Microsoft FrontPage Bulletin- October 2001
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Table of contents
New Windows Media Player Add-in
Accessibility Tool Available
Microsoft Security Program
New Add-ins Newsgroup
Take a FrontPage Bulletin Survey
Free Windows XP Launch Events
NEW DEMO: FrontPage 2002
Using Real Audio in Your Pages
Flash in FrontPage-based Webs
BOOK: FrontPage 2002 Unleashed
Web Developer Profile
Featured Add-in for FrontPage
FrontPage-based Web Sites
3rd PARTY SOLUTIONS
Find a Web Presence Developer
Submit Your Add-in to the Center
Protect Your Digital Media
Write a Tip Contest
Media Player ActiveX Control
SPECIAL OFFERS

FrontPage Add-in Center
 
FRONTPAGE ADD-IN CENTER
The Microsoft FrontPage
Add-in Center provides a place whereWPD Program millions of people using FrontPage can download and submit add-ins. Check it out at:
http://www.microsoft.com/
frontpage/downloads/addin/
default.asp


Join WPD
 
SEARCH FOR A WEB PRESENCE DEVELOPER
WPD ProgramThe Web Presence Developers (WPD) Program for Microsoft FrontPage is a world-wide program. To search for a WPD to help you with your FrontPage-based Web site, go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/
frontpage/wpd.htm

Special Offers
 
WIN A DREAM PC SYSTEM AND UPGRADES FOR LIFE
Enter to win a Dream PC system powered by Sony VAIO® PCs and Microsoft® Windows® XP –and upgrades—for life! Microsoft and Sony will equip 50 lucky winners with powerful Dream PC systems and provide upgrades—for life. You’ll be able to stay on the cutting edge and be one of the first to experience the best of the digital world with Windows XP. Plus, get a chance to instantly win over 1,000 prizes that make Windows XP an even better experience. Enter now at:
http://www.microsoft.com/
windowsxp/go/Sweepstakes/

FREE TEMPLATE FOR FRONTPAGE INCLUDES FLASH TECHNOLOGY
PixelMill (www.pixelmill.net) and Vivid Office (www.vividoffice.com), developed by Advantrics LLC, provide a number of templates for FrontPage that include Flash technology. Designed by independent artists and developers, they contain embedded Flash or Swish movies that complement the layout. Download it from the FrontPage Add-in Center at:
http://download.microsoft.com/
download/FrontPage2002/Add-in/1.0/
WIN98MeXP/EN-US/gears.exe


 
User Communities
 
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

NEW FRONTPAGE ADD-INS NEWSGROUP
The Microsoft FrontPage Add-in Center provides a place where millions of people using FrontPage can download and submit add-ins. Now, there’s a new FrontPage newsgroup where users of all types can discuss add-ins for FrontPage. Join these discussions in the new add-ins newsgroup, microsoft.public.frontpage.addins, or at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/
newsgroups/default.asp?url=/
newsgroups/loadframes.asp?icp=
msdn&slcid=us&newsgroup=
microsoft.public.frontpage.addins

And to find out more about or get help accessing a FrontPage newsgroup check out: 
http://www.microsoftfrontpage.
com/support/ngwatch.html

Next Month's Issue
 
The November 2001 issue will include how FrontPage can help you publish online content for a small business.  

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TAKE THE FRONTPAGE BULLETIN SURVEY
Here’s a chance to help us improve the Microsoft FrontPage Bulletin. By filling out this brief survey, we can find out more about what topics interest you and what we can do to improve the FrontPage Bulletin. Please take a quick moment to give us your feedback at:
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FRONTPAGE BULLETIN COMMENTS
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SUBMIT YOUR FAVORITE SITE BUILT AND MANAGED WITH FRONTPAGE
November's issue will be about how FrontPage can help you publish online content for a small business. Send us the address of a great a small business Web site that's built and managed with FrontPage. We'll include highlights of them in the November Bulletin. Please place "Site Submission" in the subject line and include the site address (URL) in the body of the message. Email to: 
FPTIPS@microsoft.com

