Seting up frontpage so I can publish my site directly to web.. need a server?

I need a server to do that? I bought a domain, so I have to buy a server too?





I've always used free web hosts like geocities where I'd just upload my htm pages and files. I'm not sure where to upload my files.
Seting up frontpage so I can publish my site directly to web.. need a server?
yep buy any web host with FrontPage Extensions 2002 or later. alternatively, WebDAV is another similar technology which is frontpage friendly
Seting up frontpage so I can publish my site directly to web.. need a server?
The domain is hosted on the provider's server. If you've bought a hosting package, then you already have access to a server. The hosting provider should have given you the details of your FTP login in order to upload stuff to your server space.





If you didn't buy a hosting package, then yes, you need a server. The easiest way for you would be to buy the hosting package from the same company you bought the domain from.





PS. DON'T use FrontPage, it's a big steaming pile of poo. You shouldn't have to use "frontpage extensions". Get a real web development application like NVu. Even a text editor is better than FP. Learn proper HTML.
Reply:You have a domain, which simply means that www.whatever.com will go to a specific place on the Internet. Whoever you bought the domain from will also have server space available for you.





If you bought the domain from Yahoo, you get a basic one page layout with minimal options. That's for the basic $1.99 domain name only. You also have the option to have the domain name set up as a redirect to some other space on the Internet. For an extra $8.99/month you can start getting actual server space with Yahoo (ad-free) and then can use Frontpage.





GoDaddy works the same. You get the domain name cheap, and then need to pay a bit extra for actual storage space.





VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!





Whatever company you buy the server space from, make sure you know EXACTLY what storage space AND what bandwidth come with your package. Otherwise you might get nailed for massive fees if you go over bandwidth.





Example:





You get a package with 10GB of storage space and 5GB of bandwidth. You toss up a couple of moives and have all your firends start downloading. Suddenly you use up 20GB of bandwidth in one month. You provider will chare you a fortune for the additional bandwidth used.





The point is, get a decent idea of how the site is going to be used, try to anticipate the bandwidth needs of your site (how much traffic you might get and how much info might be downloaded).
Reply:Begin with setting up your own webpage as your current internet provider will provide free hosting as discussed below.





If you are currently a paid Internet subscriber, you are entitled to a "homepage" which often contains simple navigation and editing tools. And if you use FrontPage, you can easily generate a full-blown website as a Homepage by uploading/ftping your webpages accordingly.





Nevertheless, the "homepage" URL is likely to be "http://homepage.earthlink.com/subscribe... name" and that URL can easily be overwritten via a redirection service, i.e., "mydomain.com" which allows you to link any registered domain name to "mask" another website. For example, should you type in the "domain name," you will be immediately transported to the homepage and the hompage URL of http://homepage.earthlink.com/subscriber... a homepage URL which will be masked by the domain name. And the charge for the redirection service [even at godaddy.com] is normally FREE.





When you acquire a domain name, connect it using a redirection service [as discussed above] and submit/publish the domain name on major search engines/directories in order for Net surfers to find your website.





Good luck!