Is anyone considering Visual Web Developer?

[Birk Binnard]

MS has announced that FrontPage will be discontinued by the end of this
year and is suggesting people migrate to Visual Web Developer (VWD).

VWD is free (at least the "Express version is free) and it has some
interesting features, but it doesn't seem to be able to deal with a
FrontPage web much at all. Has anyone tried to use VWD to
import/convert a FrontPage web?

I downloaded VWD a few days ago and am unimpressed with it's abilities
to handle anything other than straight HTML. It seems as though someone
at MS was asleep at the switch when it came to providing a migration
path from FrontPage to VWD. VWD chokes on anything associated with
FrontPage styles, webbots such as hit counters, and links created from
Navigation View.

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Why not just stick with FP 2003? It will be supported for quite some time.
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Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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FrontPage Support:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
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| MS has announced that FrontPage will be discontinued by the end of this
| year and is suggesting people migrate to Visual Web Developer (VWD).
|
| VWD is free (at least the "Express version is free) and it has some
| interesting features, but it doesn't seem to be able to deal with a
| FrontPage web much at all. Has anyone tried to use VWD to
| import/convert a FrontPage web?
|
| I downloaded VWD a few days ago and am unimpressed with it's abilities
| to handle anything other than straight HTML. It seems as though someone
| at MS was asleep at the switch when it came to providing a migration
| path from FrontPage to VWD. VWD chokes on anything associated with
| FrontPage styles, webbots such as hit counters, and links created from
| Navigation View.
| --
| Birk Binnard
| http://www.birkbinnard.com

 

[Ronx]

In my opinion, "Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition"
is an introduction to Visual Studio 2005. The successor to FrontPage
(for most webmasters) will be Expressions Web Designer.
See (as recently mentioned by Tom [Pepper] Willet):
-----------------------------------------
Microsoft Expression: Latest Plans for the future of FrontPage:

1) http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA101205221033.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/web_designer/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/programs/designer/highlights.mspx

2) Microsoft Expression Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.expression.dicussion
microsoft.public.expression.interactivedesigner

**Continued support for FrontPage 2003:
Currently, mainstream support will not be retired until 1-13-2009.
Extended
support will not be retired until 1-14-2014.
--------------

 

[Steve Easton]

1. Support for FrontPage will be around for awhile.
2. For people familiar with FrontPage, the migration path will be either to
Expression Web Designer or SharePoint Designer.

If you don't use WSS or any SharePoint features, then the path would be
Expression.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Thanks, Ron. I think this whole change is confusing to people, at best.

--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
----------

In my opinion, "Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition" is
an introduction to Visual Studio 2005. The successor to FrontPage (for
most webmasters) will be Expressions Web Designer.
See (as recently mentioned by Tom [Pepper] Willet):
-----------------------------------------
Microsoft Expression: Latest Plans for the future of FrontPage:

1) http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA101205221033.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/web_designer/default.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/programs/designer/highlights.mspx

2) Microsoft Expression Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.expression.dicussion
microsoft.public.expression.interactivedesigner

**Continued support for FrontPage 2003:
Currently, mainstream support will not be retired until 1-13-2009.
Extended
support will not be retired until 1-14-2014.

 

[You Know Who ~]

My hosting site will discontinue frontpage extensions in two months. Does
expressions import the webs created by FP2002?
thanks
b

1. Support for FrontPage will be around for awhile.
2. For people familiar with FrontPage, the migration path will be either
to Expression Web Designer or SharePoint Designer.

If you don't use WSS or any SharePoint features, then the path would be
Expression.


--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
.......................with a computer

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

At this point, we are unable to provide you with any specific information
about EWD, and are not allowed to do so.
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Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
---
FrontPage Support:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
===
| My hosting site will discontinue frontpage extensions in two months. Does
| expressions import the webs created by FP2002?
| thanks
| b
|
|
| | > 1. Support for FrontPage will be around for awhile.
| > 2. For people familiar with FrontPage, the migration path will be either
| > to Expression Web Designer or SharePoint Designer.
| >
| > If you don't use WSS or any SharePoint features, then the path would be
| > Expression.
| >
| >
| > --
| > Steve Easton
| > Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| > 95isalive
| > This site is best viewed............
| > .......................with a computer
| >
| >
| >
| > | >> MS has announced that FrontPage will be discontinued by the end of this
| >> year and is suggesting people migrate to Visual Web Developer (VWD).
| >>
| >> VWD is free (at least the "Express version is free) and it has some
| >> interesting features, but it doesn't seem to be able to deal with a
| >> FrontPage web much at all. Has anyone tried to use VWD to
import/convert
| >> a FrontPage web?
| >>
| >> I downloaded VWD a few days ago and am unimpressed with it's abilities
to
| >> handle anything other than straight HTML. It seems as though someone
at
| >> MS was asleep at the switch when it came to providing a migration path
| >> from FrontPage to VWD. VWD chokes on anything associated with FrontPage
| >> styles, webbots such as hit counters, and links created from Navigation
| >> View.
| >> --
| >> Birk Binnard
| >> http://www.birkbinnard.com
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Clark]

That sounds like a short-sighted hosting company. How can they even
consider doing that given the replacement (if in fact it is a
replacement, backward compatible etc) isnt even out!

My hosting site will discontinue frontpage extensions in two months. Does
expressions import the webs created by FP2002?
thanks
b

 

[You Know Who]

Obviously we will have to fire them (BostonDataCenter) but that doesn't
really help my problem much....

b

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Any HTML Editor can open any page/site created in FP.

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