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Replacement for Frontpage
Microsoft will no longer continue to make Frontpage. Frontpage 2003 was the last version. Their web site mentions 4 replacements for Frontpage but which one is the best replacement for Frontpage? I was thinking Visual Studio because of it's Visual InterDev like qualities. I would like to be able to create ASP 2(classic) and ASP 3 web pages but I don't know if any of them will do this. So, which one is the best?
1. Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Designer 2007 (release 2nd half 2006)
2. Microsoft® Expression™ Web Designer (release 2nd half 2006)
3. Microsoft® Visual Studio 2005
4. Microsoft® Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
1. Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Designer 2007 (release 2nd half 2006)
2. Microsoft® Expression™ Web Designer (release 2nd half 2006)
3. Microsoft® Visual Studio 2005
4. Microsoft® Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
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Has anyone tried any of these applications?
I downloaded Microsoft® Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition and installed it on a win2k machine. It uses a lot more resources than Frontpage. I haven't had time to really test it but from what I have seen, it not that impressive.
I downloaded Microsoft® Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition and installed it on a win2k machine. It uses a lot more resources than Frontpage. I haven't had time to really test it but from what I have seen, it not that impressive.
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I've been using Expression Web for the last 5 months and so far don't have any complaints. Migrated my sites from FP2003 without a problem. There are some changes to take into consideration...
Expression Web no longer has a built-in form builder. You will have to write or find scripts to include forms on your pages.
There are no built-in templates - instead, you create your own dynamic web template (dwt) that can then be applied to new pages within your site.
Use of CSS is heavily encouraged
You can find examples and help on the internet.
I think the main reason for this is to try to discourage users from having to use FrontPage Extensions, which many hosting companies have ceased support on.
There are probably other issues that you will run into, but overall my opinion is that the app was written to better conform to HTML standards
Expression Web no longer has a built-in form builder. You will have to write or find scripts to include forms on your pages.
There are no built-in templates - instead, you create your own dynamic web template (dwt) that can then be applied to new pages within your site.
Use of CSS is heavily encouraged
You can find examples and help on the internet.
I think the main reason for this is to try to discourage users from having to use FrontPage Extensions, which many hosting companies have ceased support on.
There are probably other issues that you will run into, but overall my opinion is that the app was written to better conform to HTML standards
I've really enjoyed Dreamweaver also, but I haven't done any asp with it so I'll just trust KenAdney's comment about it :)