Future of FrontPage Announced

S

Stefan B Rusynko

Latest Plans for the future of FrontPage
(Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and Microsoft Expression Web Designer )
were announced at:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/feb06/02-15Designer.mspx

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________
 
J

John Cello

I'd appreciate hearing the opinions of any of the MVPs who have used te beta
product and are "thrilled." I'm trying to imagine how they could make a
product that's simpler than front page.
 
C

Clark

Very Interestting, I wish I understood it all. As a Frontpage 2000
user, I have been waiting for the real next generation tool that would
"automate" a lot of the ASP stuff that you are always seeing "how do
you do --" posts about in this newsgroup.

But reading through all that, I can't tell if I'm going to need
Expression or both Expression and Sharepoint Designer. And what is
with that statement "Teams of designers using Expression Web Designer
and developers using Microsoft Visual Studio will benefit from
numerous integrated features that allow them to collaborate on the
design and development of content and applications". Visual Studio is
a player in this too??

This sounds like an Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator setup where you
have to buy (at least) two products to get the equivalent of one
Macromedia product (Fireworks).

All I want is a replacement for Frontpage that will make Dreamweaver
look old fashioned -- and I dont have any teams of developers in the
back room using Visual Studio, it's just me, man. I'm ready to buy a
(single) new tool that takes me to the next level.

I sure hope when the dust settles on all this I'm not still using
FP2000
 
R

Rob Giordano \(Crash\)

Thanks for the update!

Way too many words to read there...what will be the diff between SPD2007 &
EWD?




| Latest Plans for the future of FrontPage
| (Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and Microsoft Expression Web
Designer )
| were announced at:
| http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/feb06/02-15Designer.mspx
|
| --
|
| _____________________________________________
| SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
| _____________________________________________
|
|
|
 
K

Kevin Spencer

I haven't tried it yet, but I pllan to soon. I can tell you how it will be
simpler than FrontPage, however, FrontPage's support for SharePoint has made
it very confusing for many users. They do not understand the difference
between a SharePoint web and a "normal" web site, and often mix up the tool
sets. A SharePoint web site is nothing like a typical web site. Most of its
content is stored in a SQL Server database, including all sorts of documents
(and HTML documents). A SharePoint web site is a specialized type of
collaborative portal, which is actually an ASP.Net application. It requires
special tools to work with on just about every level.

By separating FrontPage into "SharePoint Designer" and "Expression Web
Designer," most users of the current FrontPage product will go with the
"Expression Web Designer," which will not have all those special tools for
SharePoint in it. This will make using it easier and simpler.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
We got a sick zebra a hat,
you ultimate tuna.


John Cello said:
I'd appreciate hearing the opinions of any of the MVPs who have used te
beta
product and are "thrilled." I'm trying to imagine how they could make a
product that's simpler than front page.
--
John Cello
John Cello Consulting
Communications For Business
www.johncelloconsulting.com


Stefan B Rusynko said:
Latest Plans for the future of FrontPage
(Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and Microsoft Expression Web
Designer )
were announced at:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/feb06/02-15Designer.mspx

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________
 
K

Kevin Spencer

Hi Clark,
Very Interestting, I wish I understood it all. As a Frontpage 2000
user, I have been waiting for the real next generation tool that would
"automate" a lot of the ASP stuff that you are always seeing "how do
you do --" posts about in this newsgroup.

Most of these "how do you do---" posts regarding ASP and ASP.Net are
questions that arise out of the fact that an ASP or ASP.Net web application
is just that: an application. FrontPage is not an application development
environment, like Visual Studio.Net, and only provides automated programming
of the simplest and most common web site database capabilities. The issue is
due to the fact that an ASP or ASP.Net application, like any other
application, is composed of a complex set of instructions that are at the
programmer level. This means that an ASP or ASP.Net application has the
capability of doing almost any type of operation, in a huge variety of ways.
If you pay attention to the "how do you do--" posts, you will see that they
do not represent a common set of requirements, but a large variety of
customizations. "I just want to add this *one* extra thing to my ASP.Net
database page." It just isn't possible to create a wizard that can create
virtually any type of application without making it as complicated to use as
Visual Studio.Net.

To put it another way, a program is a set of components that satisfies a set
of requirements. Think of these requirements as if you were thinking about
qualities of people, because people have a large variety of qualities in a
large variety of combinations. Now, if you were to sub-divide people into
groups based upon, for example, sex, you would end up with 2 groups of
people. To create a program that satisfies both sexes, it would only have to
have 2 choices. But now add to the mix hair color. Let's imagine that hair
color is divided up into blonde, brunette, and redhead. That's 3 categories.
But you don't have 5 choices any more, you have 6: 3 for men, and 3 for
women. Now add age group to the mix. Let's divide it into 10-year intervals,
and assume that 80 is the top limit. to be able to write a program that
accomodates everyone, you now have not 13 (2 + 3 + 8), but 48 (2 X 3 X 8)
possible combinations. So, you now have a Wizard with 3 pages. Now think of
all the possible ways you could subdivide people into groups, and how many
possible combinations of requirements that would entail, and if your head
isn't spinning by now, you have a weak imagination!

