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AccessFP Journal
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Issue 3, Vol 1: 30th December 2002
Sent to 84 Members

Subscription Management information
is located at the bottom of this Ezine
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Editor:
Tina Clarke - http://accessfp.net
mailto:AccessFPJournal@...
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IN THIS ISSUE:
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1 Tina's Blog
2 What's New
3 Featured in AccessFP
4 Tip & Trick
5 Links & Resources
6 Featured Link Back

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1. TINA'S BLOG:
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Well I've been having a fine time these past few
months. What with my hosting problems and a
few virtual parties.

This issue has been delayed somewhat while
that's been going on then I decided to try and
learn CSS and apply it to the new online version
of this Journal, tell me what you think.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year -
hopefully.

First about the hosting. I've had six yes you read
that right the first time, six hosts in the past
five months.

My first host had a stroke (Hope your doing
better Jim). He resold for CIS and they also
decided at the same time to shut down and
outsource. So I started up at their new servers
which were UNIX, now having started off at
easyspace.com a couple of years ago I knew
UNIX does not like FrontPage sites that are
heavy in mbs. At around 30mbs even my new
hosts could not stop the error messages and
decided I would be better off on their old
windows servers till I could find a new host, after
all they were not shutting down till January, but
forget to tell me the nice new high price. So I
moved to webstrikesolutions.com and they were
great only $30 for the first year. However only
2gb for bandwidth and for some reason my site
has started to grow in the hits department so I
ended up paying for another 2gb of bandwidth
last month. Sigh, time to move again.

This time off to chambergates.com after a list of
things going wrong there like no setup for five
days, no emails being answered for seven and I
could not publish without timeouts, I decided I
would have to look again for host number six.
Chambergates came good in the end though
they refunded all my host fee and my setup fee
all ended well apart from the headaches I was
getting from the stress!

Now I'm at http://winsave.com the best host I've
had since Jim. Welcome email after five
minutes, fast publishing, unlimited bandwidth,
databases even, asp the best control panel with
great faqs and a very neat site and what's best a
rolling promotion (though it could end at any
time) for no setup fee with one month free, so for
my first three months hosting I get to host my
site for the grand sum of $19:95. Thankyou
winsave I can now relax, Sigh!

Though there two things that I don't like. No
custom 404 page and the stats are not the best
but you cannot have everything.

Now on to the good bit:) The virtual parties we
had at anyfronpage.com , accessfp's sister site
which I co-edit with Tiffany and Fran. We had
two parties one for the first birthday of
AnyFrontPage Bytes Ezine 11th Oct. The
second in honour of Tiffany being made a
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage. A fine time was had
by all and you can read more about the parties here:
http://anyfrontpage.com/mvp/
http://anyfrontpage.com/afpparty2002/

We also decided to cut down the ezine to once
a month instead of bi-weekly, but that is so we
can bring you more goodies next year, we are
working on them:).

DID YOU KNOW... that AccessFP Journal can
now be read online? Just pop along to:
http://accessfp.net/accessfpjournal/

Did you also know that AccessFP Journal
has it's own FrontPage List? No? Well check it out.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AccessFPList

BTW if you link your site to mine let me know
you might get featured in the linkback section. If
you have a FrontPage crafted site check out
the, Crafted With FrontPage section.
http://accessfp.net/submitcraftedwithfrontpage.htm

I had to take down the Crafted section at one
point as it was getting spammed, and has been
over the past year. So I finally decided enough
as enough and I've changed it so that would be
crafters have to submit an email, instead of
being able to see their site instantly. The few
spoil it for the many I'm afraid. If you want your
site included read the rules and send me an
email.

That's all folks till next publish. Remember I
only publish when I've updated the site and have
something to say. No fixed publish times. If you
want to give me feedback about the Journal or
just ask a question email me at:
journal@...


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2. WHAT'S NEW:
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In each issue whatever is new or updated on
the site will be listed here.

NEW PAGES

frontpagenavigation.htm (New tutorial on: Adding
functionality to your website with FrontPage
2002 Part II ~ Navigation)
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frontpageincludedcontent.htm (New tutorial on:
Adding functionality to your website with
FrontPage 2002 Part III ~ Included Content)
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frontpagediscussionweb2002.htm (New tutorial
on: FrontPage Discussion web 2002)
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frontpagebanners.htm (New tutorial on: Adding
functionality to your website with FrontPage
2002 Part IV ~ Banners
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optimizingfrontpage.htm (New tutorial on:
Optimizing Your FrontPage Site for Search
Engines.
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flashgenerators.htm (Generator Tools - Flash
Generators)
flashnavbar.htm
flashstatusbar.htm
flashtopbar.htm
flashtooltip.htm
flashdropdown.htm
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graphicgenerators.htm (Generator Tools -
Graphic Generators)
graphicnavbar.htm
advnavbar.htm
graphicdropdownmenu.htm
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dhtml-cssgenerators.htm (Generator Tools -
DHTML/CSS Generators)
cssnavbar.htm
dhtmlmenu.htm
tooltip.htm
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javascript-csscoders.htm (Generator Tools -
JavaScript/CSS Coders)
csscodertool.htm
popup.htm
iescrollbars.htm
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freeplugins.htm and
freefrontpageaddons.htm
(I spread out the add-ons onto two new pages
as they were getting pretty long and I updated
them)
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UPDATES

