Directories

Thanks to J Bryant at WestHollywood/4511/, here are some tips for uploading a FrontPage web that includes Themes at GeoCities, it takes some work, but it can be done.

Do not create Sub-Webs within your FrontPage Web. GeoCities restricts you to only 2 levels of sub-directories, if you create a Sub-Web, you will exceed this limit.

The built in publisher in the FrontPage Explorer has worked for some people, but may fail trying to upload unsupported file types, if this happens use FTP or the MS Web Publisher Wizard to upload the files from these directories.

You will have to use subdirectories, it is usually best to create the sub-directories at GeoCities before uploading. Visit The AnswerPoint for information on using subdirectories at GeoCities.

All of the theme files are not necessary for the web page to work, but rather than figuring out which one is which, you can upload all of them from the _themes directory in the frontpage web.

The longest part is always the first time that you upload the site. Once all of the main files are there, it will be easier to update and add to the site. After all, you learn as you go along.

The following is the list of directories to create and file types to upload. If it is incomplete, or you have any other suggestions or corrections for this page. Please let me know.

Sub-Directory		Files to Upload

.	.	Upload all the files in your root web directory .htm, .html, .gif, .jpg Page files and images
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_derived	.	.gif, .jpg Button and Banner images
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_overlay	.	*.gif Button images
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_fpclass	.	*.class Java Class files
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_themes/ThemeName	.	.css, .gif, *.jpg Images used by the theme Note: replace ThemeName with the actual name for the Theme you selected
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images	.	.gif, .jpg Other images you put on your page
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_borders/	.	.gif, .jpg Images used by shared borders For completeness you might also want to copy .htm, .html
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_borders/_derived	.	.gif, .jpg Button and Banner images used by shared borders
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_borders/_overlay	.	*.gif Button images used by shared borders
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Directories to Upload

Sub-Directory

Files to Upload