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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) A common type of document on the Internet that contains a list of questions and answers on a common theme. On the World Wide Web, questions are often hyperlinks to the answers.
file A named collection of information that is stored on a computer. Also, an Internet protocol that refers to files on a disk or Local Area Network. You can create hyperlinks to files (file://) in the FrontPage Editor.
file server A computer running on a network that stores files and provides access to them. Also called server. See also Web server.
file type The format of a file, commonly indicated by its filename extension. Computer applications usually work on a limited set of file types.
Files Pane In the FrontPage Explorer’s Navigation view, the lower half of the screen, which displays a familiar Windows Explorer-like file and folder list of the current FrontPage web.
In the FrontPage Explorer’s Folders view, the right portion of the screen, which displays the contents of the selected folder in the All Folders pane.
filter A tool that converts an image or a file.
finger An Internet program that displays information about the users currently logged on to a computer.
firewall A method of protecting the files and programs on one network from users on another network. A firewall blocks unwanted access to a protected network while giving the protected network access to networks outside of the firewall. A company will typically install a firewall to give users access to the Internet while protecting their internal information. FrontPage allows users to author FrontPage webs on the Internet even from within a protected network.
folder A named storage area on a computer containing files and other folders.
Folders View In the FrontPage Explorer, the view of a FrontPage web that shows how the content of the FrontPage web is organized. You can create, delete, copy, and move folders in the Folders view. Views in the FrontPage Explorer provide different ways of looking at the information in your FrontPage web, so that you can effectively manage your site.
form A set of data-entry fields on a page that are processed on a server. The data is sent to the server when a user submits the form by clicking on a button or, in some cases, by clicking an image.
form field A data-entry field on a page. A user supplies information in a field either by typing text or by selecting a field.
form handler A program on a server that executes when a user submits a form. A FrontPage form is associated with a form handler in the Form Properties dialog box.
formatted text A monospaced paragraph style in which all white space (such as tabs and spaces) is displayed by a Web browser. In other text styles, extra white space may be ignored by a Web browser.
format toolbar The FrontPage Editor toolbar containing commands that reformat selected paragraphs or text.
forms toolbar The FrontPage Editor toolbar containing commands for creating form fields.
frame A named sub-window of a frames page. A frame appears in a Web browser as one of a number of window regions in which pages can be displayed. A frame may be scrollable and resizable, and may have a border. You display a page in a frame by creating a hyperlink to the page and specifying the frame as part of the hyperlink.
frames page A page that subdivides a Web browser’s window into regions called frames that can independently display pages. See also frame.
Frames Page HTML View The view in the FrontPage Editor that shows the HTML of the frames page currently being displayed. See also frames page.
FrontPage component A built-in FrontPage object that is evaluated and executed when an author saves the page or, in some cases, when a user browses to the page. Most FrontPage components generate HTML. FrontPage components include Search Forms, which provide full text-searching capability in a FrontPage web, Popup Menus, which create popup menus on a page, and Save Results Form Handlers, which gather information from a form and store it in a file or send it to an e-mail address. See also WebBot component.
FrontPage component cursor In the FrontPage Editor, the robot-shaped cursor that is displayed when you move the mouse pointer over an area of a page containing a FrontPage component. See also FrontPage component.
FrontPage Editor The FrontPage tool for creating, editing, and testing Web pages.
FrontPage Explorer The FrontPage tool for creating, viewing, modifying, and administering FrontPage webs.
FrontPage Server Extensions A set of programs and scripts that support FrontPage authoring and extend the functionality of a Web server. The FrontPage Server Extensions are available for the Microsoft Internet Information Server and other popular Windows and UNIX Web servers. If you are not sure if your Web server is supported, visit http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/
FrontPage web A home page and its associated pages, images, documents, multimedia, and other files stored on a Web server or on a computer’s hard drive. A FrontPage web also contains files that support FrontPage functionality and that allow a web to be opened, copied, edited, and administered in the FrontPage Explorer.
FrontPage web name The name of a FrontPage web. A FrontPage web name corresponds to a folder name on a Web server and is subject to the length, character restrictions, and case sensitivity of that server.
FrontPage web structure The set of relationships among the pages in a FrontPage web as defined in the FrontPage Explorer’s Navigation view. A well-defined structure gives a user a sense of position in a FrontPage web. When a navigation bar is inserted on a page that is part of a FrontPage web’s structure, FrontPage automatically creates hyperlinks to the pages that are below that page in the structure (child pages), above that page in the structure (parent pages) and equal to that page in the structure (peer pages). See also navigation bar, Navigation Pane, Navigation View.
FrontPage web title A descriptive name for a FrontPage web. The FrontPage web title is displayed in the title bar of the FrontPage Explorer window when the FrontPage web is open. A FrontPage web title must start with a letter and can have a maximum of 31 characters.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) The Internet service that transfers files from one computer to another, over standard phone lines. You can create ftp hyperlinks (ftp://) in the FrontPage Editor.
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