Instructions for Uploading to your FREE User Homepage with Microsoft Publisher versions: 2000

For Pioneer Internet Users Only

Publishing with Microsoft Publisher 2000

First go to, - File: Webpage Properties
Under the Page tab on the Web Page section change the word index.html to master.html
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Publish your files to the Internet by using File Transfer Protocol, or FTP. To use this method, you must first add an FTP site to your FTP Locations.

To add an FTP site to your FTP Locations:
  • On your Web page in Publisher, click Open on the File menu.
  • Click the arrow next to the Look in box, and then click Add/Modify FTP Locations.
  • Type the FTP site name in the Name of FTP site box.
  • For uploading to Pioneer Internet, type in: users.pld.com
  • Click User in the [Log on as] box and type in your username, and then type your password (which is: your email password for your master account) in the Password box.
  • Click Add
  • Click OK
Once you've added the FTP site to your FTP Locations, you can publish your site to the Web using the FTP location, as described below.

To publish your Web site to an FTP location
  • Click Save As Web Page on the File Menu.
  • In the Look in box, click FTP Locations.
  • Double-click on "users.pld.com" that you put in.
  • Double-click the "u1" folder (Give it time this may take some time to open)
  • Double-click the folder that is your username
  • Double-click the “homepage” folder
  • Click OK.
After publishing is finish--
Connect to the Internet and go to a browser and check your site by typing in your URL address.
For example: http://users.pld.com/username
For More Information
To view more information on how to publish a Web site with Publisher, click Microsoft Publisher Help on the Help menu in Publisher, and type Publish a Web site in the Office Assistant or on the Answer Wizard tab.

Instructions for Uploading to your FREE User Homepage with Microsoft Publisher versions: 97 & 98

For Pioneer Internet Users Only

Publishing with Microsoft Publisher 97 or 98

First go to, - File: Webpage Properties - change the word index.html to master.html

Then go to, - File: Publish to Web - A dialog box will appear that says: Name the Webserver:
Under Descriptive Name: type any name you want (or whatever name you want here)
Click Advanced - Another dialog box will appear that says: Select Your Service Provider
Under Service Provider: choose FTP - Click Next
Another dialog box will appear that says: Specify the URL and Directory
Under URL or Internet address: type users.pld.com/userid (substituting your userid)
Click Next - Another dialog box will appear that says: Specify the FTP Server and Subfolder
Under FTP Server name: type users.pld.com
Under Subfolder containing Web pages: type homepage
Click Next - Click Finish

Enter authentication - user name: this is your userid
password: this should be your email password for your master account

Click OK

If correct it should say: The Web Publishing Wizard has successfully published your files to the Web server