FP97: How to Set Up a Multilingual Web in FrontPage

Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
Article ID: Q169510
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
  • Microsoft FrontPage for the Power Macintosh, version 1.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how to set up a multilingual Web so that customers who browse your Web can view your content in their choice of language, such as English, Spanish, or German.

MORE INFORMATION

To set up a multilingual web in FrontPage Explorer, do the following:

  1. Set up the default home page in the <Root Web>.

  2. Create a subweb for each language you want.

  3. Set the default language property and HTML encoding for each subweb, using the following steps:

        a. On the Tools menu, click Web Settings.
    

        b. Click the Language tab.
    

        c. In the Default Web Language drop-down list, select the language
           you want to use.
    

        d. In the Default HTML Encoding drop-down list, select the type of
           HTML encoding you want. Click Apply.
    

        e. Click OK.
    

For more information about subwebs, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    ARTICLE-ID: Q148414
    Title     : FrontPage: How to Add SubWebs and Create Links to
                SubWebs


Additional query words: 97 bilingual german japanese italian french

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Version : windows:97,98; macintosh:1.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbhowto


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Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
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