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To create a discussion Web using FrontPage, perform the following steps:
 The
following steps were created using FrontPage 2000. Depending on the version
you are using, the steps may be different. The steps illustrate how
to create a discussion Web on your local computer. After it is created, you
can publish the new discussion Web to a directory on the server.
 Open
FrontPage. From the File menu, select
New, click Web.
 From
the New window, Web
Sites tab, click Discussion Web Wizard.
 Under
Options, from
Specify the location of the new web, enter or navigate to the
location of the discussion Web folder, click OK.
In
this example the folder is located on L:\My
Documents\My Webs\myweb7. If you are creating the discussion Web on
your Web site on the server, you must specify the name of your registered
domain and the folder name (e.g., http://forexample-domain.com/MyDiscussion_Web).
A
Create New Web window will appear indicating
your discussion Web is being created at the location you have specified.
 From
the Discussion Web Wizard, click
Next.
 Click
to choose the features you would like to have on your discussion Web, click
Next.
The
Submission Form is a required feature and is
selected by default. Features provide the following options:
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Table of Contents: Provides links to all posted articles
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Search Form: Enables users to locate articles
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Threaded Replies: Allows users to post replies to specific articles
 In
the Enter a descriptive title for this discussion
box, enter a title for your discussion Web site
(e.g., My Discussion Web).
In the Enter the name for the discussion folder
box, enter a name for the folder in which all
articles posted to your discussion Web site will be placed (e.g.,
_MyDiscussion_Web).
 Folders
that begin with an underscore are "hidden"; articles submitted to hidden
folders are indexed separately from other Web documents.
 Click
Next.
 Click
to choose the set of input fields you want for your discussion Web's
Submission Form, click
Next.
You
can add more fields later if you determine they are needed.
 Under
Will the discussion take place in a protected web,
click to choose Yes or
No, click Next.
If
you choose Yes, only registered users are allowed,
posted articles will automatically contain the registered names of the users
who submitted them, and you will need to change the Web permissions after
the Wizard sets up your discussion Web.
 Click
to choose how you want the Table of Contents
to sort posted articles, click Next.
 Under
Do you want the Table of Contents page for this
discussion to be the home page of this web, click to choose
Yes or No,
click Next.
In
this example Yes is chosen, and, as a
result, the Discussion Web Wizard will
overwrite the current home page for My Discussion Web.
 Click
to choose the information you want the
Search Form to report for matching documents, click
Next.
The
Search Form matches documents as follows:
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Subject: Article subject
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Size: Article size in kilobytes (KB)
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Date: Date article was submitted
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Score: Measurement of the relevance of the query term to a given article
 Click Next.
To
select a theme for your discussion Web site, click
Choose Web Theme.
 Click Finish.
The
main pages of your discussion Web are displayed.
 If
you receive a Server Busy message, click
Switch To.
The
files created by the Discussion Web Wizard will display in your
Folder List.
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