Microsoft FrontPage #15



*1. ALTERING YOUR IDENTITY

May 10th, 1999

Thanks to reader Dan Riordan for the following advice on how 
to change the title of a Web page: 

- 1. Open the page in FrontPage Editor and right-click any
     blank spot on the page. 
- 2. Choose Page Properties from the menu that appears. 
- 3. Make your change in the Title text box. 
- 4. Click OK to finalize your changes. 

Right away, you'll notice that the name in the title 
bar changes.

--This tip contributed by JoAnne Robb


*2. ALWAYS GOT SOMETHIN' TO SAY--PART 1 OF 2

May 11th, 1999

When you build a Web page, you have to keep track of a lot of 
details. By adding comments to your page, you can place 
instructions directly on your pages. Or you can use comments to 
make notes about why you added a certain thing in a particular 
place, which may be handy if you come back to make an edit 
weeks (or months) after the fact. Here's how to tack a virtual 
note to your Web page: 

- 1. Click where you want the comment to appear on the page. 
- 2. Choose Insert + Front Page Component. 
- 3. Select Comment and then click OK. 
- 4. In the dialog box that appears, type the comment.
     When you're done, click OK. 

The comment appears in a light-colored text on the page.

--This tip contributed by JoAnne Robb


*3. YOU HAVE TO GET PERMISSION--PART 1 OF 5

May 13th, 1999

Concerned about security? Well, unless you add some protection 
for your Web page, anyone on your network can access your site 
and make whatever changes they want. What's more, if you're 
connected to the Internet, anyone savvy enough could just enter 
a URL to get to your Web server and then fuss with your site to 
their heart's content. To protect your site from hacking, you 
need to grant permission to certain users. 

First things first: Identify the particular users you'd like to 
provide access to: 

- 1. In your System Tray (that's in the lower right-hand corner
     of your Windows screen), right-click the Web Server icon
     and select Administer from the menu (if you have trouble
     identifying the icon, just hold your mouse over each icon
     in the tray until a pop-up label appears.) This launches
     your default browser. 
- 2. Click the Local User Administration link. 
- 3. To add a new user, click the New User button. 
- 4. FrontPage asks you to add the user's name and give the
     user a password. You have to type the password twice for
     the sake of verification. When you're done, click the Add
     button to finish the job. 

Note: With today's tip, you added users; you HAVEN'T given 
them permission yet. Stay tuned. We get to that in the 
next few days.

--This tip contributed by JoAnne Robb


*4. ALWAYS GOT SOMETHIN' TO SAY-PART 2 OF 2

May 12th, 1999

Yesterday, you found out how to add comments to your page--the 
virtual yellow stickies of the Web. (With the cursor where you 
want the comment to appear, choose Insert + Front Page 
Component, select Comment and click OK, and then type the 
comment and click OK.) 

But you don't want your visitors to see those notes and 
scribbles you've added. Not to worry: People who come to your 
site won't be able to see the comments you've added if they're 
viewing your page in their browser. But there is a little 
catch: If they look at the code for the page, they can see the 
comments. Just a tip so you don't divulge any trade secrets in 
your comments!

--This tip contributed by JoAnne Robb.
