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FAQs
How
do I set up a message board using FrontPage?
FrontPage Discussion Web Template
A discussion group is a Microsoft FrontPage web page that
supports interactive discussions of topics by users. Users
submit topics by entering text in a form, search the group
using a search form, and access articles using a table of
contents.
If
you are subscribed to a hosting plan that includes a discussion
group on your site, here are some guidelines to get you started.
To
create a discussion group:
1.
In the FrontPage Explorer, select File: New: FrontPage Web.
2. In the New FrontPage Web dialog box, select Discussion
Web Wizard and click OK.
3. In the Discussion Web Wizard dialog box, enter the Web
server and FrontPage web name of your discussion group, and
click OK.
4. If you are prompted for your name and password, enter them
and click OK.
5. In the Discussion Web Wizard, select the main features
of your discussion and click Next.
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A
Table of Contents contains hyperlinks to the discussion
topics. |
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A
Search Form lets users search the discussion topics for
a word or phrase. |
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Threaded
Replies allow users the choice of either creating new
top-level topics for discussions or replying to topics
in current discussions. |
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A
Confirmation Page echoes back to a user confirmation of
an entry in the discussion. |
6.
Enter a descriptive title for the discussion and click Next.
Note:
On any panel of the Discussion Web Wizard, you can click Finish
to create the FrontPage discussion web using defaults for
any settings you did not modify.
7.
Select the fields you want on the input form and click Next
(The user uses the input form to submit topics to the discussion).
8.
Select whether or not users will be required to register for
the FrontPage discussion web and click Next.
9.
If you select to register users, the Discussion Web Wizard
will create a registration form and open it in the FrontPage
Editor. Insert the registration form in your root FrontPage
web to make it available to users.
10.
Select the sort order for the table of contents and click
Next.
11.
Specify whether or not you want the table of contents to replace
your home page and click Next.
12.
Select the settings for the Search form and click Next.
13.
Select color settings for all pages in the discussion web
and click Next.
14.
Optionally select a frame set in which to display the discussion
group and click Next.
15.
Click Finish to accept your selections.
16.
In the FrontPage Editor, open the pages created by the Discussion
Web Wizard and customize them as needed.
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