Hi Ruprecht, hi others,
That is a very big reason for nontaking frontpage.
I believe the issue of not taking FP extensions is not the issue. A client is requesting it and he is paying for that. If a service provider is not providing the service, the client will choose another one.
Others are the blowing up of html-pages with ms-special-commands.
This argument is void again. Those few hundred bytes embedded in a page will not decrease the download performance significantly. A well designed page (mo matter which editor you choose) is fast to load. I can also use vi and have no superfluous bit in my page but embed a lot of large pictures, video clips and flash animations to make it slow to load. The clients decision for a software is not the choice of his service provider.
And the third, relating to the last - you need extensions to execute such sites and you can only upload the pages from frontpage.
Untrue again. I use FP for a basic fast design and I am aware of its problems. However, my sites are optimized for all browsers, so I don't use the "special proprietary features" and my opera on my main linux box shows those pages as fine as the IE on a windoze. I used FP to upload pages to a standard ftp server on a linux box and it worked. However, a FTP program which allows you to leave out all the unnecessary folders is strongly recommended. The point here is, what security implications do those extensions have on a vanilla SuSE-shipped Apache. Are there any known risks and are there suitable protection methods. Answering this will allow our colleague to evaluate the risks to his systems and calculate the costs. It is then his decision if he offers a solution to his client and for what price. Sorry about this long post but as an old AMIGA user I am a bit sick about those religous wars "OS X is better than OS Y". Every software has its advantages and disadvantages but sometimes it is not your choice to take the ideal product. cya Jörn ------------------------------------------------------------ Jörn Ott Telefon: (0 22 24) 94 08 - 73 EDV Service & Beratung Telefax: (0 22 24) 94 08 -74 Lohfelder Str. 33 E-Mail: mailto:white@ott-service.de 53604 Bad Honnef WWW: http://www.ott-service.de/