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Citation: Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard Help © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.


Using Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard

Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard helps you publish to the Web any folders or files you want, such as HTML pages, graphics files, and project folders.

Tips

•	You can also publish your Web pages directly from Windows Explorer. Right-click the folder or file you want to publish, point to Send To, and then click Web Publishing Wizard.

•	For an overview of Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard, click Related Topics below.

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Publishing a single folder or file to a Web server

You can post a single folder or file to a Web server in three different ways. You can start Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard from the Start menu and select the file when prompted by the wizard; you can right-click a selected file in Windows Explorer, point to Send To, and click Web Publishing Wizard; or you can create a desktop shortcut to the wizard and drag files to the Web Publishing Wizard icon. Use the following steps to post a single folder or file to a Web server.

To publish a single folder or file

1	Start Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard.

2	When the Welcome dialog box appears, click Next.

3	Click the Browse Folders button or Browse Files button, select the folder or file you want to post, and then click Open.

4	Click Next.

5	In the Web server box, click the drop-down arrow and select the name of the Web server where you want to post your folder or file.

6	Click Next.

7	Click Finish.

Note

•	If your Web server does not appear in the drop-down list, click the New button to add it to the wizard.

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Publishing using drag and drop

You can post folders or files to a Web server by creating a desktop shortcut to Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard and dragging files to the Web Publishing Wizard icon. Do the following to post a single folder or file to a Web server using drag and drop.

To publish a folder or file using drag and drop

1	Create a desktop shortcut to Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard. See Microsoft Windows online Help for more information.

2	In Windows Explorer, go to the directory where the folder or file you want to publish is located.

3	Make sure the wizard icon is visible.

4	Click the folder or file and drag it to the Web Publishing Wizard icon.

5	To publish your files, follow the on-screen instructions in the wizard.

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Publishing multiple files to a Web server

You cannot select multiple files directly from Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard. Therefore, to post multiple files, you must use Windows Explorer. In Windows Explorer, select the files you want to post, right-click the files, point to Send To, and then click Web Publishing Wizard. If you create a desktop shortcut to the wizard, you can also select your files from Windows Explorer and drag them to the wizard icon. Use the following steps to post multiple files to a Web server.

To publish multiple files

1	Open Windows Explorer.

2	Select the files you want to post.

3	Right-click the selected files, point to Send To, and then click Web Publishing Wizard.

4	In the Web server box, click the drop-down arrow and select the name of the Web server where you want to post your files.

6	Click Next.

7	Click Finish.

Tips

•	To select multiple files and folders in Windows Explorer, in the folder window, hold down the CTRL key, and then click each item you want to select:

To select all the files and folders in the window, click Select All on the Edit menu.

To select a group of files that are next to each other in the Windows Explorer, click anywhere in the blank area of the window. A box appears that you can then drag around the files you want to select.

•	If your Web server does not appear in the drop-down list, click the New button to add it to the wizard.

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Adding a Web server

If you have not already provided Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard with information about your Web server, you'll need to do so before posting for the first time. The wizard saves the location of your Web server using the name you provide, so you can easily post to the same location in the future. Use the following information to add your Web server to the wizard.

Before you can add a Web server, you must start the wizard. When the Welcome dialog box appears, click Next. If you have not done so already, select a folder or file you want to publish and then click Next.

To add a Web server

1	Click the New button.

2	In the Descriptive name box, type a friendly name for your Web server, such as My Web Server. The descriptive name can be anything you want. It's used to identify your server in the drop-down list. If needed, click Advanced for more options.

3	When you are done, click Next.

4	In the URL or Internet address box, type the Internet address you use to access the Web server where you publish your files.

5	In the Local directory box, type the path to the files on your computer that you want to associate with the URL you selected.

6	When you are done, click Next.

7	Click Finish.

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Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard Overview

To publish information on the World Wide Web, all Web pages must be stored on a Web server. Most Internet  (ISPs) offer Web hosting services for customer's Web pages. Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard provides you with an easy way to transfer your personal Web pages to your ISP's Web server or to a Web server on your local area network (LAN). You must initiate a connection to your ISP before you can use the wizard to publish your files.

To get started, make sure you have the following:

•	A connection to your ISP

•	The connection method your ISP uses, such as FTP, HTTP Post, or SS CD

•	The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the Web server you use to publish your files

•	The name of the folder on the server where you publish the files

If you do not have this information, contact your ISP or system administrator.

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Select a folder or file

Use this screen to specify a single folder or file that you want to publish to the Web. Do one of the following:

•	To select a folder to publish to the Web, click Browse Folders, locate and select the folder you want to publish, and then click Open. To publish all the subfolders within the folder you selected, select the Include subfolders check box.

•	To select a file to publish to the Web, click Browse Files, locate and select the file you want to publish, and then click Open.

Notes

•	If the file you are publishing contains references to other files, such as .gif, .jpg, or other .htm files, make sure you also publish them to the Web server.

