FrontPage Server Extensions Information: Installation and Documentation

This article describes the Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions, how to install them, and also references other, more in-depth documentation on Server Extensions.

What are FrontPage Server Extensions?

The following description of the FrontPage Server Extensions is taken from the Frequently Asked Questions document located at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140185(office.10).aspx (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140185(office.10).aspx) :

FrontPage Server Extensions are a set of server-side applications that:

• Let multiple users simultaneously collaborate on the same Web site and Web Server (Multi-user Authoring).
• Let users write directly to the Web server using a PC or laptop computer from anywhere in the world via an Internet. (Remote Authoring).
• Let users include forms on their Web site and specify how the results of those forms are handled.
• Let users include discussion Webs on their Web site.
• Provide full text search capability on a Web site
• Let users include hit counters on their Web site.

This "pre-packaged" functionality lets users incorporate these advanced features without having to write the complex server-side programs they typically require. FrontPage is the only Web creation and management tool that offers all of these features.

How are the FrontPage Server Extensions Installed?

Full instructions on how to install the FrontPage Server Extensions are located in the \FrontPage 98C\SERK\enu\install.htm file on the FrontPage compact disc, or at: The following is a summary from the Install.htm file, describing how the FrontPage Server Extensions are installed on Microsoft Windows platforms:
On the Microsoft Windows platform, the following products include, as all or part of their installation, the FrontPage 98 Server Extensions:

• The FrontPage 98 client tool (the FrontPage Explorer and FrontPage Editor) is installed with the Microsoft Personal Web Server (on Windows 95) and the FrontPage Server Extensions. Authors then use the FrontPage Server Extensions to create and test their webs without requiring network access.
• The FrontPage Server Extensions can be installed without the FrontPage client tools directly on a Web server to support remote FrontPage web authoring.
• On Internet Information Server 4.0, the FrontPage Server Extensions are installed automatically as part of the Minimum and Typical installations. They can also be installed using the Custom option.

Microsoft Visual InterDev also relies on the FrontPage Server Extensions and includes them in the Visual InterDev server-side setup program.
NOTE: The latest stand-alone Server Extensions for your platform (including UNIX), which are self extracting executables, can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/ (http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/)

What is the SERK?

The FrontPage Server Extensions Resource Kit (SERK) is a set of HTML documents intended primarily for ISPs and intranet administrators. In addition to describing the FrontPage Server Extensions, it also provides information about security, installation, administration, and troubleshooting.

View the SERK from your browser by either opening \FrontPage 98C\SERK\enu\default.htm on your FrontPage compact disc, or viewing http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2000/HA011383231033.aspx (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2000/HA011383231033.aspx)