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Last Updated: January 21, 2000

Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000

Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 makes it easy to produce professional quality web sites. With powerful tools such as built in image mapping, spell checking, WebBot components, and a familiar interface (like other Microsoft® Office applications), you can get great results fast.

ALTS, LLC supports Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 extensions in their entirety and completely free of charge. The FrontPage® product, while not the only means by which you can create and publish web content, is an excellent tool for our Resellers who are interested in quickly creating and easily maintaining web sites on the Virtual Server System.

A Little Technology Shoppe, LLC is in the Microsoft® Web Presence Provider Referral List as a Registered Web Presence Provider for both FrontPage® 98 and FrontPage® 2000. To be included in this referral list a hosting company must meet specific guidelines required by Microsoft® with regards to the functionality of its Servers supporting FrontPage® and its extensions.

Installing Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 Server Extensions
In order to use Microsoft FrontPage 2000 in conjuction with your Virtual Server, you must do the following:

  1. Purchase the Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 client software and install it on your own PC. Your local software company likely offers it.

  2. Install the Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 Server Extensions on your Virtual Server. In order to do this, connect to your Virtual Server via Telnet or SSH and type the fp2kinstall command.

    NOTE: If you have the FrontPage® 98 Server Extensions already installed, you must remove them before installing the FrontPage® 2000 Server Extensions. Use the fp98uninstall command: 
    % fp98uninstall


    % fp2kinstall

    You will be prompted to answer a few questions before the server extensions will be installed.

    NOTE: If you have Virtual Subhosts configured on your Virtual Server, you will need to move them to the ~/www/vhosts directory before you can successfully install and use the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions.

    You may use the vhostmv command to help you move your virtual subhosts: 

    % vhostmv
    This command will move your virtual subhost home directories, and attempt to rewrite the VirtualHost and access configurations in the web server configuration files. Use caution!!! Backup your files before using the vhostmv command!!! It has been tested with as many different virtual subhosting configurations as we can think of, but perhaps not your particular configuration!

    If you choose to manuallymove your virtual subhosts to the ~/www/vhosts directory, you will need to create access controls for the ~/www/vhosts directory in you web server configuration file (~/www/conf/httpd.conf or ~/www/conf/access.conf).

Removing Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 Server Extensions
To remove the FrontPage® 2000 Server Extensions from your Virtual Server, use the fp2kuninstall command. 

% fp2kuninstall


Installing Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 Extensions for Virtual Subhosts
Virtual subhosts can have the Microsoft® FrontPage® Server Extensions installed in their home directories. These server extensions are fully functional and give your virtual subhost users access to all features of FrontPage 2000.

Installing FrontPage® 2000 Server Extensions for your subhosted domain names is easy. Use the same fp2kinstall command that you used to install the Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 Server Extensions on your Virtual Server. After installing the server extensions on the Virtual Server (or checking to see that the server extensions are already installed), the install program will then prompt you for the virtual subhost domains which you want the server extensions also installed.

If you installed the FrontPage® 2000 HTML Administration Forms when you installed FrontPage® 2000, you can use the online forms to create subwebs for your subhosted domain names. Simply access the following URL:

http://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/fp2k/fpadmin.htm

Virtual Server Web Hosting Services
If you are visiting us from Microsoft® web pages, we welcome you and invite you to review our web hosting solutions. The Virtual Server product offered here is more powerful and more flexible than most other web hosting providers you will find on the Internet. Some of the great features of our Virtual Servers include:

  • Support for Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 Extensions
  • Unlimited POP E-mail Accounts and Unlimited E-mail Aliases
  • Unlimited E-mail Autoresponders
  • Free Technical Support
  • Your Own CGI-BIN Directory (Use Any Scripts that You Would Like)
  • Complete FTP, Telnet (or SSH), and FrontPage® Access to your Virtual Server
  • Full Access to Your Configuration Files (httpd.conf, srm.conf, access.conf)
  • Free CGI scripts from our CGI Library
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