You can create and modify tables and forms quite simply, but FrontPage doesn't warn you that some features work only in IE, not in Netscape Navigator. A wizard helps build VBScript applets, which you can use to add a script that automatically jumps to another page. ActiveX. The user interface for Cascading Style Sheets requires advanced knowledge of CSS syntax. The program's site-management component, FrontPage Explorer, automatically verifies hyperlinks and rebuilds navigation tools when you rearrange a site by dragging icons in a site diagram. A built-in FTP client includes an option to upload only modified pages.
Inconveniences are few and minor.
You can't easily customize the contents of navigation bars to include specific pages, and it's almost impossible to make navigation bars work with frames. The site-navigation diagram shows only the title of each page and makes you pop up a properties box to learn the page's filename. But everything else in FrontPage 98 is brilliantly designed to make it easier than ever for you to build Web sites that are technically impressive and visually dazzling. Microsoft FrontPage 98. Inc. All rights reserved.