Publishing Microsoft Publisher Web Design to Website

[Shane]

Ok, I've designed a webpage in Microsoft Publisher. Then I go through the
steps to upload the Publisher files in the correct format to the web:

(1) In Microsoft Publisher, from the File menu, click Publish to the Web.
(2) If a Web host dialog box displays, click OK.
(3) In the Publish to the Web window, from the Save in drop-down list, click
Add/Modify FTP Locations.
(4) In the Name of FTP site text box, enter the fully-qualified domain name
of your hosting site (e.g., "coolexample.com").
(5) Under Log on as, select User and enter your hosting account user name.
(6) In the Password text box, enter your hosting account password.
(7) Click Add to save these settings for future uploads.
(8) Click OK.
(9) From the Save in drop-down list, select the appropriate domain name, and
then click Open. The file structure for your hosting account displays.
(10) Verify that the File name drop-down list value matches the name of your
home page and that the Save as type drop-down list value is Web Page,
Filtered.
(11) Click Save.

I can go out to my hosting manager and see the files but it does not show up
on the website address. I call the customer support for my hosting company
and they tell me I am missing an index.html file.

Does anyone know how I can fix whatever I am missing to complete publishing
my webpage content to my website?

 

[Mike Koewler]

Shane,
and then click Open. <<

What domain name did you select? It sounds like you did not select the
correct one. For instance, you domain might be named 'foo' but you
probably need to upload to a folder called public_docs (or html_public,
public_files, httpdocs, only your web host can tell you for sure).

Mike

 

[DavidF]

You might be doing everything right except for one thing. When you Publish
to the Web using Pub 2003, Publisher chooses a default file name of
"index.htm" for your home page. If your host truly does require
"index.html", then just change the extension when you Publish to the Web and
save.

Otherwise, you might reference the articles on uploading:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/category/1921.aspx

DavidF

 

[Shane]

You are absolutely correct. I changed the actual file name to index.html and
everything was published and works fine. Obviously, my hosting company
requires the name index. Thank you for your help.

 

[DavidF]

Glad it worked out...thanks for posting back.

DavidF