About Adding New Pages to Your Web Site Based on Windows SharePoint Services

Adding a new page to your Web site based on Windows SharePoint Services with FrontPage 2003 is as quick and easy as in the previous version, but there are important differences to keep in mind. Windows SharePoint Services has changed and the native file format of Web pages is .aspx.

While you can still build custom pages in plain HTML, pages with the .htm file extension will not be suitable for leveraging the powerful features of Windows SharePoint Services such as Web parts including Lists and Document Libraries. Further, without the ASP.NET code present in the head of Web part pages, other ASP.NET controls leveraged from the default pages of a Windows SharePoint Services-based Web site will not function, (see Copying the Search Form to Custom Pages in Windows SharePoint Services-based Web sites).

To add a new page, open your Windows SharePoint Services-based Web site using FrontPage 2003 and do the following:  

1. Select Open Site from the File menu, then type in the URL for your site in the Site name: text box, (you will need to be able to supply the user name and password for the site). 
2. Select New from the File menu to open the New task pane.
3. The task pane opens, and you can either choose to create a new Blank Page or create a new page from one of the many templates that ship with FrontPage. 
4. To create a special Web part page, select More page templates..., then click on the Web Part Pages tab and select a template.
   
   

Tip: If you want a new page to be a part of a link bar (such as the Quick Launch link bar on the default Windows SharePoint Services home page), you will need to add it to the site's navigation scheme. See the article entitled Adding Navigation to Your Web Site Based on Windows SharePoint Services for details.

More information
For more information about adding new pages, see Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Help.