One of the most
widely used web authoring tools is Microsoft's FrontPage. This WYSIWYG (what you see
is what you get) editor is becoming increasingly intuitive, and therefore more and more
powerful. If you are a FrontPage user or thinking about becoming one, this section
will help guide you through your web authoring experience.
To speed up your
web page editing, it is always helpful to learn the shortcut keys for certain
operations. Print out this list for quick reference:
Undo |
Ctrl+Z |
| Redo |
Ctrl+Y |
| Select All |
Ctrl+A |
| Copy |
Ctrl+C |
| Paste |
Ctrl+V |
| Find |
Ctrl+F |
| Replace |
Ctrl+H |
| Hyperlink |
Ctrl+K |
| Line Break |
Shift+Enter |
| Spellchecker |
F7 |
| Thesaurus |
Shift+F7 |
| Auto Thumbnail |
Ctrl+T |
| Save |
Ctrl+S |
| New File |
Ctrl+N |
| Open |
Ctrl+O |
| Print |
Ctrl+P |
| Refresh Browser |
F5 |
| Toggle btwn files |
Ctrl+Tab |
| Help |
F1 |
| Bold |
Ctrl+B |
| Italic |
Ctrl+I |
| Underline |
Ctrl+U |
| Center |
Ctrl+E |
| Justify Right |
Ctrl+L/Z |
FrontPage Tips:
Avoid using uppercase characters in file names of any
kind, including gifs and jpgs. Some UNIX servers see the upper and lower case
characters and completely separate entities.
To import files quickly to FrontPage Explorer, simply
drag and drop from your Windows File Explorer.
Make sure you add the title, description and keywords
meta tags to each page for search engine recognition.
Test each page in a different browser. Chances are
Netscape will make your page look like its on LSD.
Before you publish to your server, make sure you use the
file --> recalculate hyperlinks in FrontPage Explorer to rebuild files used by
FrontPage's web management.
Use the alternative text option for your graphics
wisely. Not only will it help users with the graphics turned off, but the text will
also be index by the search engines.
To increase the ease of navigation for your site, add a
"previous page" link to your web pages. Try the following:
<a href= "JavaScript:history.back(1)"
> Previous Page? </a>
To get frames to show up in Netscape, make sure that the
<FRAMESET> tags are closed with </FRAMESET> and that tags relating to the
frames come before the <BODY> tag.
To get help with FrontPage forms,
please click here.
Need to define a FrontPage term, go
to the glossary.
For more FrontPage tips, pls visit this page: FrontPage Tips
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