About FrontPage Web Sites and FrontPage MetaData
Article ID: KB101116
While FrontPage can edit any normal HTML web page, the term FrontPage web
site is used to describe web sites that are created with FrontPage. Web
sites created with FrontPage have the usual HTML pages, graphic files, and other
web files, but also include important hidden files and folders that are used
specifically by FrontPage for added functionality. These extra files are
referred to as FrontPage metadata.
FrontPage metadata is used by FrontPage to help you with managing your site,
including running reports, setting up a
navigation structure, etc. These files
and folders are typically hidden in FrontPage's folder list so that you can't
see them, so that you don't accidentally change something.
If you view your web folder in Windows Explorer (with the "show hidden files
and folders" option available), you'll see extra folders in your web site, like
the _vti_cnf folder and the _vti_pvt folder.
- The _vti_cnf folder holds information about each file in your web site,
including who last edited the file, when the file was last edited, and what
hyperlinks are within the file. This information is often used when
generating reports.
- The _vti_pvt folder stores the configuration information for your web
site, including permissions for the web site and information about
subsites.
Here are some of the practical differences between a FrontPage web site and a
normal web site:
- FrontPage web sites allow you to use the
navigation view to create a
navigation structure, which makes it easier to create
link bars that are
automatically updated as you modify the structure. With non-FrontPage web
sites, you usually have to edit each page if you want to make a change in
the link bar.
- You can use FrontPage's reports functionality with FrontPage web sites
to quickly review bloated file sizes, broken hyperlinks, unlinked pages, and
more.
- With FrontPage web sites, you can see information about who last
modified a file, and create task-lists to make it easier for multiple people
to work on a web site.
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