FrontPage® 2002 Developer's Guide [Paperback]

Mike Jennett (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072132590 | ISBN-13: 978-0072132595 | Publication Date: June 7, 2001

This guide informs developers how to take advantage of the FrontPage features in order to create, build, and design a Web site while having a backend that can meet the performance needs of a high traffic portal or e-business site. It includes separate sections on creating intranets by integrating Office functionality, plus case studies of successful FrontPage uses by all types of businesses.

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Your Complete Resource for Developing Websites Using FrontPage 2002

Design and build high-performance, cutting-edge websites with ease using this hands-on guide to FrontPage 2002. You'll get full details on all the newest features and a quick review of basics before moving on to extensive coverage of design and layout techniques. With instructions for integrating DHTML, working with cascading style sheets, customizing themes and forms--and much more--this book provides you with all you need to take advantage of this leading Web creation tool. Learn to use ASP to increase performance and seamlessly integrate the latest Office software into a site by following hands-on examples. You'll also learn how to use the VBA scripting engine and incorporate FrontPage 2002 with Web servers and extensions. For creating sophisticated sites that can also meet your high traffic and performance expectations, FrontPage 2002 Developer's Guide is the only book you need.

• Integrate FrontPage with DHTML
• Create dynamic pages with ASP
• Work with Web components and databases
• Include Office elements into your Web pages
• Add database connectivity to your websites
• Extending FrontPage capabilities
• Incorporate scripting and use the VBA scripting engine
• Edit HTML code and collaborate on the Web

About the Author

Mike Jennett (San Francisco, CA) is the executive producer and cofounder of Spotlight Studios, an award-winning Internet Development firm. Jennett has overseen the development of numerous corporate web projects for such clients as Levi Strauss, Sybase, and Sun Microsystems. He was voted one of the Top 100 Producers of the Year for 1998 by AV Video and Multimedia Producer magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 668 pages
• Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (June 7, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072132590
• ISBN-13: 978-0072132595
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,819,296 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good overview but too long, November 23, 2002

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John Harpur (Trim, Meath, IRELAND) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FrontPage® 2002 Developer's Guide (Paperback)

This is a good overview of a variety of aspects of Frontpage. I couldn't work up the enthusiasm of the other reviewers however. The main weakness is that it drags out the obvious too often for my liking. The book is long enough to include much more technical detail on database integration and ASP (among other topics) for instance. Just a bit too elementary in parts. Instead, the sections on ASP are long on very little at all. The chapter headings read as if the cats pyjamas is to be revealed on the topics. But it doesn't happen. Much of what is in the book could be collapsed into a smaller text without loss of detail.

Frontpage is not a difficult application to get into gear. It's when you have to step outside Frontpage to correct its idiosyncracies that the real work begins. This book won't light up the countryside on these aspects however. You will certainly learn a lot from this book. So if you get it as a present read it. It is an ideal beginner's book in that respect but you will outgro it after one reading I suspect.

For a bit more gravitas, Tiffany Edmond's text is smaller and covers much the same ground more concisely. However, the Inside Out book on Frontpage, puts even this offering in the shade (should do given its size). In the final analysis, any book on Frontpage will require a supplemtary text on scripting and XML. Just factor those costs into your expenditure.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Front Page book beyond the basics, May 28, 2002

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G. ACarleton (Apple Valley MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FrontPage® 2002 Developer's Guide (Paperback)

I have a library of Front Page books, and they each serve a purpose. This one goes beyond the basics. Examples are clear and take you through step by step to learn the lesson or feature. For those new to Sharepoint Team Services, this is a good book to understand what Sharepoint can do, as well as how to customize them. Most users of Sharepoint sites do not understand how Front Page can be used for customization, and this book will kickstart that effort to enhance Sharepoint sites.

Overall, a solid book for people who want to go to the next level with Front Page. It also does a good job of highlighting how improved Front Page 2002 is over FP 2000. For those who think Front Page is not a real development tool, this book describes how improvements over past version make this a real tool, but also highlights some important shortcomings. Very objective information.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Front Page Book I've Seen, April 11, 2002

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This review is from: FrontPage® 2002 Developer's Guide (Paperback)

This is a great book for someone who wants to know how to use the "bells and whistles" of Front Page. It very lightly covers the basic usage and highly concentrates on advanced options and features. I bought it for the mainly for the .asp sections (which are phenomenal), and ended up learning so much about other functions I did not know existed in 2002. The CD samples are excellent too. This book is worth every penny and more.