Website Index

[Guest]

How do I create a website index in Word? I am transferring my website to my
ISP personal webpage space because it's free and I won't have to pay
$20/month for hosting. I an FTP'g my content pages and they say it won't
work if I don't have an index. I currently do not have an index. I created
the website on Citymax and they don't say how to do it and there's no
template for it there. The ISP doesn't say how to do it. I've searched MS's
knowledge base, templates and the web and I can't find instructions on how to
do this. Thanks!

 

[Jezebel]

This isn't the place to find the answer either.

 

[Jezebel]

This isn't the place to find the answer either.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Word is not a tool for doing anything with a website. I suspect they mean
that you need a page named index.htm, but that is just a guess.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide




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[Charles Kenyon]

Word is not a tool for doing anything with a website. I suspect they mean
that you need a page named index.htm, but that is just a guess.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide




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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Not really an index, just a home page. As Charles suggests, you need a page
named index.htm (or index.html, depending on the site).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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all may benefit.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Not really an index, just a home page. As Charles suggests, you need a page
named index.htm (or index.html, depending on the site).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I think what Citymax means is that your home page has to be named index.htm
or index.html.

And I have to tell you, Word can be used to create websites but that's like
using a shoe for a hammer. Even Publisher does a better job and I don't
recommend that either. Get a real web designing program and use that.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I think what Citymax means is that your home page has to be named index.htm
or index.html.

And I have to tell you, Word can be used to create websites but that's like
using a shoe for a hammer. Even Publisher does a better job and I don't
recommend that either. Get a real web designing program and use that.

 

[Guest]

I tried renaming my homepage to index and it didn't work. There's got to be
a way in Word to make this work.

I think what Citymax means is that your home page has to be named index.htm
or index.html.

And I have to tell you, Word can be used to create websites but that's like
using a shoe for a hammer. Even Publisher does a better job and I don't
recommend that either. Get a real web designing program and use that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

How do I create a website index in Word? I am transferring my website to
my
ISP personal webpage space because it's free and I won't have to pay
$20/month for hosting. I an FTP'g my content pages and they say it won't
work if I don't have an index. I currently do not have an index. I
created
the website on Citymax and they don't say how to do it and there's no
template for it there. The ISP doesn't say how to do it. I've searched
MS's
knowledge base, templates and the web and I can't find instructions on how
to
do this. Thanks!

 

[Guest]

I tried renaming my homepage to index and it didn't work. There's got to be
a way in Word to make this work.

I think what Citymax means is that your home page has to be named index.htm
or index.html.

And I have to tell you, Word can be used to create websites but that's like
using a shoe for a hammer. Even Publisher does a better job and I don't
recommend that either. Get a real web designing program and use that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

How do I create a website index in Word? I am transferring my website to
my
ISP personal webpage space because it's free and I won't have to pay
$20/month for hosting. I an FTP'g my content pages and they say it won't
work if I don't have an index. I currently do not have an index. I
created
the website on Citymax and they don't say how to do it and there's no
template for it there. The ISP doesn't say how to do it. I've searched
MS's
knowledge base, templates and the web and I can't find instructions on how
to
do this. Thanks!

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I think you need to get back with your web host and *make* them explain what
they want in terms you understand. There are too many free services out
there for you to be wasting your time with one that won't help you.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I tried renaming my homepage to index and it didn't work. There's got to
be
a way in Word to make this work.

I think what Citymax means is that your home page has to be named
index.htm
or index.html.

And I have to tell you, Word can be used to create websites but that's
like
using a shoe for a hammer. Even Publisher does a better job and I don't
recommend that either. Get a real web designing program and use that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

How do I create a website index in Word? I am transferring my website
to
my
ISP personal webpage space because it's free and I won't have to pay
$20/month for hosting. I an FTP'g my content pages and they say it
won't
work if I don't have an index. I currently do not have an index. I
created
the website on Citymax and they don't say how to do it and there's no
template for it there. The ISP doesn't say how to do it. I've
searched
MS's
knowledge base, templates and the web and I can't find instructions on
how
to
do this. Thanks!

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I think you need to get back with your web host and *make* them explain what
they want in terms you understand. There are too many free services out
there for you to be wasting your time with one that won't help you.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I tried renaming my homepage to index and it didn't work. There's got to
be
a way in Word to make this work.

I think what Citymax means is that your home page has to be named
index.htm
or index.html.

