Microsoft FrontPage 2000 with PhotoDraw 2.0 [Old Version]

by Microsoft

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004NHNC
• Item model number: 392-00895
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,922 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #90 in Software > Web Development > Web Page Editors > WYSIWYG
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Microsoft FrontPage 2000 packaged with Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 2.0 is a Web and graphics suite that gives users everything they need to create and manage dynamic, professional-looking Web sites with ease. The Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Web site creation and management tool allows users to create content exactly the way they want, makes it easy to update Web sites, and works great with Microsoft Office to save users time. Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 2.0 combines easy-to-use image-editing and drawing tools in a single powerful program to enable business users to create professional-looking graphics for their Web pages, printed documents, and presentations.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

103 of 107 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Inexpensive Web creation bundle isn't the best, May 18, 2000

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John Harris Stevenson "tranquileye" (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft FrontPage 2000 with PhotoDraw 2.0 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

The big plus of the FrontPage/PhotoDraw bundle is the price. This is one of the least expensive Web design suites. Unfortunately, it is far from the best.

While priced for the lower end of the market, FrontPage/PhotoDraw is really competing with higher-end tools from Adobe and Macromedia. Head-to-head, the Microsoft bundle does not fair that well, and I've written a separate review of Front Page elsewhere on the site which details some of its problems. Instead, I recommend some combination of Macromedia Dreamweaver or Adobe GoLive for page creation, and Macromedia Fireworks or Adobe Photoshop for images. While more expensive than the Front Page bundle, the Adobe and Macromedia products go beyond facilitating page editing and site management to actually be inspirational, creative tools.

If you are just starting out, it's best to get your feet wet with free and shareware tools, and there are quite a few good ones. These include Netscape Composer, Namo WebEditor, and even FrontPage Express. There are several good HTML text editors as well, including HotMetal and Allaire Homesite. For editing, Paint Shop Pro is very good. You might find that you never have to move beyond these excellent and inexpensive page creation tools.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Professional hassle-free Web creation tools, October 13, 2000

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scherf.com "scherf.com" (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft FrontPage 2000 with PhotoDraw 2.0 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

This is an excellent combination for the professional and hobby Web designer. FrontPage 2000 is so easy to use, even my 11-year old can now design professionally looking Websites. And there are so many features within FP and all of them are easy to implement. While with other programs it may take hours and lots of code knowledge, in the case of FrontPage it's click and paste and you can do the work in minutes and it's actually fun. Sure, there are some limitations, but other software can cost a multiple of this Microsoft package and with these other software packages usually you have to learn Html code, etc. and these are not as efficient as FrontPage. Overall, FrontPage offers a lot of possibilities and if you integrate PhotoDraw it expands your creative possibilities even further. At first I didn't like PhotoDraw that much as I was used to Adobe applications, but as I learned to use PhotoDraw I figured out many of the features and it was fairly easy to create exciting graphics. PhotoDraw allows you to create animated Gifs, rollover effects and it has also a number of Web graphics that can be specified to your own liking. While new users may have to get used to PhotoDraw, once the basic steps and features are understood, which is not that difficult to learn, PhotoDraw becomes a fun tool and in the combination with FrontPage your graphics will shine as an excellent application on your Website. People always ask me how we created this feature and that effect, and with other software it would take a long time to write all this code, but with FrontPage and PhotoDraw it can be done in minutes and in a snap. You may also want to buy a few books to learn both programs with its more sophisticated applications more quickly, which can be learned in a weekend.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great combination at a great price!, May 23, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft FrontPage 2000 with PhotoDraw 2.0 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

The combination of FrontPage and PhotoDraw is almost unbeatable. Sure, you can spend tons of money on more sophisticated packages and you can also spend a lot more time learning them. But if your goal is to get a site up and running quickly then this suite is the way to go.

As a web designer myself, most customers are happy with the results I give them using just these two packages alone. I would recommend some good books to go with them but this package is worth the money.