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FrontPage Web Hosting
FrontPage web hosting is a service set up to integrate seamlessly with the tools and extensions available in the FrontPage web design application on Windows platforms.
FrontPage web design application was initially created by the Cambridge, Massachusetts company Vermeer Technologies Incorporated, evidence of which can be easily spotted in filenames and directories prefixed _vti_ in websites created using FrontPage web design application. Vermeer was acquired by Microsoft in 1996 specifically so that Microsoft could add FrontPage web design application to its product line-up. FrontPage 2003 introduced support for Dreamweaver compatible webpage templates, dubbed “Dynamic Web Templates”. FrontPage web design application is generally not well suited for administering medium to large corporate websites that require database interaction.
As a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor, FrontPage is designed to hide the details of pages' HTML code from the user, making it possible for novices to easily create webpages and websites. FrontPage Server Extensions are a software technology that allows FrontPage clients to communicate with FrontPage web hosting compliant servers, and provide additional functionality intended for FrontPage websites. Frequent security problems have marked the history of this Microsoft proprietary FrontPage software technology. FrontPage web design application relies on HTTP protocol for communication, and CGI/POST for server side processing.
The advantage of FrontPage web hosting is that relatively little HTML knowledge is required, as the applications extensions, plugins and widgets do all this transcoding for you on a complient FrontPage web hosting server.
Colo fully supports FrontPage web design application users and provides you with a managed support solution on all web hosting server plans. This will include the installation of your operating system, provisioning, testing, deployment of security patches. We closely monitor your server to identify and resolve any issues to provide the highest uptime and performance. We are working hard to earn your business. You can read more about Colo’s web hosting features here or Contact our team of web hosting specialists, we’re ready to help. We’ll be happy to answer any questions that you might have. Call toll free at 1-866-316-2656 or email us through our request a call back form on this page (top right).