And I have to tell you, Word can be used to create websites but that's
like
using a shoe for a hammer. Even Publisher does a better job and I don't
recommend that either. Get a real web designing program and use that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

How do I create a website index in Word? I am transferring my website
to
my
ISP personal webpage space because it's free and I won't have to pay
$20/month for hosting. I an FTP'g my content pages and they say it
won't
work if I don't have an index. I currently do not have an index. I
created
the website on Citymax and they don't say how to do it and there's no
template for it there. The ISP doesn't say how to do it. I've
searched
MS's
knowledge base, templates and the web and I can't find instructions on
how
to
do this. Thanks!

 

[Guest]

I COMPLETELY understand what they want. I spoke with them on the phone
yesterday. They said they need an index. If I can't do it myself then I
need to do one in FrontPage or some other program, but they need an index.
And I know it can be done in Word, I just don't know how to do it. I really
don't want to have to go to the expense of buying another program if I don't
have to. If there's a free program out there, then I'll go with that. I
don't want to sound harsh, but my money is going out to more than enough
hands as it is. By the time I end up paying my bills, paying for gas and
buying food every month, I have precious little left over. In fact, I
usually have nothing left over. Hence my need to do this without shelling
out more money. Please allow me to now stop off the soapbox. Thanks.

I think you need to get back with your web host and *make* them explain what
they want in terms you understand. There are too many free services out
there for you to be wasting your time with one that won't help you.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I tried renaming my homepage to index and it didn't work. There's got to
be
a way in Word to make this work.

I think what Citymax means is that your home page has to be named
index.htm
or index.html.

And I have to tell you, Word can be used to create websites but that's
like
using a shoe for a hammer. Even Publisher does a better job and I don't
recommend that either. Get a real web designing program and use that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




How do I create a website index in Word? I am transferring my website
to
my
ISP personal webpage space because it's free and I won't have to pay
$20/month for hosting. I an FTP'g my content pages and they say it
won't
work if I don't have an index. I currently do not have an index. I
created
the website on Citymax and they don't say how to do it and there's no
template for it there. The ISP doesn't say how to do it. I've
searched
MS's
knowledge base, templates and the web and I can't find instructions on
how
to
do this. Thanks!

 

[Guest]

I COMPLETELY understand what they want. I spoke with them on the phone
yesterday. They said they need an index. If I can't do it myself then I
need to do one in FrontPage or some other program, but they need an index.
And I know it can be done in Word, I just don't know how to do it. I really
don't want to have to go to the expense of buying another program if I don't
have to. If there's a free program out there, then I'll go with that. I
don't want to sound harsh, but my money is going out to more than enough
hands as it is. By the time I end up paying my bills, paying for gas and
buying food every month, I have precious little left over. In fact, I
usually have nothing left over. Hence my need to do this without shelling
out more money. Please allow me to now stop off the soapbox. Thanks.

I think you need to get back with your web host and *make* them explain what
they want in terms you understand. There are too many free services out
there for you to be wasting your time with one that won't help you.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I tried renaming my homepage to index and it didn't work. There's got to
be
a way in Word to make this work.

I think what Citymax means is that your home page has to be named
index.htm
or index.html.

And I have to tell you, Word can be used to create websites but that's
like
using a shoe for a hammer. Even Publisher does a better job and I don't
recommend that either. Get a real web designing program and use that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




How do I create a website index in Word? I am transferring my website
to
my
ISP personal webpage space because it's free and I won't have to pay
$20/month for hosting. I an FTP'g my content pages and they say it
won't
work if I don't have an index. I currently do not have an index. I
created
the website on Citymax and they don't say how to do it and there's no
template for it there. The ISP doesn't say how to do it. I've
searched
MS's
knowledge base, templates and the web and I can't find instructions on
how
to
do this. Thanks!

 

[Charles Kenyon]

What they mean by an Index is very different from what Word means by an
Index. Your posts tell me that you do not COMPLETELY or even barely
understand what they mean although you have heard what they have told you. I
wish you luck.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide




--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

I COMPLETELY understand what they want. I spoke with them on the phone
yesterday. They said they need an index. If I can't do it myself then I
need to do one in FrontPage or some other program, but they need an index.
And I know it can be done in Word, I just don't know how to do it. I
really
don't want to have to go to the expense of buying another program if I
don't
have to. If there's a free program out there, then I'll go with that. I
don't want to sound harsh, but my money is going out to more than enough
hands as it is. By the time I end up paying my bills, paying for gas and
buying food every month, I have precious little left over. In fact, I
usually have nothing left over. Hence my need to do this without shelling
out more money. Please allow me to now stop off the soapbox. Thanks.

I think you need to get back with your web host and *make* them explain
what
they want in terms you understand. There are too many free services out
there for you to be wasting your time with one that won't help you.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I tried renaming my homepage to index and it didn't work. There's got
to
be
a way in Word to make this work.

