Microsoft KB Archive/273493

= HOW TO: Create a Discussion Web Using FrontPage 2000 =

Article ID: 273493

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2002

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 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q273493



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SUMMARY
 * Procedure

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SUMMARY
This article explains how to use the Discussion Wizard in FrontPage 2000 to create a discussion web.

Before you begin, you must decide whether the discussion web will be a part of an existing web or a new web. A new web can be a root web or a subweb.

In order for a discussion web created in FrontPage to work correctly, it must run on a server that has the FrontPage Server Extensions or Office Server Extensions installed.

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Procedure

 * 1) Start FrontPage.
 * 2) If you want to add the discussion web to an existing web, you must open the web before you continue with these steps.
 * 3) On the File menu, point to New, and then click Web.
 * 4) Select the Discussion Web Template from the list of webs.
 * 5) If this web will be part of the current web, select the Add to current web box.
 * 6) If this will be a new web, type the location and name of the web in the Specify location of new web box. Some examples of names are http://www.servername.com/talk, http://localhost/talk, or c:\talk.

NOTE: If you use a hard disk location, the web must be published to a server with the server extensions installed.

Click OK.
 * 1) The wizard starts. Click Next.
 * 2) Select the features that you want in your discussion web. Information about each of these features appears in the dialog box in the second paragraph. Click Next.
 * 3) Type a title for your discussion web, as well as a title for the folder that will hold your discussion entries. By default, FrontPage enters Discussion for the title and _disc for these folders. You can leave the default names or change them to something more descriptive. Use of the (_) underscore before the folder name will hide this folder from search engines. Click Next.
 * 4) Select the input fields for your discussion page. Click Next.
 * 5) Choose whether this web will be restricted only to registered users or a members group. Click Next.
 * 6) Select the order in which you want your articles displayed. You can display the articles by oldest to newest or newest to oldest. Click Next.
 * 7) On this page of the wizard, you can choose to use the table of contents as your home page.

NOTE: If you select to have the table of contents as the home page and you have a home page in this web, the home page will be overwritten.

Click Next.
 * 1) Select the information that you want to be displayed in the search results. Click Next
 * 2) If you click Choose Web Theme, you can select one of the FrontPage themes for the discussion web. Click Next.
 * 3) Click to select your page layout. You can choose among different framesets or no frame. Click Next.
 * 4) Click Finish to quit the wizard and allow FrontPage to create your discussion web.

NOTE: After you start the Discussion Wizard and move to the second page, you can click Finish at any time. FrontPage will create a discussion web based on the last selections that you made in the wizard.

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