•	When you publish a folder, all of the files in the folder are published.

•	For further instructions about publishing folders and files, click Related Topics.

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Select a Web server

Use this screen to select the Web server you want to use to publish the files you have selected. After you select a Web server, information about that server is displayed on the screen. Do one of the following:

•	In the Web server list, select the server to which you want to publish the files you have selected.

•	If the server you want to use does not appear in the list, click New to set up a new Web server location.

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Name the Web server

Use this screen to provide a descriptive or friendly name for your Web server. The next time you publish files to the Web, you can use this name to select this Web server from a list. You can use any name you want. Do the following:

•	In the Descriptive name box, type a friendly name for the Web server. For example, type My Web Server.

•	If you use a particular connection method to publish to your web server, click Advanced to select that connection method from the list. If you do not know which connection method to use, click Next.

Note

•	For more information about adding a Web server, click Related Topics.

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Select your connection method

Use this screen to select the connection method you use to publish files to your Web server. If you don't know which connection method to use, the wizard can attempt to determine it for you. Do one of following:

•	In the connection method list, click the name of your connection method.

•	If you do not know which connection method to choose, click Automatically Select Connection Method.

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Specify the URL and local directory

Use this screen to provide the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or Internet address Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard uses to publish files to your Web server. Also, specify a local directory on your computer that you want to associate with this Web server. For example, if you are publishing the following file from your computer, c:\mysite\images\gifs\me.gif, and you select the following URL for your files on the Web server, http://www.server.com/myname/mypages/, then the wizard always puts files in the proper place on the Web server after you select the files or folders you want to publish. If you selected c:\mysite\images as your local directory, then the associated relative path of the URL would be http://www.server.com/mypages/gifs/me.gif.

Do the following:

•	In the URL or Internet address box, type the location of your Web server, including any folders on the server that have been set up for your use. For example, if your Internet  or system administrator has assigned you a folder named myname/mypages on the Web server www.server.com, then you would type http://www.server.com/myname/mypages/. People use this URL to view the pages you publish on the Web.

•	If you want to associate a particular directory or folder on your computer with this Web server, type the directory or folder name in the Local directory box; for example, c:\mysite\images\gifs. If you select a folder or file for publishing, the Local directory box automatically displays the directory or folder name.

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Publish your files

Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard has gathered all of the necessary information to publish your files or folders to the Web server you selected. Do the following:

•	To publish your files and close the wizard, click Finish.

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Choose a specific connection method

Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard is unable to automatically determine the connection method to use to publish your Web pages.

To continue, you must choose a specific connection method and supply additional information about your Web server. If you don't have the Web server information needed by the wizard, contact your Internet  or system administrator for more information. Do the following:

•	Click Next to return to the Service Selection screen to select a connection method. Note that you should not select Automatically Select Connection Method.

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Choose the SS CD Web posting connection method

The SS CD (Site Server Content Deployment) Web posting connection method is unable to determine how to publish to your system. You must type the SS CD server and SS CD project names. Contact your Internet  or system administrator for more information. Do the following:

•	In the SS CD server box, type the name of your SS CD server.

•	In the SS CD project box, type the name of your SS CD project.

•	Click the Advanced button to configure advanced SS CD options.

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Configure the SS CD Web posting connection method

Use this screen to specify the SS CD Web posting connection method configuration you are using to connect to the Web server. Contact your Internet  or system administrator for more information. Do the following:

•	Select Full sync to publish to the Web server only the new and updated files in your local directory.

•	Select Force to force publication of all files in your local directory, even if the files haven't changed since the last publication.

•	Select Frame mode to publish files with greater security, or to publish files over an unreliable connection.

•	Select Fast mode to publish files over a more reliable connection. This is recommended for publishing to your intranet.

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Choose the FTP server and subfolder

Use this screen to provide the FTP server name and the Web pages subfolder. Contact your Internet  or system administrator for more information. Do the following:

•	In the FTP server name box, type the name of the FTP server where you post your files. Verify with your Internet  or system administrator that your server uses an FTP protocol. Note that the FTP server name may be different from the URL you previously selected. Make sure you type the information exactly as your Internet  specifies.

•	Type the folder name your Internet  has assigned to you for publishing Web files in the Subfolder containing your Web pages box. For example, type myname/mypages. This is the subfolder people access to view your Web pages.

•	The URL you previously selected appears.

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Choose the HTTP Post Web Posting connection method

Use this screen to specify the server name and posting command used by the server where you want to publish your Web files. Contact your Internet service  or system administrator for more information. Do the following:

•	In the Server name box, type the name of the server where you want to publish your Web files.

•	In the Posting command box, type the name of the posting command used by the server where you want to publish your Web files.

•	If needed, select Use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).

•	If needed, select Post-processing required.

•	If you selected Post-processing required, type the URL of the post-processing command to be used after you publish your Web files.

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