[Chickensoup]

Have a need to use my rickety old website. It is a 200 page FrontPage monster which has been sitting out at my ISP for quite a few years with little updating.

I have recently been approached about restarting my column nationally.

I would like to use the webpage as the vehicle and realize that it will need to be upgraded.

I run WIN7. There is no extension left for Frontpage and the software currently does not recognize the website, there isn't even a screen to put in the username and code. The ISP states that FTP is in place.

Some places I go say that my os is at fault and I tried running in XP mode. Different screens but didn't get any further. Would I need to find an old computer with XP on it?

What I need is someone who can help me connect and help me get it running so I can change content daily and make some hyperlink changes.

I know I should be using something else, I know that there is great difference of opinion between MS users and the world, I know that I am an ignorant slut. I get it.

What I need to know most, though, is where can I find someone with this skill set. The last two website folks I spoke to did not even know what frontpage was. I need someone who can help me fire up this creaky tech behemoth

[Chickensoup]

Tech ping? ISP is also telling me to get something named filezila?

[Chickensoup]

thank you! I will be in and out all day today and back tomorrow evening. email is on personal page.

[ShadowAce]

[SamAdams76]

Do yourself a favor and forget about reviving that old clunky FrontPage site. Web technology has moved light years beyond that. For a few dollars a month you are better off starting clean and fresh with a professional Web Builder service like GoDaddy or SquareSpace. I’m sure other Freepers will chime in on this. Good luck with your column and Freepmail us links when you have it up and running.

[Musket]

Hi. Most of the old WSIWYG HTML editors are dead. This one appears to be still alive. It’s free. http://www.bluegriffon.org/

[thoughtomator]

http://w3schools.com

Learn HTML save yourself a lifetime of headaches

[DJ Frisat]

If you're a DIY website builder, consider CoffeeCup software. They make a suite of tools produce WC3-compliant RESPONSIVE websites using HTML5 and CSS code. It's critical that modern websites be responsive in order to display correctly on the myriad size and formats of screens these days.

The most cost effective solution would be to purchase just one of their programs: CoffeeCup Responsive Site Designer, but there are companion programs available that allow for more customization and flexibility. Fully-functional trial versions are available and you can get quick help from their excellent software support and user forums during the trial period. Yeah, there's a learning curve, but all of their software is designed with relatively unsophisticated users in mind, which doesn't mean that hot-coders would scoff at using it.

[Musket]

I think Sam Adams provides the best advice. Squarespace is cheap. Otherwise you’ll spend the next couple/few years learning HTML 5, CSS3, Javascript, Ruby on Rails, etc... btw, your old site is gonna look terrible next to all the new ones. Good luck and have fun.

[sloanrb]

I would not continue using the FP site. The code is non standard and will probably break in modern browsers as time goes on.

Microsoft Extensions Web replaced FrontPage. It is a free download and will run on new systems

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36179

There are several articles on the web on how to convert FP to expressions. You can also use expressions to extract the website info to put into Wordpress or any other system

This page lists steps to help the conversion. I don’t know how accurate it is so take with a grain of salt

http://www.prorganize.com/help/pages/frontpage-conversion-help.html

[US_MilitaryRules]

I have a similar issue with an old FP website. Will follow this thread and try some of the ideas here. Thanks and Good Luck.

[Kirkwood]

Why waste your time? Just build a site with modern tools.

[ßuddaßudd]

FrontPage,, was the first software I actually bought,, back in 1997 or so..
It was fun

[TomGuy]

Not sure this will help, but I have FP98 on my Win7 computer. I only use the fpeditor, which is all I wanted when I put FP98 on this machine.

IIRC, I had to ‘add’ some fp**.dll to make fpeditor work.

I just tried fpexplorer.exe and FP Server Administrator. Both respond with a pop-up that I need fp30wec.dll. I do not have that dll in any of my old archieves.

I frequently use the fpeditor part to create or edit htm documents to post on Freerepublic. I don’t use the other parts of FrontPage, as they are too antiquated.

As I recall, I could not ‘install’ FP98 onthe Win7, I just copied the FP directory from the old XP directory and managed to get the fpeditor.exe to work.

[Varmint Al]

I use Kompozer to edit my VarmintAl.com web site. It works great and it is free. I started with FrontPage 2000, but have given up on Windows. Now I use Linux, but Kompozer works on Windows computers. I am writing this with Kompozer.

I use FileZilla for uploading and downloading files from my computer to the hosting site. It is also free and works very well. I have a folder on my computer that contains my website. I edit the site locally and then upload the changes with FileZilla.

Good Hunting... from Varmint Al

[SunTzuWu]

Bookmark.

[AFreeBird]

Gotta be honest with you here CS: I know I’ve been around since before “websites” came into existence, but what the heck is FrontPage?