The steps that you take to save your data access pages (data access page: A Web page, published from Access, that has a connection to a database. In a data access page, you can view, add to, edit, and manipulate the data stored in the database. A page can also include data from other sources, such as Excel.) to the Web depend on where you want to share them.
Making your data access pages available on an intranet
If your company uses an intranet (intranet: A network within an organization that uses Internet technologies (such as the HTTP or FTP protocol). By using hyperlinks, you can explore objects, documents, pages, and other destinations on the intranet.) that is based on Internet (Internet: A worldwide network of thousands of smaller computer networks and millions of commercial, educational, government, and personal computers. The Internet is like an electronic city with virtual libraries, stores, art galleries, and so on.) protocols, you can use Web Folders to save copies of your data access pages to a Web server (Web server: A computer that hosts Web pages and responds to requests from browsers. Also known as an HTTP server, a Web server stores files whose URLs begin with http://.). You must have access to a Web server before you can copy or manage folders and files on a Web server. To get the URL (Uniform Resource Locator (URL): An address that specifies a protocol (such as HTTP or FTP) and a location of an object, document, World Wide Web page, or other destination on the Internet or an intranet, for example: http://www.microsoft.com/.) of a Web server that you can save files to, see your system administrator.
Making your data access page available on the Internet
To make your data access pages available on the Internet (Internet: A worldwide network of thousands of smaller computer networks and millions of commercial, educational, government, and personal computers. The Internet is like an electronic city with virtual libraries, stores, art galleries, and so on.), you need to either locate an Internet service provider that allocates space for data access pages, or install Web server software on your computer. Some factors to consider in setting up your computer as a Web server are your computer's speed and availability. If you don't want to leave your computer on all day or most of the day, you might not want to set up your computer as a Web server.
Here are some options for saving your Web pages on the Internet.
- If your Web server supports Web folders, you can use Web folders to save copies of your Web pages to the Web server. Before you can copy or manage folders and files on a Web server, see your system administrator or Internet service provider (ISP) to get access to and the URL (Uniform Resource Locator (URL): An address that specifies a protocol (such as HTTP or FTP) and a location of an object, document, World Wide Web page, or other destination on the Internet or an intranet, for example: http://www.microsoft.com/.) of a Web server you can save files to.
- If your Web server supports File Transfer Protocol (FTP) (FTP: A communication protocol that makes it possible for a user to transfer files between remote locations on a network. This protocol also allows users to use FTP commands, such as listing files and folders, to work with files on a remote location.), you can save a data access page to an FTP site. See your system administrator or ISP to get access to a location you can save files to.
- If you have questions about saving your data access pages to the Internet, see your system administrator or ISP.
Managing data access pages on an intranet or the Internet
If you are working with an Internet service provider (ISP) or your organization's Web administrator, you should ask how the data access pages, graphics files, and other files should be structured on the server. For example, find out whether you need to create separate folders for bullets and pictures, or whether you need to store all the files in one location. If you plan to use forms or image maps, ask about any limitations on using these items, as they require additional server support.
