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AccessFP Bytes - The Bit in the middle!
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Designing and crafting with FrontPage
Issue 12 , Volume 1, 19th February 2001!
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Editor: Tina Clarke,
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1. Welcome from Tina
2 Generally Speaking
3. Wassup @ AccessFP List
4. Guest Article or Tip - "Classical Designs in Front Page"
5. Sponsors
6. Featured Site of the week
7. Weekly Links and Resources
8. Subscription Management
9. Contact Information
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Did you know that AccessFP Ezine has a site and list to go
with it? No well-dressed Ezine would be seen without them
not to mention the AnyFronPage Forums.
Site - http://accessfp.net/
List - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AccessFPList
Forums - http://anyfrontpage.com/
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1. WELCOME FROM TINA
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Welcome to "AnyFrontPage Bytes - The Bit in the
middle". These weekly issues are the Lite version of
AccessFP Ezine containing snippets of news, links and
resources.
My aim with this Lite version is to bring you FrontPage
goodies, links and news that you can't do without each
week. If you have any feedback, suggestions, gripes or
compliments, please let me know I really would like your
feedback about the ezine's, what do you think of the
content? The layout? Do you want more of something or
something else included; I need your feedback to find out.
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This weeks article consists of "Classical Designs in Front Page" by Debbie Miller from
http://themesindesign.com/
We look forward to hearing more from Debbie in the future too.
Tina
Clarke
This FREE publication by AccessFP Bytes is sent ONLY to
people who have requested it. Helping YOU out there! Since
6th November 2000.
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2 GENERALLY SPEAKING
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UPDATES:
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For those of you who have links to FrontPage sections of Cnet affiliates and other sections read the below.
Cnet
We are currently in the process of evaluating our affiliate offerings for the remainder of 2001. During this time we will no longer offer payment for click-throughs to our Help, Download, and GameShopper channels. We will also no longer offer payment for click-throughs to individual product listings. However you can still receive your $.02 per click commission for shopper links and CNET special promotion links.
All of your CNET links will continue to function correctly so it is not necessary to remove the links from your site. These changes will take effect on February 23, 2001.
We anticipate having new channel offerings in early March. We will notify you via email when these updates have occurred. Please also check back at
http://www.reporting.net
for updates on these exciting new offerings. Thanks again for your continued support. Please contact
affiliates@cnet.com
if you have any questions.
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Lets all join in to give our heartfelt good wishes to http://strictlybritish.com
After continual hacks to this FREE FrontPage Add-on site, the owner, has shut down for the time being but WILL be back soon bigger and better.
"Due to continued hacking attempts & consequent technical problems caused to the Strictly British website, all features have now been disabled and the vast majority of the site has been removed on a temporary basis. To recover from our problems, the domain names are now being moved to a different registrar (this may cause downtime during the first week of February 2001), the site will soon be hosted by another Web Presence Provider and a more robust version of the website is currently being designed.
The site will be back, but in a totally different shape and form. We anticipate the return of Strictly British by the first week of April 2001 (perhaps before).
In the meantime, you can still download our two most popular products from this page:
http://strictlybritish.com
Strictly CD-it - Publish your web to a CDR with FrontPage 2000.
Discuss-it - A powerful PHP3 Discussion Forum script for your website."
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Insert Crescendo with FrontPage 2000
[ out of date link - removed ]
New features in both Crescendo 5 and FrontPage 2000 make it possible to insert MP3 and MIDI music onto your pages instantly. LiveUpdate Crescendo, available for both Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers is the Web's only player capable of streaming both MIDI and MP3 music. The Crescendo player is easy to download and install, integrates seamlessly into your browser, and is free!
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DID YOU KNOW THAT?
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What is the best way to build your site readership base slowly but surely with like-minded people?
Well I think it is to make your site the centre of a community. A place where people can come to find that resource they have been looking for but lost the link. They know however that if they visit the site the information will be there. Plus, the site has a Ezine and list to go with it to. The Ezine is great because it brings the latest news, new links, and juicy tips all about their favourite subject. The list is helpful because someone is always around with either an answer or a place to point you for further research. The whole experience provides a base to launch your own researches safe in the knowledge you have support and first hand information available in your chosen subject. Wouldn't it be great if all sites were like that? They could be, but it has to start somewhere.
What's your site about? Can you make it a community to come 'home' to? Choose your subject, gather resources and write tutorials. Then start with a list and follow with an Ezine. Before you know it, you to will have a growing community like AccessFP. Why not start today?
