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There are several options for the location of a Site, which we'll discuss later. 

Keep in mind that when creating a Site, FrontPage may create special folders 

depending on the Site content.

A blue globe icon identifies a FrontPage Site: 

In this workshop, the term  Site  will be used to refer to a FrontPage Site. As 

we work through this workshop, we'll see how a Site helps with site organiza 

tion and maintenance.

Understanding Web Architecture

Before we create a Site, it's important to consider Site architecture. There are 

several different ways to construct a Site, but we'll use a 

hierarchical struc 

ture

. This type of structure is composed of one main level with one or more 

levels below it. The main level, or 

directory

, will contain three .htm files, and 

a CSS file that has the styles we apply to the Web site. There will also be links 

between the files and one link to an external Web site. FrontPage creates  pri 

vate  and  images  folders by default. It's important that all the Site files be 

saved in one directory to prevent broken links. If a Site will have many files, 

it's a good idea to create additional subdirectories for each main category of 

the site. 

The following image details the hierarchical structure of the Site we'll create 

today:

Understanding Disk  and Server Based Sites

A 

disk based Site

 is local in that all the files are saved locally, on the com 

puter's hard drive. A 

server based Site

 resides on a Web server. We'll be 

working from a folder on the hard drive, so we'll 

initialize

 a disk based Site. 

This means that we'll convert an existing folder into a Site and FrontPage will 

add various files and folders to manage Site content.

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