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**MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE BULLETIN**
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*******What's
in next months issue?*******
The
October
2001 issue will be all
about creating and using Multimedia in FrontPage-based Web sites.
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This months issue
September 2001
Welcome to the All About Add-ins edition of
the Microsoft® FrontPage® Bulletin. The Multimedia
issue has been moved to October so we can feature the launch of the new FrontPage
Add-in Center. Be sure to visit us on the Web at:
http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/
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FRONTPAGE NEWS
LAUNCH:
NEW MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE ADD-IN CENTER
Developers and other users of FrontPage are creating lots of different custom
add-ins providing a wide range of additional functionality that’s easily
accessed right from within FrontPage. Now there’s a Web site where FrontPage
users, Microsoft partners, and Web developers can share their add-ins with other
users of FrontPage. Anyone can search for, download or submit add-ins and
exchange information about them at the FrontPage Add-in Center. Check it out at:
http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/downloads/addin/default.asp
MICROSOFT
SEMINAR ON ACCESSIBILITY
Governments and IT Professionals will want to attend this seminar September 26,
2001 at Microsoft Corp. in Washington, D.C. The agenda will include Microsoft
Corporation’s accessibility efforts, Three Steps to Web Site Accessibility,
(verifying compliance, repairing the Web site, and monitoring), and a review of
sample Web sites. There will also be a product demonstration by Hiawatha Island
Software Company, Inc. of their accessibility add-ins for FrontPage. For more
information about the seminar and registration online go to:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/events/USA/ENU/detail/ED101950452.htm
FRONTPAGE
RESOURCES
DEVELOP
YOUR OWN ADD-IN FOR THE FRONTPAGE ADD-IN CENTER
The new Software Development Kit (SDK) for Microsoft® FrontPage® 2002 is now
available for download. This SDK contains not only basic help to get you started
developing solutions to use with FrontPage, but also many articles and samples
you can use to create your own custom solutions.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?URL=/code/sample.asp?url=/MSDN-FILES/027/001/710/
msdncompositedoc.xml
BUILD A COM ADD-IN IN VISUAL
BASIC
This article demonstrates how to build a Component Object Model (COM) Add-In
using Visual Basic®. Microsoft Office 2000 and later versions support a new,
uniform design architecture for building application add-ins to enhance and
control Office applications, such as FrontPage. These add-ins are called COM
Add-Ins.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q238/
2/28.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=Add-ins&rnk=2&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=FP2002
SAMPLE
COM ADD-IN WRITTEN IN VISUAL C++
Comaddin.exe is a self-extracting executable that demonstrates building an
Office 2000 or Office XP Component Object Model (COM) add-in using Visual C++®.
This sample demonstrates the necessary steps to build a COM add-in in Visual
C++. The sample creates a basic add-in shell that you can extend to build your
own Office or FrontPage add-in.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q230
/6/89.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=Add-ins&rnk=1&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=FP2002
LEARN MICROSOFT
FRONTPAGE 2002 IN 24 HOURS
“Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft FrontPage 2002 in 24 Hours” provides
beginning and intermediate users with the tools to get their own Web pages up
and running in no time. This book covers some of the most popular design
features and techniques on working with forms and graphics, adding links,
tracking visitors to your site, adding a database, and using cascading style
sheets. And there’s special pricing for FrontPage Bulletin readers at:
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.asp?theisbn=0672321041
FRONTPAGE SHOWCASE
FRONTPAGE-BASED
WEB DEVELOPER PROFILE
Meet David Pfeiffer of DPA Software, and find out why FrontPage provides cool
opportunities for development as well as a being great tool for building and
managing Web sites at:
http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/showcase/profile.html
GREAT FRONTPAGE-BASED WEB SITES
Here are some standouts that use e-commerce, Web template, and meta tagging
add-ins:
http://www.pasadenasymphony.org/
http://www.mccallsltd.com/
http://www.needletothegroove.co.uk/
http://www.recruiterassociates.com/
http://www.nbii.gov/
THIRD PARTY SOLUTIONS
ADD
FLASH MOVIES TO YOUR FRONTPAGE-BASED WEB
Jimco Flasher provides a fully integrated interface to insert and configure
Flash movies in FrontPage 2000 or FrontPage 2002 without any manual editing of
the HTML code. FrontPage 2002 users will also have the opportunity to install
the Flasher Web component, allowing for easy insertion of a highly customizable
Flash detection script. Get the Flasher add-in for free at the Microsoft
FrontPage Add-in Center:
http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/downloads/addin/searchdetail.asp?aid=10
TIPS AND TRICKS
FRONTPAGE
SERVER EXTENSION SUPPORT BY VERSION
Your FrontPage 2002-based Web site will have the best Microsoft FrontPage
functionality when it is published to a Web server that has installed the
Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions or SharePoint™ Team Services.