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Spell me!
Hurrah, I am not alone! Yes I know I make spelling mistakes and my grammar leaves a LOT to be desired but to my way of thinking, you would rather keep up with the latest FrontPage news and tips then worry about my mixed up writing? If you're in agreement read on:
American spellings, acronyms and SMS-speak are wholly acceptable according to Richard Wade, the founder of a campaign to put a stop to spelling snobbery.
"English spelling is fossilised, difficult, illogical, bad spelling is not only a barrier to promotion its an unconformable stigma and a deterrent to literacy." He says.
The site will host online votes of the best and most inventive ways to spell words, and hopes to infiltrate the literate world with its findings. Check out
http://www.freespelling.com/
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3 Wassup @ AccessFP List
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/frontpage
Wassup at the AccessFP List? Find out every week here or join at the link above and find out for yourself.
This week Debbie from FrontPageprofessionals.com joined the list, so we all know where to ask our theme questions from now on. (smile)
Linda Johnson (computer-tutor) noted Microsoft has moved their online clipart and now the "clips online" button in the clipart gallery box redirects one to
http://dgl.microsoft.com/
worth noting if anyone comes up against a dead link.
Some interesting links about password protection got passed around and Karen has nearly mastered FrontPage forms!
More next week from our motley 'crew' at the AccessFP List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/frontpage
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4 Guest Article - Classical Designs in Front Page
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Looking for a unique design for your web site? Have you not been able to find the look you want? How about creating it?
Here are a few simple tips to help you achieve that goal.
First sit down with a piece of paper and a pen and draw out the design you want.
Remember to keep it simple, you will be working in an HTML Editor and the more complex the design on your first try will become frustrating.
You now have your design on paper or "in your mind"
Open your graphics program and create your images. I use Paint Shop Pro.
For specials effects work in layers. What I mean by layers is by pasting all the images you're going to use as a NEW layer on top of each other. By working in layers, this gives you the option of moving the different parts of your images to one side or another by clicking on the layer palette in Paint Shop Pro. Once you
have everything where you think you want it, you can add other special effects to each layer by adjusting the opacity and adding a special effect like a filter that adds a spotlight, distorts, or gives a wind appearance.
When your image is all done you can them merge all the layers and slice up the image in your graphics program. Save it in HTML format.
To use your new design, open Front Page 2000 and create a NEW empty web. Then go to "File" and import your sliced design. For the best layout, make sure your design is small. For example I use a starting work area in the size of about 600 or 700 in pixel length and about 200 or 300 in pixel height, then add additional images to this in layers as mentioned above. The reason for this, it gives you more room for adding additional tables below your top or side design for applying background colour or a matching theme.
To make a matching theme, again you will need to draw it out on paper or your mind. Try to keep everything simple. I like to create my buttons in sizes of 145x25 in pixel and apply a bevel to them. You will need to create about 5 sets of buttons. 2 sets in the above size and 3 more sets in about 100x20 for the small navigation buttons that represent the "Back, Home, Next Up"
buttons. For a banner I make mine about 450 x 50. The smaller
banners fit better and can balance out a design better.
To put you theme together, open Front Page 2000. It will open with a new page. This is ok. Now go to the top tool bar and click on "Format" - "Theme" when the theme preview opens, scroll to where it says "Blank" and click on "Modify". You will then see a new box like window with additional buttons with text that say" Colours" - "Graphics" - "Text" - "Save As". Below are short instructions on each.
1.COLORS - this will allow you to set the colours for your new theme for the navigation text, hyperlink text and plain background colours.
2. GRAPHICS - This will allow you to bring in the graphics you created by browsing to the folder where you saved them. You have "2" areas to work with to bring in graphics "Normal" and "Active" make sure you add your graphics to both areas.
3. TEXT - Here you can change your text for the navigation buttons, background text and banner text. MAKE sure you pick a text that comes with standard window applications.
4. SAVE AS - Once you have all your graphics added and your colours selected, you can now save your theme with a NEW name for your own personal use.