:

I think what Citymax means is that your home page has to be named
index.htm
or index.html.

And I have to tell you, Word can be used to create websites but that's
like
using a shoe for a hammer. Even Publisher does a better job and I
don't
recommend that either. Get a real web designing program and use that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




How do I create a website index in Word? I am transferring my
website
to
my
ISP personal webpage space because it's free and I won't have to pay
$20/month for hosting. I an FTP'g my content pages and they say it
won't
work if I don't have an index. I currently do not have an index. I
created
the website on Citymax and they don't say how to do it and there's
no
template for it there. The ISP doesn't say how to do it. I've
searched
MS's
knowledge base, templates and the web and I can't find instructions
on
how
to
do this. Thanks!

 

[Charles Kenyon]

What they mean by an Index is very different from what Word means by an
Index. Your posts tell me that you do not COMPLETELY or even barely
understand what they mean although you have heard what they have told you. I
wish you luck.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide




--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

I COMPLETELY understand what they want. I spoke with them on the phone
yesterday. They said they need an index. If I can't do it myself then I
need to do one in FrontPage or some other program, but they need an index.
And I know it can be done in Word, I just don't know how to do it. I
really
don't want to have to go to the expense of buying another program if I
don't
have to. If there's a free program out there, then I'll go with that. I
don't want to sound harsh, but my money is going out to more than enough
hands as it is. By the time I end up paying my bills, paying for gas and
buying food every month, I have precious little left over. In fact, I
usually have nothing left over. Hence my need to do this without shelling
out more money. Please allow me to now stop off the soapbox. Thanks.

I think you need to get back with your web host and *make* them explain
what
they want in terms you understand. There are too many free services out
there for you to be wasting your time with one that won't help you.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I tried renaming my homepage to index and it didn't work. There's got
to
be
a way in Word to make this work.

:

I think what Citymax means is that your home page has to be named
index.htm
or index.html.

And I have to tell you, Word can be used to create websites but that's
like
using a shoe for a hammer. Even Publisher does a better job and I
don't
recommend that either. Get a real web designing program and use that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




How do I create a website index in Word? I am transferring my
website
to
my
ISP personal webpage space because it's free and I won't have to pay
$20/month for hosting. I an FTP'g my content pages and they say it
won't
work if I don't have an index. I currently do not have an index. I
created
the website on Citymax and they don't say how to do it and there's
no
template for it there. The ISP doesn't say how to do it. I've
searched
MS's
knowledge base, templates and the web and I can't find instructions
on
how
to
do this. Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As Charles said, you do NOT understand what they have told you. If anyone
gave you the idea that you could create the "index" in FrontPage, then it
clearly is not what Word means by an index. Depending on the type of hosting
software used on the server, the home page of your site must be named either
"index" or another default name. Here's how Jim Buyens explains it in
"Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out":

"If your Web site doesn't yet contain a home page, the solution is simple.
Click the New Page button on the Standard toolbar. FrontPage creates a blank
home page and places it at the top of your Navigation view hierarchy. Its
file name is index.htm in a disk-based Web site or the Web server's default
page name on a server-based Web site."

Your Web host has clearly told you that your home page must be named
index.htm. This means that whatever you are currently using as your home
page must be renamed. Visitors to your Web site will not necessarily see
this as the page name: they'll just see it as the top page of your Web site.
For example, if you go to my site at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/,
that URL is what you'll see in your browser, but the name of that page (as
created in FrontPage) is http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/index.htm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

I COMPLETELY understand what they want. I spoke with them on the phone
yesterday. They said they need an index. If I can't do it myself then I
need to do one in FrontPage or some other program, but they need an index.
And I know it can be done in Word, I just don't know how to do it. I really
don't want to have to go to the expense of buying another program if I don't
have to. If there's a free program out there, then I'll go with that. I
don't want to sound harsh, but my money is going out to more than enough
hands as it is. By the time I end up paying my bills, paying for gas and
buying food every month, I have precious little left over. In fact, I
usually have nothing left over. Hence my need to do this without shelling
out more money. Please allow me to now stop off the soapbox. Thanks.

I think you need to get back with your web host and *make* them explain what
they want in terms you understand. There are too many free services out
there for you to be wasting your time with one that won't help you.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I tried renaming my homepage to index and it didn't work. There's got to
be
a way in Word to make this work.

:

I think what Citymax means is that your home page has to be named
index.htm
or index.html.

