Microsoft FrontPage

General FrontPage Resources:

• AccessFP - FrontPage Resource Centre - tips, tutorials, and more!
• AnyFrontpage.com - forum with a many FrontPage related topics.
• AnyFrontpage.com Bytes - newsletter
• At-FrontPage -- FrontPage help, tips, tutorials, links and resources for FrontPage 98, FrontPage 2000 & FrontPage 2002! 
• FrontPageInfo.com -- Build a better Web site!
• FrontPage World - All about Microsoft FrontPage
• FrontPagePortal.com -- The name says it all -- You can truly find just about anything relating to FrontPage here.
• FrontPage Users Forums -- Timeforweb.com operates a very useful set of forums for users of FrontPage.
• John Galt's Tools -- FrontPage templates, PowerPoint templates, design services and tutorials.
• Solution Shelf - FrontPage articles, tools, FrontPage templates, and advanced guidance
• Themes In Design -- Provide FrontPage professional designs at affordable prices with unique themes and templates.

Tutorials

• At-FrontPage - many tutorials 
• AccessFP
• FrontPage Tutorials at webworksite.com
• IceMocha's Tutorials

Other Frontpage Tips

Using FrontPage with PHP

Frontpage doesn't like to play well with PHP.  Why?  Well, Frontpage IS a Microsoft product and they don't make any money off of PHP (which is free) and they DO sell a product that is similar in functionality (ASP / VB).  But, Frontpage CAN be made to play with PHP reasonably well, here's how:

• Using PHP with FrontPage 2003 - Microsoft's own pages on the subject. Adapted from Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out by Jim Buyens.
• PHP Rocket Add-in for FrontPage

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Other Tips

Q.  What is the benefit of using ASP style tags when coding PHP in FrontPage?
A.  FrontPage will not modify anything between <% and %> period.  The same is mostly true with <?php and ?> except when you embed them inside a tag's parameter.  For example, 
<FONT FACE="<% echo "$fontname"; %>" SIZE="2"> will work better than using standard PHP tags. 

Q.  So then how do I get PHP to recognize ASP style tags?
A.  You need to set asp_tags = On; in the PHP.ini file that is either in your windows folder (usually C:\windows or C:\winnt) or in the folder where php.exe is installed.