Adding Word Count to Front Page?

[Guest]

Is there a way of adding Word Count to Front Page 2003? If not, is there a
better way than tediously transferring a file to Word to ascertain the number
of words it contains?

 

[Kevin Spencer]

An HTML page is not a Word document, nor is it a text document. What do you
want to count? The "words" in the HTML? The "words" that sho up in the
browser window? The "words" in the JavaScript? The "words" that are created
by JavaScript at run-time, using "document.write" etc? The "words" that the
page dynamically-generates if it is an ASP or ASP.Net Page, which may vary
quite a bit from one Request to another? Do you want to include META tags?
HTML tags? WebBot code?

Welcome to the Word-Wild Web!

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Let me clarify my remarks. The problem is that FrontPage is a toolkit for
developing ANY kind of web application or web document. Let's say that the
team at Microsoft decided to add Word Count to FrontPage. Now, only you have
the specific requirements that you have outlined. Others might have
different requirements and conditions for counting "words" in a web
document. Therefore, the only way the FrontPage team could add Word Count to
FrontPage would be to create a highly-configurable class that offers the
user about 20 different types of "words" that could or could not be counted,
so that each person could configure it the way they want. Add to that the
fact that, in my 7 years an a FrontPage MPV, I can't recall anyone other
than yourself complaining that it wasn't there. Apparently, you are among
the very few who have a need to do this with a web document. So, it's highly
unnlikely that you will see such a tool added to FrontPage.

In the meantime, you apparently have Word. When you need to count words, use
Word to count them, and then paste them into NotePad, and then FrontPage
(from NotePad, to remove the proprietary Office HTML).

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living

 

[=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28aka:_Crash_Gordo]

I wonder why one would need it anyway...unless the host is charging by the word? Just kidding Bowman...


| Let me clarify my remarks. The problem is that FrontPage is a toolkit for
| developing ANY kind of web application or web document. Let's say that the
| team at Microsoft decided to add Word Count to FrontPage. Now, only you have
| the specific requirements that you have outlined. Others might have
| different requirements and conditions for counting "words" in a web
| document. Therefore, the only way the FrontPage team could add Word Count to
| FrontPage would be to create a highly-configurable class that offers the
| user about 20 different types of "words" that could or could not be counted,
| so that each person could configure it the way they want. Add to that the
| fact that, in my 7 years an a FrontPage MPV, I can't recall anyone other
| than yourself complaining that it wasn't there. Apparently, you are among
| the very few who have a need to do this with a web document. So, it's highly
| unnlikely that you will see such a tool added to FrontPage.
|
| In the meantime, you apparently have Word. When you need to count words, use
| Word to count them, and then paste them into NotePad, and then FrontPage
| (from NotePad, to remove the proprietary Office HTML).
|
| --
| HTH,
| Kevin Spencer
| .Net Developer
| Microsoft MVP
| I get paid good money to
| solve puzzles for a living
|
| | > Is there a way of adding Word Count to Front Page 2003? If not, is there a
| > better way than tediously transferring a file to Word to ascertain the
| number
| > of words it contains?
|
|

 

[Bob Lehmann]

Maybe Bowman gets paid by the word?

Bob Lehmann

"Rob Giordano (aka: Crash Gordon®)" <[email protected]>
wrote in message I wonder why one would need it anyway...unless the host is charging by the
word? Just kidding Bowman...


| Let me clarify my remarks. The problem is that FrontPage is a toolkit for
| developing ANY kind of web application or web document. Let's say that the
| team at Microsoft decided to add Word Count to FrontPage. Now, only you
have
| the specific requirements that you have outlined. Others might have
| different requirements and conditions for counting "words" in a web
| document. Therefore, the only way the FrontPage team could add Word Count
to
| FrontPage would be to create a highly-configurable class that offers the
| user about 20 different types of "words" that could or could not be
counted,
| so that each person could configure it the way they want. Add to that the
| fact that, in my 7 years an a FrontPage MPV, I can't recall anyone other
| than yourself complaining that it wasn't there. Apparently, you are among
| the very few who have a need to do this with a web document. So, it's
highly
| unnlikely that you will see such a tool added to FrontPage.
|
| In the meantime, you apparently have Word. When you need to count words,
use
| Word to count them, and then paste them into NotePad, and then FrontPage
| (from NotePad, to remove the proprietary Office HTML).
|
| --
| HTH,
| Kevin Spencer
| .Net Developer
| Microsoft MVP
| I get paid good money to
| solve puzzles for a living
|
| | > Is there a way of adding Word Count to Front Page 2003? If not, is there
a
| > better way than tediously transferring a file to Word to ascertain the
| number
| > of words it contains?
|
|

 

[=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28aka:_Crash_Gordo]

Ah! Great concept...with my potential verbosity I'd certainly qualify for the million dollar webdesigner club


| Maybe Bowman gets paid by the word?
|
| Bob Lehmann
|
| "Rob Giordano (aka: Crash Gordon®)" <[email protected]>
| wrote in message | I wonder why one would need it anyway...unless the host is charging by the
| word? Just kidding Bowman...
|
|
| | | Let me clarify my remarks. The problem is that FrontPage is a toolkit for
| | developing ANY kind of web application or web document. Let's say that the
| | team at Microsoft decided to add Word Count to FrontPage. Now, only you
| have
| | the specific requirements that you have outlined. Others might have
| | different requirements and conditions for counting "words" in a web
| | document. Therefore, the only way the FrontPage team could add Word Count
| to
| | FrontPage would be to create a highly-configurable class that offers the
| | user about 20 different types of "words" that could or could not be
| counted,
| | so that each person could configure it the way they want. Add to that the
| | fact that, in my 7 years an a FrontPage MPV, I can't recall anyone other
| | than yourself complaining that it wasn't there. Apparently, you are among
| | the very few who have a need to do this with a web document. So, it's
| highly
| | unnlikely that you will see such a tool added to FrontPage.
| |
| | In the meantime, you apparently have Word. When you need to count words,
| use
| | Word to count them, and then paste them into NotePad, and then FrontPage
| | (from NotePad, to remove the proprietary Office HTML).
| |
| | --
| | HTH,
| | Kevin Spencer
| | .Net Developer
| | Microsoft MVP
| | I get paid good money to
| | solve puzzles for a living
| |
| | | | > Is there a way of adding Word Count to Front Page 2003? If not, is there
| a
| | > better way than tediously transferring a file to Word to ascertain the
| | number
| | > of words it contains?
| |
| |
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