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Lanimilbus
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Should I upgrade from FP 2002 to FP 2003? - 12/31/2007 15:37:11
I've been using FrontPage 2002 on my Windows 98 machine since 2005 to create and design my photography website, http://www.lanimilbus.com. Now I'm finally upgrading to a new computer, and since I no longer have the original FrontPage 2002 CD I'm going to have to buy it again to be able to install it on my new computer. My question is, should I just buy FrontPage 2003 instead? I really don't know much about it, other than it's more recent than FP 2002. So could someone give me some details about it, particularly how it differs from FP 2002 and if it's better or worse? I know that with Microsoft products newer definitely does not always mean better, and many of the reviews of it on amazon.com are overwhelmingly negative, so I'm not sure. Anyway, thanks in advance for any help.
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RE: Should I upgrade from FP 2002 to FP 2003? - 12/31/2007 18:25:03
If the new system is going to have Windows Vista, consider Expression Web. Too many complaints re: FP 2003 and Vista unfortunately.
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RE: Should I upgrade from FP 2002 to FP 2003? - 12/31/2007 20:48:13
Alec,
All of the FrontPage Themes, components/extensions (such as forms, guestbook, etc..), are not available in Expression Web. If you rely on this functionality to build your website, you will be extremely disappointed in expression web. It does however have backwards compatibility, that enables certain extensions if you open a site that uses them.
Although MS has officially stopped "supporting" FrontPage, many web hosts will continue to support them until there becomes a security issue. Some hosts have dropped them because they are a pain in the butt, but there are plenty that still offer support. MS dropping support for FP isn't the same as when they drop support for an OS. Usually the OS will have daily/weekly updates, the FPSE are OLD, and are hardly ever updated anyways.
So it's really up to you. Someday you will have to move on, knowing that, do you want to take the steps now? Or later?
FP 03 is going for around $80-$140 on eBay. If you rather not spend the money, FP 02 should be fine (i'm not sure how any of these would run on Vista though). If it was me, I would upgrade to FP 03, as it is much better software.
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RE: Should I upgrade from FP 2002 to FP 2003? - 1/1/2008 18:46:53
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He doesn't have the disks for 2002 so whatever happens he has to go and buy something.
- You can use someone else's disk, and your current serial number. It would save $100+, well worth it if you plan to just stick with what you have.
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Lanimilbus
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RE: Should I upgrade from FP 2002 to FP 2003? - 1/3/2008 5:30:43
I'm going to be getting XP on the new machine because of all the bad things I've heard about Vista, so compatibility shouldn't be an issue. I've considered completely switching over to Dreamweaver or Expression Web, but from what I've heard I would have to completely re-do my website from scratch if I began using them because they don't work the same way as FP and can't create new pages that would look/act the same as the pre-existing pages on the site that were built with Frontpage.
Anyway, I would get Expression Web if it weren't for that reason. Does Frontpage 2003 act essentially the same as 2002, or is it like a completely different program?
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