Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Unleashed, w. CD-ROM (Paperback)

~ William B. Stanek (Author)

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Product Description

FrontPage 2000 Unleashed is a completely revised edition of the top selling FrontPage book, Microsoft FrontPage 98 Unleashed. The book is designed to be the most comprehensive guide to FrontPage 2000 on the market and inside its covers, you'll find 61 chapters and nearly 1,000 pages--all packed with useful information, tips and advice. Author William Stanek is a leading author and educator in the FrontPage community.

About the Author

William R. Stanek ([e-mail]) is currently a Systems Manager / Managing Webmaster for Intel Corporation's e-commerce division. He has a Master of Science degree in information systems and more than a decade of hands-on experience with advanced programming and development. He is a leading network technology expert and an award-winning author. Over the years, his practical advice has helped Web publishers, programmers and developers all over the world. He is also a regular contributor to leading publications like PC Magazine, where you'll often find his work in the "PC Tech" section.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1132 pages
• Publisher: Sams; Pap/Cdr edition (September 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672316757
• ISBN-13: 978-0672316753
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,652,695 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

64 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The show-how is always better than the tell-all!, September 24, 1999

By A Customer

We have purchased a couple of other FP2000 books (most notably the ones from Microsoft Press) and none compare to FP2000 Unleashed. Rather than just discussing each feature in the software (as Microsoft Press' book does), FP2000 Unleashed walks the reader through hard-to-grasp concepts like ASP programming and database connectivity.

Our knowledge in terms of these subjects is limited, but FP2000 Unleashed has helped immensely in showing us how to set up an online database that connects using ODBC technolgy and active server pages (which was all Greek to us before we received the FP2000 Unleashed book).

The important thing to know about this book: It walks the reader through the processes. It doesn't waste time explaning what every little nook and cranny does. It simply lets the reader figure that out by walking the reader through many difficult tasks.

Bravo, Unleashed!

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Complete, Yet Shallow...?, January 22, 2000

By	Michael P. Davis "DigitalSage" (Oklahoma, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the second "Unleashed" Book that I have purchased, and I find them useful, but choppy. The chapters have different authors, and the continuity suffers from this treatment.

Each chapter gives a complete overview of the subject it covers. The key phrase here is "complete overview", as the in-depth detail that many of the new features of FP 2000 has over its predecessors is not there.

This is a good overview of FP 2000 for the intermediate user who has used other versions of FP. I would recommend that beginners or advanced users look elsewhere. If you are looking for detailed descriptions or examples of FP 2000's new features, look elsewhere. If you plan on using database integration, ASP, DHTML or CSS and you buy this book -- budget to buy at least one more book to cover these advanced features.

In sum, I feel this is a good book for a book report about FP 2000 for a high school class; as a "hands-on" guide for real users, this book is not it.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent choice for serious FP users, September 3, 1999

By A Customer

I've been using FP for a while and needed something beyond the basic step by step. This book gives you the goods if your're serious about FrontPage.

I especially like the sections on working with scripts, database stuff, and ASP. It's hard to find good info on these in FP books that talk to newbies.