>>Just curious - What do you meanwhen you say "Doesn't require extensions like FrontPage"? Which extensions?
>>>Fernando,
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>In order for Front page to 'work' you need to publish a front page web site on a server with front page extinsions installed. There are pros and cons to this approach, But suffice to say, its a microsoft only thing. Front Page is one of the Microsoft programs which really work, only when working with other Micorsoft technologies.
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>The menus, database, searching, security stuff, all use Micorosft only extinsions which are installed at the time you publish your site to your server. Your server has to be enabled with Front Page extinsions in order to get a frontpage web site to work they way it should. How they actually work, and what they really do is anyones guess. They are typical underdocumented Micosoft bloatware which are used mainly by home users..... tons of them, Lots of people use Front Page, but very very few business's rely on it. the web author just does not have enough control on what is going on... So if your company uses only Microsoft Products (and I do know of some) then use front page, but... if you choose another supplier to publish - and write real html, then by all means stay as far away from front page as you can.
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>Bob Lee

Bob,

The FrontPage Server Extensions are widely supported on non-Windows servers. In fact, Unix servers make life easier than NT servers, because some important FrontPage administrative features work only under Unix, e.g. adding new users and passwords and setting permissions through FrontPage. Lots of hosting services support the FrontPage Server Extensions under both NT and Unix, but the quality of FrontPage hosting varies quite a bit, with really competetent service being a rarity.

I haven't used Dreamweaver, but I've heard good things about it from others, and I don't doubt that it's a good product. Your comment about the assumption that the user is knowledgeable in HTML reinforces my impression that Dreamweaver targets a different level of user from FrontPage, which makes it pretty easy to do a whole lot without knowing HTML at all. FrontPage makes publishing extremely easy, and it includes some powerful features like full text searching, HTML include files, a discussion facility, and many other semi-useful capabilities.

What I like is that I don't need to resort to ASP, PERL, Javascript, VBscript, etc. to accomplish a whole lot with FrontPage. It's also nice to know that there are provisions for integrating FrontPage with customized HTML and other fancy technologies, but I haven't explored these yet. I'm not a rabid FrontPage fan, but I think it's a pretty decent tool that should not be dismissed from consideration on the basis of the Server Extensions.

Mike