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TIPS AND TRICKS
VALIDATE YOUR CODE
In Opera 6.01
Load your page in the browser
Right-click, choose Frame | Validate Source.
This will upload the page to the W3C HTML
validator and returns the results to you in your
browser window.
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HTML MARKUP BOX IN 2002
Some users of previous FrontPage versions
might be wondering where the Advanced HTML
MarkUp Box has gone to. Goto Insert | Web
Components. Select Advanced Controls in the
left-hand pane and highlight HTML on the
right-hand pane. Press Finish.
NOTE: The Markup Box doesn't "clean" up your
code that you paste, but allows you to paste
your HTML or JavaScript's into this window and
inserts it on the page.
FP98, this was the only way to insert HTML or
JavaScript's in a way that FP would not alter
when the page was saved. That's no longer the
case - you can paste right into HTML view and
FP won't mess with it. You may still be more
comfortable pasting into the HTML insert dialog
box.
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TRUE ZERO MARGINS
If you have viewed your web pages in Internet
Explorer 5.0 and higher, you have probably
noticed the small gap at the right which goes
away when you refresh the page. While this
quirk does not affect the readability of your
site, it can be annoying. You can set true zero
margins by including a small style sheet in the
head of each page.
If you already have an internal style sheet,
you can simply add the body portion to your
current CSS.
This TIP was sent in by:
Karey Cummins who is webmaster of Round The
Bend Wizards which specializes in unique
FrontPage themes and templates.
http://www.rtbwizards.com
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No, this is not a juicy tall tale. This is
the True Confession of your editors who were
once (GASP!) Newbie's! We all remember our
first web sites with that same sweet
embarrassment that is generally reserved for
that first kiss (where DO you put your nose,
anyway?)
1. I thought of using a visible hit counter ('hangs
head in shame').
Little did I know then, that FrontPage Hit
counters in Particular, and counters in general,
are useless for their purpose. The count is
inaccurate, the count is changeable so no one
believes hit counters (low counts are
embarrassing though honest, high counts are
not believed). I soon found that I should be
looking to my host for server stats. Trouble was,
I used a Free host in the beginning, so what
could I use?
I decided that even if the count was not
accurate, I still wanted a counter for an
approximate report. I found an invisible one, and
to help me gather information about who was
linking to me, I also used a tracker.
Let’s be truly honest. Why should a visitor care
how many hits your website gets? If you really
do need to know – and on a commercial site it is
very useful. Keep the information to yourself.
2. I wanted to use the 'No right Click' script
so that people could not steal my beautiful
graphics. I thought “no thief is going to get past
me”. Of course I soon got laughed at. "Here's
your graphics" I got emailed from an irate user
of my site. "What's more I'm not coming back
to your site either!"
After some groveling the explanations followed..
It seems this script can be got around in several
ways. JavaScript can be turned off in the
browser. View source can be used. Simply
peeking in the cache is effective, among other
easy workarounds.
“Ok”, I thought, “but it will deter people who don't
know how to do that won't it?”
Possibly, but newbie's only stay newbie's for so
long. And what is important is that I was denying
my visitors use of the right hand menu! Think
how difficult it is for disabled users and left- handers that need that menu.
Will they ever come back? If they do, they will
find me off the ‘no right click’ script.
3. I left lots of little amusing graphics on my
webpages, saying "Web under construction".
Always breathless with new ideas and creations,
I littered my pages with them. Sadly, my public
brought it to my attention that it was passé.
They suggested I try inserting text saying ‘This
page is under beta, and not meant for public
consumption; however, please give feedback on
the work in progress’. This is a confession and I
must be honest here – I did use the suggestion;
but only because I thought it sounded cooler.
Do not waste your visitors’ time with pages that
are so incomplete that they are annoying. And
reconcile yourself to the fact that no site is
ever really finished.
4. I was really taken in by the antics of those
amusing little animations. I used one for my
email, one for my welcome greeting, lots and
lots for my bulleted lists. It’s an old story, but
true - soon my homepage was full of them. Still I
liked them. They caught my attention all the
time - once they all downloaded that is. At the
time, I had my 14k modem. Also, I paid by the
second for phone usage. It was worth it to me
for those darling animations. Now, I know that it
is also distracting and expensive for my visitors.
Now, I use one animation to point out a book
sale and it draws attention nicely. I don't pay by
the second anymore, and I have 56k modem..
but I know lots of third world counties that do
and still have to use old equipment. I am much
more courteous to my visitors now.
5. I used the scrolling marquee in the status
bar, denying my visitors a url view. Oh sure, it
caught their attention, but they thought I had
something to hide, plus it was so distracting.
6. I had a grand time playing around with
different fonts and creating my very own funky
look. I thought that I was clever mixing serif and
sans-serif with the most outrageous new comic
font that I could find. Now, sadder but wiser, I
know that not all fonts are easy to read. I also
know to spend that little extra time viewing my
web pages in different browsers, as not all of
them support all fonts. I now scale my fonts
like so: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans serif
7. I used to let folks get the default 404
page, which is not that helpful. One day I
decided to do something about it. I'm so glad I
did, because now, when someone clicks on an
incorrect url, they can easily find their way.
