Introduction to Microsoft^® FrontPage^® 2000

With a JP's High Tech World, Inc.'s FrontPage account and a copy of Microsoft FrontPage, you will be able to use the powerful features of the program with the power of JP's High Tech World, Inc.'s server to produce a professional looking Web site with little difficulty. This area provides a basic introduction to FrontPage, with terminology explained and tips for using the FrontPage extensions.

What is FrontPage?

Microsoft FrontPage is a powerful Web editing software that is available at retail locations everywhere. While we do not provide the FrontPage software, we do have the required files on our server to support your copy of FrontPage. These server files are called the FrontPage extensions, and are a necessary component for using FrontPage with a Web server. Currently we have the latest version of the FrontPage extensions installed on all of the machines here at JP's High Tech World, Inc.

FrontPage is different due to the fact that the server extensions allow special features to become availble that are not present with other Web design utilities. For example, FrontPage users can 'Publish' their Web site directly to their account, without any need for FTP. Also, FrontPage's 'Web-Bots' make it easy for a FrontPage designer to place things such as forms and guestbooks on a site without having to learn complex scripting or CGIs. In addition, FrontPage users can edit their sites 'on the fly', meaning that FrontPage can log a user directly into his site on the server to edit the pages in real time, rather than having to make changes locally and then re-upload all the changed files. Even though JP's High Tech World, Inc. strongly recommends keeping a local copy of your updated Web site at all times, this feature is very useful for minor changes to the site on a day-to-day basis.

Although our technical support personnel do not provide assistance for the FrontPage software itself, we do make sure the extensions are functioning correctly on your account. Also, you can access technical support documents directly from Microsoft at this location.

Currently, the latest version of FrontPage is FrontPage 2002. Our servers support the FrontPage 98/2000 version.