Customer Reviews

Bdg Publishing Mastering FrontPage 2003

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am new to web developing and had to get up to speed quickly with the FrontPage 2003 application for a work project. BDG FrontPage 2003 is a good well rounded and comprehensive intro. And it even covers how to work with databases. The only fault I found was, the CD was missing some image and html files needed for the exercises. The sample database for the exercise was also not on the CD. The solution was to call the company, they directed me to http://download.shop4all.com/samples/ were I was able to download the missing image and html files for the exercises (look under FrontPage2003).

The Sample Database was not under that directory there but it is a simple database and table easy enough for me to make with Access 2003. So even when there are a couple of minor issues, I am giving it a well deserved 5 for covering the subjects that I was interested on and at a very reasonable price.

I also did the Professor Teaches FrontPage 2003 course before the BDG and found it good but a little light and it did not cover the how to work with databases. I would recomend Professor Teaches FrontPage 2003, as an intro to the Mastering FrontPage 2003 course.

Not very good. They "forgot" to add the folders needed for the lessons, and you have to take the time to go to the website and download them. I am STILL trying to find the data base they said could be accessed from the download site. Some of the lessons assumed you knew absolutely nothing(which is ok, that is what the lessons are for), but, in others, assumed you knew far more than you did, and had to hunt around trying to find what the heck he was talking about! Very frustrating in that sense, all lessons should be on the same level.

I've been battling lesson #2 for 3 days. I found the infamous missing files that you need to complete lesson #2 from one of the other amazon reviews of this product(thanks for pointing me in the right direction, fellow reviewer!) I would follow the directions to a "T", but would continually come up short somewhere along the line. There are too many things left out in the lessons. Like you need to have something highlighted before you do a particular step. Anyway, I've finished lesson 2 three or four times, but my finished product still isn't quite right. I DO like the format of learning right on the computer screen, but when you hit a snag, there's no glossary to turn to. Or help section to click on. I think I need a beginners book on the subject, and will study the reviews on the various frontpage 2003 books offered in Amazon to come up with a good one for rookies.