Microsoft FrontPage 2002- While Microsoft FrontPage 2002 may not be the latest version of Microsoft FrontPage; many people still use FrontPage 2002. Best FrontPage Web Host is going to discuss FrontPage 2002 and compare FrontPage 2002 to FrontPage 2003.

Microsoft FrontPage 2002 was the 10th version of FrontPage to be released by Microsoft. Microsoft FrontPage 2002 was included in the Office XP Professional software, Office XP Professional Special Edition software, and Office XP Developer software.

Here are some of the key features of FrontPage 2002:

• Single Page publishing- Single Page publishing allows the user to only publish what they want to publish. Another aspect of single page publishing is that it does not require FrontPage Server extensions.
• Publishing Log File- As the name says, publishing log file is a log that keeps track of all your publishes. It gives you details about the date, content, and where the files were published. Publishing log file does not require FrontPage server extensions.
• Background Publishing- Ever tried to work on your site when it was still being published? Not easy until FrontPage 2002 came out with background publishing. This allows you to continue working on your site while it is being published.
• Photo Gallery- FrontPage 2002 included an easy to use photo gallery. From this photo gallery the user could easily insert photos into the webpage. It even allows for the user to add captions, crop, rotate, and change the image size.

Microsoft FrontPage 2002 also included the following:

• New Publishing Interface
• Cross Browser Drawing Tools
• Automatic Live Content
• Lists
• Discussion Boards
• Surveys
• Page Tabs
• Table AutoFormat
• And Much More!

Included in FrontPage 2002 were some new FrontPage themes. Those themes are the following:

• Axis
• Cascade
• Echo
• Eclipse
• Edge
• Level
• Network
• Pixel
• Poetic
• Profile
• Quadrant
• Radial
• Refined
• Studio
• Watermark

So those are the highlights of Microsoft FrontPage 2002. How does FrontPage 2002 compare to FrontPage 2003?

FrontPage 2003 comes equipped with the following basic features plus the FrontPage 2002 features:

• Split View Option
• Dynamic Web Templates
• Interactive Buttons
• Intellisense
• Code Snippets
• ASP.net support

In the end, both FrontPage 2002 and FrontPage 2003 are good products. Best FrontPage Web Host thinks that if you are in the market for a new FrontPage, that should go with FrontPage 2003 because of the added features.

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