The front page of a newspaper contains the day’s biggest news story. This could be a national or local event. It can also tease other interesting stories inside the edition. For example, a picture of an athlete winning a major race may be on the front page if it has significant implications. This article will explain the meaning and history of front-page.
FrontPage is a WYSIWYG HTML editor and website administration tool from Microsoft for the Windows line of operating systems. Microsoft included it as a part of Office from 1997 until it was discontinued in 2006. It used to require a set of server-side plugins called FrontPage Server Extensions (FPSE). FPSE has been the subject of many security issues throughout its lifecycle and it is not recommended for use on production web servers.
Until FrontPage 2000, the FPSE program was a separate application from the FrontPage Editor. Both programs were merged in FrontPage 2000, which also added a Split View feature. This allows the user to edit in Code View and preview in Design View without the need to switch between the two. Other features include Intellisense, which provides a form of autocompletion for tags and properties while editing in Code View and Code Snippets, which allow the user to store pieces of common code in a reusable snippet.
The word front-page comes from the French phrase “front matter” and is a synonym for main page or first page. The word is most often used to refer to the front page of a newspaper, but it can also be applied to any type of publication.
