Subject: Microsoft FrontPage Bulletin - October
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In this issue:
-- Get E-Commerce Advice at Fall Internet World
-- FrontPage Showcase: Belgian Federal Treasury and Reflective Images.com
-- Making Frames Behave: Setting Frame Properties
-- How to Add a Page Transition to a Web Page
-- Create a Banner Ad That Uses the IFRAME Tag with Internet Explorer
-- Build a Great Site with the PDG Software Suite of E-Commerce Products
-- Get a Free 90-Day Trial of Buystream Architect for FrontPage 2000
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FRONTPAGE NEWS
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GET E-COMMERCE ADVICE AT FALL INTERNET WORLD
Visit the Microsoft booth #1403 at Fall Internet World in New York City
October 25-27. Talk to the FrontPage experts from Microsoft as well as
three FrontPage 2000 e-commerce solution providers -- LaGarde, PDG
Software, and ComCity -- to learn how to turn your business into an
e-commerce success. If you register by October 20, admission is free. For
more information and to register online, go to:
http://www.pentonevents.com/fall2000/
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FRONTPAGE SHOWCASE
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This month we feature two very different sites created in FrontPage.
BELGIAN FEDERAL TREASURY
The FrontPage Web site creation and management tool is being used around
the world to create multilingual Web sites for diverse audiences. Even the
Belgian Federal Treasury has taken advantage of the versatility found in
FrontPage to build and maintain its site, which is translated in four
different languages. View this FrontPage site at:
http://treasury.fgov.be/interthes/
REFLECTIVE IMAGES.COM
Reflective Images.com is dedicated to the preservation of our environment
through photography and education. With more than 720,000 visitors last
year, this Web site is fast becoming a valuable resource for nature and
wildlife photography. View this FrontPage site at:
http://www.reflectiveimages.com
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TIPS AND TRICKS
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MAKING FRAMES BEHAVE: SETTING FRAME PROPERTIES
Have you ever tried to use frames, only to end up with the banner swimming
all alone in the middle of the page and the main content scrunched up at
the top? Would you like to make your frames do what they're supposed to
do? We have a few ideas that will help.
http://www.screamdesign.com/html/frontpage/tips/fptip99.html
HOW TO ADD A PAGE TRANSITION TO A WEB PAGE
Those of you who have used the Microsoft PowerPoint presentation graphics
program are probably already familiar with page transitions. But did you
know they can also add flair to your Web site? Here's how to do it -- but
be sure you don't overdo it. (We recommend using transitions only on
selected pages, like your introductory page.)
1) In Page view, open the page for which you want to display the
transition effect. On the Format menu, click Page Transition.
2) From the Event drop-down menu, select the event that will trigger
the transition effect. For example, select Page Enter to display the
transition effect when a site visitor browses to the page for the first
time.
3) In the Transition effect box, select the type of transition effect
you want to use.
4) In the Duration (seconds) box, type the amount of time you want the
transition effect to last.
5)Click OK and then save the page. (On the File menu, click Save.)
NOTE: Page transitions only appear when the page is viewed with Internet
Explorer 4.0 or higher.
CREATE A BANNER AD THAT USES THE IFRAME TAG WITH INTERNET EXPLORER
Ever wonder how to create a banner ad that uses the IFRAME tag with
Microsoft Internet Explorer? Now you can with this easy-to-follow how-to
article. This HMTL tag enables Web authors to insert a frame in the middle
of a Web page. Find out how to use this tag to create banner
advertisements that work with Internet Explorer.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q272/2/46.asp
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FRONTPAGE RESOURCES
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BUILD A GREAT SITE WITH THE PDG SOFTWARE SUITE OF PRODUCTS
Each application provided in the PDG Software Suite features a FrontPage
plug-in component that directly enhances Web site development, without the
need to hard code HTML. The suite consists of a wide range of e-commerce
solutions, including PDG Shopping Cart, PDG Shopping Mall, PDG
Distributor, PDG Auction, and PDG Commerce. To see some of these products
in action, visit the Chocolate Bear site, created and maintained with
FrontPage 2000 and PDG software. This site complements Chocolate Bear's
San Francisco-based retail shops selling custom-made chocolates to
corporate clients. Even though it features more than 1,200 products, the
site cost less than $2,000 to develop.
http://www.chocolatebear.com/
For more information about PDG Software, visit its site at:
http://www.pdgsoft.com/
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FREE STUFF AND SPECIAL OFFERS
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GET A FREE 90-DAY TRIAL OF BUYSTREAM ARCHITECT FOR FRONTPAGE 2000
Looking to take your Web site to the next level? Why guess how to build it
when you can know for sure? Buystream Architect gives you everything you
need to build the perfect site for the majority of your visitors. See
real-time reports that reveal visitors' screen sizes, browser types,
language preferences, plug-ins, and more. Sign up now to begin your free
90-day trial:
http://www.buystream.com/ba4fp9.asp
That's it for this month's issue.
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