FrontPage 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies^®

by John Paul Mueller

• ISBN13: 9780764583988
• ISBN10: 0764583980
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

Ever looked at a great Web site and thought, " How did they do that?" Now you can do it with Front Page 2003, Microsoft' s popular Web site creation and management program. "FrontPage 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies lives up to its name! It contains nine minibooks that cover all aspects of FrontPage. Book I explains basic concepts and shows you how to create your first Web page Book II gets you started with basic Web pages and covers topics such as working with forms, tables, frames and templates Book III guides you through working with an existing Web site, creating a new Web site, using Front Page views and reports, and more Book IV gets you into advanced design features, such as using cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and clip art, adding multimedia, creating dynamic Web sites, and securing Web sites Book V covers database topics, including creating interactive Web pages with Access and developing applications with SQL Server Book VI explains how to create pages thatwork with XML and XSTL Book VII covers scripting techniques, such as how to perform common scripting tasks and work with cookies Book VIII cover

Author Biography

John Paul Mueller is a technical editor and consultant. He has authored or coauthored 64 books and more than 300 articles on everything from database management to artificial intelligence

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Conventions Used in This Book	p. 1
What You Should Read	p. 2
What You Don't Have to Read	p. 3
Foolish Assumptions	p. 3
How This Book Is Organized	p. 4
Icons Used in This Book	p. 7
Where to Go from Here	p. 7
Essential Concepts	p. 9
Introducing FrontPage 2003	p. 11
Understanding FrontPage	p. 11
Important Changes for FrontPage 2003	p. 14
Essential Web-Page Concepts	p. 18
Getting Started	p. 21
Using the IDE	p. 21
Getting Help	p. 36
Customizing Toolbars	p. 39
Creating Your First Web Page	p. 43
Understanding Good Web Page Design	p. 44
Defining Page Properties	p. 44
Working with Text	p. 52
Working with Hyperlinks	p. 55
Working with Lists	p. 58
Viewing the Results	p. 60
Basic Pages	p. 63
Designing Pages with Controls	p. 65
Using Controls Efficiently	p. 65
Using Labels	p. 68
Working with Inputs	p. 68
Creating Decorative Elements	p. 73
Adding Banners	p. 76
Working with Forms	p. 79
Creating a Simple Form	p. 79
Working with Alternative Inputs	p. 83
Sending Data	p. 86
Making Forms Accessible	p. 90
Working with Tables	p. 93
Defining a Table	p. 93
Adding a Caption	p. 98
Making Tables Accessible	p. 98
Using Layout Tables and Cells	p. 99
Working with Frames	p. 107
Reasons to Use Frames	p. 107
Creating a Web Page with Frames	p. 108
Organizing Frames	p. 114
Using an Inline Frame	p. 116
Making Frames Accessible	p. 118
Designing with Templates	p. 123
Reasons to Use a Template	p. 123
Designing with the Page Templates	p. 124
Obtaining Additional Templates	p. 133
Using an Existing Page as a Template	p. 134
Using Web Site Templates	p. 137
Working with FrontPage Themes	p. 141
Defining a Unique Look with Themes	p. 141
Using the Standard Themes	p. 143
Creating Your Own Theme	p. 146
Webs	p. 157
Working with an Existing Web Site	p. 159
Cleaning Up Before You Import the Site	p. 159
Importing the Site	p. 161
Defining Site Properties	p. 169
Creating Required Views	p. 170
Creating a New Web	p. 177
Understanding Webs	p. 177
Using Local or Remote Connections	p. 182
Selecting a Web Template	p. 189
Using FrontPage Views	p. 195
Understanding Views	p. 195
Using the Page View	p. 196
Using the Folders View	p. 206
Using the Reports View	p. 208
Using the Tasks View	p. 211
Creating Navigational Views	p. 213
Understanding the Benefits of the Navigation View	p. 214
Creating a New Navigation Bar	p. 215
Adding New (Top-Level) Pages	p. 227
Organizing the Navigation View	p. 228
Changing the Site Settings	p. 230
Using FrontPage Reports Efficiently	p. 233
Understanding the Reports	p. 233
Using the Site Summary	p. 238
Working with Files	p. 239
Working with Shared Content	p. 241
Fixing Problems	p. 242
Designing Workflow	p. 244
Developing Usage Statistics	p. 246
Advanced Design	p. 249
Using Cascading Style Sheets	p. 251
Understanding Cascading Style Sheets	p. 252
Creating a Simple CSS Page	p. 254
Linking CSS to a Web Page	p. 260
Using the Style Toolbar	p. 262
Designing Efficient Styles	p. 264
Using CSS for Accessibility Needs	p. 265
Working with Clip Art	p. 267
Using the Drawing and Drawing Canvas Toolbars	p. 267
Defining Layers for Organization	p. 272
Adding Images to a Web Page	p. 276
Using Clip Art	p. 277
Describing an Image	p. 282
Creating an Image Map	p. 284
Using Images from Other Sources	p. 285
Adding Multimedia and Components	p. 287
Understanding Multimedia Use Issues	p. 288
Animated GIFs, the Easiest Multimedia	p. 289
Adding Audio	p. 291
Adding Video	p. 294
Working with Web Components	p. 299
