If you have already transfered a file or two to personal.bgsu.edu (for example, your syllabus), start with the directions for using Fetch and FrontPage Explorer to download and edit a web page.
These directions are for a situation in which you have no files on personal.bgsu.edu already.
First, you need to make a place for FrontPage to store your files. You will eventually have many files that constitute one "web". I suggest that you store them in a folder on the Desktop called public_html. You may need to create such a folder first. Do this with Finder by pulling down File, New Folder, and making sure to put it on the Desktop.
FrontPage 1.0 has two parts. FrontPage Explorer allows you to visualize the links between the pages, image files, and other documents you have created. FrontPage Editor lets you edit web pages. It looks and feels very much like Word.
Launch FrontPage Explorer by pulling down the Apple menu, Applications, FrontPage Explorer. Select Blank FrontPage Web, then click OK.
Next, FrontPage Explorer wants to know where to put your new web files. Click Browse in the window below.
Click on the Desktop button, if necessary, then click once on public_html, then click below it on Select "public_html".
Leaving the Name of New FrontPage Web blank means that the web you create will be the "Root Web", which I would recommend for now.
After clicking OK, you will see the normal screen for FrontPage Explorer. If you click on the plain folder (6th icon from the left), you will be able to see the links between files. Don't worry about that now!
Double click on the "Home Page" icon. The file is named index.html and the title is "Home Page". Now you will see the FrontPage Editor window. I have typed something in it.
I think it is a good idea to change the name of the page; "Home Page" is too generic. To do this, pull down File, then Page Properties, and get a window like:
While you're at it, it would be nice to make white the background color for the page; for many browsers, gray is the default, but that doesn't make your webpage look too good. Click on the Background tab and choose white as the Background color. Then click OK.
Of course, you can make the page as fancy as you like. Be sure to save your home page! You can use FrontPage Editor to create additional web pages that go in the same web, for example, a page of homework assignments, pictures of your dog, or a collection of your favorite links. Just remember not to put spaces in the filenames.