In other words, if you plan to wait around "for the real next generation
tool that would 'automate' a lot of the ASP stuff that you are always seeing
'how do you do --' posts about in this newsgroup," don't hold your breath.
But reading through all that, I can't tell if I'm going to need
Expression or both Expression and Sharepoint Designer. And what is
with that statement "Teams of designers using Expression Web Designer
and developers using Microsoft Visual Studio will benefit from
numerous integrated features that allow them to collaborate on the
design and development of content and applications". Visual Studio is
a player in this too??

If you don't know what you would use SharePoint Designer for, you won't be
needing it any time soon. A SharePoint web site is a specialized type of
collaborative portal site that requires a special server setup, SQL Server,
etc, and is actually a web application.

As for how Visual Studio.Net fits into this: First, as I mentioned, a
SharePoint web site is an application. Visual Studio.Net is an application
development environment. You can build custom WebParts and other ASP.Net
components and tools with Visual Studio.Net. This is different from
changing, for example, the content of the SharePoint web, or the style of
it, or managing its permissions. This would be done using SharePoint
Designer. Second, Visual Studio.Net is an environment for creating all kinds
of .Net applications, including ASP.Net. But it is not an HTML editor, or
web site management tool. Many ASP.Net developers use FrontPage to create
the HTML templates in their ASP.Net applications, and Visual Studio to write
the programming code.
All I want is a replacement for Frontpage that will make Dreamweaver
look old fashioned -- and I dont have any teams of developers in the
back room using Visual Studio, it's just me, man. I'm ready to buy a
(single) new tool that takes me to the next level.

You'll be looking at Expression Web Designer in that case. As for whether or
not it will make Dreamweaver look old fashioned, well, that's a horse race
there. We'll just have to wait and see.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
We got a sick zebra a hat,
you ultimate tuna.
 
K

Kevin Spencer

Hi Rob,

Take a look at my replies to 2 other posts in this thread. My arms are
getting tired! ;-)

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
We got a sick zebra a hat,
you ultimate tuna.
 
S

Stefan B Rusynko

True
But this is 1st official release explaining the relationship and split of FP

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


| This site has been up for awhile
|
| http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/web_designer/default.mspx
|
|
| --
| Mike -- FrontPage MVP '97 - '02
| http://www.websunlimited.com
| FrontPage Add-in
|
|
| > Latest Plans for the future of FrontPage
| > (Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and Microsoft Expression Web Designer )
| > were announced at:
| > http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/feb06/02-15Designer.mspx
| >
| > --
| >
| > _____________________________________________
| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| >
|
|
 
J

John Cello

I actually have to operate in both "normal" and SharePoint webs, but very,
very rarely use any of thhe native FP components.

I hope Share Point Designer does a better job of being intuitive so that
end-users can handle their sites themselves. The majority of the time I spend
on a ProjectServer contract is dedicated to the various project sites. I
really wouldn't mind losing that part of the business.

Thanks for the input Mr. Spencer.
--
John Cello
John Cello Consulting
Communications For Business
www.johncelloconsulting.com


Kevin Spencer said:
I haven't tried it yet, but I pllan to soon. I can tell you how it will be
simpler than FrontPage, however, FrontPage's support for SharePoint has made
it very confusing for many users. They do not understand the difference
between a SharePoint web and a "normal" web site, and often mix up the tool
sets. A SharePoint web site is nothing like a typical web site. Most of its
content is stored in a SQL Server database, including all sorts of documents
(and HTML documents). A SharePoint web site is a specialized type of
collaborative portal, which is actually an ASP.Net application. It requires
special tools to work with on just about every level.

By separating FrontPage into "SharePoint Designer" and "Expression Web
Designer," most users of the current FrontPage product will go with the
"Expression Web Designer," which will not have all those special tools for
SharePoint in it. This will make using it easier and simpler.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
We got a sick zebra a hat,
you ultimate tuna.


John Cello said:
I'd appreciate hearing the opinions of any of the MVPs who have used te
beta
product and are "thrilled." I'm trying to imagine how they could make a
product that's simpler than front page.
--
John Cello
John Cello Consulting
Communications For Business
www.johncelloconsulting.com


Stefan B Rusynko said:
Latest Plans for the future of FrontPage
(Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and Microsoft Expression Web
Designer )
were announced at:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/feb06/02-15Designer.mspx

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________
 
J

John Cello

Hadn't seen this one. Good link.

