Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

856 Part IX: Maintaining a Server in Windows SharePoint Services
Web Part Display
Web Parts in Windows SharePoint Services sites are displayed in FrontPage 2003
with live data. However, some Web Parts in portal sites created with SharePoint Portal
Server 2003 might be displayed with static previews that do not include live data.
Moving or Backing Up Websites
Portal sites created with SharePoint Portal Server 2003 should be moved or backed up
by using SharePoint Portal Server 2003 backup tools instead of using FrontPage 2003
Backup, Restore, or Web Package options. Therefore, these features are disabled
by default in FrontPage 2003 when editing sites created with SharePoint Portal
Server 2003.
Working with Areas and Sub-Areas
SharePoint Portal Server 2003 sites can include Areas and Sub-Areas, which can be
nested many levels underneath the root web. When opened in FrontPage 2003, all
areas and subareas are represented as subordinate sites, and all are displayed underneath
the root of the site. For example, if Area1 is below the root-level site and
Area11 is below Area1, Area11 is simply a subsite of the root-level site and not a
subsite of the Area1 site.
FrontPage 2003 users are not able to delete an Area or Sub-Area in a site created
with SharePoint Portal Server 2003. When the root site of a site created with
SharePoint Portal Server 2003 is open in FrontPage 2003, it is possible to create subordinate
sites under that root. Subsequently, subordinate sites under those newly
created subordinate sites are also possible, thus nesting them multiple levels deep. Yet
Areas and Sub-Areas of the portal, represented as subordinate sites in FrontPage 2003,
cannot have nested subordinate sites. When an Area or Sub-Area is open in
FrontPage 2003, the Subordinate Site option seen when you right-click on a folder in
the Folder List and then click New is unavailable. Visually, in the FrontPage 2003
user interface, you cannot differentiate between a subordinate site and an Area; both
are represented with the same folder icon.
Editing Personal Sites
One of the biggest advantages to My Sites in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 is that
each user browses to the same URL but each sees his or her own unique content.
SharePoint Portal Server 2003 does this by assigning a unique GUID to each user
and storing customization and content options for each GUID. The My Site template
is shared by all users, so if a FrontPage 2003 user edits the default.aspx page in the
My Site website, the change would affect all users with My Sites. The easiest way to
open the My Site default.aspx page in FrontPage 2003 is by browsing to it in Internet
Explorer, and then choosing Edit With Microsoft Office FrontPage from the File
menu or clicking the Edit button on the Standard Buttons toolbar.