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Coming to your City August 2001 |
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Amazon.com- FrontPage Program |
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International Web Developers |
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Instant team Web sites |
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Effective Site Management |
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Make Your Web Site Accessible |
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SharePoint: Case Study |
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Creating a Reader-Friendly Site |
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Book: FrontPage 2002 Inside Out |
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Web Developer Profile |
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Riverfront Software's WebDrive |
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 UPGRADE TO FRONTPAGE VERSION 2002 Upgrade to Microsoft FrontPage version 2002 and discover new features like Automatic Web Content, Usage Analysis reports, SharePoint Team Services, and more. To order your copy from CDW Computer Centers, Inc. now, visit: http://www.cdw.com/ r.asp?n=20000 |
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 BE AN INTERNATIONAL WEB PRESENCE DEVELOPER FOR MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE Now the Web Presence Developers (WPD) Program for Microsoft FrontPage has expanded world wide. This program helps Microsoft's customers all over the world find professionals to help them create and manage FrontPage-based Web sites. To learn more and apply for membership, go to: http://www.microsoft.com/ frontpage/wpdapp.htm |
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Here are a couple of strategies for Constructing Search Engine Friendly Content: 1. Maintain topic consistency across all sections of a Web page (title keywords, description and body text) 2. Make the search listing (Title & Description) enticing to the searcher —Tim Mayer, Product Manager, Inktomi Corp. |
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According to the report eLatin America by eMarketer, Inc., Latin America is the world's fastest growing internet region. Overall user population is estimated to jump from nearly 10 million in 2000 to over 40 million in 2004. |
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SHAREPOINT TEAM SERVICES VALUE FROM VALUEWEB ValueWeb is providing customers with a free 30-day trial and setup fee waiver on their SharePoint Team Services-based offering. You also receive 40 MB of storage, twenty mailboxes, and unlimited sub Webs. ValueWeb is a registered Web Presence Provider for Microsoft FrontPage version 2002 and SharePoint Team Services. For details, terms, and conditions on this offer, visit: http://www.valueweb.com/products /sharepoint.html ENTER THE OFFICE XP EASIER-IS-BETTER CONTEST Find out how Office XP can help you meet your business challenges. Identify your unique business needs and get specific answers in this interactive Web site. Enter* to win your choice of a Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC, a Magellan GPS 330 or a Kodak DC3800 Digital Camera (*Open to legal U.S. and Canadian, except Quebec, residents 18 or older). See site for full rules: http://www.EasierIsBetter.com /FrontPage |
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FRONTPAGE USER GROUPS Find out about User Groups and some pointers on how to start your own at: http://www.microsoftfrontpage. com/support/usergrp.html NEWSGROUP WATCH |
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The August 2001 issue will be all about how people and institutions in education are using FrontPage. |
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BECOME A SUBSCRIBER If you are not a subscriber to this Bulletin and want to be, use the link below and follow the instructions to subscribe to the FrontPage Bulletin. Subscription link: http://register.microsoft.com/ regsys/custom/newslettersdk/ officenews.asp |
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COMING TO YOUR CITY STARTING AUGUST 2001 The Microsoft.NET Developer training tour is an intense two-day training course to provide developers basic skills for building XML Web services and applications with Visual Studio®.NET technologies. The step-by-step training includes 16 modules covering all areas of .NET development. To register you must select “New Registration Using RSVP Code” on the registration. Find out more at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/devTraining To register use this RSVP Code: bb789 FRONTPAGE AND AMAZON.COM HELP YOUR WEB SITE EARN ITS KEEP You put time into your FrontPage-based Web site and your investment should pay off. Amazon.com, the leading Internet retailer, has a new Associates Program to reward you for referring customers who buy FrontPage 2002 at Amazon. All you have to do is sign up for the Amazon Associates Program 
and choose one of three "Buy FrontPage 2002 here" logos to place
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CAN YOU SPARE 8000 HOURS TO CREATE A
