FrontPage 98 Tips #1




*1.   Troubleshooting page banners

Have you ever inserted a page banner, only to discover that it 
appears in the browser without any text? If so, chances are 
you include quotations marks in the page's title (which is 
where the Page Banner component gets the text it uses).

To solve the problem, switch to FrontPage Explorer and choose 
Navigation view. Right-click on the page's icon and choose 
Rename from the popup menu. Type a new title-one that does not 
include quotation marks-and press Enter. When you switch back 
to FrontPage Editor, the page title should now appear on 
your banner.

If you absolutely must use quotation marks, you can enter curly 
quotes in the page title. To create an opening quotation mark, 
hold down the [Alt] key and type 0147 on the numeric keypad. 
Then, release [Alt]. To create a closing quote, hold down 
[Alt], type 0148, and release [Alt]. (Your keyboard's Num Lock 
feature must be turned on.)

The characters will appear as dark vertical lines in the 
Explorer's Navigation view, but they'll look right on the 
page banner.

By the way, this problem only affects page banners displayed 
as images. Banners displayed as text are not affected.


*2.   A Shortcut to previewing pages

Here's a quick way to preview pages. In FrontPage Explorer, 
select the file you want to preview. This can be in Folders, 
All Files, Navigation, or Hyperlinks view. Choose Edit | Copy, 
and then switch to your browser. Click in the Address or 
Location text box, choose Edit | Paste, and press [Enter]. 
You can use the same technique to preview images in the browser.

Submitted by Keith Weinheimer (keith@prestigehome.com) 


*3.   Switching between pages in FrontPage Editor

If you have more than one document open in FrontPage Editor, 
you can switch between them by clicking the Back and Forward 
buttons on the toolbar. An even quicker method is to press the 
left or right arrow key while holding down the [Alt] key.

Finally, if you're an especially hardcore Windows user, type 
[Alt]W to open the Windows menu. Then, type the number that 
corresponds with the page you want to view.

Submitted by Steven Makin (steven.makin@virgin.net) 


*4.  Single-space your bulleted lists

Ever wondered how to get single spaced bulleted list in 
FrontPage 98? Or perhaps you've managed to do it at times, 
but just couldn't get it to work at other times? 

The solution is easy: Just make sure that the Left 
Justification button on the FrontPage Editor toolbar is not 
activated. That should do the trick.

Submitted by Victor Voo (vicvoo@pc.jaring.my) 


*5.   FRONT(PAGE) AND CENTER--PART 4 OF 7

In a previous series, we showed you how to publish images 
(photos saved as *.gif and *.jpg files) to the Web using the 
Web Publishing Wizard: Select Start, Programs, Internet 
Explorer, Web Publishing Wizard; then follow along with the 
wizard, entering all of the necessary information for your Web 
server (typically provided by your ISP or network 
administrator) and pointing out the file(s) you want to 
publish. Photos are a great place to start, but for fancier Web 
pages with text, hyperlinks, and any kind of formatting, create 
HTML documents using FrontPage Express. (To open this program, 
select Start, Programs, Internet Explorer, FrontPage Express.) 
In this series, we show you how to use some of FrontPage's 
options. Today, we'll add hyperlinks to a page. 

Surely you've seen a Web page that says something to the effect 
of, "Click HERE for a really neat picture!" You, too, can add 
links to a page, so that when a person visiting the page clicks 
on a word, he or she jumps directly to another page. 

Assuming you've already typed the text with which you want to 
associate a specific URL (in our example, the word 'HERE'), 
select that text and click the Create or Edit Hyperlink icon. 
Select the Hyperlink Type, if necessary; enter the URL the 
hyperlink should point to; and click OK. Back on your HTML 
page, the hyperlink now appears in blue, underlined text. 
You've made an official link! 

Stay tuned for more HTML editing tips, and at the end of this 
series, we'll show you how to publish your creation on the Web.


