Replacement for FrontPage 2003

A friend recently asked:

I have been using Front Page since the 1990's and I am currently using Front Page 2003 but I have long lost the software, the codes and everything else. I need to change to something much easier, simpler, less costly and hopefully will open like FP goes by simply going to my web page and click on PAGE and from the drop down menu select EDIT WITH FRONT PAGE. When I click on it it opens and in seconds I can update, correct, change and add text and new images. In less than a few minutes I can be done. Can you help me?

FrontPage 2003 was the last version, created over 10 years ago.

The replacement for FrontPage is Expression Studio 4 Web Professional.  If you have Microsoft Office, it costs $79 to upgrade:
http://www.microsoft.com/Expression/products/Upgrade.aspx

Previous versions of Microsoft's SharePoint Designer (specifically 2007) would work with FrontPage sites, and was very similar to FrontPage.  The latest version, SharePoint Designer 2010, however, does not work with FrontPage sites

You can also do HTML editing and publishing with Visual Studio 2012 Express Web, the free version of the developer product:
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/visual-studio-express-for-web

You're going to have to get off of FrontPage Server Extensions if your website is still using them.  They are incredibly old, insecure and no longer supported.  Here's some info:
http://www.iis.net/learn/publish/using-webdav/how-to-migrate-fpse-sites-to-webdav

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