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We will create a custom web set for your web site from one of our designs. Each set will have your company name and page names you need for your upcoming site. We can even create a web set for you using one of our layouts using your graphics. Debbie also the web mistress of Themes In Design
http://www.themesindesign.com
and owns the msfrontpagethemes List at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Msfrontpagethemes
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5 Sponsors
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Theme-Pak
http://accessfp.net/themesetsca.htm
Theme-Pak delivers hundreds of professionally designed high impact, low bandwidth themes, site styles and templates for Microsoft® FrontPage® 98 or 2000 and NetObjects Fusion 3.0 - 5.0. Each theme or site style includes matched Page Banners, Buttons, Background, Bullets, Divider, Font and Table settings that will ensure color and graphical continuity for your entire web site.
J-Bots 2000
http://accessfp.net/jbotsca.htm
J-Bots Plus 2000 contains 50 components --all the components in J-Bots 2000, plus three component groups called: J-Bots Form ComponentsTM J-Bots Cookie ComponentsTM and J-Bots Image ComponentsTM
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6 FEATURED SITE OF THE WEEK
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If you know of a site that is worthy of being featured in AccessFP Bytes submit it today at:
Featuredbytes@accessfp.net
You must include the name, url and a description about the site and why you think it's a good resource to have. Along with your recommendation should be YOUR name and site url.
If your recommended site is featured it goes into a draw for in three months time and the winner will receive a TOP ad space in the monthly AccessFP Ezine.
Featured Site-------pointafter.com
During February, Pointafter.com Monthly Web Design Newsletter is featuring a bonus five part series written by Charles E. Brown of EWM PSI titled "Optimising Images for the Web". This series will take an in depth look at how images affect your site's performance. The topics will be:
Optimisation - Do you Really Need it?
Image Formats
Performance Considerations
Optimisation factors you control
Image Slicing
From what I've been reading so far it's a must read article.
Pointafter also offer a 7-Point Website Analysis that provides you with a comprehensive assessment of your site's usability and friendliness from a user's perspective. Unfortunately, their Analysis is no longer free. However, considering all you get, it's a true bargain.
Alongside this they also support a Web Design Bulletin Board Community that provides its members with a platform for exchanging Web Design ideas and concepts.
http://www.pointafter.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi
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7 WEEKLY LINKS AND RESOURCES
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****General Links****
Microsoft Introduces New Security Services Partner Program
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/partners/default.asp
Check out this directory of Microsoft partner security consulting companies and get the resources you need to help keep your network safe.
HOME COMPUTING
Internet Safety: What You Need to Know
http://www.microsoft.com/privacy/safeinternet/
Protect your personal information while shopping, browsing, or chatting online. Use this practical information for keeping your Internet experience secure
e-services
http://office.microsoft.com/services/
Welcome to Office eServices -- your home for Web-based services that work great with Office. Every eService offers something for free
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****FrontPage Links****
NOTE: New links appear here in AccessFP Bytes FIRST. Only after a week will they appear on the site. Get ahead of the game Today!
msfrontpagethemes
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Msfrontpagethemes
A list for people who design their own Front Page Themes with the Theme Designer that comes on the FP CDROM. Share tips and tricks for making graphics and backgrounds for themes. Also, share general questions and problems for Front Page '98 and 2000.
FrontPage 2000 Interface
http://www.iboost.com/build/software/frontpage/interface/10033.htm
Cram Info Online
http://www.cram.com/cgi-bin/webcart/webcart-frames.cgi
Cram Info¨ currently offers Cram Cheat Sheets, the world's best-selling quick reference guides. We also offer Cram Notes and Cram Exams, which are electronic products (viewable with Adobe¨ Acrobat¨ Reader 3.0 or later) geared towards college and university students. They offer 98 and fp2k.
FrontPage Templates
http://www.spiretech.com/~academy/allegro/fp/
This is a directory of the MS FrontPage Templates that are included in the program. This is also an indicator of which features do not work when the web is copied to a server that does not have the extensions installed.
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For our 'Spotlight on FrontPage', this week AccessFP Focuses on FrontPage Carts. Do you know of any?
StoreFrontTM
http://www.storefront.net/software/demo/request.htm
CartIt UNIX 4.0
http://www.cartit.com/dynamic/siteripper/cartitunix4.html
CommerceMonkey (FREE Add-on)
http://www.cartit.com/dynamic/siteripper/download_pre_monkey.html
ShopSite Express for Microsoft® FrontPage
Online Help. Help with Shopsite
pdg shopping cart component for Microsoft FrontPage
http://www.pdgsoft.com/frontpage
JustAddCommerce For Microsoft FrontPage 2000 http://www.richmediatech.com/web/download/index.asp
StoreBot 2000 Std 2b
http://www.addsoft.net/StoreBot/Default.asp
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