Publishing a Web Site

When you publish a publication to the Web, Publisher creates the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) files and other files needed to view your publication as a series of Web pages in a Web browser . But the pages will not be available to Web users until you place them on a Web server. In other words, you need a place to host your Web site before people browsing the Internet can see your pages.

Web Hosting

Creating a Web site is great (and easy with Publisher), but you still need a place to put it. That s where Web hosting comes in. A Web hosting company stores your Web pages on a server that is on the Internet, meaning that people browsing the Internet can access it. You create the pages and then upload them to the hosting company s server using tools they provide (typically a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) program).

Your Internet service provider (ISP) might provide Web hosting ”in fact, your existing account might include some level of hosting service. Many other companies also provide hosting service ”some catering to small businesses, others serving large companies and corporations. Some even provide the service free of charge, but there are usually restrictions or special terms for that service. Be sure to check the fine print!

When researching Web hosting service providers, consider the cost of the service, the space and transfer limits, and the file transfer and account management tools used.

 

In this exercise, you will publish your site so it can be displayed on the Web.

1. On the Web Tools toolbar, click Web Page Preview .

   Publisher prepares your Web page and displays it in a Web browser window.

   

2. Close the Web browser.

3. On the Web Tools toolbar, click Publish to the Web .

4. If Publisher displays a message about Web hosting service, read the message, and click OK to continue.

   The Publish to the Web dialog box appears.

5. Browse to the  My Documents\Microsoft Press\Office 2003 SBS\Email folder, and click Save .

6. If Publisher displays a message about how your HTML files were saved and how to update them in the future, read the message, and click OK.

   Publisher saves the HTML and other files for your site to the selected folder. To post the site so that others can view it over the internet, copy those files to your Web server, following the instructions provided by your hosting service provideror system administrator.

CLOSE the TGC Web file.