FrontPage 2000 for Busy People [Paperback]

Christian Crumlish (Author)

Book Description

Series: ... for Busy People (Computers) | Publication Date: July 21, 1999

FrontPage allows users to create high-quality Web sites and applications--without programming! Explains how to structure a Web site, create content, and format HTML documents. Covers all the new features, such as customized themes, Dynamic HTML effects, and at-a-glance site management. Visuals show just how to light up a site with graphics, hyperlinks, frames, and animation.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

You've got to have a Web page if you want to keep up, but it's difficult to find the time to learn all that design and HTML stuff. If you've decided Microsoft FrontPage 2000 is the Web design tool for you but you don't want to pore over the manual just to get something up and running, consider FrontPage 2000 for Busy People.

This is a visually-oriented, beautifully printed guide to the basics of using this software to its fullest without reading thousands of pages of dry-as-dust technical specifications. You'll get the basics on planning, designing, and creating your pages, as well as information on animations and creating easy navigation.

The four-color images and screen shots are really helpful for getting across exactly what you need to know, and the Busy People series feature "Stuff To Do Once To Make Your Life Easier" comes in just as handy as ever with time-saving tips and features. --Rob Lightner

From the Back Cover

The book to use when there's no time to lose!

Get up and running with FrontPage 2000 right away using this visually powerful learning tool. Packed with four-color art, annotated figures, and step-by-step directions, FrontPage 2000 for Busy People shows you the best, most efficient way to accomplish your tasks--while offering you insights into how the program's powerful features can make you more productive.

• Quickly master the essentials of this powerful Web site creation tool
• Set up a dynamic, interactive Web site--complete with graphics and links
• Publish Office documents straight to your Web site
• Update and maintain your site easily

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Product Details

• Paperback: 305 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; annotated edition edition (July 21, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072119810
• ISBN-13: 978-0072119817
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,103,528 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Christian Crumlish has been participating in, analyzing, designing, and drawing social interactive spaces online since 1994. These days he is the curator of the Yahoo! design pattern library, a design evangelist with the Yahoo! Developer Network, and a member of Yahoo!'s Design Council.

He is the author of the bestselling The Internet for Busy People, The Power of Many, and Designing Social Interface with Erin Malone.

He has spoken about social patterns at BarCamp Block, BayCHI, South by Southwest, the IA Summit, Ignite, and Web 2.0 Expo.

Christian has a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Princeton. He lives in Oakland with his wife Briggs, his cat Fraidy, and his electric ukulele, Evangeline.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars book reinforces what I already knew, January 18, 2000

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Judith E. Prueitt (Dallas, Tx) - See all my reviews
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Frontpage 2000 for Busy People. I find that this book reinforces what I already knew from practical usage of the product. This is good as a reference to aid the casual user or the office webmaster. The copious use of screen-shots all in one place helps the reader get a clearer look at the Frontpage2000 "Big Picture," by mimicking the screen the user is viewing. I recommend it for impatient folks like myself who may need a "Quick How-To" reference guide, or need the occasional Ah-Ha that's why it does that sort of answer. Although it is simple to understand, and very well laid out. It is not an in-depth book on Frontpage2000.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The first FP2000 book I've read all the way through, April 28, 2000

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David Housholder (Marietta, GA (USA)) - See all my reviews
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I've used FrontPage 97, 98, and now 2000. During that time I've collected a library of books on FrontPage. This is the first one that I've read through from cover-to-cover. It is not in as much depth as some of the massive volumes (like the "Unleased" volume from Sams), but it presents a rich feast of information. It has enough screen shots to help with following the discussion but not so many that the text is skimped. And Christian Crumlish writes with a gentle good humor that makes reading fun, but the book doesn't force the humor in a "Dummies" book way.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Assumptions here, March 21, 2000

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J. Bradford "Amazon junkie" (New York State) - See all my reviews
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Many of the books I've read concerning Web Publishing automatically assume everyone is just starting out, not taking over a web someone else started. This book covers how to import a web site on page 2!

It is to the point and has a great combination of explanations and pictures for those of us who like visual / hands on type learning.

A MUST buy for anyone new to FP 2000