FrontPage 2000 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) (Paperback)

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Microsoft FrontPage 2000 insulates its users from needing to know many details of Web page markup and technologies, but that hardly means it's totally intuitive. In FrontPage 2000 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, Nolan Hester tells you what you need to know about using FrontPage to construct Web sites. He goes beyond the basics of page layout to cover form interfaces, database connectivity, and development of large sites by a networked team. Further, he extends his coverage beyond the merely technical, offering some design advice that should help the novice developer build Web sites that are attractive and stylish while at the same time easy to use.

The Visual QuickStart Guide format gained fame with Elizabeth Castro's HTML books. The format uses illustrations to great effect, placing lots of them adjacent to sequential instructions that explain how to accomplish specific goals (such as changing image contrast and creating a page from a template). Though the format doesn't leave as much room as other books allow for commentary and background information (and it's not as adept at explaining unexpected events), it leaves little doubt about what you need to do to get the effects you want. If FrontPage 2000 is your Web development tool and you have little idea of how to use it, you'll be happy with this guide. --David Wall

Topics covered: The elementary and advanced capabilities of Microsoft FrontPage 2000. Basic coverage includes templates, text, images, links, and tables, while deeper coverage includes banner ads, frames, forms, style sheets, and database connectivity. You'll find this book useful as an explanation of FrontPage Express, as well, since that program has a subset of FrontPage 2000's capabilities.

Product Description

Thousands of people have experienced the accomplishment of building their first Web page with the help of Microsoft FrontPage. If you're one of them or would like to be, FrontPage 2000 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide is the ticket to a professional-looking, well managed site using the latest version of the leading WYSIWYG Web package.

Seasoned FrontPage users can take advantage of the book's clearly tabbed format and go straight to concise explanations of the newest features, including improved security, intranet, and site management capabilities. Novices can start at the beginning and follow the clearly illustrated step-by-step instructions on how to build all types of sites. Even if you have no Web experience, with FrontPage 2000 for Windows: VQS, you'll be creating polished Web pages in no time.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1st edition (September 24, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201354578
• ISBN-13: 978-0201354577
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,680,671 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for beginners or as a quick refrence guide, June 2, 2000

By	Paul Jones (Kansas City, Missouri) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was very impressed with this book. It was the text book for my front page class and it had to be the easiest to use. And it doesn't have those stupid long tutorials. Mr. Hester makes it easy to get out of the book what you want. The only problems I had were with Front Page itself. My class found over 30 bugs in the software.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Publishing Pronto, August 23, 2000

By	P. Sedun (Vancouver, B.C.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Frontpage is a simple yet practical program - and the same could be said for this book. It's perfect if you want to get a simple webpage online in a matter of hours. It covers the features of the program for easy reference in the order you choose to learn them. This is my second "Visual Quickstart Guide" and I plan to buy many more - there is no easier/faster way to learn the basics of a computer program than these excellent, concise books.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For Beginners Only, May 13, 2001

By	Eric Anson (Tucson, AZ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am hard-pressed in how to rate this book. In terms of usefulness for me, this would rate one star. Others, however, may get a lot more out of it. This book basically takes you through all the menu items of Frontpage 2000. It does this well. The writing is clear and the book well illustrated. On the other hand, there is no information here you couldn't get through experimentation and using the online help. If you are uncomfortable with computers and want to learn to use Frontpage to do simple web pages, this might be a good book for you. If, however, you know a lot about computers but are new to Frontpage, you will probably find this book to be a waste of time and money.