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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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