FrontPage has been replaced by Expression Web and is no longer being
offered.
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Tom Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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FrontPage Support:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
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| Does this mean that FrontPage is Obsolete and no longer being offered ?
|
| (or will not be in the NEAR future)
|
| TIA
|
|
| message | > IMHO, it's definitely worth upgrading. WRT to the FrontPage Server
| > Extensions, Dave Berry summed it up nicely in a recent thread: Is
| > Microsoft no longer supporting Front Page Extensions?
| >
| > Your web host can still get support through Microsoft's Extended
Support.
| > In addition, they are looking into providing them for Windows Vista and
| > IIS7
| >
| > FrontPage Server Extensions on Vista and Longhorn
| >
http://blogs.iis.net/robert_mcmurra...-server-extensions-on-vista-and-longhorn.aspx
| >
| > Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 2:20 PM by Robert McMurray's Blog
| > [MSFT] Filed under IIS Topics, FrontPage Topics
| >
| > As most people that have installed IIS 7 on Windows Vista or Windows
| > codenamed "Longhorn" have realized, there are no options to install the
| > FrontPage Server Extensions, leaving the only possibly way to edit your
| > web site that is hosted on a Vista/Longhorn computer is to edit the web
| > site locally using the file system, or to use FTP to upload your files
to
| > a remote Vista/Longhorn computer.
| >
| > The FrontPage Server Extensions (FPSE) 2002 are part of the Office XP
| > system of products. The Office XP system, including FPSE 2002, left
| > mainstream support on July 11th, 2005, according to the Office lifecycle
| > policy. At that time, the FrontPage Server Extensions were removed from
| > the Microsoft Download Center. Office policy is to remove software from
| > the Download Center that is no longer supported. This policy allows us
to
| > focus our support efforts on the latest technologies. FPSE 2002
continues
| > to be available on Windows Server 2003 in the Add Windows Components
| > section of the Add/Remove Programs control panel.
| >
| > FPSE 2002 will continue to be supported by security updates through the
| > end of the extended support period, and all existing security content
will
| > remain available. For more information on the support lifecycle policy,
| > see the Microsoft Lifecycle web page at the following URL:
| >
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=lifecycle
| >
| > Because Microsoft realizes that the FrontPage Server Extensions are
| > essential to many web hosting companies, the Internet Information
Services
| > product team is researching the development of an updated version of
FPSE
| > 2002 that will work with Microsoft Windows codenamed "Longhorn" and
| > Microsoft Windows Vista.
| >
| > As far as FrontPage itself is concerned, currently, mainstream support
| > will not be retired until 1-13-2009. Extended Support will not be
retired
| > until 1-14-2014.
| >
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&p1=2514&x=17&y=10
| >
| >
| > ~ Kathleen Anderson
| > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| > Spider Web Woman Designs
| > web:
http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
| > Please reply to the newsgroup for the benefit of others
| >
| >
| > | >>I currently have FrontPage 2000 and am wondering if it worthwhile
| >>upgrading to FP 2003. The Server Extensions have effectively been
rendered
| >>obsolete by Microsoft. I guess that means that in the near future
servers
| >>will stop providing them. imho
| >>
| >> All that said, are the added extras worth it?
| >>
| >
| >
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