Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Illustrated CompleteIllustrated Complete

Working in a Working in a Published Web SitePublished Web Site

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Publish a Web sitePublish a Web site Open a Web site from a serverOpen a Web site from a server Recalculate and verify hyperlinksRecalculate and verify hyperlinks Test a page that contains a form Test a page that contains a form

componentcomponent

ObjectivesObjectives

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ObjectivesObjectives

Test a page that contains a search Test a page that contains a search componentcomponent

Set permissions in a Web siteSet permissions in a Web site Create a hit counterCreate a hit counter Maintain a published Web siteMaintain a published Web site

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Working in a Published Web SiteWorking in a Published Web Site

Windows 2000/XP lets you install a Windows 2000/XP lets you install a Web server on your computer so you Web server on your computer so you can test a Web site before publishing can test a Web site before publishing it on an Internet Web serverit on an Internet Web server

Most developers use a local Web Most developers use a local Web server to test pages and make server to test pages and make changes before publishing a sitechanges before publishing a site

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Publishing a Web SitePublishing a Web Site

After creating a Web site, you must After creating a Web site, you must publish it to a Web serverpublish it to a Web server

Internet Information Services (IIS)Internet Information Services (IIS) is is a Web server that you can install on a Web server that you can install on your computer using your Windows your computer using your Windows 2000/XP Professional CD2000/XP Professional CD

IIS provides the services necessary IIS provides the services necessary to make your desktop computer to make your desktop computer function as a Web serverfunction as a Web server

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Publishing a Web Site (cont.)Publishing a Web Site (cont.)

You can use IIS to publish your You can use IIS to publish your FrontPage Web site on your FrontPage Web site on your computer, without needing a network computer, without needing a network connection to an Internet Web serverconnection to an Internet Web server

The default configuration for IIS is for The default configuration for IIS is for it to start when you start Windowsit to start when you start Windows

IIS runs in the backgroundIIS runs in the background

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Publishing a Web Site (cont.)Publishing a Web Site (cont.) Remote Web Site viewRemote Web Site view

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Opening a Web Site from a Opening a Web Site from a ServerServer Once you publish a Web site, you have Once you publish a Web site, you have

two copies of it - one stored on a disk drive two copies of it - one stored on a disk drive and another stored on a serverand another stored on a server

The server-based Web site contains the The server-based Web site contains the same files as the disk-based Web site, but same files as the disk-based Web site, but it is stored in a location that has the it is stored in a location that has the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions or FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions or SharePoint Services installedSharePoint Services installed

You can open a Web site directly from the You can open a Web site directly from the server using FrontPageserver using FrontPage

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Opening a Web Site from a Opening a Web Site from a Server (cont.)Server (cont.) When you make changes to a server_based Web When you make changes to a server_based Web

site, your changes are updated immediately in the site, your changes are updated immediately in the Web site stored on the serverWeb site stored on the server

Changes you make to your server-based Web site Changes you make to your server-based Web site are not automatically saved to your disk-based are not automatically saved to your disk-based Web siteWeb site

To keep your disk-based Web site current, you To keep your disk-based Web site current, you must make changes to it, then use Remote Web must make changes to it, then use Remote Web Site view either to publish your remote Web site Site view either to publish your remote Web site back to your local Web site or to synchronize the back to your local Web site or to synchronize the two copies of the Web sitestwo copies of the Web sites

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Opening a Web Site from a Opening a Web Site from a Server (cont.)Server (cont.) It is not usually important to maintain It is not usually important to maintain

consistency between the original disk-consistency between the original disk-based Web site and the new server-based Web site and the new server-based Web site, but it is good practice based Web site, but it is good practice to keep a backup copy of the “live” Web to keep a backup copy of the “live” Web site on your hard drivesite on your hard drive

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Opening a Web Site from a Opening a Web Site from a Server (cont.)Server (cont.) Open Site dialog boxOpen Site dialog box

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Recalculating and Verifying Recalculating and Verifying HyperlinksHyperlinks After publishing a Web site, it’s a After publishing a Web site, it’s a

good idea to:good idea to:– Repair any broken hyperlinksRepair any broken hyperlinks– Update the shared border and link bar Update the shared border and link bar

filesfiles– Update all FrontPage componentsUpdate all FrontPage components– Update data on the serverUpdate data on the server– Delete any unused theme filesDelete any unused theme files

This process is called This process is called recalculating recalculating hyperlinkshyperlinks

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Recalculating and Verifying Recalculating and Verifying Hyperlinks (cont.)Hyperlinks (cont.) You can also You can also verify hyperlinksverify hyperlinks, which , which

causes FrontPage to check the causes FrontPage to check the validity of each hyperlink in a Web validity of each hyperlink in a Web site to look for broken linkssite to look for broken links

Recalculating hyperlinks ensures that Recalculating hyperlinks ensures that the Web site’s links existthe Web site’s links exist

Verifying hyperlinks ensures that the Verifying hyperlinks ensures that the Web site’s links are validWeb site’s links are valid

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Recalculating and Verifying Recalculating and Verifying Hyperlinks (cont.)Hyperlinks (cont.) Recalculate Hyperlinks dialog boxRecalculate Hyperlinks dialog box

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Recalculating and Verifying Recalculating and Verifying Hyperlinks (cont.)Hyperlinks (cont.) Verify Hyperlinks dialog boxVerify Hyperlinks dialog box

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Recalculating and Verifying Recalculating and Verifying Hyperlinks (cont.)Hyperlinks (cont.) Reports available in a Site Summary reportReports available in a Site Summary report

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Testing a Page That Contains a Testing a Page That Contains a Form ComponentForm Component After publishing a Web site, you must test After publishing a Web site, you must test

pages that contain components to ensure pages that contain components to ensure that they work correctlythat they work correctly

