Digital Indigo provides various ways for users to put their documents and designs on the web. For general information on using your account for the first time, please click here.

This following text is for persons using Microsoft FrontPage to publish to their website.

Accessing Your Website
FrontPage extensions are provided for free to anyone with a domain name that is hosted on Digital Indigo servers. If you haven't already requested your FrontPage extensions to be enabled, you must do so. FrontPage is NOT enabled on your site unless you specifically request it.

Once your extensions are enabled, go to the File menu and click on Open Web...

You will be asked to enter the filename. Enter http://www.yourwebsite.com

After a brief period of time, you will be presented with a box requesting your username and password. Enter the username and password you received from Digital Indigo upon setup of your account.

After successful login, you should see a list of the files on your website. Since this is your first time, you'll probably only see one file called index.php.

Removing the "Coming Soon" Page
Since this is your first time publishing to your account, you'll want to remove the page that lets visitors know your website is "coming soon."

As mentioned above, you will see a file called index.php. This is the file that displays, "Coming Soon." Since we no longer wish to display the "Coming Soon" message, highlight the file, and delete it.

Publishing Your Own Pages
FrontPage makes it easy to publish your pages. For instance you can go under the File menu, and click New Page. This will give you a word processor-like environment. Once you enter some text click on File and then Save. For your first web page save it as the name index.htm.

Important: Your files must end in ".html" or ".htm" if they are to be displayed on the web. FrontPage will add the ".htm" extension to your filenames when you save the file.

The first file a web viewer will see when they come into your website is called index.htm. That means your initial page must be called index.htm.

Advanced Design
Eventually you'll want to create your own graphics, add logo's, link pages, and do other web publishing techniques. Be sure to thoroughly read your FrontPage instructions to learn how to do this.

We offer publishing and development as a separate service. We will be glad to help you with your publishing and design needs at our hourly rate, found by clicking the Prices button on the top left of this page.

Checking Web Statistics
You can check out how many people are coming to your website, where they're coming from, and the overall popularity of your website using our Web Stats features. To check your web stats, type in your domain name followed by /webstats. For example, if you own "www.joesmith.com" you can see your stats at "http://www.joesmith.com/webstats"

Using Web Mail
You can also check your e-mail from anywhere in the world by using our Web Mail feature. All you need is your username and password. Then to check your web mail, type in your domain name followed by /webmail. For example, if you own "www.joesmith.com" you can see your stats at "http://www.joesmith.com/webmail"

Getting More Help
These are just the basics of creating a website. There are many advanced features that your account is capable of. If you need help uploading your site to the server, please feel free to contact us. If you need help designing your site, we will be glad to help you at our hourly design fee.

If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail support@digitalindigo.com.