FrontPage 2003 (The Missing Manual)

FrontPage 2003 (The Missing Manual)
by Jessica Mantaro

FrontPage 2003 (The Missing Manual)
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Author: Jessica Mantaro
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08-25
ISBN: 059600950X
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Book Reviews of FrontPage 2003 (The Missing Manual)

Book Review: One of the best available for Dreamweaver
Summary: 5 Stars

With the caveat that I am still wading through the early chapters,I bought this book based on the favorable reviews of others here. I haven't been disappointed.

I will say that it is very comphrensive. Most of the publications from O'Reilly seem to be good and usable.

Usable because I have bought some manuals in the past from other publishers that are close to worthless. The cynical side of me wonders if some publishers pay the authors by the word with no regard to content.

After all, how many 300-400 page manuals are out there promising the user to "simplify" the understanding of the application?

This book, while on the large side (normal as manuals go), seems to be full of meat with no useless fluff.


One thing I would like a manual to have - and I do not believe any exist - is to give the reader a **macro** level view of the software then go into the **micro*** levels. Most all start at the micro levels taking you from chapter to chapter.

This book has you from the beginning building a practice website so I suppose one could say that approaches a macro level -

What I would like to see is a chapter devoted to the various sections of the Dreamweaver application - which is huge.

I thought it laughable that while Adobe let me download a 65 MB 30 day trial version with NO documentation (which was nice - don't think I am ungrateful) - I tried some of their on-line tutorials and the few I tried "assumed" one knew all the web jargon.

Back to the book - I think it is one of the best manuals out there on this application - and as the title on all of these "Missing Manual" series allude, it is the manual that should have come with the software.

If I were to write a manual I think I would have a monster index with a "what do you want to do" section - took me 3 days to learn that Dreamweaver doesn't create thumbnails as easily as Frontpage..

Or perhaps - to make this book perfect - include a CD - or offer on the web - a complete website sample with all the features they teach you. As you roll the cursor over these features they tell you (chapter) how do do them. That would make the book perfect.

This book does allow you to go onto the web and download files for the tutorial, which you use to help build your practice web site (which I am doing now).

I'll change my ranking from 4 stars to 5...

Summary of FrontPage 2003 (The Missing Manual)

In today's highly connected world, almost everybody has a web site, from local sewing circles to the world's largest corporations. If you're ready for one of your own, Microsoft's FrontPage 2003 has everything you need to create Web pages. It's true. Your geek friends may howl in contempt if you use FrontPage, but that's because the program has a reputation for spitting out cookie-cutter Web pages with messy, overloaded HTML code that takes forever to load. Not any more.

After listening to complaints, Microsoft has given FrontPage 2003 some pretty advanced features, including an HTML cleanup tool that helps alleviate bloated code, and new support for Macromedia Flash and XML. Now, savvy Web veterans can control as much of the process as they want, and even collaborate on a site with developers who use Dreamweaver, GoLive or other Web authoring tools. Yet, unlike those other tools, FrontPage 2003 still has automated features for beginners who don't know where to start.

There's still one flaw, though. Microsoft's idea of a user manual is a flimsy pamphlet. But that's easily solved. FrontPage 2003: The Missing Manual offers you everything from the basics to meaty sections on advanced tasks. Our book puts the program's features in context, with clear and thorough chapters that provide valuable shortcuts, workarounds, and just plain common sense, no matter where you weigh in on the technical scale. With it, you can learn to build simple Web pages, or sophisticated ones with tables and Cascading Style Sheets, and find out how to manage and publish a Web site. You'll also learn to create forms, work with databases, and integrate FrontPage with Microsoft Office.

If you haven't worked with Web pages before, each chapter provides "Up to Speed" sidebars with useful background information. If you do have experience, the "Power Users' Clinic" sidebars offer advanced tips and insights. You won't find tips like those in the pamphlet, or even in the Help file. FrontPage: The Missing Manual gives you the complete lowdown on the program above and beyond any book on the market.

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