submitfpresources.htm
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scripttips.htm (Moved from under the FrontPage
Resources | FP98 section to under the Web
Resources section - it makes more sense you
see) Also the scripts were slightly updated.
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freethirdparty.htm (links and information updated)
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freenewaddons.htm (Lots of New Addons added)
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index.html (Added Fading Messages from
ExtraFrontPage http://www.extrafrontpage.com
and deleted the scrolling marquee script - much
nicer I think PLUS the fading messages work in
Netscape unlike the marquee script. )

NOTE: Not much in the way of updates as I've
added a lot of new pages.

The Latest issue of the Microsoft FrontPage
FanZine Archives 2002 is now available at: (last
Issue showing is October at time of publishing,
but Nov and Dec will be up there shortly)
http://accessfp.net/msbulletinarchives


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3. FEATURED IN ACCESSFP
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The featured page this issue is
http://accessfp.net/generationtools.htm

This page leads to four generation tools for your
use which is FREE. (You can see them listed
above under new pages)
Flash, Graphic and dhtml-css generators and
JavaScript/css coders. These tools make it easy
to craft those difficult menus and saves time
looking on various sites for information on just
how to do it.

Saving time makes you money and eases the
frustration of crafting those scripts.


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4. TIP & TRICK
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COPYRIGHT AND FRONTPAGE

-Updating your copyright dates for the new year
with FrontPage.

If any of you have copyright meta tags.

e.g. <meta name="copyright"
content="Copyright © 1999 - 2002, Tina Clarke.
All rights reserved">

The quickest and easiest way to update them is
to use the Free FrontPage Add-on TP_ErrOmi
from http://solution-shelf.com You enter the info
you want and test your web. ErrOmi will tell you
all the pages where it needs changing (which is
all of course)

NOTE: Unless you have excluded the page, it
will update any of your customised templates
for new pages too.

If you also have the copyright on the page in
normal view, use Find and Replace to change
this throughout your web.

How to Find and replace text.

On the Edit menu, click Replace.
Click All pages.
In the Find what box, type the text you want to
search for. - This will be the old copyright dates.
In the Replace with box, type the replacement
text. - This will be in the new copyright dates.
Click Find in Web.
When FrontPage lists the pages in which the
text was found, do one of the following:

To open a page in Page view, double-click the
page in the list. The first instance of the text is
highlighted.

You can click Replace to replace this
occurrence, click Find Next to find the next
occurrence, or click Replace All to replace all
occurrences in the current page.

When you have reviewed all occurrences of the
text in the page, you are prompted to close the
current document before continuing to the next
one.

NOTE: If changes were made, your page is
automatically saved.

Though next revamp think about using either an
include page ( For how accomplish this see:
http://accessfp.net/frontpageincludedcontent.htm )
that might include other static information (for
most of the year) like your email address and
links to disclaimers and Privacy Polices.
Or the substitution feature which will update a
small amount of information.

How to use the Substitute Component.

In Page view, on the Tools menu, click Web
Settings, and then click the Parameters tab.
Click Add.
In the Name box, type a name for the variable.
This is what you will call the variable.

In the Value box, type a value for the variable.
This is what will be displayed on the page.

Click OK.
Position the insertion point in a page where you
want to display the variable.
On the Insert menu, click Web Component.
In the left pane, click Included Content, and in
the right pane, double-click Substitution.
In the Substitute with box, click a variable from
the list.

You can find out more about Copyright here:
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/

Web Guard
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webguard
Web Guard is an organization dedicated to
eradicating bandwidth theft and copyright
infringement on the World Wide Web.


