The following table lists the Microsoft FrontPage features and how they are supported by PagePorter.
Feature | Support | Comments |
---|---|---|
Shared Borders | Improved | Supported with the FpPage class and web user controls based on FpUserControl. Can now specify page width and alignment in the browser. |
Comment | Improved | FpPurpleText works just like the FrontPage control. Better security than FrontPage because the comments are never rendered to the browser. |
Scheduled Include Page | Improved | Included pages converted to web user controls and included using the FpScheduledInclude control. Now supports real-time substitution without re-publishing the site. |
Scheduled Include Image | Improved | Images are included using the FpScheduledInclude control. Now supports real-time substitution without re-publishing the site. |
Include Page | Yes | Included pages converted to web user controls and included using the FpInclude control. |
Navigation | Yes | FpLinkBar works just like the FrontPage control. |
Navigation w/Custom Links | Yes | FpLinkBar works just like the FrontPage control. |
Navigation w/Back and Next Links | Yes | FpLinkBar works just like the FrontPage control. |
Page Banner | Yes | FpLinkBar works just like the FrontPage control. |
Substitution | Yes | FpSubstitution works just like the FrontPage control. |
Date and Time | Yes | FpTimeStamp works just like the FrontPage control. Adds a "span" display type. |
Hit Counter | Yes | FpHitCounter works just like the FrontPage control, and requires FPSE1. |
Form - Standard HTML | Yes | Uses only standard HTML form field controls. |
Form - Send to File/E-mail | No | Rewrite the page using ASP.NET form and System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail, or use FrontPage Form and maintain page with FrontPage. |
Form - Send to Database | No | Rewrite the page using ASP.NET and ADO.NET, or use FrontPage Form and maintain page with FrontPage. |
Form Field Validation | No | The JavaScript generated by FrontPage is preserved during the conversion to ASP.NET, and may be maintained by Visual Studio .NET. |
Table of Contents | No | Use FrontPage Table of Contents control and maintain page with FrontPage. |
Confirmation Field | No | Used by FrontPage server-side form handler. |
Web Search, Current Web | No | Use FrontPage Search control on an HTML page, and maintain with FrontPage. |
Discussion Group Site | No | Best handled with a custom ASP.NET web application. |
Photo Gallery | No | Being considered for the next release of PagePorter. |
Top 10 | No | Best handled with a third-party web server log analyzer application such as Webalizer. |
Design-Time Control | No | Being considered for the next release of PagePorter. |
Database | No | Rewrite page with ASP.NET and ADO.NET. |
1 FPSE = FrontPage Server Extensions.
These features are supported because FrontPage generates straight HTML for them: