Microsoft FrontPage PPT
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Microsoft FrontPage is an HTML editor designed for novice users to create and edit web pages without requiring HTML knowledge. Introduced with Windows NT 4.0, it features a WYSIWYG interface, dynamic web templates, and various views for editing, including design and code views. The application window consists of several components like toolbars, a menu bar, and a work area for designing web pages.
Microsoft FrontPage PPT
- 2. Contents • What is Frontpage? • History of Frontpage • Features • Salient features • Frontpage Application Window • Frontpage Views
- 3. What is Frontpage? • Microsoft Frontpage was designed to allow novice users to create and edit web pages without the knowledge of any HTML codes. • Frontpage is an HTML editor and website administration tool. Contents
- 4. History of Frontpage • Microsoft Frontpage’s initial outing was under the name of Microsoft, came in with the release of the Windows NT 4.0 server and Web server internet information services 2.0. • Frontpage 1.1 would run under NT 4.0 server or workstation or on Windows 95. • Frontpage 98, the Frontpage editor which was used for designing web pages was a separate application from the Frontpage. • Explorer was used to manage website folders. • Frontpage has been created by Microsoft Expression Web and Sharepoint Designer, which were released in December 2006, alongside Microsoft Office 2007. Contents
- 5. Features • It supports automatic web templates and can create a multi-level navigation on the fly. • It has a WYSIWYG ( What You See Is What You Get) editor. • Frontpage is created to hide the details of the web pages of the HTML code from the user making it possible to design web pages easily. Contents
- 6. Salient Features • Frontpage 2003 consists of a Split View option to allow the user to code in Code View and preview in Design View. • Dynamic Web Templates ( DWT) was first introduced in the 2003 version allowing the users to create a single template that could be used for all the web pages or even for the whole website. • Interactive buttons give users a new, easy way to create web graphics for navigation and links, eliminating the need for a complicated image editing package like Adobe Photoshop. Contents
- 7. Frontpage Application Window • The Frontpage application window has many parts like title bar, menu bar, toolbars, task pane, page tab, work area, view bar, etc. • Title Bar: The title bar displays the name of the application program, and the name of the web page you are currently working upon on the top right hand side. • Menu Bar: The menu bar contains various menus that contain various functions and commands available in Frontpage.
- 8. Frontpage Application Window • Toolbars: They contain the buttons that give a quick access to frequently used features of Frontpage. • Task Pane: The task pane contains certain commands that are commonly used while designing a web page.
- 9. Frontpage Application Window • Work Area: This is the place where you can actually design the web page and where you can add various graphic and text elements. • View Bar: This provides a set of view buttons that allow you to switch among various views. Contents
- 10. Frontpage Views Frontpage provides a number of views to work with your web pages and web sites: • Page View: There are four different types of page views: a. Design view: It allows you to design and edit web pages. b. Code View: It displays the HTML code and allows you to edit it if required. c. Split view: It splits the working area into two halves horizontally, where, the upper half shows the HTML code and the lower half shows the design of the web pages. d. Preview: It allows you to view the web page as it will appear in the web browser.
- 11. Frontpage Views • Folders View: It displays the folders and files in your web site and allows you to add, delete, move or copy them. • Remote Web Site View: It allows the user to either publish the whole web site or only selected files of it to a remote web server or location. • Reports View: It allows you to analyse the the contents of your web site by running various report queries, like the total size of files and no. of broken hyperlinks, etc.
- 12. Frontpage Views • Navigation view: It represents the hierarchical structure of the web pages in the web site. • Hyperlinks View: It displays the no of hyperlinks available in your web site. It shows the pages linked from a web page and the pages linked to it. • Task View: It helps you maintain a “To Do” list for your website and list out the tasks that are to be performed. Contents