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Summary: On the contrary Mike
Review: "I consider myself an expert on FrontPage, having been involved with it since its Vermeer roots and the developer of numerous FrontPage components and add-ins, but this book has taught me a thing or two."I have never met any experts on FP 2003 a week after the program came out. If you are an expert, why do you need this book?
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Summary: Not too good...
Review: As an experienced Frontpage user I was looking for lots of info on new Frontpage 2003 features that would show how "great" this new release is according to the hype I've heard... Anyway, this book doesn't even acknowledge the existence of Windows Server 2003 and really offers very little (if any) info on the integration of ASP.NET into Frontpage 2003 websites. Basically, I'd say this is for new users - not advanced users. Even for new users - I didn't find it particularly well organized at all. I get the impression it was rushed to print.
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Summary: The best FrontPage 2003 Reference Book out there!!
Review: I can't say enough about Jim's book. I have both FrontPage 2003 Inside/Out and FrontPage 2003 Special Edition and if you only have monies to purchase one, FrontPage 2003 Inside/Out is the best. I consider myself an expert on FrontPage, having been involved with it since its Vermeer roots and the developer of numerous FrontPage components and add-ins, but this book has taught me a thing or two. It covers the full spectrum of FrontPage 2003 design yet it is laid out so that the novice can jump right in and be productive. But that is not the end, as your skills increase this book will be right there on your refrence shelf to help you go to that next stage. This is "The Book" for FrontPage 2003 web design. Well done, Jim!
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Summary: FrontPage 2003 Review
Review: I found this book very helpful. I am new to web design (fairly large amount of prior computer experience) and have found that with your book, I have been able to get up and running very quickly in FrontPage. I am well on my way to developing a website for my existing bricks and mortar business and a site for a new web-based business, all in a few days working between my other obligations. Thanks for a great product.
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Summary: Solid Tool for Learning Frontpage
Review: I have been pushing the envelope of FrontPage's capabilities for the past several years on my website, www.TrainingCity.com .
Over the years I have become very familiar with FrontPage. When a friend asked for a recommendation for a FrontPage book that could take a person from "beginner to expert" I looked at a number of possible texts.
After reviewing several I came to the conclusion that this text was the overall best book to buy and keep. It covers everything Frontpage can do and provides a very well written set of explanations and examples.
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Summary: Paid for Itself Immediately
Review: I judge all technical books based upon return on investment. If a book saves me time, that has value. I assess the value at $25 per hour of time saved, so I break even on a $50 book if I save 2 hours. I broke even on this book before I left the bookstore. I chose 5 topics, looked them up in the index, and read the reference. I learned something new and useful on 2 out of the 5 topics, enough so that I immediately was able to accomplish a task that had stumped me. I looked at four other books while I was in the store and none addressed my 5 topics. I've had the book for a week and it's helped me move along on many other issues. Before I had the book, I was using online help, Microsoft's materials at the FrontPage site, and other sites around the Web, none of which helped. 'Inside Out' is a winner.
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Summary: Inside Out? Not really.
Review: I just bought this book about a week ago with the Frontpage 2003 I bought. Tell you the truth, besides some of the little toys plug-in come with, there's really not that many difference. This book is for beginners only. More than 4/5 of the book is talking about inserting pictures, music...etc. Basically it talks about the thing that is self explained already or you can just use "help" in the program to figure out.
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Summary: Not for a Novice
Review: The book is disjointed. The early section tries to explain FrontPage 2003 contrasting it with earlier versions. Because the changes are here and there, this section is incoherent. Later sections work better but the big picture is missing. Not a book for a beginner learning to use FrontPage. FrontPage on the other hand is relatively intuitive building on menu and file structures learned in Word. It is a powerful, useful, program. The book is throughly written just too many purposes. I would have been better served by a structure that started with here is a web page -- you can do it five ways, here is the quickest...
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Summary: lots of Infromation but very little knowledge
Review: This book could be the most expensive doorstop I ever bought. The Aurthur is probably a very competent programmer, but he is a horrible author. My wife bought me this book and she thought it would be helpful because it had lots of pictures, but it turns out the pictures were merely screen shots of dialog boxes. I guess the best way to catergorize this book is this: There is a lot of information in this book, but very little knowledge.
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Summary: lots of Infromation but very little knowledge
Review: This book could be the most expensive doorstop I ever bought. The Aurthur is probably a very competent programmer, but he is a horrible author. My wife bought me this book and she thought it would be helpful because it had lots of pictures, but it turns out the pictures were merely screen shots of dialog boxes. I guess the best way to catergorize this book is this: There is a lot of information in this book, but very little knowledge.
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