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5. LINKS & RESOURCES:
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~ FrontPage

Joe Wilcox
http://www.joewilcox.com/nosites.htm
Joe went shopping
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Inside Microsoft FrontPage - Dec 2002 Index
http://www.elementkjournals.com/mfp
Create an attractive page background in minutes
Save your form results in an Access database.
Expand your design skills by learning from
others.
Customize your pages with time-specific images
and greetings.
Juggling multiple documents in Page view.
Adding consistency to your site design with a
custom theme.
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Creating A Basic Web Page
With Front Page Express
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~blane/writing.htm
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FrontFX Galleria - NEW FREE ADD-ON
http://xzmedia.com/frontfx/index.asp
An Image Gallery type Shopping Cart in which
users can select images across your website to
be later compiled into a single page gallery of
images. This currently FREE release may be
expanded to support a further set of image
based tools.

FrontFX PrintWeb - NEW FREE ADD-ON
Ever wanted to print a listing of Files/Folders etc
from your current web? Not that easy is it?
Well it is now, thanks to FrontFX PrintWeb.
Fully optioned and ready to report!

FrontFX Case Changer - NEW FREE ADD-ON
Simply highlight the test you wish to be
changed, select the FrontFX Case Changer,
select a style and the jobs done!

FrontFX FrontFlash V1.3 - UPDATED
-Custom color tinting on 3rd Generation objects
to better match your site. Buttons and Clipart
included in 1.3.
- Button categorisation implemented.
- Default to transparent backgrounds
implemented. IE Only.
- Insert Flash detection JavaScript and redirect
user to non flash pages if they do not have
Flash.
- Automatic Flash HTML Scanning to fix errors
caused by using ActiveXControl Properties in
FrontPage and give correct cross browser
compatibility.
- Quickly Duplicate/Delete Objects From
Properties Window.
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TP_ErrOmiv2.3 - FREE ADD-ON UPDATE
http://solution-shelf.com/
ErrOmi2 is a Microsoft® FrontPage 2000-2002
plug-in utility that helps you find and correct
problems that can reduce page ranking, lower
accessibility compliance and slow page loading.
In short, it helps you give your web a Tune-Up.
With its assistance, you can apply important
Meta Tags and HTML attributes consistently
across your entire web.
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http://www.kaosweaver.com/frontpage/

Kaosweaver Breadcrumbs FP02 v1.1 NEW ADDON
Create a "breadcrumb" at the top of your Web
pages so that users can track where they are on
the Web site. This Add-in utilizes the site
directory to provide easy navigation within your
Web site.

Date Insertion for FP02 v1.0.0 NEW ADD-ON
Displays the current date on the page in any
desired format, order, or punctuation. Each
element is set separately. It currently supports
the following languages: Albanian, Danish,
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian,
Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and
Swedish.
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LightBox - NEW ADD-ON Trial 15 days
http://www.conceiva.com/products/lightbox/
Lightbox uses a revolutionary new technique for
attaching itself to applications. It knows when
applications are started, moved, resized, and
exited, so that Lightbox stays attached to the
application and Over 150 file formats supported!
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Table AutoFormat (Available only at MS but
developed by Matt Cohen)
http://anyfrontpage.com/bytes/rd/taf.htm
Tables are commonly used on Web pages to
organize and present information in rows and
columns, in much the same way tables are
used in print documents. Table AutoFormat
provides the users an easy way to give their
tables a professional look to display information
on the Web, without having to know how to work
with HTML tags.

~ General

Configuring Mail Clients to Send Plain ASCII txt
http://www.expita.com/nomime.html
If you own a list think seriously about turning off
html/attachment. Read the above link to find out
why. If you send html to lists think seriously
about sending in text format, I for one thank you
for sending in plain text.
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Pdf995
http://site3.pdf995.com/download.html
Its easy-to-use interface allows you to create
PDF files by simply selecting the "Print"
command from any application, creating
documents which can be viewed on any
computer with a PDF viewer.
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SRHTML98
http://www.htmlworkshop.com/srdownload.html
Search Find and Replace Tool
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Keyboard Power
http://www.keyboardpower.com/
Webmaster Martha tells you how to keep your
computer safe from harm
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SPAM INSPECTOR
http://www.giantcompany.com/
Automatic updates of spam definitions &
reported spam. ALL FREE, no subscriptions
needed! The Spam Inspector uses Unparalleled
filtering technology based on statistical semantic
pattern matching, block 99% of all incoming junk
mail, even Foreign Spam!


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6. FEATURED LINKBACK:
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Each issue we feature a site that links back to
AccessFP.

This issue we feature Computer Stop
http://www.personal-computer-tutor.com/

Webmaster Linda Johnson runs articles I write
about FrontPage in her excellent Ezine
ABC - All 'Bout Computers.

Her site deals with all applications
pertaining to Microsoft Office.

This is a site you will want to visit often and be
sure to sign up to ABC you can't get that kind of
expert knowledge all wrapped up in one ezine.
http://www.personal-computer-tutor.com/

We are all one big community in FrontPage.


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