Others say...

"Complete is an understatement"
Complete is an understatement for this book. Not only will it teach you how to use MIcrosoft Frontpage2000, it will give a quick introduction to HTML and XML. Only two real complaints with this book. Chapter 1 seems a hodepodge of things about the program and web pages in general; even as an introduction it is a mess. The index seems almost too concise and all too often I find myself leafing through chapters trying to find the answer I need.

"Lacking in some key areas"
I'm a beginning user of Front Page 2000, and was having some problems filling in the gaps of Microsoft's official publications, so I bought this book. While somewhat comprehensive, there are some key areas that are lacking.

1. There is no section, and virtually no mention of cross-browser compatibility. This was a significant problem I was having, as my pages looked fine to me, but AOL & Netscape users were seeing crazy fonts, strange tables, etc. This book assumes that everyone uses Internet Explorer.

2. It just skims the surface of the intricacies of using tables, which are used extensively in web pages.

3. I found the format somewhat annoying, in that anytime you looked up a feature, instead of just explaining how it works in detail, it makes you build a web page using that feature in order to see it. This is very time consuming when you're just looking for simple answers.

4. The "Free CD of software" is pretty much worthless. All it contains is free and shareware easily found on the web, and in more currrent versions.

5. Some simple things are just simply missing. I wanted to know how to make thumbnails of my photos using Front Page's auto-thumbnail feature. I could find no mention of this anywhere in the index or TOC. It may be in this thick volume somewhere, but I could never find it.

It does contain a ton of information, just not as "Complete" a reference as I would have hoped.

"Complete & Then Some"
This book is packed with inside information. A great resource for the novice as well as the professional. Well worth the money.

"Personal Web Server Woes"
OK, so the book doesn't really deserve a 3. I just wanted to vent. Is it just me, or did anyone else find the (non)treatment of how Personal Web Server works maddening. The authors state that they assume throughout the book that the reader will have PWS running. Fair enough...but how about a little more detail on how to make that happen! At least a mention somewhere, anywhere, that the Front Page Server Extensions need to be installed on PWS (that setup doesn't handle that little detail) would have been helpful! I spent 2 hours on the Microsoft web trying to figure that one out. And maybe just a few words on how PWS behaves, what web folders really are, all that basic stuff. Anyway, I hope the remaining 800 pages are a litlle more "newbie" friendly.

"Incredibly useful"
I had built a number of web sites using native HTML and one using FP2000 intuitively, without any books to follow. My impression of FP2000 at that time was that it was a little bit like Geocities -- quick and dirty, easy templates, that's it.

Then, a client insisted that I build his business site using FP2000. At that point, I bought this book and started using it. The book was a MAJOR eye-opener about the capabilities of FP2000, and I was like a kid in a candy store while building that site -- largely because of this book!

The book is easy to read (I actually read it cover-to-cover, all 930 pages), although there is definitely a major jump in difficulty when the section on ASP begins.

There's no doubt in my mind that this book is worth every one of the five stars I awarded it. The places where I had minor problems with it were trivial compared with the help it offered. To show how trivial they were, here were my MAJOR problems with the book: (1)I found the discussions of IP addressing (127.0.0.n and 10.0.0.n on pages 815 and 891) somewhat contradictory. (2)I use a lot of Adobe Acrobat stuff on my sites, and was disappointed not to see even an index entry for that extremely common medium. In fact, it would have been nice if they had acknowledged more of the sources of content that many, many people use -- like Paint Shop Pro. (3) It was a little annoying that all books recommended for further reading were those published by McGraw Hill -- even when a book published by, say, O'Reilly is THE authoritative book on a subject. (However, that's typically not the author's fault, usually it's the fault of a publisher who gets a little greedy.)

Summary: if you're thinking about building a web site in FP2000, you should get this book. If you build web sites and you think FP2000 isn't worth considering for building serious web sites, you REALLY should get this book. The book, and my experience with it, actually convinced me to convert some of the native HTML sites I built and still maintain to FP2000 to make the maintenance task easier.

  

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"Poorly produced volume", This book appears to be fairly comprehensive and easy to understand. Unfortunately, the publisher seems to have cut corners on the binding. I have tried two different copies and with each copy pages started falling out after very little use. If you are looking for a reference book, be aware that this Osborne publication is likely to fall apart before you have finished your first web site.

