) change the value
to "Files not to Publish".  Make a note of these files (including the
paths, right click them in turn and revert them to publish.

Publish Local to Remote.  If the website has any other subwebs, open and
publish these separately to the new subweb.

Delete everything in the root web, EXCEPT - the new subweb, the _private
folder, the images folder.  You should delete the contents of the
_private and images folders.

Create your splash page, and add a prominent link to the home page in
the new subweb so users can easily skip the splash page.

Open the new subweb, and mark those original "Do not publish" files back
to "Do not Publish".

In my opinion splash pages are a waste of space and bandwidth - I always
prefer to see the site's content, not a pretty demonstration of what can
be done with Flash or Silverlight or whatever... but that's just me.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
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Just wanted to say thank you for your information. I was able to
sucessfully create a subweb, preserve my navigation and sucessfully
publish. I have exactly what I set out to accomplish all with your
help. My thanks.

BTW, my attempts to publish a subweb to freebie web hosts like comcast
and x10 hosting was a horror. Seems neither likes subwebs and limits
file sizes inside the subweb. A combination of FTP and frontpage
publishing did result in good websites but I was more of a manual
process than I would have liked. Publishing to my normal hosted
location went without a hitch. I used the comcast and x10 to preview
my work before I went live so they were only temporary.

Roveer