DWT vs Shared Borders

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Hi All,

I'm new to FP 2003 and would be interested in hearing the pro/cons regarding
DWT vs Shared Borders.

All my previous "limited" website experience has been with Dreamweaver. We
are in the process of converting everthing over to FP 2003, and don't want to
make a bad decision right off.

Thanks

Jim
 
Hi -
I think I'm correct in saying that almost everyone will tell you that
shared borders are not the best feature to use and that DWT's are much
better. Paul Colligan's Frontpage Audio Manual rants against them pretty
heavily. I'd kind of be interested myself in knowing more about why they are
not good to use. I gladly accept the experts advice.
Good Luck,...Frank
 
Basically in FP2003, the DWT replaces the Shared Border component from prior versions of FP. With a
DWT you have complete control over the page layout and can have more then one DWT in a site whereas
with Shared Borders you are limit
to single top, bottom, left or right shared borders within a site. As a alternative to using either
Shared Borders or the DWT you can use the FP include Page component which offer same functionality
of Shared Borders but doesn't limit your placement or the number of individual ones.
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Plus the FP DWT are compatible w/ most templates created in Dreamweaver

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| Basically in FP2003, the DWT replaces the Shared Border component from prior versions of FP. With a
| DWT you have complete control over the page layout and can have more then one DWT in a site whereas
| with Shared Borders you are limit
| to single top, bottom, left or right shared borders within a site. As a alternative to using either
| Shared Borders or the DWT you can use the FP include Page component which offer same functionality
| of Shared Borders but doesn't limit your placement or the number of individual ones.
| --
| ==============================================
| Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| WebMaster Resources(tm)
|
| FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| ==============================================
| If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
| a Service Pack or security update, please contact
| Microsoft Product Support Services:
| http://support.microsoft.com
| If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
| security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
| ==============================================
|
| > Hi -
| > I think I'm correct in saying that almost everyone will tell you that shared borders are not the
| > best feature to use and that DWT's are much better. Paul Colligan's Frontpage Audio Manual rants
| > against them pretty heavily. I'd kind of be interested myself in knowing more about why they are
| > not good to use. I gladly accept the experts advice.
| > Good Luck,...Frank
| >
| >
| > | >> Hi All,
| >>
| >> I'm new to FP 2003 and would be interested in hearing the pro/cons regarding
| >> DWT vs Shared Borders.
| >>
| >> All my previous "limited" website experience has been with Dreamweaver. We
| >> are in the process of converting everthing over to FP 2003, and don't want to
| >> make a bad decision right off.
| >>
| >> Thanks
| >>
| >> Jim
| >> --
| >> Jim Harvey
| >> Hanover Shoe Farms, Inc.
| >> (e-mail address removed)
| >> 717-637-8931
| >
| >
|
|
 
Thank you, this is very helpful, I will focus on the DWT as a part of my
website project.
--
Jim Harvey
Hanover Shoe Farms, Inc.
(e-mail address removed)
717-637-8931
 
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