Using MS Word to edit your Pages

INTRODUCTION

OK, so you are a newbie to Web design and you want to your Microsoft word to edit your pages. Can you? Sure you can.  (Although with all the software applications we offer free with your Website, you probably don't need to do this).

Here are some of the basic steps
 

Go to your Administrator Control Panel (the info is in the welcome email you received)
Click the Server icon.
You should see this

Click FrontPage Extensions.
Click Install extensions.
You should get a confirmation message telling you they were installed.

1. Open Word.
2. Click File->Open
3. Type in http://YourDomain.com. You should see this
4. Enter the username and password you got in the welcome letter.
5. You will see a list of files and folders. Double click index.html to open it.
6. Type, new stuff, Drag pictures from your desktop, add clipboard items whatever ... make your masterpiece.
7. Click Save to save it as index.html or Save as to save as a new file.
8. Let's say you save a file as pictures.html, to access it you would go to http://YourDomain.com/pictures.html

NOTE:

a. Files must end in either .htm or .html.
b. File names are Case Sensitive.
c. Do not use spaces in file names..
 

To add a hyper link form one page to another ---

1. Select the text you want to be a hyperlink.
2. Right click the text. Select Hyperlink
3. A box appears with all the files on your site. Double click the file you want it to link to. Done.