Frontpage Server Extensions

Article ID: KB101275

Some components in FrontPage require that your server has FrontPage Extensions installed. You will need to check with your hosting service to see whether or not they have FrontPage Extensions. If they don't, you can still use FrontPage and FrontPage Web Templates to build your site, but you may not be able to use all the features of FrontPage in your web site.

New FrontPage Server Extension Information: The Office XP system including the FrontPage Server Extensions (FPSE) 2002, were "End of Lifed" on July 11th, 2005, according to the Office lifecycle policy. http://support.microsoft.com/?LN=en-us&pr=lifecycle&scid=gp%3B%5Bln%5D%3Blifecycle&x=15&y=10.

The Future of Microsoft FrontPage: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/frontpage/default.aspx

Extensions for Customers Hosting on the Windows Server Platform

Windows Server 2003
The FrontPage Server Extensions (FPSE) 2002: Extended support via security updates will be provided through the end of the support period. On Windows Server 2003 you can continue to install and support FPSE by installing the component under Add/Remove Programs. All existing security content will remain available.

Windows Server 2008
Ready to Run Software ( http://www.rtr.com ) has released the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for the Windows 2008/IIS7 platform. This version of FPSE 2002 introduces no new functionality, and is essentially the same version that was created for Windows Server 2003. The release supports both 32 and 64 bit versions. Download here: http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&g=6&i=1531

Installing the FrontPage Server Extensions for windows Server 2008: http://www.iis.net//articles/view.aspx/IIS7/Deploy-an-IIS7-Server/Installing-IIS7/Install-FrontPage-Server-Extensions FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions Supports the Following Client Side (Desktop) Applications

• Microsoft Expression Web – the Professional Web Designers’ editor, it integrates XHTML, XML, CSS, DWT and ASP.NET 2.0.
• Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 is part of Microsoft Office 2007 and is the editing element of the SharePoint platform and the successor to FrontPage.
• Microsoft Visual Studio- the Professional Developers’ tool for building enterprise applications.
• Microsoft Visual Studio Web - Visual Studio “Lite” Version.

Extensions for Customers Hosting on the UNIX/Linux Server Platform

Hosting your FrontPage site on UNIX / Linux is not a good idea! On June 30, 2006 the Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for UNIX have been “”End-of-Lifed. Ready - to - Run Software (RTR) can no longer provide the FPSE's for download or distribution. RTR will not respond individually to requests for the Server Extensions. There are no plans for a FP2003 Server Extensions for UNIX release. Please refer to Microsoft for additional information: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140180(office.10).aspx

Note: There are some bugs in FP2002 & the FP2002 Server Extensions so make sure you also see & apply all appropriate patches from:
For Unix server problems on the FP2002 SE – see:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q299360
For NT server problems on the FP2002 SE - see:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q298827
For FrontPage Server Extension 2002 Update – see:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q317296
For info in Service Pack 1 & 2 for FP2002 / MSO XP - see:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q325671
Ready-to-Run Software's UNIX support for Microsoft® FrontPage® 2002 Server Extensions:
http://www.rtr.com/fpsupport/

Servers may have:

• No FrontPage Extensions
• FrontPage 98 Extensions (few do, so we don't discuss it here)
• FrontPage 2000 Extensions
• FrontPage 2002 Extensions
• FrontPage 2002 Extensions with SharePoint Team Services (STS)
• Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)

Below is a list of features that we've compiled from various sources.

Features	None	2000 ex.	2002 ex.	w/ STS	w/ STS	w/ WSS
Date/Time
Comment
Photo Gallery
Substitution
Include
Themes
External Web
Navigation
Page Banner
Link Bar, Back/Next (feature in FP2002)
Link Bar, Custom (feature in FP2002)
FrontPage 2002 Text Link Bar styles
Top 10 Lists (feature in FP2002)
Save Form Results (Email, File)
Reports
Search Form and Table of Contents options for various template wizards
User Registration template
Database Results
Save Results to Database
Hit Counter
Search Current Web
Include Page Based on Schedule
Include Picture Based on Schedule
Table of Contents
Table of Contents template
Visual InterDev Navigation Bar
Lists (SharePoint feature)
Document Libraries
Discussion Board
Survey
Modify rules for Document Libraries
Rules customization in the Document Libraries Wizard
Data Source Catalog task pane
Data View Details task pane
Data View Conditional Formatting
Web Part Gallery task pane
Data Source Catalog
XML Support
Web Packages
Export & Import Web Packages
Customize data views
Data Source Details view
Data View Web part
Data View styles
Web Parts pages and zones
Remote Web Site view
Connect to remote sites
Publish to FTP and DAV servers
FrontPage-created image maps
Field Set						?
File Upload
Shared Border background properties						?
User Roles						?
Usage Analysis Reports						?

What does this mean for me?

If you are using our products, here's a quick summary of what this means for you if:

• You don't have FP extensions on your servers.
  • You may use the template and/or theme and publish using FTP. You will most likely be able to use most of the features of the template, apart from any...
  • Search forms, submit forms, or other types of forms built to use the FrontPage webbot (You can create your own form scripts and use them)
  • Hit Counters, Reports, and other things that involve "logging" information on the server
  • You won't be able to publish "subwebs"
  • See below for a tip on how to restrict your FrontPage to features that will work for you.
• You have FP2000 extensions on your servers.
  • The FrontPage 2002-specific "text style" link bars will show up as FP2000 Theme or Text link bars
  • You'll be able to use all FP2000 features in your web site
  • You'll be able to publish to subwebs
  • You'll be able to use the forms, hit counters, etc.
• You have FP2002 extensions on your servers.
  • You'll be able to do almost everything that FP2000 extensions allow you to do.
  • You'll be able to use the FP2002-specific "text style" link bars
  • You'll be able to use all the FP2002 features, specifically the Top 10 lists, Custom Link Bars, and more.

Tip for using FP if your server doesn't have server extensions

For FP2002: Open your web site. Go to Tools > Page Options, and click the Compatibility tab. Uncheck the box that says "enabled with Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions." This will grey out the options in FrontPage that you cannot use without FP Server Extensions.

For FP2003: Open your web site. Go to Tools > Page Options, and click the Authoring tab. Check or uncheck the boxes under "FrontPage and SharePoint technologies." This will grey out the options in F

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