Important  If you edit a page directly on a Web-DAV-based server, the Publish Web site option in Remote Web Site view is unavailable and appears dimmed.

To publish files and folders in a Web site to a Web server that supports Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) (WebDAV: An application protocol for publishing and managing files on the World Wide Web. It provides support for storing information about a file, so authors can change a file and its properties without overwriting other changes to that file.), you must open and save a copy of the site to your computer, edit the files and folders in that copy, and then publish the updated files and folders to the server.

What is WebDAV?

WebDAV is an application protocol related to HTTP 1.1 that allows different authors who are using different computers to collaboratively edit, publish, and manage files remotely on the World Wide Web.

WebDAV provides support for storing various types of information about a file, such as the author of a file. By using this information, Web site authors can both view and change information about the content of a file and its properties, without overwriting changes that someone else might have made to that file.

Publishing to a WebDAV server

To publish files and folders to a WebDAV server, do the following:

1. On the File menu, click Open Site.
2. In the Open Site dialog box, type a path or browse to the folder that contains your Web site.
3. Click Open.

   Note  If the Web site that you are opening is not a Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Web site, you will be prompted to add FrontPage information to the folder.

4. Edit the Web site as required.
5. On the File menu, click Save.
6. On the View menu, click Remote Web Site.
7. Do the following:

   Set the remote Web site properties

   1. On the View menu, click Remote Web Site.
   2. At the top of the document window, click Remote Web Site Properties.
   3. On the Remote Web Site tab, under Remote Web server type, click WebDAV.
   4. In the Remote Web site location box, type the Internet address, including the protocol, of the remote Web site that you want to publish folders and files to — for example, http://www.example.com — or click Browse to locate the site.
   5. Do any of the following:
      • To use Secure Sockets Layer (Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): A proposed open standard that was developed by Netscape Communications for establishing a secure communications channel to prevent the interception of critical information, such as credit card numbers.) (SSL), select the Encryption connection required (SSL) check box..

        To use SSL connections on your Web server, the server must be configured with a security certificate from a recognized certificate authority. If the server does not support SSL, clear this check box. Otherwise, you will not be able to publish folders and files to the remote Web site. If you are not sure whether your Web site supports SSL, check with your Web server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP: A business that provides access to the Internet for such things as electronic mail, chat rooms, or use of the World Wide Web. Some ISPs are multinational, offering access in many locations, while others are limited to a specific region.) (ISP).

      • To remove specific types of code from Web pages while they are being published, on the Optimize HTML tab, select the options that you want.
      • To change the default options for publishing, on the Publishing tab, select the options that you want.
   6. Click OK.

   Mark files that you do not want to publish

   • In the Local Web site pane, right-click each file that you do not want to publish, and then click Don't Publish.
8. Publish files and folders to a Web server that supports WebDAV

   How?

   1. Under the Remote Web site pane, under Publish all changed pages, click Local to remote.
   2. Click Publish Web site.

   Note  If you stop a publish in progress, files that have already been published will remain on the remote Web site.