FrontPage Server Extensions
Articles for Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 and Microsoft® Office 2000

Overview

The FrontPage Server Extensions are software that allows a Web server to communicate with FrontPage to provide advanced functionality without the user having to know any programming.  

Functions Enabled by FrontPage Server Extensions
There are many things that are enabled when a hosting company supports the FrontPage Server Extensions on their server, including:
  • The ability to author remotely.  That means that you can create and edit Web pages while connected directly to the server.  
  • The ability to publish files easily.  Instead of having to create web pages and then figure out how to use a FTP program to transfer the files to the hosting company, FrontPage makes it easy.  You just create your page, select the Publish button from the standard toolbar, tell FrontPage your site's URL, user name, and password, and then the client running FrontPage and the server running the FrontPage Server Extensions take care of transferring the pages for you and making sure that the hyperlinks still work.  
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  • Components Like Hit counters.  Instead of having to figure out how to get the Web page to communicate with the server to keep track of how many people visit a site, you can just insert the hit counter component in FrontPage, and it will take care of talking to the server.  There are many additional features like FrontPage 2000 database, forms, and search forms that also require Server Extensions support in order to work.
  • Site management.  The FrontPage Server Extensions keep track of hyperlinks, fix them automatically when pages are renamed or moved, and site reports are kept that help tell you what pages are slow to load, what content is old, and what hyperlinks are broken.  These site management features require FrontPage Server Extensions in order to work.  

Office 2000 Server Extensions enable even more functionality, including inline discussions and subscriptions.  
 
More Information

For more extensive information on what features require the FrontPage Server Extensions, see KB article #Q232524: FP2000:  Features That Require FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions.  

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