"Best Available", I couldn't give this book a 5 because I found some things missing, and describing almost everything from a personal web server standpoint isn't helpful to people with disk based Webs. I do, however, consider it to be the best one that I've read, and I've been through quite a few.

The information that they provided on Meta tags and site submission I could not find in any other FrontPage book, only in books dealing entirely with HTML. I think this info alone makes it worth buying, especially for a novice. For the more advanced people, the Java and related info was very good.

This book, along with Running FrontPage 2000, and the Getting Started manual that comes with FrontPage should be about all you need.

"Tough book to rate", If you are truly just buying it to learn to use FP, I suppose the book deserves more than a 1. If you got conned into thinking that you might learn even one iota of ASP or Database Connectivity from these two HORRIBLE chapters, you would give it less than a one. As for the FP stuff, it does cover almost all the features, but seldom gets into the nitty gritty, so after you learn FP from a surface point of view, this book is practically useless. This is hardly a good reference book.

"In-depth, very helpful", Showed me things about Frontpage I never knew, and got me cranking out web pages they way I finally wanted them to look. I won't give it 5 stars because the book got wordy at times and rambled on a bit on some topics, but overall you'll learn a great deal.

"Best reference for MSFP I have come across", I've used FP since 1997. Each year I have purchased at least one reference book to help me optimize the product features. Most of the time, these books end up on my shelf because the instructions are more like stereo instructions. This book is one that I refer to regularly AND plan to purchase subsequent editions of. Directions are easy to follow and it is organized and indexed so that items are easy to find. The page layout is clear and clean. I would recommend this product to any level user of MSFP.



 
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"One of the best books for FrontPage 2000", I bought this book on the recommendation of a friend and I must say that in most respects he was right. I have used this book for about six months and I have to say that it has served me well all this time. The book does a great job at explaining clearly and concisely all the steps and other related information about FrontPage. I would not only recommend this book for beginners but also for advanced user that needs in-depth information to create advanced web sites in FrontPage. It has been a very useful resource that I would recommend for anyone that is looking a reference book for Microsoft FrontPage.

"Absolute Must Have", Although FrontPage comes with a very good tutorial, the tutorial alone will not be enough to teach you much past using shared borders and themes and how to add links.

This book is definitely the next step - perfect for someone who wants to build more than just the generic homepage with a few graphics and links. This book touches on effective design, spends considerable time on how to use Microsoft Image Composer to make your own graphics and breezes through using Microsoft PhotoDraw to make buttons and bars. It covers how to design with and use tables and frames and how to tie a database to your web site. And this is just the beginning.

From what I can tell so far, it also gives me enough information to help me make intelligent decisions about what I need out of a web server and other higher level functions. It even covers multiple ways to perform the same functions like adding advertising and contrasts the pros and cons. In the example of adding advertising, it shows you how to use the ASP Ad Rotator Component and then how to use the built in FrontPage Banner Ad Manager to do the same thing. It even goes into Java a little and tells you where you can download toolkits to build your own applets. It even tells you how to create your own RealAudio Files and discusses building e-commerce sites.

This is possibly one of the best resource books I have ever purchased and highly recommend this to anyone who needs to find answers quickly.

"Great reference book", I recommend the book to a hands-on, with some previous experience individual. This is nor a introductory course (so don't really take the selling pitch " The only book you need..." at face value), neither a book at the high end of details, but what a reference book should be. Good overview of Internet standards, and then a logical step by step guide through the development "bells" for a site. Brief (and that's the word) intro on ASP and Active X. There are other better books that will take you from here on these technologies. Overall, good value.

"FrontPage 2000: The Almost Complete Reference", FrontPage 2000: The Complete Reference is one of the better FrontPage book I have come across, the reason for an average rating is that the book has holes with in it. It presumes that everything is configured correctly, Personal Web Server, Server Extensions, etc If the book covered possible solutions to common problems it would be better. The only other gripe I had way the use of the words "relatively simple process" when it was not.

"Great for building websites", This is an excellent book. I used the information to create my nature photography website OGphoto.com . I highly recommend it.

  
 
 

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