MS Front page

MS Front page

Microsoft FrontPage was a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) HTML editor and website administration tool developed by Microsoft. It was part of the Microsoft Office suite from 1997 to 2003, and later replaced by Microsoft Expression Web.

FrontPage allowed users to create and manage websites without having to write HTML code manually. It provided a visual interface where users could design web pages using drag-and-drop functionality and various pre-designed templates. Some key features and functionalities of FrontPage were:

1. Website Creation: FrontPage offered tools to create a new website or import an existing one. Users could design web pages, add images, insert hyperlinks, create tables, and more using the visual editor.
2. WYSIWYG Editing: The WYSIWYG interface allowed users to see how their web pages would appear in a web browser as they designed them. They could directly manipulate the layout, text formatting, and other visual elements without needing to understand or write HTML code.
3. Templates and Themes: FrontPage included a collection of ready-to-use templates and themes to help users quickly create professional-looking websites. Users could customize these templates according to their preferences.
4. Navigation and Hyperlinks: FrontPage provided features for creating navigation menus, site maps, and consistent hyperlinks throughout the website. Users could easily link pages, external websites, email addresses, and files within their websites.
5. Form Creation: Users could create online forms for collecting user input or conducting surveys. FrontPage allowed users to design form elements such as text fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, drop-down menus, and submit buttons.
6. Integrated File Management: FrontPage had built-in file management capabilities, allowing users to upload, organize, and manage website files and folders directly from the application.
7. Publishing: FrontPage supported publishing websites to web servers via FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or Microsoft’s own web hosting service, FrontPage Server Extensions. Users could easily update their websites by publishing changes from within the application.