First published on MSDN on Mar 13, 2008
I often get asked if it's possible to prevent users from editing sites with FrontPage 2003 (for v2/2003) and SharePoint Designer (v3/2007). Yes, this is possible. Unfortunately, you have to do it at a Site Definition level. So, it's either all or nothing for a specific type of site.
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