How to publish your Publisher-based Web site to a Web server that requires an Index.htm file in Publisher 2002

When you save your publication as a group of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) files in Microsoft Publisher 2002, Publisher does not generate an Index.htm file. Many Internet service providers (ISPs) require an Index.htm file as the default Web page when you publish a Web site to their Web server.

This article explains how to publish your Web site (consisting of Publisher-based HTML files) to an ISP Web server that requires an Index.htm file.

In Publisher 2002, when you click Save as Web Page on the File menu, Publisher saves your Web publication with the following default name where x is a number. In addition, Publisher creates a Publicationx_files folder. This folder contains your content files, which include graphics files, as well as a Filelist.xml file that lists all the files in your Web publication.

Publisher does not generate an Index.htm file when you save your publication as a group of HTML files. If the default page name used by your ISP's Web server is Index.htm, you must change the name of your publication from the default name, Publicationx.htm, to "Index.htm" when you save your publication as HTML files. Specifically, you must create a new folder in which to save your HTML files, and then save your publication as Index.htm in the new folder. To do this, follow these steps.

NOTE: The default page name used by your ISP's Web server may vary. For example, the default page set on the Web server may be Index.html rather than Index.htm. To determine the correct name to use for your Web publication, contact your ISP.

1. Start Publisher, and then open your publication.
2. On the File menu, click Save as Web Page.
3. In the Save as Web Page dialog box, specify a location in which to create a new folder.
4. Click Create New Folder.
5. In the New Folder dialog box, type a name for your new folder, and then click OK.
6. In the File name box, type index.htm, and then click Save.
   
   The folder that you created now contains the Index.htm file and the Publicationx_files folder. Both the Publicationx_files folder and the Index.htm page must be uploaded to your ISP's Web server for your Web publication to be displayed on the Internet.

For more information about publishing your Web site in Publisher, click Microsoft Publisher Help on the Help menu, type publish a Web site in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.