share great ways to use FrontPage
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FrontPage News
WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER ADD-IN FOR FRONTPAGE
Windows Media LogoThe Microsoft Windows Media Add-in for FrontPage is here! It works with FrontPage 2000 or 2002 and makes adding streaming media to your FrontPage-based Web site super easy. Now you can make your Web site more compelling by adding streaming media without all the hand coding needed to embed the Windows Media. Want to put a playlist of songs or videos onto your Web site? Just use the Windows Media Add-in wizard to embed the player, create the playlists, and manage the media files in your Web. Best of all it’s free. Download it from the FrontPage Add-in Center at:
http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/downloads/addin/
searchdetail.asp?aid=50

HISOFTWARE'S NEW WEB SITE ACCESSIBILITY VERIFICATION TOOL
Microsoft announced a strategic relationship with HiSoftware Inc., a leading supplier of Web site accessibility software, to provide at no charge HiSoftware's AccVerify SE Web accessibility tool for all users of the Microsoft® FrontPage® Web site creation and management tool. This special edition of AccVerify allows users of FrontPage to pinpoint Web page accessibility obstacles and make changes to ensure their site's conformance with the federal government's Section 508 standards. Section 508 mandates that federal agencies make certain that all Web sites are accessible to people with disabilities. Users of FrontPage can download AccVerify SE without charge from:
http://www.hisoftware.com/msacc/

MICROSOFT UNVEILS MAJOR SECURITY PROGRAM
Computer security over the Internet is a worldwide concern fundamental to the way we live and do business. To help ensure this security, Microsoft is mobilizing its people and resources in the Microsoft Strategic Technology Protection Program. This program integrates products, services, and support. Find out more at:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/

CHECKOUT THE NEW FRONTPAGE ADD-INS NEWSGROUP
The Microsoft FrontPage Add-in Center provides a place where millions of people using FrontPage can download and submit add-ins. Now, there’s a new FrontPage newsgroup where users of all types can discuss add-ins for FrontPage. Join these discussions in the new add-ins newsgroup, microsoft.public.frontpage.addins, or at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?url=/
newsgroups/loadframes.asp?icp=msdn&slcid=us&newsgroup=
microsoft.public.frontpage.addins

 
Events
FREE MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP LAUNCH EVENTS
Come see how Windows® XP Professional can create the ultimate work experience with increased productivity, sophisticated wireless/remote networking abilities, and unparalleled security. Learn how Windows XP integrates with Office XP to transform the desktop for you & your business. Be there to get several exclusive offers, including a $50 mail in rebate on Microsoft Windows XP. To find out more about these launch events starting October 25th visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/go/XPexplore/


FrontPage Resources
NEW AUTODEMO: EXPERIENCE FRONTPAGE 2002
Try out this interactive demo showing how business and Web professionals can use FrontPage 2002. Learn how to create exactly the Web sites you want and manage them with confidence at:
http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/evaluation/demo.htm

INSERTING REAL AUDIO IN FRONTPAGE-BASED WEBS
If you want to insert Real Audio files into your Web pages in FrontPage 2000, you must first create a folder in your Web in which to store the audio files, and then import the files to your Web. After the audio files have been imported to your Web, you can create hyperlinks to the audio files on your Web pages. Then when a user visits your Web site and clicks a hyperlink to an audio file, the file opens and plays in that user's selected media player. Learn more at:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q301/5/
93.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=media&rnk=6&src
=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=FP2000

FLASH MOVIES IN FRONTPAGE-BASED WEBS
You can insert Macromedia Flash Movies in FrontPage-based Webs. However, you need to follow the steps in this article for FrontPage 2000 and version 2002 or the movie may not function as expected. Find out how at:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q265/0/
33.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=Flash&rnk=1&src=
DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=FP2002

MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE 2002 UNLEASHED
Learn how to spice up your Web sites with “Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Unleashed”. This new book on FrontPage version 2002 provides you with the tools and expert advice to create and administer dynamic, professional-looking Web sites. This latest edition offers comprehensive coverage of all features and tools of Microsoft Office FrontPage including; site navigation design, advanced form handling, Office XP and FrontPage integration, database connectivity, Web site traffic analysis, and more at:
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.asp?theisbn
=0672322056&vm=&p=msoffice&s=44710


FrontPage Showcase
FRONTPAGE-BASED WEB DEVELOPER PROFILE 
Meet Steven M. Bloom, MD, of Bennett & Bloom Eye Centers and find out how cool multimedia, including streaming video using the new Windows Media Player Add-in, can make a FrontPage-based Web site informative as well as eye-catching at:
http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/showcase/profile.html

NEW: FEATURED ADD-IN FOR FRONTPAGE
There are over 20 new add-ins for FrontPage that have been added to the FrontPage Add-in Center in the last week! Checkout the FrontLook Series 1 Sampler, v1.06 add-in for FrontPage by DPA Software. The sampler contains three exciting new themes and one of their 16 animated Java applets. This is a fully operational subset of their full package and generates applet HTML as well as copying the proper applet files to your web. Download it now and give it a try at:
http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/downloads/addin/
searchdetail.asp?aid=37

GREAT FRONTPAGE-BASED WEB SITES 
Here are some multimedia standouts:
http://www.webits.co.uk/client.html
http://www.artistsoflongisland.com/start_flash.htm
http://www.kahntact.com/indexf.htm
http://www.lamc.org/
http://www.shakespearefestivalla.org/


3rd Party Solutions
PAGETOOLS FROM OUTFRONT
PageTools from Outfront by Thomas Brunt is an add-in for Microsoft FrontPage 2000 and FrontPage version 2002. It contains an exciting set of utilities that enhance the speed and quality of any FrontPage Web site by allowing you to quickly install a template to be used in your site, import a flash movie, export themes to and from various installations of FrontPage, and more at:
http://www.frontpagecommerce.com/shop/
shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=8&cat=Welcome+FrontPage+
Bulletin+Readers

STREAMING AND HOSTING SERVICES FOR FRONTPAGE
VitalStream, Inc. provides audio and video streaming, advanced media hosting, payment processing, and consulting services. If you’re interested in adding Windows Media streaming to your site, try out their special Series 200 hosting account or greater at:
http://www.vitalstream.com/frontpage/fpusers.html



FrontPage Developer

SUBMIT YOUR ADD-IN TO THE NEW ADD-IN CENTER
Developers and other users of FrontPage are creating an amazing variety custom add-ins providing a wide range of additional functionality that’s easily accessed right from within FrontPage. Now, anyone can search for, download or submit add-ins and exchange information about them at the FrontPage Add-in Center. Check it out at:
http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/downloads/
addin/default.asp

PROTECT YOUR DIGITAL MEDIA ON THE INTERNET
Microsoft® Windows Media Rights Manager 7.1 Software Development Kit (SDK) is designed for application and Web developers who want to deliver digital media, such as songs and videos, through the Internet in a protected and secure manner. Windows Media Rights Manager SDK provides tools for protecting digital files so you can distribute them and maintain copyright protection. More at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/
en-us/wmrm/htm/windowsmediarightsmanagersdk7.asp


 

Tips and Tricks

WRITE A TIP CONTEST FOR FRONTPAGE 2002
Experience all of the new and improved capabilities of FrontPage 2002, and then share your experience with everyone else by entering our Office XP "T-Shirts for Tipsters" Contest at:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/using/tipstricks/
submittip.htm

USING THE WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER ACTIVEX CONTROL
You can insert a video into a FrontPage-based Web using the Windows Media ActiveX® Control. When you use the Windows Media ActiveX Control, the Play, Pause, and Stop buttons are also included for controlling the inserted video. Find out how to do this in FrontPage 2000 and FrontPage 2002 at:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q294/5/
49.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=media&rnk=2&src=
DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=FP2000

And for more tips on how to use FrontPage 2000 and 2002, go to: http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/content/TipsAndTricks
/TipsAndTricks.htm


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