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Chapter 1 ✦ Getting to Know FrontPage
Using FrontPage extensions can cause headaches for Web server administrators
(and you folks can jump to Chapter 23 for help). You can avoid worrying about any
of it, however, by simply contracting with a Web provider that has FrontPage exten-
sions as part of its Web-hosting package.
What’s New in FrontPage 2003?
More is new to FrontPage 2003 than the interface design. New elements in FP 2003
range from little fixes to rather substantial new features. Table 1-1 describes the
most impressive ones.
Table 1-1
FrontPage 2003 New Features
New Feature Description
Database Features The Database Interface Wizard enables you to generate an online
database that collects data, displays it (including using queries),
and (this is the new part) enables visitors to add and edit records
online. Another cool new feature is the upload Browse button
you can add to database forms, enabling visitors to navigate to a
file on their system for uploading to the server. You’ll also find a
Data Source Catalog that allows you to easily insert data views
into your Web sites. You can also create customizable image
buttons. (See Chapter 21.)
Shared Borders Improved capability to format shared borders. Overall, however,
shared borders have been diminished in many themes, which,
depending on your point of view, can be seen as a good thing.
(See Chapter 7.)
Reports New reports include usage analyses to identify where your
visitors are coming from, what browsers they are using, and other
information. (See Chapter 14.)
Top 10 Lists Related to new reports, Top 10 Lists allows visitors to note the
sites they are coming from. (See Chapter 14.)
Link Bars FrontPage’s generated navigation bars have been made more
customizable in the form of link bars. These bars are a welcome
relief to the constraint of using one navigational logic throughout
a Web site, and a more complex way to include automated links.
(See Chapter 9.)
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