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Create a directory on your hard drive
for your GeoCities Web Sites called 'D:\GeoCities' (you
can use any name, but these instructions use this name). |
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From the Windows Start Menu choose the
Programs sub-menu, select the Front Page group
(sub-menu), and open Microsoft Front Page. |
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The idea of this step is to get to
'Normal Web Template' dialog, to create a new FrontPage
Web. |
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If FrontPage comes up
with the 'Getting Started With Microsoft Frontpage'
dialog |
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Go to the 'Create New
Web' section of the dialog. |
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Push (select) the 'Blank
FrontPage Web' radio button. |
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Press OK. |
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The 'Normal Web
Template' dialog should pop up. |
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Otherwise (example you
get the 'Open FrontPage Web' dialog), keep canceling out
of things, until you have the 'FrontPage Web Explorer'
open (probably with no web displayed). |
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Drop down the FrontPage
Explorer 'File' menu. |
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Select the 'New' sub
menu. |
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Choose the 'FrontPage
Web' option. |
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The 'New FrontPage Web'
dialog will pop up. |
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Select the 'Normal Web'
template. |
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Press OK |
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The 'Normal Web
Template' dialog should pop up. |
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Filling in the 'Normal Web Template'
dialog to create your FrontPage Web. |
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In the 'Web Server or
File Location' field, type in (ignore
drop down): D:\GeoCities |
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Make sure 'Connect Using
SSL' is unchecked. |
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In the 'Name of New
FrontPageWeb' type in your short
geoaddress: hood1234 |
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Press OK. |
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You will probably get a
Message box: FrontPage needs to convert
this folder into a new FrontPage web by
adding the files and folders necessary to
support FrontPage features
Do you want to convert this folder to
a FrontPage web?
Press Yes.
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The FrontPage web
directories are created. |
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The FrontPage Explorer
should then open your web site 'hood1234'
at 'D:\GeoCities\hood1234' (this is the
directory on your drive). |
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Rename the 'index.htm' file to
'index.html' |
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In the FrontPage
Explorer, drop down the 'View' menu |
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Select the 'Folder View'
sub-menu (the main view will change) |
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Select the 'index.htm'
file in the main view (click on the
filename). |
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Drop down the 'Edit'
menu |
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Select the 'Rename' sub-
menu (the file 'index.htm' name in the
main view will be enabled for editing) |
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Type in the new
'index.html' name for the file. |
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Open index.html (you can double click on
it), and start creating your home page in the FrontPage
Editor. |
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If you have have existing files at
GeoCities, you can import them into your local FrontPage
Web, by using the FrontPage Import wizard. |
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