Can not re-open saved website in "design" view

[WOW]

After spending many hours building a website, I saved it and closed out the
"frontpage" program for a few hours. Now after opening the saved site, I can
not seem to get back into "Design" view, so as to complete the website. I
tryed to access through the "view" tool at the top of the page with no luck,
and I also realize that once I double click on the folder, the four Page
views should appear at the bottom of the page, but it's not. When I opened
the saved site, it appears all in code. Any and all help is much appreciated.
I just recently purchased this program and hope that I am simply making a
'dumb beginners mistake"
Thank you in advance
A Frustrated web designer

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

1) make sure you are opening the Web/Site in FP (and not just a page)
File Open Web/Site from menu
2) Make sure your files have a valid web page extension (.htm or .html)
3) Make sure you haven't accidentally turn off FP as a Html editor
Tools Options Configure Editors
Select the htm / html, etc files option and then FrontPage (Open as Html), then select Make Default



| After spending many hours building a website, I saved it and closed out the
| "frontpage" program for a few hours. Now after opening the saved site, I can
| not seem to get back into "Design" view, so as to complete the website. I
| tryed to access through the "view" tool at the top of the page with no luck,
| and I also realize that once I double click on the folder, the four Page
| views should appear at the bottom of the page, but it's not. When I opened
| the saved site, it appears all in code. Any and all help is much appreciated.
| I just recently purchased this program and hope that I am simply making a
| 'dumb beginners mistake"
| Thank you in advance
| A Frustrated web designer