MCSD: Designing and Implementing Web Sites Using Microsoft FrontPage 98 [Hardcover]

David Karlins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 20, 1999 | Series: Microsoft Technology

Microsoft's FrontPage 98 exam 70-055 is the #1 elective MCSD exam! If you want to pass it, you'll need to understand FrontPage in exceptional depth -- especially the advanced topics many books skip. That's why you need MCSD: Designing and Implementing Web Sites Using Microsoft FrontPage 98! Top FrontPage trainer, author, and Microsoft MCP David Karlins has written the most complete FrontPage prep guide available -- with detailed coverage of advanced Web development and deployment. He covers the entire Web lifecycle, from requirements analysis through deployment, security, and beyond. Define the technical architecture and conceptual design for your site; set up your development environment; and build an easy, inviting user interface. Deploy user services built with Java, ActiveX, DHTML, CSS, templates, and animation; publish, maintain, and secure your site; even evolve it to reflect new browsers. You'll find test questions after every chapter, sample exams at the end of the book, and a bonus FrontPage CBT Systems CD-ROM training module. It's more than great exam preparation: it's a great guide to developing with FrontPage for years to come!

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About the Author

David Karlins has written or contributed to several best-selling FrontPage books. He lectures and holds FrontPage seminars across the West Coast. His FrontPage Forum web site is one of the most popular online resources for FrontPage developers.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 512 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (September 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130141178
• ISBN-13: 978-0130141170
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,965,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #80 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Web Publishing

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MCSD: Designing and Implementing Web Sites, December 13, 1999

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This review is from: MCSD: Designing and Implementing Web Sites Using Microsoft FrontPage 98 (Hardcover)

This book is a must have if you're taking the FrontPage 98 exam (70-055), the author handles topics in a follow along fashion which allow you to go through the steps to better understand the process involved in managing a FrontPage website, The reason this is so important is that we fall into our own habits and the test doesn't care so much that you know what you are doing but the how and why of it. This book allows you to grasp that. The book also has test questions at the end of each section with answers at the end of the book, the Author also adds a website with a great exam which can be taken on line to better help prepare you. Although I didn't care much for the CD included with the book, for someone who is just learning FrontPage it may be a good addition. With this book MCP should be no problem. As a follow up for people who like me have been using FrontPage 2000 for a while now, this book serves as a great refresher to FrontPage 98.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Response to 9/11 review, September 13, 2000

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David Karlins - See all my reviews

This review is from: MCSD: Designing and Implementing Web Sites Using Microsoft FrontPage 98 (Hardcover)

I sympathize with the reader who posted the review on 9/11. The FrontPage MCSD Exam is difficult, costly, and requires all of us who take it to set aside hours, even weeks of unpaid time to study and prepare. On top of all that, the exam format and testing environment are both very difficult.

But... none of that really validates the readers conclusion that he failed the test because of my book. Any long, technical book will have a few minor errors like the one noted by the reader, and in this case, I post corrections at the book's Web site as soon as I'm notified of them.

People who buy this book and embark on the preparation process for the 70-055 exam should understand what they're in for. My book cannot compensate you for prep time, training classes, or do anything about the high cost of the exam. The book simply organizes and presents the information required to pass the test. I think the book is a good value - it includes a free introductory-level FrontPage training CD. But some readers will need to take additional FrontPage training to prepare them to pass the FrontPage MCP exam.

The sample tests in the book and the online exam cover the material in the test, but cannot duplicate the exact interactive format of the exam itself. Finally, as other readers have noted, my Web site provides many additional helpful resources for passing the exam including a forum for exchanging experiences.

Readers who are already experts at FrontPage seem to find the book very helpful in preparing for the sometimes strange and obscure skills required for the exam. For other FrontPage developers preparing for the exam, a book like Teach Yourself FrontPage 98 in a Week is a better place to start.

There are many resources for preparing for the FrontPage MCP exam, and used in that context I think my book is valuable.

Note: I included stars in this posting only because an entry in that field is required to post a review.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, March 14, 2000

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Matthew R. Sayers - See all my reviews

This review is from: MCSD: Designing and Implementing Web Sites Using Microsoft FrontPage 98 (Hardcover)

I found this book to be very,very reader friendly. Especially if you are familiar with Front Page.I feel very confident that I will pass the MCP Course. If you have never used Front Page however, and plan on using it as your Site Management tool, I would recommend getting the Front Page Bible 98 along with this book to give you some more creative & developement methods for Front Page. I would also recommend, if your not familiar with Front Page already, that you take the 'Study Break' questions he has seriously and work through them until you have an understanding of the material. All in all, David did a great job. Hope this review helps and good luck with the test if you are headed in that direction.