The Microsoft frpont page editor is a tool for creating individual pages from scratch or designing and edsiting World Wide Web pages that have been created earlier. As text, images, and tables from fields and other elemments are added to the page the front page eitor displays them as they woould appear in a web browser. This means one need not need to learn HTML to use the front page editor because it creates all the HTML code. The front page editor generates all the popular HTML tags including extensionns such as cascading style sheets, frames and ActiveX Controls.
In case one wants to edit the HTML code diirectly then it can be done using fp editors HTML view. In this view text can be entered, HTML tags can be edited and standard word processing commandss can be used such as cutting, pasting and find and replace. Althhough it is a powerful tool the front page edtior is easy to use because of its familiar, word processor interface as is used frequently in professional web desiggn.
Microsofgt personal web srerver propvides the twechnology which is requred to mont the sites on the pubilcity available servers and also publish it on the internet or on any companys network. It is installed only on Wndows 95 and Macintosh platforms. Windows 95 does not ship with servcer software.
So if working on Windows 95 then fp 98 inxcludes the Microsoft personal web server on the fp 98 conmpact disc which is capable enogh of hostig a test web site eiher locally or publicly. The most importat contriution made by the front page pazckage is of supporting the exissting server through its esrver extensions which install files and directoriies into the exitsing serevr software to let the server work with all fp features.
Front page offers server extension for many of the most popular servers like UNIX and Windows NT. As we know this softare functions as an integrated combination of thrree different components for professional web deign for creating an effective site. A rich relationship exists between htese components making it a good environment for professional web design.
The main two tools with the server in the background act as facilitator. This brings into focus the third major feature of fornt page that is serevr and server extensiions which hels a lot to people on professional web design. As web sites can be accesdsed by visitors only if they are served by hypertext transfer protocol server software. But through srver extensions, fornt page explorer works together with speciaal software that tells the server how to respond to pages prroduced by front page. This is necessary because front page components and features arennt prats of the growing HTTP standard and they exuist exclusively in sites creatde with front page.