If you are having trouble uploading a Front Page 98 web to Geocities, see if any of the tips below help.
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PS I'm not a Microsoft employee,  just someone who has been through uploading and maintaining a FP web at Geocities.

FP 98 Tips

Do not use any custom stuff that comes with FP (CGI) scripts. Such as counters, forms and feedback boxes.

Once you have saved everything to your web, use Win95 Explorer or your favorite file manager to go to the Webshare directory, the wwwroot subdirectory. Look for your web, then check in each of its subdirectories for files with the following extensions;

.inf  Geo. does not accept .inf files.

.elm (this is only one file however it can be anywhere).

.cnt (Geo does not like other peoples counters).

.uf8 or any file with a number in the extension.

Delete these files, doing so will not harm your web, any themes used will be on your Geo. site.

PS  If you reopen any pages of your web in Front Page then resave them before uploading them, the files mentioned above will be regenerated, so they must be deleted again.

Use Publish in front page to upload your web.

In the first screen (the one that asks you if you want to find a service provider on its left side) press the more webs button, enter http://www.geocities.com/xxxx/yyyyy   where the x is your neighborhood and the y is your  Geo. address, (you may also need to enter a longer address). You only need to enter this info. the first time you publish to Geo. (It will be on the list of sites afterwards.

Nothing will happen on your screen for awhile, (publish will be checking that the addy. (Geospeak for address) is a valid one. Then a screen will appear asking for your FTP address. Enter ftp.geocities.com  DO NOT ENTER A PATH.

Nothing will happen on your screen for awhile, (publish will be checking that the ftp addy. is a valid one.

Then you will get a screen asking for your username and password, enter them.

Nothing will happen on your screen for awhile, maybe for several minutes, Front Page is trying to get through to Geo. If nothing happens for over 5 Min. Geo. is probably jammed or down. Try again latter.

It's also a good idea to send up a few pages at a time when possible, do this by using the changed pages only check box when you publish.

Once Your Page Has Been Uploaded

When you join Geo. an index.html page is automatically created for you from the information you entered during the sign up process. (You must have an index.html or index.htm file for your site to display correctly.) This is the main page of your site for most Geo users, however things are a little different for FP98 users.

FP automatically assigns the name default.htm to the main page of your web, so this must be changed. Go to the Geo file manager and find and delete the index.html file. Then without leaving the file manager rename default.htm to index.htm.

Note: This procedure must be repeated every time default.htm is uploaded. (changes made to your main page or any other changes that affect it.)

GOOD LUCK.

Modified 02/18/99