FP1: Configuring FP Server Extensions for Multihosting on IIS

• Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, version 1.1
• Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how to configure the FrontPage Server Extensions for multihosting on the Microsoft Internet Information Server version 1.0.

MORE INFORMATION

To configure the FrontPage Server Extensions for multihosting on the Microsoft Internet Information Server version 1.0, follow these steps:

1. Log on to the Windows NT Server using the Administrator login and password.

   NOTE: Do not log on as User with Administrative permissions. In some Windows NT Network configurations, individual user accounts with Administrative privileges may be limited by the DOMAIN\Admins group; this is why it is recommended that you log in as Administrator.

2. Ensure that the virtual servers are set up correctly.

   Internet Information Server can work with different virtual server directory structures than the FrontPage Internet Information Server Extensions require. Virtual server directories should not be configured under the root directory for another server. The following configuration will not work with the FrontPage Internet Information Server extensions because they contain nested directories for the virtual servers:

         root Web   c:\inetsrv\wwwroot
         vir svr1   c:\inetsrv\wwwroot\virsvr1
         vir svr2   c:\inetsrv\wwwroot\virsvr2
   
      To correct this example configuration for the FrontPage Internet
      Information Server Extensions, move the virsvr1 and virsvr2 directories
      up one level so that they are not nested under wwwroot, like this:
   
         root Web   c:\inetsrv\wwwroot
         vir svr1   c:\inetsrv\virsvr1
         vir svr2   c:\inetsrv\virsvr2
   
      For more information about how to set these up, click the Index tab in
      Internet INformation Server Help, type the following text:
   
         virtual servers
   
      and double-click the selected text to go to the "Virtual servers" topic.
   
   

3. Start the FrontPage Server Administrator.

4. Click Install. In the Configure Server Type dialog box, under Server Type, select MS Internet Information Server.

5. In the Server Configuration dialog box, under Mutlihosting, type the port number for the server and the IP address.

   NOTE: You will need to run Install for each IP address you want to multihost. Each time, you should assign a different IP address to the same port (typically, port 80).

6. When the Confirmation dialog box appears, click OK.

7. In the "Administrator For Personal Web Server" dialog box, type the following:

         In the Name box, type: Administrator
         In the Password box, type: x
         In the Confirm Password box, type: x
   

   NOTE: All FrontPage Server Extensions use the native security scheme of server on which they are installed. On IIS, the FrontPage Server Extensions use Windows NT security.

   You can now connect to the Microsoft Internet Information Server using FrontPage Explorer. To do this, click Open Web on the File menu.

8. In the Open Web dialog box, type the Hostname or IP Address to the Multihosted site on the Internet Information Server. When prompted for the Author/Username and Password, type the Username and Password used to log on to Windows NT.