*6.   FRONT(PAGE) AND CENTER--PART 5 OF 7

In a previous series, we showed you how to publish images 
(photos saved as *.gif and *.jpg files) to the Web using the 
Web Publishing Wizard: Select Start, Programs, Internet 
Explorer, Web Publishing Wizard; then follow along with the 
wizard, entering all of the necessary information for your Web 
server (typically provided by your ISP or network 
administrator) and pointing out the file(s) you want to 
publish. Photos are a great place to start, but for fancier Web 
pages with text, hyperlinks, and any kind of formatting, create 
HTML documents using FrontPage Express. (To open this program, 
select Start, Programs, Internet Explorer, FrontPage Express.) 
In this series, we show you how to use some of FrontPage's 
options. Today, we'll change the background of your page. 

By default, all pages created in FrontPage Express have a white 
background. But if you prefer, you can use any color, or even 
an image, for your background. Right-click a blank area of the 
page, select Page Properties, and click the Background tab. 
(Or, select Format, Background.) To change the background 
color, click the down arrow in the box next to Background and 
select any color in the dropdown list. Click OK. 

To use an image as your background, open the same dialog box, 
select Background Image, click the Browse button, and tell 
FrontPage Express where to find the image. Click OK twice. 

Stay tuned for more HTML editing tips, and at the end of this 
series, we'll show you how to publish your creation on the Web.


*7.   FRONT(PAGE) AND CENTER--PART 6 OF 7

In a previous series, we showed you how to publish images 
(photos saved as *.gif and *.jpg files) to the Web using the 
Web Publishing Wizard: Select Start, Programs, Internet 
Explorer, Web Publishing Wizard; then follow along with the 
wizard, entering all of the necessary information for your Web 
server (typically provided by your ISP or network 
administrator) and pointing out the file(s) you want to 
publish. Photos are a great place to start, but for fancier Web 
pages with text, hyperlinks, and any kind of formatting, create 
HTML documents using FrontPage Express. (To open this program, 
select Start, Programs, Internet Explorer, FrontPage Express.) 
In this series, we show you how to use some of FrontPage's 
options. Today, we'll format your text. 

In most cases, you'll type some text on your HTML page. Plain, 
boring, black text. Want to spiff it up a bit? There are all 
sorts of options to choose from, all on the Format toolbar. (If 
you don't see this toolbar, select View, Format Toolbar.) 
Select any text you want to change, then choose a font in the 
Change Font dropdown list, and if you want, use the buttons 
with the 'A's on them to increase or decrease the text size. Of 
course, the 'B', 'I', and 'U' icons will Bold, Italicize, or 
Underline the selected text, respectively. And if you want to 
use a text color other than black, click the Text Color icon, 
select any color in the palette, and click OK. There, now that 
looks a little better than boring ol' black, 12-point, Times 
New Roman text, wouldn't you say? 

Oh, and one last thing: Don't forget about the Center 
icon--sixth from the right--for centering selected text (or a 
selected graphic). 

For our final tip in this series, publishing your creation on 
the Web.... 
   
*8.   FRONT(PAGE) AND CENTER--PART 7 OF 7

Over the last six tips, we've shown you how to create some 
basic HTML documents using FrontPage Express: Select Start, 
Programs, Internet Explorer, FrontPage Express; then type some 
text, add graphics and hyperlinks, and format your text and 
background. Now that you've actually finished your HTML page, 
and it looks exactly as you want it to on the Web, it's time 
for the fun part--publishing it. 

(Note: This tip assumes you've already defined a Web server 
using the Web Publishing Wizard, as described in a previous 
tip. As a quick review, select Start, Programs, Internet 
Explorer, Web Publishing Wizard; then follow along with the 
wizard, entering all of the necessary information for your 
Web server.) 

Select File, Save, and type a title for the page. Under Page 
Location, type the address to which you'd like to publish the 
page, such as 

www.webserver.com/~yourname/yourpage.htm 

Note: The address may be different from the address your 
visitors will use to view the page. For example, to publish a 
page using the Netcom server, we had to name the page 

pweb.netcom.com/~yourname/yourpage.htm 

NOT 

www.netcom.com/~yourname/yourpage.htm 

Click OK, enter your username and password, if prompted to do 
so, then click OK. 
 
FrontPage Express will now display a message telling you it's 
publishing the page. When it finishes, point your Web browser 
at the corresponding URL and bask in the glory of your 
HTML expertise!   
