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FrontPage

Topics

Create a New FrontPage Site
Open a FrontPage Web Site for Editing
Home Page
Create a New Page
Microsoft Word Content
Import Files
Create a Hyperlink
Add an Image
Save & Preview Web Site

Create a New FrontPage Site

Request a FrontPage Web
After filling out the FrontPage Web Request form and submitting it, your Web site will be created within 24hrs Monday through Friday. You will receive an email confirming its creation.
Also See: UI Web Look & Feel
Questions? Email CTI: cti@uidaho.edu

Open a FrontPage Web Site for Editing

Open FrontPage 2003
select File > Open Site and type in the URL address of your Web site. Make sure that you use the full URL including the http:// when specifying your site.
enter your AD/myUIdaho account and password.

Note: ad\ is required before the myUIdaho account if your site is password protected (e.g. ad\myUIdaho account).
How to Change your Password
How to add the FrontPage Quick Link to Internet Explorer 7

Home Page

index.htm is your home page. Do not change the name of this page because browsers look for this file by default.

Create a New Page

To add new pages to your Web site, select File > New > Blank Page.

Microsoft Word Content

To import text from a Microsoft Word file (without bringing over formatting that may not display correctly in a Web browser)

open the Word document
copy the text you wish to transfer to the Web page
switch to FrontPage
select Edit > Paste Special
choose Normal Paragraphs with line breaks

Import Files

Folders Button Import files such as DOC, JPG, and PDF into your Web site using drag and drop or copy and paste.

Click the Web Site tab
then click the Folders button at the bottom to switch to Folders view
Drag and drop the files into your Web site

Create a Hyperlink

Insert > Hyperlink To Hyperlink to another Web site

select Insert > Hyperlink
enter the URL you want to link to

You may also hyperlink to other pages within your own Web site by

selecting Insert > Hyperlink
then navigate to the file you wish to hyperlink and selecting it
click OK

Add an Image

Provide an Alt Text Tag for each Image To insert an image on a Web page, import the .jpg or .gif into the Web site (see step above).

open the Web page you want to add the image
select Insert > Picture > From File
navigate to your image (.jpg or .gif). Click Insert.

Next, provide an Alt text tag for the image.

right click on the image and select Picture Properties...
select the General tab
Add an equivalent text description for the image into the Text: area provided
Press OK

Please remember to add ALT text tags to all images! Blind people and those with low vision often use assistive technologies such as screen readers. Adding an ALT text tag to each image detailing a text equivalent of the image enables a user with a vision disability to understand the information provided. UI Web sites using images should provide equivalent text for images that convey information by using the ALT tag. If an image conveys important information beyond what is in its alternative text, please provide an extended description.

Save & Preview Web Site

To save your Web page, select File > Save
To preview the Web site in a Web browser, select File > Web page Preview
If you don't see your new edits, be sure your files are saved in FrontPage and refresh your browser window. Remember: your browser window shows you a static view of a Web page and must be refreshed to force it to show any changes just saved in FrontPage.

CTI's Online FrontPage Tutorials

Introduction 13:58 130kbps
Take this introductory tour of FrontPage to get your bearings or remind you of the program environment.

File Management 5:00 130kbps
File organization, drag & drop, and other techniques revealed.

Web Backup 5:43 150kbps
The steps for publishing a Web from the server to your hard drive.

Importing Word documents 9:37 150kbps
Bring in content from Microsoft Word without all the "extra" code. Will save you time and effort in the long run!

Additional Microsoft Tutorials

Note: Condensed paper tutorials are also available in the CTI Lab.

Vista Compatibility with FrontPage

Known Issue

“Every time I try to create a link to a file in my site, it crashes...”

Possible Fixes

Be sure that you have the latest critical updates from Microsoft for both Vista and Office 2003.
Microsoft Update: http://www.update.microsoft.com
Upgrade to Microsoft Expression Web (UI Bookstore). There may be some conversion needed on your site to work with Expression Web. Contact the CTI for tips on conversion.
Enter the Hyperlink manually in the code:
<a href="address_here.htm">text to display</a>
Try right-clicking on the FrontPage shortcut, selecting Properties, open the "Compatibility tab", and running the program in "Compatibility mode" and/or changing the "Privilege level" to "Run this program as an Administrator".
Publish the Web locally to your hard drive and work from there. According to the references below, FrontPage seems to be somewhat more stable when working locally, rather than directly on the server. You will then have to republish the site back to the server when you're finished editing.