And I have to tell you, Word can be used to create websites but that's
like
using a shoe for a hammer. Even Publisher does a better job and I don't
recommend that either. Get a real web designing program and use that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




How do I create a website index in Word? I am transferring my website
to
my
ISP personal webpage space because it's free and I won't have to pay
$20/month for hosting. I an FTP'g my content pages and they say it
won't
work if I don't have an index. I currently do not have an index. I
created
the website on Citymax and they don't say how to do it and there's no
template for it there. The ISP doesn't say how to do it. I've
searched
MS's
knowledge base, templates and the web and I can't find instructions on
how
to
do this. Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As Charles said, you do NOT understand what they have told you. If anyone
gave you the idea that you could create the "index" in FrontPage, then it
clearly is not what Word means by an index. Depending on the type of hosting
software used on the server, the home page of your site must be named either
"index" or another default name. Here's how Jim Buyens explains it in
"Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out":

"If your Web site doesn't yet contain a home page, the solution is simple.
Click the New Page button on the Standard toolbar. FrontPage creates a blank
home page and places it at the top of your Navigation view hierarchy. Its
file name is index.htm in a disk-based Web site or the Web server's default
page name on a server-based Web site."

Your Web host has clearly told you that your home page must be named
index.htm. This means that whatever you are currently using as your home
page must be renamed. Visitors to your Web site will not necessarily see
this as the page name: they'll just see it as the top page of your Web site.
For example, if you go to my site at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/,
that URL is what you'll see in your browser, but the name of that page (as
created in FrontPage) is http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/index.htm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

I COMPLETELY understand what they want. I spoke with them on the phone
yesterday. They said they need an index. If I can't do it myself then I
need to do one in FrontPage or some other program, but they need an index.
And I know it can be done in Word, I just don't know how to do it. I really
don't want to have to go to the expense of buying another program if I don't
have to. If there's a free program out there, then I'll go with that. I
don't want to sound harsh, but my money is going out to more than enough
hands as it is. By the time I end up paying my bills, paying for gas and
buying food every month, I have precious little left over. In fact, I
usually have nothing left over. Hence my need to do this without shelling
out more money. Please allow me to now stop off the soapbox. Thanks.

I think you need to get back with your web host and *make* them explain what
they want in terms you understand. There are too many free services out
there for you to be wasting your time with one that won't help you.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I tried renaming my homepage to index and it didn't work. There's got to
be
a way in Word to make this work.

:

I think what Citymax means is that your home page has to be named
index.htm
or index.html.

And I have to tell you, Word can be used to create websites but that's
like
using a shoe for a hammer. Even Publisher does a better job and I don't
recommend that either. Get a real web designing program and use that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




How do I create a website index in Word? I am transferring my website
to
my
ISP personal webpage space because it's free and I won't have to pay
$20/month for hosting. I an FTP'g my content pages and they say it
won't
work if I don't have an index. I currently do not have an index. I
created
the website on Citymax and they don't say how to do it and there's no
template for it there. The ISP doesn't say how to do it. I've
searched
MS's
knowledge base, templates and the web and I can't find instructions on
how
to
do this. Thanks!

 

[Chuck Davis]

I COMPLETELY understand what they want. I spoke with them on the phone
yesterday. They said they need an index. If I can't do it myself then I
need to do one in FrontPage or some other program, but they need an index.
And I know it can be done in Word, I just don't know how to do it. I
really
don't want to have to go to the expense of buying another program if I
don't
have to. If there's a free program out there, then I'll go with that. I
don't want to sound harsh, but my money is going out to more than enough
hands as it is. By the time I end up paying my bills, paying for gas and
buying food every month, I have precious little left over. In fact, I
usually have nothing left over. Hence my need to do this without shelling
out more money. Please allow me to now stop off the soapbox. Thanks.

I think you need to get back with your web host and *make* them explain
what
they want in terms you understand. There are too many free services out
there for you to be wasting your time with one that won't help you.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I tried renaming my homepage to index and it didn't work. There's got
to
be
a way in Word to make this work.

:

I think what Citymax means is that your home page has to be named
index.htm
or index.html.

And I have to tell you, Word can be used to create websites but that's
like
using a shoe for a hammer. Even Publisher does a better job and I
don't
recommend that either. Get a real web designing program and use that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




How do I create a website index in Word? I am transferring my
website
to
my
ISP personal webpage space because it's free and I won't have to pay
$20/month for hosting. I an FTP'g my content pages and they say it
won't
work if I don't have an index. I currently do not have an index. I
created
the website on Citymax and they don't say how to do it and there's
no
template for it there. The ISP doesn't say how to do it. I've
searched
MS's
knowledge base, templates and the web and I can't find instructions
on
how
to
do this. Thanks!

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