<s>
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
FrontPage	I-Operating_System
(	O
full	O
name	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
FrontPage	I-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
HTML	B-General_Concept
editor	I-General_Concept
and	O
website	O
administration	O
tool	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
line	O
of	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
branded	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
suite	I-Application
from	O
1997	B-Operating_System
to	O
2003	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
FrontPage	I-Operating_System
has	O
since	O
been	O
replaced	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Expression	I-Application
Web	I-Application
and	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
,	O
which	O
were	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2006	O
alongside	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
,	O
but	O
these	O
two	O
products	O
were	O
also	O
discontinued	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
a	O
web-based	O
version	O
of	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
,	O
as	O
those	O
three	O
HTML	B-General_Concept
editors	I-General_Concept
were	O
desktop	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vermeer	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
January	O
1996	O
specifically	O
so	O
that	O
Microsoft	O
could	O
add	O
FrontPage	O
to	O
its	O
product	O
line-up	O
,	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
gain	O
an	O
advantage	O
in	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
wars	I-Application
,	O
as	O
FrontPage	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
create	O
web	O
pages	O
for	O
their	O
own	O
browser	O
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
"	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
"	O
(	O
What	B-Application
You	I-Application
See	I-Application
Is	I-Application
What	I-Application
You	I-Application
Get	I-Application
)	O
editor	O
,	O
FrontPage	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
hide	O
the	O
details	O
of	O
pages	O
 '	O
HTML	O
code	O
from	O
the	O
user	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
possible	O
for	O
novices	O
to	O
create	O
web	O
pages	O
and	O
web	O
sites	O
easily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrontPage	O
's	O
initial	O
outing	O
under	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
name	O
came	O
in	O
1996	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
Server	O
and	O
its	O
constituent	O
Web	B-Application
server	I-Application
Internet	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Services	I-Application
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bundled	O
on	O
CD	O
with	O
the	O
NT	B-Device
4.0	I-Device
Server	O
release	O
,	O
FrontPage	O
1.1	O
would	O
run	O
under	O
NT	B-Device
4.0	I-Device
(	O
Server	O
or	O
Workstation	O
)	O
or	O
Windows	O
95	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrontPage	O
used	O
to	O
require	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
server-side	B-Application
plugins	B-Application
originally	O
known	O
as	O
IIS	O
Extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
extension	O
set	O
was	O
significantly	O
enhanced	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
inclusion	O
of	O
FrontPage	O
into	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
line-up	O
with	O
Office	B-Operating_System
97	I-Operating_System
and	O
subsequently	O
renamed	O
FrontPage	O
Server	O
Extensions	O
(	O
FPSE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
sets	O
of	O
extensions	O
needed	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
the	O
target	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
for	O
its	O
content	O
and	O
publishing	O
features	O
to	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FPSE	O
2002	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
released	O
version	O
which	O
also	O
works	O
with	O
FrontPage	O
2003	B-General_Concept
and	O
was	O
later	O
updated	O
for	O
IIS	O
6.0	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
with	O
FrontPage	O
2003	B-General_Concept
,	O
Microsoft	O
began	O
moving	O
away	O
from	O
proprietary	B-Application
Server	O
Extensions	O
to	O
standard	O
protocols	O
like	O
FTP	O
and	O
WebDAV	B-Protocol
for	O
remote	O
web	O
publishing	O
and	O
authoring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrontPage	O
2003	B-General_Concept
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
Windows	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
Services	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
fewer	O
features	O
than	O
the	O
Windows	O
product	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
has	O
never	O
updated	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
SharePoint	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
would	O
allow	O
business	O
professionals	O
to	O
design	O
SharePoint-based	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Expression	I-Application
Web	I-Application
is	O
targeted	O
at	O
the	O
web	O
design	O
professional	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
feature-rich	O
web	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
