Publisher compared to Front Page (both 2003)

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Neville Wright - 15 Mar 2004 04:31 GMT

I have used both of these programmes, but find that Publisher has dozens of web templates that are not available to Front Page. The questions are :
(1) What real advantage does Fp have over Pub for small sites (up to say 50 pages
(2) The html pages in Publisher are only editable in that programme. After development can I change the editor to Fp and if so how? I suppose that I could just do the development in Publisher then cut the code and paste it into blank FP pages
(3) Publisher has lots of options to layout your page that appear to be not available in FP. Is this intentional
(4) Speed of developing a layout with Publisher is much faster than FP. Are the pages from Publisher any faster or slower to load compared to similar pages from FP
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Nev

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David Bartosik - MS MVP - 15 Mar 2004 05:47 GMT

> I have used both of these programmes, but find that Publisher has dozens of web templates that are not available to Front Page.

Look harder ;-)
Visit http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/downloads/addin/default.asp
and select web templates from the drop down list.

The questions are :-

> (1) What real advantage does Fp have over Pub for small sites (up to say 50 pages)

50 pages is a large site in Publisher.
That size of a site will be much more manageable in FP.
And FP doesn't have the overhead of a middle-man (the .pub file).

> (2) The html pages in Publisher are only editable in that programme. After development can I change the editor to Fp and if so how? I suppose that I

could just do the development in Publisher then cut the code and paste it
into blank FP pages.

The code these two programs use are not compatible. You do not want to mix
them. Don't even think about it. And if you ignore my advice... In FP use
Import and import the html files ... don't blame me for the many hours
you'll lose in front of the computer.

> (3) Publisher has lots of options to layout your page that appear to be not available in FP. Is this intentional?

A strawberry is red and a head of lettuce is green. Is that intentional?

Get my drift?

With Publisher you can just do whatever, like eating that strawberry.
With FP you need to know what you are doing. Like with making a salad.

> (4) Speed of developing a layout with Publisher is much faster than FP. Are the pages from Publisher any faster or slower to load compared to

similar pages from FP?

FP pages will load SUBSTANTIALLY faster. Things that come easy don't come
cheap.

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Neville Wright - 15 Mar 2004 12:06 GMT

Hi David
Thanks for your comments. They are as I expected. I use FP and find it quite easy, but Publisher does have an edge in speend and ease of page layout even after looking at the other templates available for FP
Regard
Nev

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