FrontPage is one of the best what-you-see-is-what-you-get-type HTML editor? available today. The basic purpose of creating a simple webpage with text, images, and videos can be fulfilled very easily.
Even though it is an “HTML editor”, you can use it very easily, even if you are not at all familiar with HTML. The simple interface gives you everything at your fingertips.
Views:
Before starting with FrontPage, you need to be familiar with the 4 views in it. These views can be switched from the left-bottom of the page.
· Design View: On this page, you can add your layers, text, images etc by simple drag n drop.
You can design your page pretty easily without worrying about the HTML code (Let FrontPage take care of that). The toolbar above, which is pretty much the same as the one in Microsoft Word or Excel, can be used to format text and other objects on your page.
· Code View: This Page gives you the HTML code of what you designed on the design page. You can edit your code just like in any text editor and the changes will reflect in your design or preview view.
· Preview View: Selecting the preview view shows you how your webpage will look in a web browser. The preview view will be pretty much the same as you designed it in the design page. That’s why we call it the what-you-see-is-what-you-get-type editor.
· Split view: Split view just splits the screen into two portions, the top portion shows the code view and the bottom portion shows the design page, just in case you need to keep an eye on both simultaneously.
Hyperlinks:
After you have designed a few pages, you will need to link them to make it look like a website. Hyperlinks can be made easily by just selecting the object you want to link to and pressing Ctrl+k (or selecting the HyperLink option in the Insert Menu). Now you just need to give the address of the destination page or file which opens when you click on the link.
Layers:
It is always advisable to create a webpage in layers. This way you can divide each section of the webpage into a different layer. You can insert a layer by clicking on Layer in the Insert Menu. Adjust the position and size of the layer by simply dragging it and pulling it across the design page. Editting a layer is the same as editing the page.
Interactive Buttons:
Even if you are not so good at Photoshop or photo editing, you need not worry. Frontpage provides you with attractive interactive buttons to be used as hyperlinks. Click on Interactive Buttons in the Insert Menu and just select the button design which suits your page. Provide the name to be displayed on the button in the ‘Text’ field and the address of the page or file to be linked with the button in the ‘Link’ field. You can easily adjust the position of the button now, by dragging it on the page.
Forms:
You can easily insert a form on your webpage with Frontpage. Select the form item you want to insert from the Form group under the Insert Menu. You can insert Checkboxes, Radio buttons, Text Fields, Drop down boxes etc. pretty easily and adjust their properties by simply clicking on them and a professional looking form is ready within minutes without any kind of coding.
FrontPage makes webpage creation child’s play. No wonder the internet is over-flooded with web sites.
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