FRONT PAGE for Web Sites

[Dan Bowers, CMI]

The guy that set up my web site used something called FRONT PAGE.

Several years ago he was 4-5 person shop doing lots of business. Now hes a 1 guy shop doing this part time; works another job and travels for work a week at a time. I will send him a change / Wait a week to hear from him / then wait another week or two to get a change as simple as changing a phone number done.

I've talked to Dom and others about setting up another web sit that I could work on myself - - Don't have the desire or skill for this.

PLUS that my site keeps coming up realatively well on GOOGLE, etc and don't want to screw that up AS slow as our market is.

I've called several Web people around here AND so far none of them have OR work with FRONT PAGE.

Anybody know computer / web guys that work with FRONT PAGE. I'm in Kansas City and my web guy is in Atlanta so I've worked long distance all along.

[Michael R. Boyett]

That's gonna be hard I suspect. Frontpage was replaced by Microsoft Expressions a couple of years ago. I too had a Frontpage developed website but upgraded to Expressions for maintenance a long time ago. Bottom line...look for someone with Expressions experience and your site can be imported and maintained. That's probably true for most of the popular website development s/w like Dreamweaver as well. In other words, you are not locked in to someone only with Frontpage support.

[Wayne B. Wilson]

Most should be able to redo it i think. front page was just a program, i went back in forth from front page with another web page program called coffee.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

That's what I told Dan. There's no reason they can't download it and edit it in another program, especially MS Expressions. They will need to resync the menus with their new program though, but that's not a huge deal.

Though we could always convert it over to our system for you as well Dan so you could easily make changes at any time.

[Nick Gromicko]

Yeah, if you don't mind 10 million lines of FrontPage code. Junk it and have Dom make you an entirely new one.

[Scott Gilligan, CMI]

Like any Microsoft product, the software loads in a bunch of junk code that the search engines do not like. Mainly the default styles codes that Front Page or Expression Web generates. You have to go in and change it before you start building a page or site so that it is more search engine friendly. Some of my pages are twice as long as what they need to be because I used Expression Web to design them. If they were compliant HTML, the search engines would be able to read them better. I had to do an incredible amount of SEO to get them to show up where they do now. With a Drupal site, you don't have to think about it that much...it just works.

[Dan Bowers, CMI]

This years business been too slow / NO extra $$$$ to change / rebuild sites.

Most of the original photos I had put on there, etc are NO LONGER available.

Several of you have said it can be worked on in another program / Like this expressions. The local web gurus NEVER told me that. They talked about going online and BUYING older copies of FRONT PAGE (still available); loading it on THEIR machines / THEN working it that way.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Probably because they haven't been in business long enough to have used Frontpage

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by dbowers

This years business been too slow / NO extra $$$$ to change / rebuild sites.

Most of the original photos I had put on there, etc are NO LONGER available.

Several of you have said it can be worked on in another program / Like this expressions. The local web gurus NEVER told me that. They talked about going online and BUYING older copies of FRONT PAGE (still available); loading it on THEIR machines / THEN working it that way.

Hi Dan

Even on a budget starting a new website using Dom's Templates is really easy and inexpensive, I only have to ask Dom a stupid question about every two weeks---

The Templates are basically self explanatory, you can make one hell of a nice looking site in one short evening, and make an entire great looking site in one day. Even if you have two websites, its well worth the small amount of money Dom charges to have another site...I think $25.00 a month or less...and I think the first couple months are free, incredible CUSTOMER SERVICE ALSO...!!

Dom is clairvoyant I believe----

[Bob Elliott]

Second time today I totally agree with. Dale

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by belliott

Second time today I totally agree with. Dale

You sound like you don't agree with me much Condo---

Hope all is well my Friend...!!

[Bob Elliott]

Originally Posted by dduffy

You sound like you don't agree with me much Condo---

Hope all is well my Friend...!!

Dale I agree with you much of the time but this was the second time on the forum I agreed today.
All is well once I get all these suddenly bad teeth taken care of.
Just went out ,met a nice smile and could not smile back so I came home.Hahahha.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Originally Posted by belliott

Just went out ,met a nice smile and could not smile back so I came home.Hahahha.

LOL.

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by belliott

Dale I agree with you much of the time but this was the second time on the forum I agreed today.
All is well once I get all these suddenly bad teeth taken care of.
Just went out ,met a nice smile and could not smile back so I came home.Hahahha.

B I T C H getting old ain't it---

Hope it never happens to me---

Take care ole Buddy...!!

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by belliott

Dale I agree with you much of the time but this was the second time on the forum I agreed today.
All is well once I get all these suddenly bad teeth taken care of.
Just went out ,met a nice smile and could not smile back so I came home.Hahahha.

Get a pair of those Wax Teeth we used to buy in Woolworths or the corner Pharmacy...kind a big teeth, but who knows these day, some gals may like that look---