Customize FrontPage 2000 Interface

Like all the other Office 2000 applications, Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 lets you quickly customize its user interface. You can add commands to any menu or any toolbar and even create your own toolbar of commonly used commands.

To get started choose Customize from the Tools menu--or just click in the empty gray area to the right of the menu bar or any toolbar. Click the Commands tab if it's not already selected.

The scrolling list on the left shows various categories of commands, and the scrolling list on the right shows the commands within the chosen category. Once you've found the command you want to add, simply drag it to the menu or toolbar where it should appear. (When you drag it to a menu, that menu will drop down, allowing you to position the command wherever you want it to appear.)

The Customize dialog box also lets you customize the icons and/or text for any command. Choose the command--on a menu or toolbar, not in the Customize dialog box--and click Modify Selection. The menu that pops up lets you change a dozen different aspects of how the command appears.

When you click the Publish button in Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000, the program compares the files in the local copy of your Web with those on the Web server. If a newer version of a file exists locally, FrontPage 2000 uploads it to the server.

Sometimes, however, FrontPage seems to not upload pages that are open in the editor. The reason is not that they're open, but that you haven't saved any changes you've made. Before publishing, then, you should always save your changes by choosing Save All from FrontPage Editor's File menu.

If you're using FrontPage 2000, however, you may have noticed that the Save All command is missing, which means you have to manually save all the pages that are open in the editor-a potentially tedious process.

Fortunately, thanks to the integration of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) with FrontPage 2000, you can easily restore the Save All command. For complete details, visit this page on the Microsoft Web site:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/articles/fpvba.htm

You can find and replace HTML in all the pages in a site or in a selected group of pages. To limit your global changes to a group of pages, first go to the Folders view and select the pages you want. After that, the procedure is the same for processing all the pages in a site. Select the Edit/Replace menu to bring up the Replace dialog box. Type the code you want to find and then the replacement code. Under Search Options, choose either All Pages or Selected Pages. Be sure to also select the Find In HTML option. Click the Find In Web button to find every occurrence of the code you're looking for. Then click the Replace All button, and every instance of your code will be replaced.

1. Confirmation Field
2. Discussion Form Handler
3. FrontPage created server-side Image Maps
4. Hit Counter
5. Registration Form Handler
6. Save Results Form Handler
7. Search Form

How do I Use Web Folders

Web Folders, a new feature in FP2000, are simply "shortcuts" to web servers, local or remote.

To create a Web Folder:

1. Open My Computer
   
2. Double Click on Web Folders. The Wizard will start.
   
3. Enter in the location of your web (ex: http://www.xyz.com) or sub web (http://www.xyz.com/subwebname)
   
4. Give the folder a name.

To use a Web Folder

1. Open FrontPage 2000
   
2. Choose File | Open Web
   
3. Choose Web Folders
   
4. Select the name Web Folder you created and choose Open.  Note, sub webs are denoted by folders with little globes on them.  Double-click to open them.

How do I insert/paste Word Documents or text into my Web

1. Right-click
   
2. Choose Paste Special
   
3. Select Treat as HTML

1. Right Click on the Image and choose Image Properties
   
2. Select the Appearances tab.
   
3. Set the Border Thickness to zero

Absolute-Style Positioning for Page Elements

You can control the exact location and order of page elements, such as text or graphics, by selecting the element you want to position and then clicking the Position Absolutely button on the Pictures toolbar.

Set the Tab Order in a Form

In Page view, double-click a field to edit its properties. In the Tab Order box, type a number indicating the tab order you want for the selected field.  Repeat this procedure for each field for which you want to set the tab order.

Creating a Hyperlink to a Bookmark on the Same Page

Quickly create a hyperlink to a bookmark by selecting the text you want to jump to, holding the right mouse button and dragging the text to the new location. Release the mouse button and click Link Here on the menu that appears. FrontPage will automatically create the hyperlink to the bookmark.

Inserting a Blank Line Above or Below a Table

If the first item on your page is a table and you want to insert a blank line above the table, click in the first table cell and press CTRL+ENTER. FrontPage inserts a blank line above the table. To insert a blank line below a table, click in the last table cell and press CTRL+ENTER.