Microsoft FrontPage Bulletin- September 2001
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Table of contents
Launch: FrontPage Add-in Center
New Add-ins Newsgroup
Microsoft Seminar on Accessibility
Develop your own Add-in
Build a COM Add-In in VB
Sample COM Add-In  in Visual C++
Learn FrontPage2002  in 24 Hours
Web Developer Profile
FrontPage-based Web Sites
Flash Add-in for FrontPage
Find a Web Presence Developer
Server Extension Feature Support 
 bCentral 60 Day Trial
POLL WIZARD 15% Off
 Test Drive FrontPage 2002
Free Windows XP Launch Event
Become a Subscriber

Join WPD

WPD Program
SEARCH FOR A WEB PRESENCE DEVELOPER FOR MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE
Now the Web Presence Developers (WPD) Program for Microsoft FrontPage has expanded world-wide. To search for a WPD to help you with your FrontPage-based Web site, go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/
frontpage/wpd.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).

Fact of the Month

A recently released Jupiter Media Metrix study said that most people feel better giving out their personal information online to traditional merchants on the Web, banks, credit card companies and other institutions they already know.

 
Special Offers

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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


FREE WINDOWS XP LAUNCH EVENT
Come see how Windows® XP can create the ultimate work experience with rock solid stability, increased productivity, wireless/remote networking abilities, and unparalleled security. Be there to celebrate the launch and get several exclusive offers, including a $50 mail-in rebate on Microsoft Windows XP. Visit to find out more:
http://www.microsoft.com/
windowsxp/go/XPexplore/

 
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

Next Month's Issue

The October 2001 issue will be all about creating and using Multimedia in FrontPage-based Web sites.  

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Feedback

FRONTPAGE BULLETIN COMMENTS
We are listening to you! Please keep on sending your comments to:
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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

share great ways to use FrontPage
Like to tell us about a tip, trick or share a cool way you use a feature of FrontPage? We'll include highlights of them in future issues. Send to:
FPTIPS@microsoft.com











Created and Managed with FrontPage

FrontPage product box 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/


3rd 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:
  • File Upload
  • Custom Link Bars
  • Shared border background properties
  • Usage Analysis Reports
  • Top Ten List Web Component
  • New Security Features (user Roles)

In addition, the following features also require a Web enabled with SharePoint Team Services:

  • Document Library
  • List
  • Survey
  • 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:

  • Database Results Wizard
  • Send To Database Form Handler
  • Nested sub webs
  • Lightweight Source Control (document check-in/check-out without VSS)
  • Categories Component
  • StyleSheet links to multiple files or ASP files
  • Database Interface Wizard

In addition, the following components require at least an earlier version of the FrontPage Server Extensions:

  • Confirmation Field
  • Discussion Form Handler
  • FrontPage-created server-side image maps
  • Hit Counter
  • Registration Form Handler
  • Save Results Form Handler
  • Search Form
  • 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


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