My customised 404 page tells them the
links to my homepage search and site map. You
can find out more about it in this article.
http://anyfrontpage.com/rd/404.htm
8. I put no alt tags on my site. There is no
excuse. I could even have used the free
FrontPage add-in TP_ErrOmi. All I had to do
was go to the below link for a free download. [ out of date link - removed ]
for a free download.
9. I never maintained my site. It would have
been so easy to schedule items to do. I knew
that broken links were the second biggest
problem of the Internet and there was that great
article on
http://anyfrontpage.com/rd/bl.htm
Not only do other sites change their URL’s, but
as we work on our sites, internal links may
become a problem (both pages and images).
After the first submission, I ‘forgot’ to submit my
site to search engines until my rankings were
down. I added new pages and items without
recalculating my links, so my Search and Table
of Contents were outdated. Sloppy editing
created more problems with grammar and
spelling than they solved. Nothing is a bigger
turn-off to your visitors than the disrespect
shown by poor spelling.
Nowadays, I have a system:
I use FrontPage spell check whenever I
create or edit text on my pages. Now with
FrontPage 2002 I can turn on 'Check spelling as
you type' under Tools | Page Options | General
tab.
I Recalculate Hyperlinks before every publish.
This is a marvelous feature of FrontPage. I also
configured FrontPage to remind me to do this.
see:
http://anyfrontpage.com/rd/clean.htm
Once a month, I submit my site to
searchengines. There are many great free sites
out there that make this a 10 minute job. I like
Self Promotion.com
http://anyfrontpage.com/rd/self.htm
Once your information is completed, it is 5
minutes per site monthly.
Once a month, I run my site through one of the
free checkers for broken links. My current
favorite is the Dr. Watson on-line check.
(
http://watson.addy.com/) In 8 minutes, I
can
analyze HTML syntax , verify regular links , verify
image links, spell-check, compute estimated
download speeds, check search engine
compatibility and check my site link popularity.
Let your visitors help you by customizing your
site-based email and making it easier to report
website problems such as the above.
A feature I also employ is a Report Dead Link
email link. I set this up with the To and Subject
lines configured and include part of the message
HREF="mailto:TinaClarke@accessfp.net?subjec
t=Dead Link -
http://accessfp.net/freefp.htm&Body=
The Dead link is:">
10. I did not take the half an hour I should have
to provide a privacy policy on my website. Such
a simple statement it would have been, listing
the information I needed to collect and the use
that I would make of that information. My
website appeared unethical. My customers lost
confidence in me. I ran afoul of the law as, in
my area, a privacy statement is legally required.
All I had to do was read:
http://anyfrontpage.com/rd/pp.htm
but I didn’t take the time.
With the new P3P specification in IE6, I also
realised I had to make it available to all
browsers, not just IE6 users. Don't you fall into
that trap too. See the below link for more
information.
http://anyfrontpage.com/rd/ie6.htm
11. I did not provide a search, contact email,
feedback form, or a home link from other pages.
As a consequence, no one else could find what
they needed on my site – they left me; no one
knew how to contact me to ask questions – so
they left me; many couldn’t get back to my
home page – so they left me.
12. I was silly and did not include an updated
copyright notice. I hadn’t bothered to find out the
difference between a copyright and a trademark
anyway. Why should I go to:
http://anyfrontpage.com/rd/cr.htm
or to
Ten Tips for Protection
http://anyfrontpage.com/rd/ten.htm
and read a lot of boring words? Surfers and
searchengines skimmed right by me thinking
that my information was out of date. Everything I
had put on my site was now in the public
domain, soon it was not unique.
Updates yearly on a copyright can be done on
your entire website in 5 minutes with an include
page or a simple FP add-in for your HTML
copyright meta tag.
13. I did not join AnyFrontPage Bytes, so I
missed many resources and tips that would have
made my job easier … and I felt all alone.
Well, by this time I was all alone. If it wasn't too
late for me, dear reader, you may profit from my
example.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
******************************
Tina is a editor on AnyFrontPage Bytes and
is the webmaster for
http://accessfp.net/,
a classic FP resource. Tina's articles & Tips
have been published in various newsletters
and websites. She is a moderator on our Forum.
and
Frances is a editor on AnyFrontPage Bytes and
an expert in the field of search engine
optimization, Frances' articles have been
published in various newsletters and websites.
http://www.Dynamite-iT.com
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ImageDraw
http://www.imagedraw.com/
Tutorials for Image Composer and PhotoDraw.
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~ General Resources
- The Lockergnome Tips Help File - UPDATED
http://anyfrontpage.com/rd/vgw.htm
Latest version is 0202 and has been updated to
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- Line Wrapper
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Wraps entries in a textarea box to whatever
number of characters per line you want. For
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