Without the latest server extensions, certain new FrontPage-based Web features
will not work. This is also true for FrontPage versions 2000 and 98.
Below are lists of features and components requiring the new server extensions
as well as those requiring specific, earlier versions.
The following new features require the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions:
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File Upload
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Custom Link Bars
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Shared border background properties
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Usage Analysis Reports
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Top Ten List Web Component
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New Security Features (user Roles)
In addition, the following features also
require a Web enabled with SharePoint Team Services:
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Document Library
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List
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Survey
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Discussion Board
Further, without FrontPage Server Extensions,
certain other FrontPage-based Web features will not work, such as most form
handlers, search forms, site maps organized by category, and hit counters.
The following components require at least FrontPage
2000 Server Extensions:
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Database Results Wizard
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Send To Database Form Handler
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Nested sub webs
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Lightweight Source Control (document
check-in/check-out without VSS)
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Categories Component
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StyleSheet links to multiple files or ASP
files
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Database Interface Wizard
In addition, the following components require
at least an earlier version of the FrontPage Server Extensions:
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Confirmation Field
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Discussion Form Handler
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FrontPage-created server-side image maps
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Hit Counter
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Registration Form Handler
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Save Results Form Handler
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Search Form
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Field Set
Tip: To find out what version FrontPage
Server Extensions your Web server is running, contact your server administrator
or ISP.
And for more tips on how to use FrontPage 2000 and 2002, go to: http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/content/TipsAndTricks/TipsAndTricks.htm
JOIN THE WPD PROGRAM
BE AN INTERNATIONAL WEB PRESENCE DEVELOPER FOR MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE
 Now
the Web Presence Developers (WPD) Program for Microsoft FrontPage has expanded
world wide. This program helps Microsoft's customers all over the world find
professionals to help them create and manage FrontPage-based Web sites. To learn
more and apply for membership, go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/wpdapp.htm
QUICK TIPS
New in Microsoft FrontPage®
version 2002, ASP Source Code Preservation allows users to edit content in pages
containing ASP code without disturbing the ASP code itself. You can always open
ASP pages in Normal View, regardless of whether the ASP code violates convention
(such as multiple <head>, or <body> tags).
USER COMMUNITIES
FRONTPAGE USER GROUPS
Find out about User Groups
and some pointers on how to start your own at:
http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/support/usergrp.html
COMING
SOON: NEW
FRONTPAGE ADD-INS NEWSGROUP
The Microsoft FrontPage
Add-in Center provides a place where thousands of developers and designers that
use FrontPage can download and submit add-ins. Soon it will also provide access
to a new FrontPage newsgroup where users of all types can discuss FrontPage,
add-in downloads, and more. The new add-ins newsgroup will be
microsoft.public.frontpage.addins
And to find out more about or
get help accessing a FrontPage newsgroup check out:
http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/support/ngwatch.html
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information. SharePoint Team Services lets you work together on documents,
create a group calendar, post announcements, set up a central contact list and
more at:
http://www.bcentral.com/promo/frontpage.asp
POLL
WIZARD 15% OFF
PollWizard by Office Power!, is the first online polling and survey creation
tool integrated directly with FrontPage. Now, you can create and manage
interactive polls without leaving FrontPage. Several different poll types and
displays as well as ballot-stuffing prevention and poll archiving are supported.
Check out the introductory price of $29.95 US at:
http://www.office-power.com/products/pollwizard/pw_ordering.htm
TEST
DRIVE FRONTPAGE 2002
Start building your Web
site today. Order a 30-day trial CD, and experience FrontPage 2002 for yourself.
Discover how you can create Web sites full of rich graphics and dynamic content,
control and manage your Web sites with confidence, and cultivate productivity
and teamwork at:
http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/trial/default.htm
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SUBMIT YOUR FAVORITE SITE
BUILT AND MANAGED WITH FRONTPAGE
October's issue will be all about creating and using Multimedia in
FrontPage-based Web sites. Send us the address of a great Web site using
multimedia that's built and managed with FrontPage. We'll include highlights of
them in the September Bulletin. Please place "Site Submission" in the
subject line and include the site address (URL) in the body of the message.
Email to: FPTIPS@microsoft.com
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