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NOTE: The Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Extensions are compatible with FrontPage 2002, 2000, and 98 Client Programs

Installing the Server Extensions
In order to use Microsoft FrontPage 2002 in conjunction with your virtual server, you must install the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions. We support the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions and provide them to you completely free of charge.

Note: The FrontPage File Upload Component does not work on the Apache Web server.

To install the Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions on your virtual server, use the vinstall command.

% vinstall frontpage

NOTE: Do not use Ctrl-C to prematurely stop the installation. Doing so may create errors in your web server configuration file. You should allow the installation to fully run its course and close properly.

You do not need to remove previous versions of the FrontPage extensions to install the FrontPage 2002 Extensions. Older versions will be upgraded to the new version.

If you have virtual hosts configured on your virtual server, you will need to make sure they are in the usr/local/etc/httpd/vhosts directory before you can successfully install the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions.

You can use the vhostmv command to help you move your virtual subhosts if necessary.

% vhostmv

This command will move all your virtual host home directories, and attempt to rewrite the <VirtualHost> and access configurations in the web server configuration files. Use caution!!! Backup your files before using the vhostmv command!!! It has been tested with as many different virtual hosting configurations as we can think of, but perhaps not your particular configuration!

If you are only moving some hosts, or if you want to manually move your virtual hosts to the ~/www/vhosts directory, and your server was setup prior to July 1, 1999, it is likely that a <Directory> directive will need to be created at the bottom of your ~/www/conf/httpd.conf file (or at the bottom of your ~/www/conf/access.conf file if you have three separate web server configuration files). The <Directory> directive you may need to add is as follows:

<Directory /usr/local/etc/httpd/vhosts>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes
AllowOverride All
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

Installing the Server Extensions on Virtual Hosts
Virtual Hosts can have the Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions installed in their home directories. These server extensions are fully functional and give Virtual Host users access to all features of FrontPage 2002.

Installing FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for virtual hosted domain names is easy. Use the same vinstall command that you used to install the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions on your server. After installing the server extensions (or checking to see that the server extensions are already installed), the install program will then prompt you for the virtual host domains which you want the server extensions installed.

Removing the Server Extensions
To remove the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions from your virtual server, use the vuninstall command.

% vuninstall frontpage

NOTE: Running vuninstall frontpage will remove both FrontPage 2000 and FrontPage 2002 extensions from your virtual server.

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