Microsoft FrontPage deals with two kinds of Web sites: disk-based and server-based. In short, a disk-based site is a FrontPage Web site you create on your local hard disk and then later publish to a Web server. A server-based site is one you create and work with directly on a Web server, without the extra step of publishing. This section provides you with instructions on publishing only disk-based web sites.

You can publish disk-based web sites either through FTP or HTTP. If your server is running FrontPage Server Extensions, you would publish your site to an HTTP location. For example: http://your-domain.com/MyWebSite. If your server supports FTP, you would publish to an FTP location. For example: ftp://ftp.your-domain.com/myFolder.

After publishing, you can manage your site through FrontPage Server Extensions.

To access FrontPage Server Extensions management interface:

1. Login to Plesk.
    
2. To manage a site, which is not protected by SSL, click FP Webadmin. To manage an SSL-enabled site, click FP-SSL Webadmin.
    
3. Type your FrontPage administrator's login name and password, and click OK.

For instructions on using FrontPage server extensions, see online help (FP Webadmin > Help) or visit Microsoft web site.

To publish files through HTTP on a server that supports FrontPage Server Extensions:

1. Open your FrontPage program.
    
2. Open a FrontPage Web site: open File menu and select the Open Site item.
    
3. Go to Remote Web site view: click the Web Site tab, and then the Remote Web Site button at the bottom of the window.
    
4. Click the Remote Web Site Properties button in the upper-right corner of the window.
    
5. On the Remote Web Site tab, under Remote Web server type, click FrontPage or SharePoint Services.
    
6. In the Remote Web site location box, type the Internet address, including the protocol, of the remote Web site that you want to publish folders and files to — for example, http://www.your-domain.com — or click Browse to locate the site.
    
7. Do any of the following:
    
   • To use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for establishing a secure communications channel to prevent the interception of critical information, click Encryption connection required (SSL). To use SSL connections on your Web server, the server must be configured with a security certificate from a recognized certificate authority. If the server does not support SSL, clear this check box. Otherwise, you will not be able to publish folders and files to the remote Web site.
      
   • To remove specific types of code from Web pages as they are being published, on the Optimize HTML tab, select the options you want.
      
   • To change the default options for publishing, on the Publishing tab, select the options you want.
      
8. Click OK to connect to the remote site.

   The Remote Web site view will show files that you have in your local and remote sites.
    

9. Click the Publish Web site button in the lower-right corner of the window.

To publish files through FTP:

1. Open Microsoft FrontPage.
    
2. Open a Microsoft FrontPage Web site: open File menu and select the Open Site item.
    
3. Go to Remote Web site view: click the Web Site tab, and then the Remote Web Site button at the bottom of the window.
    
4. Set up your Remote Web Site Properties:
    
   • Click the Remote Web Site Properties button in the upper-right corner of the window.
   • Select FTP as the remote Web server.
   • In the Remote Web site location box, type your host name (e.g., ftp://ftp.your-domain.com)
   • In the FTP directory box, type your FTP directory if your hosting company provided one. Leave it blank if they did not specify one.
   • Select the Use Passive FTP check box if your computer or network is protected by a firewall.
      
5. Click OK to connect to the remote site.

   The Remote Web site view will show files that you have in your local and remote sites.
    

6. Click the Publish Web site button in the lower-right corner of the window.