J-Bots 2002 is an add-in for FrontPage 2002 featuring 40 components
that can make your web sites more attractive, more engaging, and
easier to navigate. They're easy to use, and require no programming
skills. Simply fill in dialog boxes, click the Generate button, and
JavaScript code will automatically create the function you desire.
Choose from functions like Drop Down Jump Menu, Popup Windows, Running
Clock, Scrolling Text Message, Detect Browser, and Play Music.
(Works in both FP2002 and FP2000)
http://www.anyfrontpage.com/windowshop/jbots.asp
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September and October.
Some people could not use the FrontLook Menu on the
FrontPage menu bar when
running FP2002. FrontLook has fixed this problem in a new
FREE update of
FrontLook Series 1, 2 and 3. At the same time FrontLook has
been
tested on Windows XP and updates have been made to to
increase the
reliability of the FrontLook menu
ATTENTION - IN FRONTPAGE 2000/2002, THE FRONTLOOK MENU HAS
BEEN REMOVED
FROM THE MAIN MENU BAR AND PLACED IN THE --INSERT-- MENU.
The FrontLook Clip Art must be manually added to the
FrontPage 2002 Clip
Art Gallery. See the ReadMe File in the FrontLook files.
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UK specific News:
As of today 26th October 2001 the 1998 Data Protection Act
ends its transitional phase and takes full effect.
All companies based in the UK must disclose by law any
information they hold on an individual either electronic or
hard copy, the fee not being more than £10. (sterling)
If the company does not comply within forty days of a
legitimate request being submitted, failure results in a
£5000 fine and court costs.
The new law affects all Web sites based in the UK or located
on servers based in the UK or companies that place cookies
on or serve images to UK Web sites.
Data that is collected for the building of impersonal
statistics is not affected by the law. Basically the DP Act
will cover web sites that install cookies on your machine to
show exactly who you are and when you visit or request is
made for you to enter personal details such as your address,
name, or email address.
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* UPGRADING TO FRONTPAGE 2002
Upgrading to FrontPage 2002 and want to keep prior versions
of
FrontPage installed on your computer? There is no problem in
running
more then one version of FrontPage on the same computer hard
drive.
During the installation of FrontPage 2002, be sure to check
the option to
do a custom install - it is in this type of installation
where you will
have the option to "Not" remove prior versions. The key here
is to know
that the default set up is for prior versions to be removed.
Opting for
the custom install, you will have the ability to deselect
the default
removal of prior versions of FrontPage.
* BACKING UP YOUR NAVIGATION DATA
FrontPage stores your navigation data in the _vti_pvt folder
to back up your navigation data, make a copy of the
_vti_pvt/structure.cnf file
If at anytime you need to restore your navigation data or it
gets lost you can copy your back up structure.cnf file and
recalculate hyperlinks to restore the data
see:
http://www.atfrontpage.com/2002/iis_include.htm#nav
“Tag” is the name for HTML code. A Meta Tag can be any coded
comment referring to an entire page.
Part of the <HEAD> ... </HEAD> section, meta tags are seen /
located in the HTML view of FrontPage. They are not visible in
“Normal” view. HTML can be edited by hand in the HTML view.
Meta " http-equiv" tags are the equivalent of HTTP headers. These tags
control or direct the actions of Web browsers (our 'bots) by refining the
web page information for them. With certain web servers (such as Apache,
which uses a separate text file containing meta-data) they will override
those existing tags. Generally, however, the user’s Web browser would
simply see them as normal headers.
Meta "name" tags were supposed to be used for information not corresponding
to normal HTTP headers. Some search engine 'bots, however, will interpret
tags
which contain keyword attributes whether they are declared as "name" or
"http-equiv".
Searchengines typically consider the Meta Tags: Title,
Description, Classification, and Keywords when trying to “sort” or
categorize webpages.
A typical tag’s attributes:
http-equiv=”...____HTTP response header name
name=”...”____Name of the meta information
content=”...”____Content of the meta information
scheme=”...”____Assigns a scheme to interpret the meta data
Your information goes where the "..." is. Example:
<meta name="classification" content="Chewing gum, Retail sales”>
PLEASE NOTE: Meta tag lines should have no break or wrap. Due to the
constrictions
of our 'zine, you will see them here as wrapped, but do not allow this on
your webpage.
