Installing the FrontPage Discussion Web

A discussion group is a FrontPage web that supports interactive discussions of topics by users. Users submit topics by entering text in a form, search the group using a search form, and access articles using a table of contents.

A discussion group with threaded replies is similar to the WWWBoard Script, while a discussion group without threaded replies is similar to the Guestbook script (please see below).

Note: We recommend printing out this web page, in order to have a guide to follow when performing the below steps.

To create a discussion group:

1. In the FrontPage Explorer, select File: New: FrontPage Web.

2. In the New FrontPage Web dialog box, select Discussion Web Wizard and click OK.

3. In the Discussion Web Wizard dialog box, enter the Web server and FrontPage web name of your discussion group, and click OK.

4. If you are prompted for your name and password, enter them and click OK.

5. In the Discussion Web Wizard, select the main features of your discussion and click Next.

• A Table of Contents contains hyperlinks to the discussion topics.
• A Search Form lets users search the discussion topics for a word or phrase.
• Threaded Replies allow users the choice of either creating new top-level topics for discussions or replying to topics in current discussions. Please note the following:

1. A Discussion Web with threaded replies is similar to the WWWBoard Script.
2. A Discussion Web without threaded replies is similar to the Guestbook script.

• A Confirmation Page echoes back to a user confirmation of an entry in the discussion.

6. Enter a descriptive title for the discussion and click Next.

Note: On any panel of the Discussion Web Wizard, you can click Finish to create the FrontPage discussion web using defaults for any settings you did not modify.

7. Select the fields you want on the input form and click Next (The user uses the input form to submit topics to the discussion).

8. Select whether or not users will be required to register for the FrontPage discussion web and click Next.

• If you select to register users, the Discussion Web Wizard will create a registration form and open it in the FrontPage Editor. 
• Insert the registration form in your root FrontPage web to make it available to users.

9. Select the sort order for the table of contents and click Next.

10. Specify whether or not you want the table of contents to replace your home page and click Next.

11. Select the settings for the Search form and click Next.

12. Select color settings for all pages in the discussion web and click Next.

13. Optionally select a frame set in which to display the discussion group and click Next.

14. Click Finish to accept your selections.

15. In the FrontPage Editor, open the pages created by the Discussion Web Wizard and customize them as needed.