Working with Macromedia Flash	p. 304
Inserting Office Objects	p. 307
Working with Word Objects	p. 307
Developing Data Views with Excel	p. 314
Creating Report Views with Access	p. 320
Using Smart Tag Plug-ins	p. 323
Understanding the Smart Tag Plug-ins	p. 323
Seeing Smart Tags on Your Web Page	p. 324
Disabling Smart Tags on Your Site	p. 331
Getting More Smart Tags	p. 331
Creating Dynamic Web Sites	p. 333
Changing Content and Knowing Why	p. 334
Using Shared Borders	p. 335
Using Active Server Pages in FrontPage	p. 340
Developing Simple Dynamic Pages	p. 346
Using the Dynamic Web Template Toolbar	p. 351
Developing with Security in Mind	p. 353
Considering the Security Issues	p. 354
Creating a Security Plan	p. 357
Checking Inputs	p. 358
Tracking Security Problems	p. 366
Databases	p. 369
Creating Interactive Web Pages with Excel	p. 371
Defining Excel as a Database	p. 372
Creating Links to an Excel Worksheet	p. 376
Viewing Excel Data	p. 381
Creating Interactive Web Pages with Access	p. 389
Developing Links to Access	p. 389
Designing Simple Data Views	p. 402
Creating a Search Form	p. 405
Designing Relational Data Views	p. 406
Developing Applications with SQL Server	p. 411
Understanding the SQL Server Advantage	p. 411
Developing Links to SQL Server	p. 413
Creating Relational Data Views	p. 426
XML and XSLT	p. 429
Working with XML	p. 431
Using XML Effectively	p. 432
Using XML in FrontPage	p. 433
Simple Techniques for Displaying XML	p. 440
Using the XML View Toolbar	p. 443
Creating XML Data from Existing Sources	p. 446
Developing an Interpretation with XSLT	p. 453
Understanding How XSLT Affects XML	p. 454
Creating a Basic XSLT File	p. 454
Selecting Data	p. 456
Making Decisions	p. 460
Performing a Task More Than Once	p. 462
Creating a View of XML with XSLT	p. 463
Creating Dynamic XML Pages	p. 467
Developing an XML Data Source	p. 467
Performing XML Updates	p. 475
Automating the Process	p. 476
Scripting	p. 483
Extending a Page with Scripting	p. 485
Understanding How Scripting Can Help	p. 486
Using the [left angle bracket]script[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 488
Understanding Scripting Languages	p. 491
Working with Page Objects	p. 493
Creating Variables	p. 497
Making Decisions	p. 498
Performing Repetitive Tasks with Loops	p. 500
Using the [left angle bracket]noscript[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 502
Creating Your First Scripted Page	p. 507
Understanding How Scripts Work	p. 507
Using the Code View Toolbar	p. 509
Creating a Simple Script	p. 513
Associating a Function with a Button	p. 515
Providing Inputs to a Function	p. 519
Providing Outputs from a Function	p. 519
Working with Cookies	p. 521
Using Cookies to Help Users	p. 521
Creating a Cookie	p. 528
Reading a Cookie	p. 529
Enforcing Cookie Expiration	p. 531
Performing Common Scripted Tasks	p. 535
Determining the User's Browser Type	p. 536
Redirecting Users Based on Need	p. 542
Providing Form Feedback	p. 544
Debugging Your Script	p. 548
VBA Programming	p. 551
Getting to Know VBA	p. 553
Starting the Visual Basic Editor	p. 554
Using the Properties Window	p. 557
Using the Code Window	p. 559
Using the Immediate Window	p. 561
Using Object Browser	p. 563
Your First VBA Program	p. 567
Deciding What to Do	p. 568
Steps to Create a VBA Program	p. 568
Writing Your First Sub	p. 572
Writing Your First Function	p. 574
Getting the Scoop on Scope	p. 576
Three Ways to Run Your Program	p. 578
Storing and Modifying Information	p. 583
Understanding Variables and Constants	p. 583
Defining the Data Types	p. 585
Working with Operators	p. 596
Creating Structured Programs	p. 597
Exercising Control with Structures	p. 597
Making a Decision with the If... Then Statement	p. 598
Making a Choice Using the Select Case Statement	p. 602
Performing a Task More than Once Using Loops	p. 604
Redirecting the Flow Using GoTo	p. 609
Trapping Errors and Squashing Bugs	p. 613
Knowing the Enemy	p. 613
Time for a Bug Hunt	p. 617
Using the Locals Window	p. 621
Using the Watch Window	p. 622
Working with Classes, Arrays, and Collections	p. 625
Coding Considerations for Classes	p. 626
Using Arrays for Structured Storage	p. 630
Using Collections to Create Data Sets	p. 634
Working with FrontPage Objects	p. 641
Understanding FrontPage Objects	p. 641
Working with FrontPage Documents	p. 653
Advanced Programming	p. 661
Using Active Server Pages	p. 663
Understanding How ASP Works	p. 663
Creating a Simple ASP Page	p. 667
Using Server Variables	p. 675
Using PHP	p. 677
Understanding PHP	p. 677
Getting Set Up with PHP	p. 678
Creating a Simple PHP Page	p. 681
Working with Forms	p. 689
Working with Web Services	p. 693
Understanding Web Services	p. 694
Working with SOAP	p. 694
Creating a Connection to Amazon.com	p. 700
Creating a Connection to Google	p. 708
Locating Other Web Services	p. 715
Enhancing FrontPage with Visual Studio .NET	p. 717
Creating FrontPage Extensions	p. 717
Creating a FrontPage Extension	p. 718
Configuring and Using the Extension	p. 726
Index	p. 729
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