TEAM WEB SITE? Probably not, so let Microsoft SharePoint™ Team Services help you create your team Web site in only minutes. SharePoint Team Services has taken care of the 8000 hour part because it’s an instant intranet that anyone can use to share documents and collaborate with others. It’s available over the Internet from leading Web Presence Providers (including Microsoft bCentral™) or you can install it from Microsoft FrontPage version 2002. For demo, list of providers, and information on deploying SharePoint Team Services, see: http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/sharepoint EFFECTIVE SITE MANAGEMENT WITH FRONTPAGE 2002 This white paper discusses one of the most powerful aspects built into FrontPage, its site management capability. To understand both the fundamentals of effective site management as well how to utilize site management tools (including features new to FrontPage 2002), to produce the best Web site possible, go to: http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/evaluation/indepth/ management.htm MAKE YOUR WEB SITE MORE ACCESSIBLE When you create a Web site with Microsoft FrontPage 2000, there are some steps you can take to reach as broad an audience as possible including users with disabilities. This White Paper offers specific design suggestions for creating accessible FrontPage-based Web sites as well as places to go for more information. Find out how at: http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/content/articles/ accessibility.html And visit the Microsoft Accessibility Web site at: http://www.microsoft.com/enable/ SHAREPOINT TEAM SERVICES CASE STUDY All types and sizes of companies and organizations are turning to SharePoint Team Services to improve online team collaboration. See how the RIAA (Rural Internet Access Authority), a nonprofit organization that works to develop, promote, and implement sound economic strategies to improve the quality of life of rural North Carolinians, is deploying and benefiting from SharePoint Team Services solutions. http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/evaluation/ casestudies/ria.htm ELITE BICYCLE CASE STUDY Creative Web Sites suggested moving from the more rigid e-commerce solution that Elite Bicycle had been using to take advantage of the flexibility afforded by the new Microsoft bCentral services and Commerce Manager Add-in for FrontPage. http://www.bcentral.com/services/cm/frontpage/ case1.asp CREATING A READER-FRIENDLY SITE Matt Hilburn, writing for Network Solutions, a Verisign Company, discusses how more and more, "printed", content sites are realizing that people read very differently on the Web than they do printed material. Find out more at: http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/promotions/ articles/landing_friendly.html MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE VERSION 2002 INSIDE OUT This handy reference contains many expert tips, troubleshooting techniques, and demonstrates the most efficient ways to perform everyday tasks. You’ll learn how to create Web pages, set up your own Web server, build hyperlinks and add text-search capabilities, animate page objects, use SharePoint Team Services, and more. The enclosed CD-ROM includes a collection of Microsoft Add-ins, Web links, a tutorial, sample macros and code. http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/ bookinfo.asp?theisbn=0735612846 |
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FRONTPAGE-BASED WEB DEVELOPER PROFILE Meet Darlene Cary, Marketing Director of Mind’s Eye Presentations LLC, and pick up a few insights and tips from their experience developing a great public access Web site for a local government at: http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/showcase/profile.html GREAT FRONTPAGE-BASED WEB SITES Here are some more government related standouts: http://www.bop.gov/ http://www.ci.murfreesboro.tn.us http://www.cityofnormandy.gov/ |
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WEBDRIVE FROM RIVERFRONT SOFTWARE WebDrive integrates your FrontPage, FTP, or WebDAV server into the Windows® desktop by making your web server appear as a network drive. This allows you to use your favorite applications to edit/manipulate files on your web server. Use Windows Explorer to drag and drop files to and from your web server. Or edit files directly on the web server using any Windows-based application. http://www.webdrive.com/frontpage.htm HI-VERIFY: METATAG ANALYSIS TOOL Hi-Verify for Microsoft FrontPage (versions 98 through 2002), from Hiawatha Island Software Company, Inc., is an add-on tool that helps you assess your site's readiness for search-engine promotion. It analyzes metatags on your Web site, checking the keyword and description tags and also analyzes your pages to improve favorable placement in the search engines. http://www.hisoftware.com/msverify/index.htm |
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MAKING FRONTPAGE 2002 TOOLBARS MORE ACCESSIBLE FrontPage 2002 includes features that make it accessible to a wider range of users, including those who have limited dexterity, low vision, or other disabilities. One such feature increases the size of toolbar buttons to make them easier to use. Here’s how- To increase the size of toolbar buttons: 1. Open FrontPage 2002. 2. On the Tools menu, click Customize. 3. Click the Options tab. 4. Select the Large icons check box. 5. Click the Close button. And for more tips on how to use FrontPage 2000 and 2002, go to: http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/content/TipsAndTricks /TipsAndTricks.htm 15 TIPS TO MAKE YOUR WEB SITE ACCESSIBLE Steve Graves, writing for Government Computer News, learned a few tricks designing three Web site prototypes and then retrofitted them for Section 508 accessibility requirements. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998 requires US government agencies to make their electronic information, and the information systems themselves, accessible to disabled users. Find out about Steve’s tips and the tools he used including FrontPage and FrontPage third party Add-ins at: http://www.gcn.com/sect508/4325-1.html And for more on accessibility see the Government Computer News home page at: http://www.gcn.com/sect508/index.html |
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