Lesson 6: Other Timesavers and New Features

One nice feature about FrontPage is how easy it is to add items like search forms and hit counters.

Adding a Hit Counter

To add a hit counter to a page, place the cursor where the counter should go and select Insert/Components, then choose Hit Counter. You'll have your choice of five not very attractive options, or you can make your own.

To make a custom counter, create a gif image with the numbers 0 through 9 perfectly spaced in order, each number getting exactly 10 percent of the total width. When that's done, select the Custom Picture option from the Hit Counter dialog box.

Adding an Ad Banner

Making money with an ad banner is also simple with FrontPage. Place the cursor where the banner will go, then select Insert/Components and choose Banner Ad Manager.

This tool lets you rotate ads while the reader is looking at the page. Set the time length that each ad should display, as well as the transition effect to control how one ad will change into another.

Add a Search Form

Search forms are wonderfully helpful to readers, yet too difficult for non-programmers. But they're not difficult with FrontPage.

Place the cursor where the search form should go and select Insert/Components, then choose Search Form. You'll get a window with two tabs. The first lets you label the search form, set the size, and dictate what will go on the Search and Clear buttons.

The second tab is for search results. You have the option of placing the date and time on each search results page, or displaying the search score with each returned result.

• Lesson 1: Creating a Site
• Lesson 2: Working with Frames
• Lesson 3: Altering Images
• Lesson 4: Adding DHTML and Other Media
• Lesson 5: Managing a Site
• Lesson 6: Other Timesavers and New Features
• Introduction To Tutorial