If you plan to use FrontPage to build and update your web site, you need to activate FrontPage publishing for your site before you create or upload any web site files to your hosting account. Activation installs the files in your web site directory that you need to publish with FrontPage. Learn more.

To activate FrontPage:

1. Click the "FrontPage" link on the Create & Update tab of your GeoCities Control Panel.

2. If you have not yet activated FrontPage (or you have deactivated FrontPage publishing), you will see the FrontPage activation page.

3. To complete the activation process, you'll need to assign a default author for your root web (your top-level site directory). Select an existing author from the pull-down menu or add a name and password for a new author.

Select an existing author...

...or add a new author.

4. Click "Activate" to save your work and begin activation.

Depending on the number of files in your root web when you begin, the activation process may take from a few seconds to several hours to complete. During this process, you will not have access to your root web or any items in the FrontPage console. To review your activation status anytime, click the "Refresh" or "Reload" button in your browser.

When the activation process is complete, you'll be able to use the FrontPage console assign more authors to your root web, work with subwebs, and more. Remember that the user account you use to authorize activation will be given default publishing access to the root web but have no subsequent special privileges. To assign authoring privileges in other site directories, you'll need to create or activate subwebs.

Learn how to publish your site with FrontPage.