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Enable your Tripod homepage for Microsoft® FrontPage®!
Read the following FAQ first. Once you're finished, click on the button at the bottom of the page. |
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| Q: What is FrontPage? | A: FrontPage is a Microsoft product that helps you create and maintain your Web site. It allows you to design and create your Web site on your local computer and then publish the entire site to your Tripod Web site. Other FrontPage components allow you to add text searches, personal conferences, and much more. |
| Q: Which versions of FrontPage does Tripod support? | A: As of now, Tripod supports only FrontPage 98, FrontPage 2000, and Office 2000. Unfortunately, we do not support versions of FrontPage prior to FrontPage 98. |
| Q: Why do I need to enable my site for FrontPage? | A: When you use FrontPage to publish your site, certain programs (known collectively as the FrontPage Server Extensions) are run on the Tripod servers. In order for these programs to function correctly, certain files and directories need to exist in your Tripod member directory. This is all taken care of when you "FrontPage enable" your site. |
| Q: After enabling my site, I went into the Homepage Studio Filemanager and saw several directories named _vti_something. What's up with that? | A: These are the files and directories that FrontPage adds to your member directory when you enable your site. Do not delete these directories. If you delete the FrontPage _vti_ directories, FrontPage will not work. |
| Q: Can I undo this operation? |
A: Yes. To disable FrontPage on your site, go to:
http://members.tripod.com/service/frontpage/resetFrontpage
After disabling FrontPage on your site, you can safely delete all of the files and directories added by FrontPage. |
| Q: Can I still use Tripod's Homepage Studio? | A: Certainly. All HTML files created by FrontPage can be edited with the Freeform Editor. You will not be able to easily edit the FrontPage Components through the Homepage Studio — just the standard HTML. |
| Q: Which FrontPage features are implemented? | A: Almost all of them. We have disabled the ability to set browsing and viewing permissions through FrontPage. Only you are allowed to administer your Web site and anyone can browse it, unless you make your FrontPage directories private through the Filemanager (Remember also that two features — Scrolling Marquee and Hovering Text — will only work on an Internet Explorer browser, version 3 or higher). In addition, Tripod does not yet support subwebs. |
| Q: Will my URL change? | A: No. |
| Q: How do I get access to my FrontPage-based site once I've uploaded it to Tripod? | A: Your FrontPage-based site can be accessed at members.tripod.com/membername. For administrator and author permissions, the user name is your Tripod member name and the password is your Tripod password. |
| Q: Who should I go to for support? Tripod or Microsoft? | A: For problems using FrontPage on your own computer, contact Microsoft. For problems publishing your page to Tripod, or if something doesn't work correctly on Tripod, contact Tripod's membership services department right here. |
| Q: What about FrontPage Express and Web Publishing Wizard (free products available with IE4 and IE5)? |
A: Pages created with FrontPage Express should work fine. If you use the Web Publishing Wizard, upload your pages via FTP, not FrontPage.
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