When testing a Web page that contains a When testing a Web page that contains a form component, you need to verify that form component, you need to verify that the form collects and stores data in the the form collects and stores data in the correct formatcorrect format

You can also view the results file on the You can also view the results file on the server to confirm that the data is being server to confirm that the data is being stored in the correct formatstored in the correct format

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Testing a Page That Contains a Testing a Page That Contains a Search ComponentSearch Component When testing a Web page that contains a When testing a Web page that contains a

search component, you need to verify search component, you need to verify that the search function works properly that the search function works properly by searching for words you know exist in by searching for words you know exist in your Web siteyour Web site

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Setting Permissions in a Web Setting Permissions in a Web SiteSite You can use FrontPage to secure a You can use FrontPage to secure a

published Web site based on the published Web site based on the level of access you want to provide level of access you want to provide other usersother users

A Web site’s A Web site’s administrator administrator assigns assigns different types of permission to users different types of permission to users who access a Web sitewho access a Web site

Browsing permissionBrowsing permission lets a user open lets a user open a Web site in FrontPage and view it a Web site in FrontPage and view it after it has been publishedafter it has been published

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Setting Permissions in a Web Setting Permissions in a Web Site (cont.)Site (cont.) Authoring permissionAuthoring permission lets a user lets a user

create and edit pages in the Web sitecreate and edit pages in the Web site Administering permissionAdministering permission lets a user lets a user

create new Web sites and set create new Web sites and set permissions for other userspermissions for other users

Usually, only the Web site’s Usually, only the Web site’s administrator has administering administrator has administering permissionpermission

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Setting Permissions in a Web Setting Permissions in a Web Site (cont.)Site (cont.) Edit Permissions pageEdit Permissions page

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Creating a Hit CounterCreating a Hit Counter

A A hit counterhit counter is a Web component that is a Web component that counts the number of times a page in a counts the number of times a page in a Web site has been opened or refreshed Web site has been opened or refreshed using a Web browserusing a Web browser

Hit counters usually appear on a Web Hit counters usually appear on a Web site’s home pagesite’s home page

A hit counter requires a server and the A hit counter requires a server and the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions or FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions or SharePoint Services for processing, so SharePoint Services for processing, so you can test it only in a server-based Web you can test it only in a server-based Web sitesite

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Creating a Hit Counter (cont.)Creating a Hit Counter (cont.)

FrontPage will create the code to display FrontPage will create the code to display and increment the counter when you insert and increment the counter when you insert itit

You can accept the default settings for the You can accept the default settings for the hit counter, or change the counter style hit counter, or change the counter style and other properties if desiredand other properties if desired

The counter style is implemented using a The counter style is implemented using a default or custom-designed GIF picture default or custom-designed GIF picture that displays the digits zero through ninethat displays the digits zero through nine

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Creating a Hit Counter (cont.)Creating a Hit Counter (cont.) Hit Counter Properties dialog boxHit Counter Properties dialog box

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Maintaining a Published Web Maintaining a Published Web SiteSite Some ISPs create a stats, logs, data, Some ISPs create a stats, logs, data,

or similarly named folder that stores or similarly named folder that stores Web page created by the serverWeb page created by the server

This folder contains data about the This folder contains data about the Web site’s usage and filesWeb site’s usage and files

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Maintaining a Published Web Maintaining a Published Web Site (cont.)Site (cont.) An ISP might create a An ISP might create a usage logusage log, ,

which is a page containing which is a page containing information about the number of information about the number of times your home page has been times your home page has been opened, the number of times various opened, the number of times various pages were opened each day or pages were opened each day or each hour during the day, or the total each hour during the day, or the total number of times a Web page was number of times a Web page was refreshed during a single sessionrefreshed during a single session

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Maintaining a Published Web Maintaining a Published Web Site (cont.)Site (cont.) The information provided about a The information provided about a

Web site varies based on the ISP Web site varies based on the ISP that hosts itthat hosts it

Depending on your ISP, you can Depending on your ISP, you can open your logs either from Reports open your logs either from Reports view or by using a browserview or by using a browser

Check with your ISP to locate its Check with your ISP to locate its usage logs for your siteusage logs for your site

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Maintaining a Published Web Maintaining a Published Web Site (cont.)Site (cont.) Traffic reports provide data about the Traffic reports provide data about the

number of visitors to your Web site, number of visitors to your Web site, page view, hits, and the total number page view, hits, and the total number of bytes transferred from the server of bytes transferred from the server to a browserto a browser

Page reports provide data about the Page reports provide data about the number of page views for each page number of page views for each page in the Web sitein the Web site

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Maintaining a Published Web Maintaining a Published Web Site (cont.)Site (cont.) Domain reports provide data about Domain reports provide data about

the number of visitors from each the number of visitors from each domain name (such as aol.com) that domain name (such as aol.com) that used a browser to access the siteused a browser to access the site

Browser reports identify the different Browser reports identify the different browsers used to access your site browsers used to access your site and the number of visitors using each and the number of visitors using each browserbrowser

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SummarySummary

After publishing a Web site, you can After publishing a Web site, you can open if from the serveropen if from the server

You should recalculate and verify You should recalculate and verify hyperlinks in published Web siteshyperlinks in published Web sites

You should test pages that contain You should test pages that contain form or search componentsform or search components

You can set permissions in a Web You can set permissions in a Web sitesite

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SummarySummary

You can create a hit counter for a You can create a hit counter for a Web siteWeb site

Use the logs that your ISP provides Use the logs that your ISP provides to aid in maintaining a published Web to aid in maintaining a published Web sitesite