Re: FrontPage Extensions - are they worth it?

From: Andrew Murray (admurray_at_iinet.net.au)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 06:39:20 +0800

Sorry, but you've taken my post in the wrong context

I did not mean to suggest FPSE are a prerequisite for all features to work.
I merely suggested *some* of the features require the extensions (OK,
perhaps I was misinformed on some of those) to work and barely listed a
quarter of what Frontpage offers, and directly answered, in my honest
opinion, the OP's question "would I be missing much by not hosting with a
Frontpage Extensions enabled server".

"Kevin Spencer" <kevin@DIESPAMMERSDIEtakempis.com> wrote in message
news:ujuCEuhAFHA.3256@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Whoa, Andrew! While FrontPage server extensions do perform functionality
> in all of the areas you mentioned, your reply implies that without them
> none of these things can be done, which just ain't so. Here's a sub-list
> of the things you CAN'T do without FrontPage server extensions:
>
> FrontPage Include HTML (ASP server-side includes are fine without server
> extensions)
> Shared Borders
> FrontPage Themes
> Dynamic Web Templates
>
> You CAN do all kinds of form handlers using server-side scripting, as well
> as doing SharePoint Development using Visual Studio and SharePoint web
> interfaces, database-driven sites using server-side technologies and/or
> scripting, Site Search Engine, as well as any number of other types of
> search engines, in fact, just about anything that isn't a
> FrontPage-related functionality.
>
> --
> HTH,
>
> Kevin Spencer
> Microsoft MVP
> .Net Developer
> Neither a follower nor a lender be.
>
> "Andrew Murray" <admurray@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
> news:u0j68NhAFHA.4044@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> You would be missing quite a bit from not using frontpage extensions.
>>
>> In a nutshell, some of the FP features to use frontpage extensions
>> include
>>
>> Include Pages
>> Shared Borders
>> Formtoemail submission
>> Database driven sites
>> Sharepoint services (although this is also independent of FP, FP makes
>> some use of Sharepoint in its features)
>> Dynamic templates
>> Site-search engine
>>
>> to name but a few.
>>
>> However, it is the individual's choice. Anything you want to do such as
>> send an email from an HTML form can be done with third party scripts.
>> Basically anything FP offers can be done with other scripts (search
>> engines, include pages, form submission, database content etc - Frontpage
>> can do all or most of these in its own right.).
>>
>>
>> If you publish to a server with extensions, you need to publish by
>> frontpage http:// mode (look up Help in FP for further info).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Rich" <Rich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B2277040-3C06-4A1D-A08C-CCE0AC4EFE24@microsoft.com...
>>> I've just created a new domain and the basic hosting package I will use
>>> does
>>> not support FrontPage extensions. If I choose this package what I am
>>> losing
>>> in terms of FrontPage functionality?
>>>
>>> Also I will need to upload my current website that does have Extensions
>>> to
>>> the new domain. Are there any files I need to exclude if I go for the
>>> basic
>>> package?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Rich
>>
>>
>
>

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