FrontPage Extensions

[Martin]

I'm fairly new to FrontPage and understand that your server has to have
FrontPage Extensions loaded to enable forms etc to work.

Before I sign up with any hosting company I want to get to know FrontPage
and, obviously, will want to test it's full capability.

Would I be able to download the extensions from the Microsoft web site and
run them on the same PC that I am running FrontPage on or will the
extensions only work on a server.

Hope this question doesn't show me up as being totally dumb!!!

 

[Nicholas Savalas - http://savalas.tv]

Dear Martin,

All that your server has to have in order for FrontPage to work is
electricity. It is, at heart, just a HTML code editor, no better or
worse than any of the top site editors on an even playing field - like,
say, a free website at Yahoo. What makes FrontPage dance like Ginger
Rogers is your decision to host your website on a true Windows Server
running IIS 6.0 or later - and, yes, FrontPage Server Extensions.

FrontPage Server Extensions are NOT required to host Web sites created
in FrontPage. If you DO NOT WISH TO or ARE UNABLE TO write code for
server-side processing, FrontPage Server Extensions can provide some
limited server-side processing. Depending on the version of FrontPage
that you are using, FrontPage Server Extensions provide server-side
processing for databases, forms, and hit counters, among other
features.

FrontPage Server Extensions from Microsoft are a set of programs that
support administering and authoring FrontPage Web sites. They provide
tools for administering Web sites, managing security, and tracking site
usage statistics. FrontPage Server Extensions provide enhanced
functionality for Web sites created with Microsoft FrontPage, and they
provide the ability for FrontPage users to publish Web sites from
within FrontPage as well as edit Web sites directly on the server.

They offer simple means for beginners to perform complex tasks, and
wizards, templates, and database control that used to take years to
learn, but...

"...after nine years of being an award-winning Web authoring tool,
FrontPage will be discontinued in late 2006. We will continue to serve
the diverse needs of our existing FrontPage customers with the
introduction of three brand-new application building and Web authoring
tools using the latest technologies, Microsoft® Office SharePoint®
Designer 2007 for the enterprise information workers, Microsoft®
Expression™ Web Designer for the professional Web designer and
Microsoft® Visual Studio 2005 for the Web developer."

from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA101205221033.aspx

Please visit
http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/web_designer/default.mspx
for a test drive of the future. Happy coding, Martin.

Nicholas Savalas - http://savalas.tv

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[Martin]

Thanks for this helpful and detailed explanation.

I would still like to know if I can download the Extensions and use them on
my standalone PC that I am developing my website on. I need to get some
forms working and I cannot truly test them without the extensions. I do not
want to pay for hosting just yet as I'm not sure how proficient I have been.

Thanks again for the info.

Martin
Dear Martin,

All that your server has to have in order for FrontPage to work is
electricity. It is, at heart, just a HTML code editor, no better or
worse than any of the top site editors on an even playing field - like,
say, a free website at Yahoo. What makes FrontPage dance like Ginger
Rogers is your decision to host your website on a true Windows Server
running IIS 6.0 or later - and, yes, FrontPage Server Extensions.

FrontPage Server Extensions are NOT required to host Web sites created
in FrontPage. If you DO NOT WISH TO or ARE UNABLE TO write code for
server-side processing, FrontPage Server Extensions can provide some
limited server-side processing. Depending on the version of FrontPage
that you are using, FrontPage Server Extensions provide server-side
processing for databases, forms, and hit counters, among other
features.

FrontPage Server Extensions from Microsoft are a set of programs that
support administering and authoring FrontPage Web sites. They provide
tools for administering Web sites, managing security, and tracking site
usage statistics. FrontPage Server Extensions provide enhanced
functionality for Web sites created with Microsoft FrontPage, and they
provide the ability for FrontPage users to publish Web sites from
within FrontPage as well as edit Web sites directly on the server.

They offer simple means for beginners to perform complex tasks, and
wizards, templates, and database control that used to take years to
learn, but...

"...after nine years of being an award-winning Web authoring tool,
FrontPage will be discontinued in late 2006. We will continue to serve
the diverse needs of our existing FrontPage customers with the
introduction of three brand-new application building and Web authoring
tools using the latest technologies, Microsoft® Office SharePoint®
Designer 2007 for the enterprise information workers, Microsoft®
ExpressionT Web Designer for the professional Web designer and
Microsoft® Visual Studio 2005 for the Web developer."

from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA101205221033.aspx

Please visit
http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/web_designer/default.mspx
for a test drive of the future. Happy coding, Martin.

Nicholas Savalas - http://savalas.tv

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