Then recently, I had opportunity to visit with a group of advanced search engine optimizers, and I was shocked to find that many of them use FrontPage and love it.

FrontPage?

The first thing I learned is that there are ways to keep out extraneous code. With FrontPage, you can remove code, but it keeps coming back again and again and again. But, there's a way to get rid of it forever.

How to Get Rid of Extraneous Code and Headers

Dave Barry, Webmaster of SmartCertify Direct http://www.smartcertify.com, explains how:

FrontPage 97 or 98 Users:

Click on Start, then Find, then Files or Folders. Search your hard drive (generally your C drive) for a file named frontpg.ini. Click on file.

When it opens, look for a line that says, "Version 3.0".

Add following under Version 3.0:

HTMLREFORMAT=0

The next time you use FrontPage, remove extraneous code and headers, and they won't come back.

FrontPage 2000, 2002 or XP Users:

Look at menu bar at top of Open Web. Click on Tools, then Page Options.

You'll see an option box. Under HTML Source, at top of page under General, you'll have this choice:

When saving file(s):

Preserve existing HTML or Reformat using rules below

If you choose Preserve existing HTML, and if you delete any extraneous code and headers, you won't see code or headers on your pages again.

To view an example screen shot showing above, click on: http://www.academywebspecialists.com/newsletters/fp2.gif

Dave added:

To disable HTML changing of FrontPage 2000, a registry entry is also needed. This registry file http://www.academywebspecialists.com/newsletters/noreformat.zip will do it automatically. Just open file with Notepad to verify its authenticity before using it.

The attachment and registry entry must occur on server.

Or, if you want to edit registry manually, here is code:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftShared ToolsWeb Server ExtensionsAll Ports (include square brackets around above) "ReformatHtml"="0"

Add-In that Generates META Tags

FrontPage also has an Add-in that will delete META tags without going into source view. It's called META Tag Maker 2002, and it will create and manage META tags through one dialogue box, without having to go into source view. http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/downloads/addid/ searchdetail.asp?aid=80

In fact, FrontPage site has an amazing number of Add-ins for FrontPage that are free for taking. http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/downloads/addin/default.asp

Someof more popular Add-ins include:

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