FrontPage Answers

Is FrontPage the only program I can use to make a Web Page?  No.  There are many programs that you can use to create web pages, but there are some advantages to using FrontPage. 

• FrontPage is included in the OSU MCA agreement, and is therefore available to your office free of charge.
• FrontPage is a Microsoft product, and therefore many of the controls work the way you are used to in other programs such as Word.
• FrontPage is the product that is supported by the TSS Staff, your Support Specialist has training information available for you and can even do one on one training to help you develop your County's online presence.

Dreamweaver is a very powerful and popular program but the TSS staff does not have licenses to use the program and can be of little assistance with it.

Is there training available for FrontPage?  A reference manual has been written by members of the TSS staff and can be downloaded from our References page.  Also, you can request that your Support Specialist come to your office and do a training session on FrontPage for just yourself or as many people in your office as are interested.

Once I create a web page, where can I publish it?  Contact your Support Specialist or Dwayne Hunter to request space on the countyext server.  Dwayne will provide you with a username and password, as well as the address of the server you will publish your web to.  Your web address would be similar to http://countyext.okstate.edu/countyname. 

Where can I find logos and pictures associated with OSU/DASNR?  Contact your Support Specialsit for assistance in obtaining web approved logos.

Where can I find guidelines and instructions for setting up my county website?  Guidelines can be found at http://www.okstate.edu/ag/webguide/

How do I use the FrontPage 2002 template? 

1. Save the "fptemplate.zip" file to your desktop
2. Double click the "fptemplate.zip" icon and ask it to "Extract All Files" when it asks for a destination, save it to the "My Web Sites" folder in "My Documents"
3. Open FrontPage 2003
4. Choose "File", Open Web", and choose the "FP Template" folder
   Click "Open"
   Customize it for your office