A front-page article is an important piece of news that gets prominent placement in a newspaper or magazine. It is often the headline story in a section that is dedicated to such stories, or sometimes a major news item can get its own whole page.
A news item can be given the front-page treatment for a number of reasons, including the fact that it is highly significant or interesting. It might also be because of the way in which it is presented, such as with dramatic pictures or eye-catching headlines that catch people’s attention and make them want to read it.
The front-page of a newspaper tells us a great deal about the paper itself and its attitude towards the news. For example, a tabloid will usually have a bold red masthead and eye-catching pictures, while a broadsheet newspaper will generally have more text and a plainer layout. The front-page of a newspaper will often tease readers by listing other stories inside that are significant or exciting.
Microsoft FrontPage was a WYSIWYG HTML editor and website administration tool from Microsoft that was part of the Office suite of applications from 1997 until 2006. FrontPage included a set of server-side extensions, originally known as FPSE, which had to be installed on a web server for the program to work.
FrontPage was discontinued in December 2006, and was replaced by two products: Microsoft Expression Web and SharePoint Designer, both targeted at professional web designers. Microsoft began moving away from FrontPage’s proprietary FPSE technology and relied instead on standard protocols like FTP and WebDAV.