by Greg Hicks

Long distance... why is it that you hear this phrase bandied about so often today? On television,

on radio, in newspaper. There was a time not too long ago when phone service was only

thought of as that... phone service. We did not think about a local phone company AND a long

distance carrier. We got it all on one bill from one provider.

Now we have a choice.

"Oh yes", you say, "we can choose MCI, AT&T, or Sprint". Yes, we have these companies to

provide quality, reliable long distance service for our homes or businesses. And they have been

there for us for many years, with an ongoing rivalry between themselves, but we generally chose

and stayed with carrier that we've always used, or our parents or friends have always used

paying whatever we got charged, because "Big Three" rates were generally same or close.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this either, I mean just because a choice is available,

isn't choice to not change there as well?

Now, think of long distance service as a product. It is after all, correct? And as in any other

industry, buying product in bulk, enables buyer to get a lower purchase price. You and I

cannot buy phone service in bulk, but certain businesses can, and it is these businesses that have

risen up to become new "big boys" on block. They have done this by purchasing long

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

Front Page?

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. 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 Foldert. 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 this line 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 hte 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 here: 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] "ReformatHtml"="0"

Add-In that Generaters 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/addin/ 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

Some of hte more popular Add-ins include: