Big difference in FP versions?

[DW]

Hi,
I've been using FP 2000 successfully for some years on a few sites I
edit and wondered what would happen if I changed over to FP 2003. Will
it take over all my sites OK and would I need to make any major
changes to them? I would like to try it out first on, say, one site on
a different PC to see how it goes. If I change over to new version of
FP do many of the files change and do I need to reload the entire
website again to the host server? Many thanks for any help.....
Dee

 

[Chris Leeds, MVP-FrontPage]

I switched from FrontPage 2002 to FrontPage 2003 and got no unexpected
effects.
It all went very smoothly.

HTH

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

ContentSeed: great tool for web masters,
a fantastic convenience for site owners.
http://contentseed.com/

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Can you open Word 2000 documents in Word 2003?

Of course. However, if you want to use any of the new Word 2003 features, it
might take you a little time to learn how.

Needless to say, the same thing goes for FrontPage.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
What You Seek Is What You Get.

 

[=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28Crash_Gordon=AE\]

....and you have to have XP, XP Pro if you want to run a server.

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

You can also run Win 2000.

--
===
Tom "Pepper" Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
---
About FrontPage 2003:
http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
FrontPage 2003 Product Information:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx
Understanding FrontPage:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/frontpage/
FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;fp10se
===
in message ....and you have to have XP, XP Pro if you want to run a server.

 

[=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28Crash_Gordon=AE\]

oh yeah forgot abt that one.

You can also run Win 2000.

--
===
Tom "Pepper" Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
---
About FrontPage 2003:
http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
FrontPage 2003 Product Information:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx
Understanding FrontPage:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/frontpage/
FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;fp10se
===
in message ...and you have to have XP, XP Pro if you want to run a server.

 

[DW]

I switched from FrontPage 2002 to FrontPage 2003 and got no unexpected
effects.
It all went very smoothly.

Thanks for all replies. I have XP Pro so should be fine then.
Another quick query - are all the "themes" of FP 2000 still available
in FP 2003?
ta,
dee

 

[Chris Leeds, MVP-FrontPage]

They are not.
some themes that came with fp 2000 didn't make it to 2002, and some from
2002 didn't make it into 2003.
There's a significant movement away from the FrontPage themes towards using
cascading style sheets to style the pages, etc. but if you have the theme
on a website and you open that website with your new copy of FrontPage 2003
it'll bring the theme in.

HTH

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

ContentSeed: great tool for web masters,
a fantastic convenience for site owners.
http://contentseed.com/
--

 

[Andrew Murray]

There are major differences FP2000 to FP2003 - all for the better, I think.

Among them are such things as "Behaviours" which are simply common
javascript tasks like preload images, drop down box "jump menus" and many
others.

Very handy if you're not an experienced coder, which is what FP is all
about - for those that have limited knowledge of, or have experience in the
art of html coding and scripting. Of course it's for those that are
experience developers as well, but primarily for the beginner.

FP 2003 will work only in WIndows 2000/XP Home & Pro.

You don't need to republish the site (back it up though from your local
machine to hard drive).

FP2003 uses the FP2002 server extensions (check what your host supports).
Otherwise the features that use the 2000 extensions will still work but the
features that require 2002 SE won't.

Of course if you don't have the FPSE at all, you can still use FP for site
development - if you want forms, databases etc you would need to source
third-party solutions for the scripting language your host supports, or ask
them what they offer or allow in terms of database, form processors, photo
galleries, blogs, calenders etc etc (all the common things people might want
on their website).

I don't know what you mean "will it change the files" - I suppose the answer
is "yes" - it is a new version of the application, there you'd uninstall the
previous version and install FP 2003.

If you mean does it change the web site files themselves, then no. Once
installed you'd open FP2003 and open your site as normal. A few things have
changed regarding the way it sets up your server to publish to (using http:
mode) but you'd probably get the hang of that pretty quickly.

 

[Wally S]

It will require on of the service packs. I forget which one.

Wally S

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

SP3 or 4.
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===
Tom "Pepper" Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
---
About FrontPage 2003:
http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
FrontPage 2003 Product Information:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx
Understanding FrontPage:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/frontpage/
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| It will require on of the service packs. I forget which one.
|
| Wally S
|
| | > You can also run Win 2000.
| >
| > --
| > ===
| > Tom "Pepper" Willett
| > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| > ---
| > About FrontPage 2003:
| > http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
| > FrontPage 2003 Product Information:
| > http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx
| > Understanding FrontPage:
| > http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/frontpage/
| > FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions Support Center:
| > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;fp10se
| > ===
| > "Rob Giordano (Crash Gordon®)" <[email protected]>
wrote
| > in message | > ...and you have to have XP, XP Pro if you want to run a server.
| >
| >
| > | > > Hi,
| > > I've been using FP 2000 successfully for some years on a few sites I
| > > edit and wondered what would happen if I changed over to FP 2003. Will
| > > it take over all my sites OK and would I need to make any major
| > > changes to them? I would like to try it out first on, say, one site on
| > > a different PC to see how it goes. If I change over to new version of
| > > FP do many of the files change and do I need to reload the entire
| > > website again to the host server? Many thanks for any help.....
| > > Dee
| >
| >
|
|

 

[DW]

There are major differences FP2000 to FP2003 - all for the better, I think

.... snipped.......

Many thanks for reply Andrew, very useful info....
Cheers,
dee