FP98: How to Create Disk-Based Webs in FrontPage 98

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A disk-based Web, is a Web in which the content resides on a file server, rather than on a Web server.

Creating a Disk-based Root Web

1. In FrontPage Explorer, point to New on the File menu, and click FrontPage Web.
2. In Section 1 ("Choose the kind of FrontPage web to create"), click One-Page Web.
3. In Section 2 ("Choose a title for your FrontPage web"), click Change.
4. In the "Please specify a location for the new FrontPage web" box, type:

   <x>:\myweb
   
   Where <x> is the drive letter of the hard disk drive where you want to place the new web.

5. Click OK in the Change Location dialog box.
6. Click OK again in the New FrontPage dialog box.

NOTE: If the folder <x>:\myweb does not exist, click Yes when prompted with the following message:

Creating a Disk-Based Subweb

In order to create a disk-based subweb in FrontPage Explorer, first create the folder for the root web. To do this, first see the "Creating a Disk- based Root Web" section of this article before proceeding.

1. In FrontPage Explorer, point to New on the File menu, and click FrontPage Web.
2. In Section 1 ("Choose the kind of FrontPage web to create"), click One-Page Web.
3. In Section 2 ("Choose a title for your FrontPage web"), click Change.
4. In the "Please specify a location for the new FrontPage web" box, type:

   <x>:\myweb\subweb
   
   Where <x> is the drive letter of the hard disk drive where you want to place the new web.

5. Click OK in the Change Location dialog box.
6. Click OK again in the New FrontPage dialog box.