Chapter 8. Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions

Although more than 90% of web sites do not use Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions, as an IIS administrator you are bound to have some clients who want the functionality that FrontPage provides. For those few clients, you need to know how the FrontPage Server Extensions work, how users connect to Web sites by using FrontPage, and what changes the FrontPage Server Extensions make to a Web server. This chapter provides that information.

Microsoft FrontPage is a robust Web site creation tool that requires little to no programming or even HTML experience. FrontPage includes features, such as wizards, graphical themes, templates, and active page elements, that make it easy for users to include complex functionality without programming. The FrontPage Server Extensions are a set of programs installed on the Web server. These programs provide portions of FrontPage's functionality, including setting separate permissions on subwebs, easily incorporating database queries, and providing better support for third party snap-ins and utilities.

This chapter covers the following information:

• How to install the Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions on an IIS

• How to effectively configure the FrontPage Server Extensions

• Options for administering the FrontPage Server Extensions

• Security configuration with FrontPage Server Extensions

• How FrontPage administrators connect to a FrontPage Web

• How FrontPage Server Extensions integrate with other services