The Title meta: <meta name=”title”content=”...”>
This is the name or title of your webpage.
Only one title meta is allowed per webpage.
Maximum length is 100 characters. It is best to use as many as possible
without exceeding this limit.
As many of your keywords as possible should be included in the title.
The title should make sense.
The Keyword meta: <meta name="keywords" content=”...”>
Think like a searcher - what keywords would you use to find your site?
Maximum number of characters is 1,000.
It is best to utilize as many words as possible without exceeding the
character limit.
Utilize FrontPage’s hi-verify - an excellent resource for expanding
keywords.
Watch the repeat limit on keywords. Over 6 is considered “spamming” and will
disqualify not just your meta tags, but your web site from being ranked.
Separate keywords with commas - no spaces after the commas.
If one of your keywords is a frequently misspelled word, place it twice -
spelled
correctly and incorrectly.
The Description meta: <meta name="description" content="...”>
This should be a description of your webpage.
The character limit is 200. Exceeding this limit will disqualify your tags.
The goal is to use as many keywords in your description as possible without
going over
the character limit. Very few searchengines use meta description tags for
weighting
your rank anymore. It is used by search engines to display your description
in their
results.
The Classification meta: <meta name="classification" content="...”>
Hi-verify will help with this, but a simple 2 or 3 word content, such as
“chewing gum,
retail”
The Cache Meta: <meta name="revisit-after" content="15 days"> This one keeps
the engines from caching
your site and showing an older version of it.
The Rating Meta: <meta name="rating" content="General">(of course - this
meta "assumes
that your content is suitable for all.
The Plug Your Work Meta: <meta name="author" content="yournameorcompany.com”>
The Language Meta: <meta http-equiv="Content-language" content="en-US"> or
<meta http-equiv="Content-language" content="en-ENG"> or
<meta http-equiv="Content-language" content="en-GER">, etc.
The Privacy Meta: <meta name="ROBOTS" content="ALL"> This meta assumes that
it is OK for the 'bots to
crawl your entire page - it it isn't, then say so here with your exclusions.
The Override Meta: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"content="text/html;charset=us-ascii">
This meta overrides the user's browser defaults, and forces display of the
desired character set.
It is now required by the W3C validator, to test for HTML 4.01 Transitional
Compliance.
The Robots Metas: <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="all | none | index | noindex
| follow | nofollow">
<meta name="robots" CONTENT="all"> Invites spidering. (content"none" keeps
the 'bots away)
<meta name="revisit-after" CONTENT="14 days"> Requests a fresh visit after
14 days.
Self Explanatory Metas: <meta name="resource-type" content="document">,
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
(FrontPage will remember these for you. :)
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Office XP Troubles as pertaining to FrontPage.
"When you type a hyperlink in FrontPage 2002, Word 2002,
Excel 2002, PowerPoint 2002, or Outlook 2002 (using Word as
your email editor), the Office application will alter what
you've typed, without notifying you or giving you an
opportunity to undo the "correction." In fact, in most
cases, you can't override the "correction" at all: you're
stuck with FP, Word or Excel's version of what you typed.
The exception being FrontPage 2002.
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FrontPage Database
http://frontpagedatabase.com/
For all your FrontPage Database needs tune into this site,
complete with tutorials and Forum what more do you need?
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XaraOnline
http://www.zymodules.com/frontpage.asp
Our free Microsoft FrontPage Add-in provides
the quickest, easiest way to add the wide range
of Xara Modules to your website.
Xara Modules are hosted web page add-ins
providing everything from customized graphics
to web forms and online database tools.
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GENERAL LINKS:
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BOOST YOUR INTERNET EXPLORER BROWSING PERFORMANCE
Prevent large pictures, sounds, videos, and other multimedia
files
from dragging down your browsing speed. This how-to applies
to versions
3.x through 6. http://www.microsoft.com/insider/mi/BrowsingPerformance.htm
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One thing the new WindowsXP should be shouting about is the
inclusion of
Microsoft ClearType which is an unprecedented innovation in
font display
technology that dramatically improves font display
resolution and marks a
genuine breakthrough in screen readability. Find out more
at:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/
cleartypeactivate.htm?fname=%20&fsize=
** launching this page in your browser will prompt you to
download and install
Microsoft ClearType tuning control
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