FrontPage has been replaced by Expression Web and MS Office SharePoint
Designer. These are NOT upgrades (though Expression Web does have upgrade
pricing). Some knowledge of HTML and CSS are required to get the best out
of these programs.
Expression Web is aimed at standards compliant web sites, and has limited
support for FrontPage components. Expression Web has built in support for
PHP and asp.NET 2.
SharePoint Designer is aimed at SharePoint websites, but has more support
for FrontPage Components. Note that Expression Web does not have a
Navigation View if you use FrontPage navigation components - SharePoint
Designer does have Navigation View.
SharePoint Designer does not support PHP, whereas Expression Web (version 2)
does.
Neither program has any support for VML graphics as produced by FrontPage
and other Office applications (WordArt, ShapeArt, TextBoxes and objects
created using the Drawing toolbar)
A 30 day trial for Expression Web is available from
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/
IMPORTANT: Do not forget the product key obtainable from a link on the
download page.
Sharepoint Designer is a free download from
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/FX100487631033.aspx
The newsgroup for Expression Web is microsoft.public.expression.webdesigner
The link
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.expression.webdesigner
should open the group in your news reader.
There is also a forum at
http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/web/threads
Read the thread on this forum titled:
BEFORE POSTING - Read this Expression Web Forum FAQ - Important
Information! - BEFORE POSTING
(
http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/web/thread/99c95aee-bfe6-4c4d-80d4-8d197194a942 )
It contains lots of useful information and links.
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Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (Expression Web)
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
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