Frontier can be used to build websites using glossaries, macros and templates. This makes it easy to both maintain and change content and "look and feel" of websites independently .
More information about Frontier can be found at:
<http://www.scripting.com/frontier/>
A guide to website building with Frontier can be found at:
PageSpinner has support for editing of text objects in Frontier. When you save changes in PageSpinner, the text in Frontier is updated and the Frontier database is saved. Do the following to set up PageSpinner as the editor of WP text files when working with Frontier:
Click on the Object DB button in the Frontier.root toolbar.
Open the User table in the root window.
Open the odbEditors table in the user window.
Edit the value of TextEditor, type the path to and file name of PageSpinner
e.g., Macintosh HD:PageSpinner 1.2.2:PageSpinner 1.2.2
You will need to type the path correctly, otherwise Frontier will use the default editor, BBEdit.
Select Save in the File menu.
Close the windows.
Answer yes if Frontier asks to save changes made to the root table.
You should now be able to select a text in the Frontier tables and choose Edit with App from the Main menu [Cmd-E] to edit it with PageSpinner. You may also need to import some PageSpinner scripts and definitions that can be used by Frontier, these tables ar located inside the Documentation folder in a folder named "PageSpinner-Frontier". Note that PageSpinner isn't scriptable, so all these may not work correctly.
When you upgrade to a new version of PageSpinner, you will need to do the procedure described above again
Bugs?
You should not use the Save As... command, and you can't have the box "Use this settings for all files saved in PageSpinner" in the "File:Preferences: Default filing options..." checked when you are editing Frontier files with PageSpinner.
When using the Release rendered Page command in Frontier's Web menu, the file created is saved as a BBEdit file (I haven't been able to find out why).
And, if anyone know if there is an Apple Event that could be sent to Frontier to get it to render and show a preview of the page beeing edited, let me know.
Please note that PageSpinner's Frontier support has not been thoroughly tested, so there may be non-discovered bugs left.
Check out the support page at the PageSpinner site <http://www.algonet.se/~optima/pagespinner.html> to find out if there are any additional information about PageSpinner's Frontier support.
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Thanks to Tim Paustian for help with implementing Frontier support.
