Re: Is Frontpage the package to use?
From: turboace (turboace.1b1yxp_at_mail.forum4designers.com)
Date: 08/15/04
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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:12:24 -0500
Andrew Murray wrote:
> *comments interspersed....
>
> "turboace" <turboace.1awexh@mail.forum4designers.com> wrote in
> message
> news:turboace.1awexh@mail.forum4designers.com...
> >
> > I would like to create a website to promote my business. ie I
> need
> > something which looks professional. I intend to purchase software
> for
> > building.
>
> [ -- Choice of development application --
>
> If you're a beginner, then Frontpage is probably best for you.
> Other more professional packages include Macromedia Dreamweaver, but
> of course
> what you end up purchasing depends on your budget. ]
>
> ************
>
>
>
>
>
> I've seen a few websites which really impress and would like to know
> whether Front page can provide all the functions I'm looking for or
> whether I would need to buy a different or additional packages.
>
> [** could you post examples of what you're after please? **
>
> Frontpage cannot necessarily do all the things you want to do
> primarily it
> generates the html code, plus has a few extras such as basic
> database
> manipulation, search egine/form, email-form handler etc, all of which
> require
> special server extensions to function on a Windows IIS server.
>
> There are many things in sites that are not done in frontpage - more
> often they
> are hand coded html, and custom-scripted (Javascript/asp/php/perl
> etc) web
> applications - more than Frontpage provides.]
>
>
> > The features I'm specifically looking for are:
> >
> > 1. To create a 'panel' in one section (eg left hand side of
> screen
> > large enough to hold say thirty words). The text within the panel
> to
> > revolve continuously without user intervention
>
> -- Text scroller/slideshow/ticker --
>
> Frontpage can't do this specifically - you need javascript for this.
> Search
> www.hotscripts.com or http://javascript.internet.com and/or search
> for 'vertical
> scroller' on www.google.com or other search engine.
>
> If the scroller is what you mean (eg like credits scrolling up the
> screen at end
> of a movie).
>
> or there are other kind of ways, like "tickers" or "slide show" type
> ones.....
>
>
> 2. Good graphics - ie stuff which looks professional and isn't being
> used on
> lots of other websites
>
> [ are you good with graphic design? do you have a design in mind?
> you could
> engage a designer to do this.]
>
>
> > 3. Forms to enable users to subscribe to a newsletter
>
> [ Frontpage has a 'registration' type feature (probably not what you
> want); you
> will need a separate application to register users (where they fill
> in a form
> with name and email), and for possibly sending the email - this will
> involve
> databases and an email-sending function. - again www.hotscripts.com
> might help
> you there (lots of free scripts in variety of server-side languages)
> ]
>
> > 4. Download files - eg Acrobat or maybe an access database
>
> [ -- Download Files --
>
> Yes, you can download any type of file that your host allows....PDF
> files are
> common enough. You just link to them in an html page and they open
> in the pdf
> reader providing the user has it, else it prompts for download. To
> force
> download without it opening in the reader, you need to put it in a
> "zip" file
> (e.g. Winzip), or direct the user to right-click and save-as.
>
> PDFs are sort-of intended to be read online, but are also in a format
> that can be
> printed immediately. ]
>
>
> 5. Fade text and graphic into and out of the page once loaded
>
> [ --Page Transitions --
>
> Be aware, this might look great on your machine, but page transitions
> are
> something that are only supported by the latest browsers, and
> probably Microsoft
> INternet Explorer at that. So netscape or other users won't see
> anything.
>
> However this can be done with DHTML (or Javascript)
>
> Page transitions are probably best left for Powerpoint presentations
> (not!),
> which is where MS got the idea from it seems - carried over from
> another product.
> Same with WordArt - don't use it - it is not supported by anything
> less than the
> latest IE browsers.]
>
>
> [ *** If you could post some example sites of everything you would
> like, this
> would also be helpful in knowingexactly what you're after. *** ]
>
>
>
> > *
Andrew, thanks for this.
Am I a beginner, - some time ago I experimented with HTML, writing the
code in a text editor. Whilst I could create pages which worked the
didn't look particularly professional. For me the main difficulty was
producing something 'visually impressive'. ie I'm not very arty!!
Regarding the scrolling text - here are examples I've seen
http://www.yorkshirecompanyservices.co.uk/
http://www.authorgraphic.co.uk/
Thanks
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