Objectives of this Tutorial

Generally: To add active elements to web pages to give an engaging and dynamic appearance.

Specifically: On completion of this lesson you will be able to:

• Add and edit scrolling marquee text
• Add a hit counter
• Format a page transition
• Add a photo gallery
• Add a search form

FrontPage components allow non-programmers relatively easy access to sophisticated features like forms, hit counters and scrolling text. Without FrontPage, access to these features would require knowledge of HTML or a scripting language like Javascript or VBScript. However, in FrontPage, when you insert a component from the Insert, Component menu a set of programming commands are automatically embedded into HTML.

Note: FrontPage components will not be displayed correctly if they are hosted on a server without FrontPage Extensions installed.

Note: Some of the FrontPage components work only on Internet Explorer browsers (and then only with the most recent versions of IE). If you plan to use these features you check very carefully whether the components are functioning fully in a number of browsers.

Add Scrolling Marquee Text

A marquee is a region on a page that displays a horizontally scrolling text message when the page is viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer. It is used to grab the attention of a user.

Note: Netscape browsers do not support Marquee text. The marquee text displays in Netscape but it does not scroll.

To insert a marquee

• In Page View, place the insertion point on a blank line of text, or select the text that you want to display in the marquee
• From the Insert menu, select Web Component...

The Insert Web Component dialogue box is displayed.

• From the Component type: box, select Dynamic Effects
• From the Choose an effect: box, select Marquee
• Click Finish

The Marquee Properties dialogue box is displayed.

• In the Text: box, enter the line of text that the marquee should display (If you selected text on the page, the Text: box contains the selected text)
• Adjust the values for direction, movement speed, behaviour, size, repetitions, and background colour
• Click OK

Note: The best way to setup a marquee is to create one and preview it in Internet Explorer, trying various effects and colour schemes until it matches your needs.

To change the number of times a marquee repeats

• In Page View, click the marquee to select it
• From the Format menu, select Properties... (SpeedKey: Alt + Enter)

The Marquee Properties dialogue box is displayed.

• For Repeat, specify the number of times you want the marquee to repeat. If you want the marquee to repeat continuously, select the Continuously check box
• Click OK

Continued...