Extending your Webs

IIS (Internet Information Server) running under Windows XP Pro only allows 
the creation of a single web-server.

You can however, extend your webs in one of two ways...

First Method

Create a virtual folder anywhere on your disk(s). (see virtual folders entry). 
This example is called fentest

To set up a web in the directory select Open (NOT New) in FrontPage 
and navigate to the virtual folder

When you click on Open FrontPage will show this message  

If you click on Yes the Web will be set up in your virtual directory and can be called from pages in your web-server. Note that the URL will take the form of

   http://webservername/foldername/default.htm  

or if you have a fully qualified domain name 

   http://mydnsname/foldername/default.htm 

Second Method

Sub webs can be created under the main web. This can be done directly in the IIS snap-in

Or it can be done in FrontPage

You can now go ahead and create pages in your sub-web.

(It's worth noting that if you're really just concerned with keeping your site 'tidy' and manageable, then you don't have to follow either of the preceding methods - just create folders in your web ! )

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