Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series) [Paperback]

Martin Matthews (Author), Carole Matthews (Author), Erik Poulsen (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0072229403 | ISBN-13: 978-0072229400 | Publication Date: October 16, 2003 | Edition: 1

Create and manage professional-quality Web sites with help from this comprehensive resource. Learn to use this popular Web authoring tool to build a simple Web site from scratch, or design and manage a complicated e-commerce site using the latest tools, processes, and features.

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The Most Comprehensive Resource Available on Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003

Learn to use FrontPage to create and maintain a presence on the Web for your business, group, organization, family, or even for yourself. Discover what goes into a quality Web site, how to design one, and how to apply all the tools and components of FrontPage. This detailed guide will take you through all the steps necessary to build a Web presence from scratch or get assistance from wizards, themes, and templates. Plus, create your own Web application--from initial design to placing your content on a Web server where it can be accessed by anyone.

• Plan and construct professional Web sites--even without any programming skills
• Use templates and forms to streamline Web design and site architecture
• Automate functions with FrontPage components
• Create sophisticated sites with tables, frames, and forms
• Share data between Office applications
• Implement Internet security features to protect visitor privacy and guard your site
• Create full Web applications with Web scripting and ASP.NET
• Tie a database to a Web site and use it to make custom pages
• Publish and promote your Web site
• Get results out of this multifaceted application quickly

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Martin S. Matthews has more than 40 years of computing experience and has been writing books about computers for more than 20 years. Along with Erik Poulsen, he co-authored the previous three editions of this book.

Carole B. Matthews has more than 30 years of computing experience and has been writing computer books for more than 20 years. She has written books on her own and has co-authored several with Martin.

Erik B. Poulsen has contributed to or co-authored a dozen books on computers and applications. He has worked with the Internet since before the existence of the World Wide Web, and is a Webmaster and developer.

About the Author

Martin S. Matthews (Freeland, WA) has over 30 years of computing experience. Marty has also held management and executive-level positions in several companies. He has been both a company president of a 45-person firm for six years and a vice president of finance at a 500-person firm for seven years. In these positions Marty could see the need for and use of the end products of computing. Marty has been writing computer-related books for more than 15 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 800 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (October 16, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072229403
• ISBN-13: 978-0072229400
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,231,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Little Coverage of New 2003 Features, December 21, 2003

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Dr. Richard (Virginia USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series) (Paperback)

I was dissapointed with this book because it really doesn't document or explain many of the new features in Frontpage 2003 --particularly the database and Windows 2003 Server Sharepoint Services capabilities. The chapter on forms does not explain how to integrate the form with a database, giving the excuse to see a later chapter. The later chapter on databases then states that most database features are out of scope of the book. How about starting with some basic coverage of how to setup Frontpage 2003 to work with sharepoint team services? If you don't do it right, you simply get an error message from Frontpage stating that these features don't work because one has to have a server. I got the distinct impression that the authors have never really used Frontpage 2003, wrote most of the content based on earlier versions of Frontpage, and relied too much on Microsoft's skimpy Frontpage 2003 documentation for the new features.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too Complicated, September 4, 2005

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This review is from: Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series) (Paperback)

This book is too complicated for someone that just wants to get started with Frontpage.

5.0 out of 5 stars Love these 'complete" reference guides., May 24, 2010

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This review is from: Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series) (Paperback)

These are just be best, most clearly organized books!. Self taught Frontpage, designed over 11 websites by using this book.