I hope one of the "enhancements" for dealing with CSS sheets includes the
fix that stops FP from closing a CSS sheet you're editing if you navigate
away from it...or am I the only one that experiences this?
--
John Cello
John Cello Consulting
Communications For Business
www.johncelloconsulting.com


MD Websunlimited said:
This site has been up for awhile

http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/web_designer/default.mspx


--
Mike -- FrontPage MVP '97 - '02
http://www.websunlimited.com
FrontPage Add-in


Stefan B Rusynko said:
Latest Plans for the future of FrontPage
(Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and Microsoft Expression Web Designer )
were announced at:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/feb06/02-15Designer.mspx

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________
 
S

Steve Easton

I hope one of the "enhancements" for dealing with CSS sheets includes the
fix that stops FP from closing a CSS sheet you're editing if you navigate
away from it...or am I the only one that experiences this?

I've never had that happen John.
Can you post steps to reproduce it??


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed..................
...............................with a computer
 
S

Steve Easton

Any one who is in the beta program ( is a beta tester ) is under NDA and can't discuss it
until the NDA is lifted.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed..................
...............................with a computer
John Cello said:
I'd appreciate hearing the opinions of any of the MVPs who have used te beta
product and are "thrilled." I'm trying to imagine how they could make a
product that's simpler than front page.
--
John Cello
John Cello Consulting
Communications For Business
www.johncelloconsulting.com


Stefan B Rusynko said:
Latest Plans for the future of FrontPage
(Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and Microsoft Expression Web Designer )
were announced at:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/feb06/02-15Designer.mspx

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________
 
R

Rob Giordano \(Crash\)

I yam.
Having a verbose day are ya? :)
Thanks for the info!


| Hi Rob,
|
| Take a look at my replies to 2 other posts in this thread. My arms are
| getting tired! ;-)
|
| --
| HTH,
|
| Kevin Spencer
| Microsoft MVP
| .Net Developer
| We got a sick zebra a hat,
| you ultimate tuna.
|
|
| | > Thanks for the update!
| >
| > Way too many words to read there...what will be the diff between SPD2007
&
| > EWD?
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | Latest Plans for the future of FrontPage
| > | (Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and Microsoft Expression
Web
| > Designer )
| > | were announced at:
| > |
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/feb06/02-15Designer.mspx
| > |
| > | --
| > |
| > | _____________________________________________
| > | SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > | "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > | To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > |
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
| > | _____________________________________________
| > |
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
 
J

John Cello

Sure. Open any page for editing and the style sheet. The order doesn't
matter. Make an edit on the style sheet. Go to edit the web page, preview it
in the browser, or switch to an application other than FP. The style sheet
will have closed 9 out of 10 times. It also doesn't matter if you open it up
with FP as text or CSS. This is in FP2003 on an XP Pro machine, all the
patches and updates.

Oddly enough, any changes made are saved when the style sheet closes.

I've just been using notepad to edit the stylesheet to avoid the
aggravation. Its a minor inconvenience at best, but, like a dull toothache,
it eventually gets on your nerves.
 
J

John Cello

Cool. So, you could tell us, but then you'd have to kill us?


--
John Cello
John Cello Consulting
Communications For Business
www.johncelloconsulting.com


Steve Easton said:
Any one who is in the beta program ( is a beta tester ) is under NDA and can't discuss it
until the NDA is lifted.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed..................
...............................with a computer
John Cello said:
I'd appreciate hearing the opinions of any of the MVPs who have used te beta
product and are "thrilled." I'm trying to imagine how they could make a
product that's simpler than front page.
--
John Cello
John Cello Consulting
Communications For Business
www.johncelloconsulting.com


Stefan B Rusynko said:
Latest Plans for the future of FrontPage
(Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and Microsoft Expression Web Designer )
were announced at:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/feb06/02-15Designer.mspx

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________
 
S

Steve Easton

LOL.
Yep.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer



John Cello said:
Cool. So, you could tell us, but then you'd have to kill us?


--
John Cello
John Cello Consulting
Communications For Business
www.johncelloconsulting.com


Steve Easton said:
Any one who is in the beta program ( is a beta tester ) is under NDA and
can't discuss it
until the NDA is lifted.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed..................
...............................with a computer
John Cello said:
I'd appreciate hearing the opinions of any of the MVPs who have used te
beta
product and are "thrilled." I'm trying to imagine how they could make a
product that's simpler than front page.
--
John Cello
John Cello Consulting
Communications For Business
www.johncelloconsulting.com


:

Latest Plans for the future of FrontPage
(Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and Microsoft Expression
Web Designer )
were announced at:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/feb06/02-15Designer.mspx

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:

http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________
 
S

Steve Easton

Thanks.

I need to reboot into 2K where I have FP 2003
I'll try it tomorrow, because I'm getting ready to shut down for the day.

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer
 

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