 Microsoft
FrontPage
Xenoplanet offers support for Microsoft® FrontPage®'s
dynamic publishing feature and built-in web bots: support for Microsoft
FrontPage 97, FrontPage 98, FrontPage
2000 and FrontPage 2002 extensions is now included with all Xenoplanet
web accounts.
Microsoft FrontPage is a quick, effective way to
create and manage professional-quality Internet sites without programming.
It makes it easy for new users and professional Web developers alike
to build and maintain great-looking, professional-quality Web sites
in no time.
Easily create great-looking Web sites.
Easy-to-use, leading edge features let you create
professional Web sites without programming. Create WYSIWYG frames pages
and draw HTML tables in the WYSIWYG FrontPage Editor. Add sophisticated,
interactive functionality using FrontPage components-there's no need
to write code.
Innovative imaging tools and intelligent design
assistance make it easier than ever to build great-looking Web sites.
Add rich, dynamic graphics to your sites using Microsoft Image Composer,
Microsoft GIF Animator, and more than 2,000 image samples.
With FrontPage 98, easily include powerful Web functionality
in your sites by adding Java™ applets, ActiveX™ controls, and browser
plug-ins.
Wizards: Make creating new pages or entire
Web sites easy. Just answer a few questions, and wizards will do the
rest for you.
Templates: Generate Web sites or pages
from predefined formats. Simply replace the generated content with
your own words, images, and ideas.
FrontPage components and Save to E-mail:
Eliminate the need to write your own programs by providing drop-in
commands for adding sophisticated, interactive functionality to your
Web sites. Submit form results over the Web to an e-mail address or
file of your choice, or easily add full-text searching capabilities
to your Web sites.
Navigation bars: Automatically generate
navigation bars on any Web page in the FrontPage Editor.
Themes and Themes View: Give your entire
site a high-quality, consistent look. Choose from more than 50 professionally
designed thematic templates that include backgrounds, fonts, page
headers, and navigation buttons, or assign a Theme to any individual
Web page to vary only that page's look.
Graphical bullets: Easily specify custom
images to use in place of the bullets normally found on Web pages.
Either apply a Theme to a page to add its matching graphical buttons,
or choose any image to be used as the new bullet.
Banner Ad Manager and Dynamic HTML support:
Select from several easy options that handle rotating information
in your Web site, or easily add dynamic Web content such as text that
"flies" onto your page from off-screen!
Java™ applet, ActiveX™ controls, and browser
plug-in support: Include powerful Web functionality in an intuitive
WYSIWYG environment.
Include powerful Web technologies. Easily
customize your Web pages with your own HTML tags, ActiveX controls,
Java applets, JavaScript, browser plug-ins, and Microsoft Visual Basic®,
Scripting Edition.
Import Wizard: Easily import existing files
or entire folders of information into your FrontPage Web sites, and
now import Web content directly from the World Wide Web.
Text over images and hover buttons: Easily
add text directly over images, making graphical button creation a
snap. Then, effortlessly create cool animation effects on your button-shaped
images, so that when a user "hovers" over or clicks on the button,
it changes color or shape, or animates the way you have choosen.
Effectively manage Web content and site structure.
Comprehensive management tools let you quickly build
and maintain well-organized Web sites. View your site's navigational
structure, directories of information, hyperlinks, hyperlink status,
or all files at once. With automatic hyperlink maintenance, you have
the freedom to make changes without worrying about broken links, and
with site-wide thematic styles, you can easily update your site's look
with the click of a button. Plus, flexible collaboration features such
as Tasks lists and remote and/or local authoring let you work with others
to create and manage your Web site.
Navigation View: Automatically generate
your navigational links in this printable view by using it to build
your Web site's key navigational structure—ensuring easy site-wide
navigation and intuitive site organization.
Folders View: View a directory level representation
of your Web site and a sortable properties list for each folder or
file, making it easy to manage your Web site content more effectively.
Hyperlinks View: Graphically display all
hyperlinks between pages, with arrows indicating the direction of
each link. Position your cursor over any icon in the view to call
up its related attributes.
All Files View: Quickly find all assets
and organize them by attribute with this centralized viewing feature.
Hyperlink Status View: Check the status
of and immediately fix your Web site's internal and external hyperlinks
using this centralized view.
Automatic hyperlink updates: Let FrontPage
98 automatically update any hyperlinks when you rename assets or drag
and drop files to other folders in your Web site.
Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) support: Define
complex styles and create, dramatic page layout settings with word-processor-like
control over HTML text.
Remote and collaborative authoring and editing:
Allow multiple authors to collaborate on Web sites hosted on remote
or local servers.
Seamlessly integrate existing content and familiar
applications.
Seamless integration with existing content and with
desktop applications you already have makes you productive from the
start. And strong browser integration makes it easy to customize and
view your Web site's content.
Make a splash on the Web today! Create and manage
professional-quality Web sites quickly and easily with FrontPage 98.
Office integration: Effortlessly manage
Microsoft Office 97 hyperlinks and use familiar tools such as the
spelling checker and thesaurus to ensure accurate, compelling Web
site content.
Browser integration and Preview Tab: Experience
tighter browser integration—drag and drop content from Microsoft Internet
Explorer onto your Web pages and easily preview your pages in any
browser you choose. Also, select the new FrontPage Editor Preview
Tab to preview Web pages, including active elments, right on screen
in the FrontPage Editor.
Image editing tools: Bring Web sites to
life with rich graphics and animated images created using Microsoft
Image Composer and Microsoft GIF Animator.
Free, cross-platform FrontPage 98 Server Extensions:
The power of FrontPage is now available on all popular Web servers
running on a variety of operating systems.
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Other resources:
The Microsoft
FrontPage Home Page
Xenoplanet's FrontPage 2000 Tutorial
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