FP1: How to Set Up FrontPage with TCP/IP and a Valid Winsock

• Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, version 1.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how to set up TCP/IP and a valid Winsock.dll for the FrontPage Personal Web server when you are using either Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups.

FrontPage 1.1 and above will not run on Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups

MORE INFORMATION

The following instructions assume you have already installed the FrontPage client and FrontPage Web Server and you are using a computer that has the following configuration:

• It is not connected to a network.
• It does not have an Internet connection.
• It has an Internet connection with an invalid or non-compliant Winsock.dll installed by a dial-up service.

1. Download a Windows socket, version 1.1 or later. Place the compressed or zipped file in its own folder, and then decompress or unzip the file.

2. Copy the Winsock.dll, Tcpman.exe, and Tcpman.ini file into your Windows folder.

3. Run the FrontPage TCP/IP Test.

   Note that although the tests may not detect all four common ways to name your computer (localhost, 127.0.0.1, your computer's name, and your computer's IP address). You can still evaluate and use FrontPage on your personal computer, but you will not be able to share your webs with a network or the Internet.

   127.0.0.1 will most likely pass while the other three will most likely fail. If any of the other computer names pass and 127.0.0.1 fails, substitute that computer name in the following steps.

4. Open the Httpd.cnf file (located in the Vermeer\httpd\conf\ folder) in a text editor, such as Notepad, and add the following line:

         ServerName 127.0.0.1
   

5. Save and close the file.

6. Start the Personal Web Server. When you create a new Web, specify the following server name for the Web server:

         127.0.0.1
   

   Type a name for your Web and then click OK. You can now create the pages in your Web.

   http://127.0.0.1/<Web name>/index.htm

NOTE: If you do not complete the above steps, the Personal Web Server may appear to work, but the following features will not work properly when you browse your Web:

• Browsing a folder URL without the trailing slash (/).
• Image Maps.
• SmartHTML pages such as searches, form results, discussion webs, and so on.