FP: How to Install FrontPage Server Extensions for IIS

• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
• Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
• Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, version 1.1

SUMMARY

This article describes how to install the FrontPage Server Extensions for the Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS).

Before you proceed with the steps in this article, you should do the following:

• Download the FrontPage 1.1 Server Extensions in the Microsoft Software Library. The extensions are stored in a self-extracting, self-executing file called:

  ~ FP11ext.exe

• Download the FrontPage 97 Server Extensions from the following Microsoft Web site.

  The extensions are stored in a self-extracting, self-executing file. You can download them from the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

        http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/softlib/current.htm
  

• Download the FrontPage 98 Server Extensions from the following Microsoft Web Site.

  The extensions are stored in a self-extracting, self-executing file. You can download them from the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

        http://microsoft.com/frontpage/wpp/exts.htm
  

• Ensure that IIS is functioning properly and running, and that Microsoft FrontPage is already installed.

MORE INFORMATION

To install the FrontPage 1.1 Server Extensions for the Microsoft Internet Information Server, use the following steps:

1. Log on to the Windows NT Server using the Administrator user id and password (do not log on as a User with Administrator permissions).

2. Start the Internet Service Manager and select the WWW Service. On the Properties menu, click Service Properties.

3. In the Password Authentication section on the Service tab, click to select the "Basic (Clear Text)" check box. Click the Apply button, and then click OK.

4. To decompress the FrontPage server extension file, double-click it.

   a. If you have already performed this operation once since FrontPage was

         installed, skip to step b. If you have not performed this operation
         since FrontPage was installed, at the end of the decompression
         process, click Yes when prompted to start Server Administrator now.
         Skip to step 5.
   

   b. Start the FrontPage Server Administrator.

5. Check the Ports section of this dialog box.

   Make sure there are no extensions already installed on the port where IIS is running. If there are, uninstall them.

   Once the port is free, click Install, and then do the following:

   a. In the Server Type drop-down list in the Configure Server Type dialog

         box, select MS Internet Information Server.
   

   b. In the Server Configuration dialog box, type the port number for the

         server.
   

         Do not type an IP address in the Multihosting section unless you have
         already bound multiple IP addresses to your NT Server and assigned
         them to virtual servers in IIS. (Never type a domain name in the
         Multihosting section.)
   

   c. In the Confirmation dialog box, click OK.

   d. In the Administrator for Personal Web Server dialog box, in the Name

         box, type "Administrator" (without the quotation marks). In the
         Password and Confirm Password boxes, type "x" (without the quotation
         marks). Click OK.
   

6. To connect to the Microsoft Internet Information Server from FrontPage Explorer, click Open Web on the File menu.

7. In the Open Web dialog box in the FrontPage Explorer, type the Hostname or IP Address to the Internet Information Server.

8. When prompted for the Author/Username and Password, type the username and password you use to log on to Windows NT.

1. Log on to Windows NT using the Administrator account.

2. Double-click the executable file downloaded from the Microsoft Web Site.