The front page of a newspaper or magazine contains the most important and/or interesting stories. It can also tease other stories that are featured in the edition. In a more general sense, the term can refer to any of the pages at the back of a publication where less important news or advertisements are found.
The back pages of a newspaper typically contain news or articles about local events or people that are not as significant as the stories that appear in the front section. The term can also imply obscurity or lesser importance when used in a figurative sense. She loved browsing the back pages of magazines looking for inspiration in her writing.
In 2014, three Jane Does filed a federal lawsuit against Backpage, accusing the website of facilitating sex trafficking by posting ads seeking young women for sexual encounters. Although the district court ruled against the plaintiffs, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Backpage’s actions are protected by CDA Section 230 as they are traditional publisher functions related to third-party content.
Microsoft FrontPage (full name Microsoft Office FrontPage) is a WYSIWYG HTML editor and Web site administration tool that was bundled as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems from 1996 to 2006. It is now obsolete, having been superseded by two other products: Microsoft SharePoint Designer and Microsoft Expression Web. FrontPage features Split View to allow users to edit in Code View and preview in Design View at the same time, Intellisense to suggest tags or properties as you type, and Code Snippets for storing commonly-used pieces of code.