Microsoft KB Archive/190617

= FP97: How to Divide a Large Root Web into Smaller Subwebs =

Article ID: 190617

Article Last Modified on 10/1/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q190617



For a Microsoft FrontPage 2002 version of this article, see 292625.

For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see 205234.

For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194676.



SUMMARY
Dividing a site into multiple subWebs makes administrative and authoring tasks, such as changing themes, publishing changes, and even finding specific files, easier. In addition, if you have a large Web site, you can use subwebs to keep track of each author's work by assigning each author their own subWeb. This article describes how to divide a large root Web into several smaller subwebs.



MORE INFORMATION
To divide a large root Web into several smaller subwebs, follow these steps:  On the File menu, point to New, and then click FrontPage Web. In the New FrontPage Web dialog box, click Empty Web and then click OK. In the Empty Web Template dialog box, perform the following:  In the Web Server or File Location" box, type the name of your Web server.

NOTE: If the Web server is the computer you are currently working on, type localhost . In the "Name of New FrontPage Web" box, type the name of the subweb. Click OK.</li></ol> </li> On the File menu, click Import.</li> In the "Import File to FrontPage Web" dialog box, click Add File.</li>  In the "Add File to Import List" dialog box, click Browse and locate your root Web.

The following table shows the typical locations for the root Web of common Web servers. The actual location may vary depending on the installation options of FrontPage and of the Web Server. <pre class="fixed_text">     Web Server                              Location

FrontPage Personal Web Server          C:\FrontPage Webs\Content Microsoft Personal Web Server          C:\Webshare\Wwwroot Microsoft Internet Information Server  C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot Microsoft Peer Web Server              C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot NOTE: You can press CTRL and click each file you want to add to the subweb. </li> Click Open and then click OK.</li> Repeat steps 1 through 7 to create all the subwebs for the Web site.</li> Open the root Web and delete the files that you imported into the subweb.</li></ol>

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