discontinued	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
FrontPage	I-Operating_System
in	O
December	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Functional	O
equivalent	O
would	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Expression	I-Application
Web	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrontPage	O
2003	B-General_Concept
consists	O
of	O
a	O
Split	O
View	O
option	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
code	O
in	O
Code	O
View	O
and	O
preview	O
in	O
Design	O
View	O
without	O
the	O
hassle	O
of	O
switching	O
from	O
the	O
Design	O
and	O
Code	O
View	O
tabs	O
for	O
each	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dynamic	O
Web	O
Templates	O
(	O
DWT	O
)	O
were	O
included	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
in	O
FrontPage	O
2003	B-General_Concept
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
single	O
template	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
across	O
multiple	O
pages	O
and	O
even	O
the	O
whole	O
Web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interactive	O
Buttons	O
give	O
users	O
a	O
new	O
easy	O
way	O
to	O
create	O
Web	O
graphics	O
for	O
navigation	O
and	O
links	O
,	O
eliminating	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
complicated	O
image-editing	O
package	O
such	O
as	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
which	O
Microsoft	O
does	O
not	O
sell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intellisense	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
autocompletion	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
key	O
feature	O
in	O
FrontPage	O
2003	B-General_Concept
that	O
assists	O
the	O
user	O
while	O
typing	O
in	O
Code	O
View	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
working	O
in	O
Code	O
View	O
,	O
Intellisense	B-Application
will	O
suggest	O
tags	O
and/or	O
properties	O
for	O
the	O
code	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
entering	O
which	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
significantly	O
reduce	O
the	O
time	O
to	O
write	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrontPage	O
2003	B-General_Concept
includes	O
support	O
for	O
programming	O
in	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
a	O
server-side	B-Application
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
that	O
adds	O
interactivity	O
to	O
Web	O
sites	O
and	O
Web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrontPage	O
2003	B-General_Concept
includes	O
support	O
for	O
macros	O
in	O
VBA	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
2001	O
—	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
FrontPage	I-Operating_System
2002	O
(	O
version	O
10	O
)	O
:	O
Included	O
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
XP	I-Operating_System
Professional	O
with	O
FrontPage	O
(	O
volume	O
license	O
only	O
)	O
,	O
Office	B-Operating_System
XP	I-Operating_System
Professional	O
Special	O
Edition	O
and	O
Office	B-Operating_System
XP	I-Operating_System
Developer	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
this	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
version	O
number	O
jumps	O
to	O
10.0	O
to	O
tally	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2003	B-General_Concept
—	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
FrontPage	I-Operating_System
2003	B-General_Concept
(	O
version	O
11	O
)	O
:	O
Not	O
included	O
in	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
editions	O
,	O
sold	O
separately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
included	O
with	O
Windows	O
Small	O
Business	O
Server	O
2003	B-General_Concept
Premium	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
:	O
There	O
is	O
no	O
official	O
version	O
5	B-Protocol
to	O
9	O
,	O
because	O
after	O
FrontPage	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
some	O
Office	O
editions	O
,	O
the	O
version	O
numbers	O
followed	O
their	O
Office	O
version	O
numbers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrontPage	O
Server	O
Extensions	O
are	O
a	O
software	O
technology	O
that	O
allows	O
FrontPage	O
clients	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
web	B-Application
servers	I-Application
,	O
and	O
provide	O
additional	O
functionality	O
intended	O
for	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frequent	O
security	O
problems	O
have	O
marred	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
this	O
Microsoft	O
proprietary	B-Application
technology	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
relies	O
on	O
HTTP	O
protocol	O
for	O
communication	O
,	O
and	O
CGI/POST	O
for	O
server-side	B-Application
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
IDE	B-Application
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
6.0	O
uses	O
this	O
technology	O
for	O
file	O
synchronization	O
purposes	O
,	O
and	O
strongly	O
depends	O
on	O
this	O
technology	O
for	O
file	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
.NET	B-Application
Microsoft	O
products	O
obsoleted	O
this	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
WebDAV	B-Protocol
,	O
but	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	O
and	O
2008	O
still	O
publishes	O
ClickOnce	B-Application
applications	O
to	O
websites	O
with	O
FrontPage	O
Server	O
Extensions	O
.	O
</s>
