IE FrontPage Express authoring vs. Netscape authoring
I see how nicely the Netscape Composer publishing functions works with Zope from the description given in the Zope Managers Guide, but I was wondering if there was possible for this same process to be created using FrontPage Express as the authoring tool. I haven't looked at FrontPage Express in some time and don't know if it even had a publish function, but I wondered if this had been given any thought, given the increased adoption of IE in corporations. Thanks.
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 14:06:11 -0700, "Barry Reicherter" <breicherter@ex-pressnet.com> said: Barry> I see how nicely the Netscape Composer publishing functions Barry> works with = Zope from the description given in the Zope Managers Barry> Guide, but I was = wondering if there was possible for this same Barry> process to be created = using FrontPage Express as the authoring Barry> tool. I haven't looked at = FrontPage Express in some time and Barry> don't know if it even had a publish = function, but I wondered if Barry> this had been given any thought, given the = increased adoption Barry> of IE in corporations. Thanks. I believe Frontpage just uses FTP to publish, unless you happen to have the Frontpage extensions installed at your ISP (shudder) in which case it does who-knows-what to transfer your site using the frontpage extension binaries on the server. As someone who works for an ISP that grudgingly supports Frontpage, I can tell you from experience it is truly a lousy program. I expect FP 2000 will be the same. Very pretty exterior, but with a rotten core. Alex Rice | alrice@swcp.com | http://www.swcp.com/~alrice Current Location: N. Rio Grande Bioregion, Southwestern USA
I can't stand what FP does to code. We banned it on our web team. The reason I asked about FP Express was because it was a free utility that comes with IE and getting Communicator into organizations that have standardized on IE might be tough. I'll look into WebDAV more. Thanks for the reply. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Rice <alrice@swcp.com> To: <barry@reicherter.com> Cc: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [Zope] IE FrontPage Express authoring vs. Netscape authoring
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 14:06:11 -0700, "Barry Reicherter" <breicherter@ex-pressnet.com> said:
Barry> I see how nicely the Netscape Composer publishing functions Barry> works with = Zope from the description given in the Zope Managers Barry> Guide, but I was = wondering if there was possible for this same Barry> process to be created = using FrontPage Express as the authoring Barry> tool. I haven't looked at = FrontPage Express in some time and Barry> don't know if it even had a publish = function, but I wondered if Barry> this had been given any thought, given the = increased adoption Barry> of IE in corporations. Thanks.
I believe Frontpage just uses FTP to publish, unless you happen to have the Frontpage extensions installed at your ISP (shudder) in which case it does who-knows-what to transfer your site using the frontpage extension binaries on the server.
As someone who works for an ISP that grudgingly supports Frontpage, I can tell you from experience it is truly a lousy program.
I expect FP 2000 will be the same. Very pretty exterior, but with a rotten core.
Alex Rice | alrice@swcp.com | http://www.swcp.com/~alrice Current Location: N. Rio Grande Bioregion, Southwestern USA
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 15:42:03 -0700, "Barry Reicherter" <breicherter@ex-pressnet.com> said: Barry> I can't stand what FP does to code. We banned it on our web Barry> team. I respect that. :-) Barry> The reason I asked about FP Express was because it was a free Barry> utility that comes with IE and getting Communicator into Barry> organizations that have standardized on IE might be tough. I'll Barry> look into WebDAV more. Thanks for the reply. That's a good point. If it used FTP and/or WebDav, it certainly would be useful just because of the huge installed base. Do you know where I can download Frontpage Express? I have IE5 installed on my Windows machine but it doesn't have FP Express installed. Alex Rice | alrice@swcp.com | http://www.swcp.com/~alrice Current Location: N. Rio Grande Bioregion, Southwestern USA
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