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Summary: Master FrontPage and Advanced Web Publishing
Review: About the Author William R Stanek 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 programmers, developers, and network engineers 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 "Solutions" section. Recent articles include, "Easy Web Animations", "Bitmaps and Vectors: Web Graphics Evolve", "JavaScript-Powered Stylesheets", "Server-side JavaScript" and "SMIL: The New Web Format For Multimedia". The author served in the Persian Gulf War as a combat crew member on an electronic warfare aircraft. He flew on numerous combat missions into Iraq and was awarded nine medals for his wartime service, including one of the United States of America's highest flying honors, the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross. I believe practice makes perfect and that no one should ever teach a subject they don't know like the back of their hand. For the past three years, I've been building custom solutions with FrontPage for business clients and my own company. Currently, I maintain what is arguably one of the largest Web sites built entirely with FrontPage at CentralDrive.Com, which has over 5,000 pages of content. Building custom solutions with FrontPage has taught me a great deal about the product. I've learned shortcuts for getting things done quickly, more than a few secrets, and just as important what doesn't work as advertised. These hard won lessons are shared throughout the pages of FrontPage 2000 Unleashed, helping you achieve your goals with minimum fuss and maximum success. To give you maximum value as well, I don't spend a lot of time on the basics--a big difference from earlier editions of this book. Instead, I focus more on advanced techniques you'll use when developing, deploying and maintaining your Web site. Additionally, FrontPage 2000 is loaded with new features and with less coverage of the basics, I can focus more on these important features, which ensures users of previous versions of FrontPage don't have to wade through material they already know. So if you are wondering "What's new in this edition?", the answer is that just about everything is new. * I've put less emphasis on the basics. Only two "getting started" chapters (Chapters 1 and 2). If you are new to FrontPage read these chapters thoroughly. Otherwise, skim Chapter 1 to get a quick overview of FrontPage 2000's new features and then skip ahead to Chapter 3. * I've beefed up coverage of the essentials, like Web graphics, Web audio, Web video and interface design with frames. These core areas form the ground floor of the house upon which all your Web publishing knowledge builds. To learn the essentials read Chapters 3 - 6. * I've expanded coverage of the most powerful techniques used by professional designers to create world-class Web sites. You'll learn how to optimize GIF animations, how to use layering and absolute positioning, how to maximize the effectiveness of style sheets, how to build navigation systems, and a whole lot more. For professional design techniques, read chapters 7 - 13. * I've provided detailed coverage of how to integrate FrontPage with other programming and workshop environments. You'll learn how to create FrontPage COM objects in Visual Basic, how to build FrontPage controls in Visual InterDev, how to manage a web's source code in Visual SourceSafe, and how to use Office 2000 applications with FrontPage. For Office Integration, read Chapters 25 - 29. For other environments, read chapters 34 - 36. * I've focused more on essential administration tasks, like workspace management, report generation, multi-user authoring environments, customizing FrontPage, cross-browser and server compatibility, and more. For FrontPage administration, read chapters 41 - 45. * I've added over 200 pages on Web site and server administration, focussing on issues for Web publishers, Webmasters, and service providers. You'll now find comprehensive coverage of issues for both Windows and Unix--everything from installation of server extensions to potential publishing pitfalls to security. Look for special sections on integrating FrontPage with Internet Information Server, Internet Index Server, Apache and other leading server solutions in Chapters 46 - 54. But best of all, I've enlisted the help of a world-class team of industry experts as well. You will: * Learn about workgroups, reporting and more from Mark Ray. * Get expert advice on database connectivity from Craig Eddy, a leading advisor on database issues and contributor to Access 95 Unleashed, Access 97 Unleashed, Teach Yourself Access 97 in 24 Hours and many other top-selling books. * Learn terrific insights on working with ASP and ADO from Keith Leavitt, who also holds an MS in Electrical Engineering and has been in the field for many years. * Explore powerful FrontPage solutions for Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual InterDev with Jay Kottler, a programmer with over 15 years experience and contributor to great unleashed titles like Java Unleashed, Web Publishing Unleashed and Programming Windows 95 Unleashed. * Go the distance in VBScript, JavaScript, ActiveX, plug-ins and Java programming with Paul Colligan who is co-author of Using FrontPage 2000. * Learn Office 2000 tips and techniques from individual advisors. David Berry covers MS Word. Neal Jamison, MS Excel. David Gulbransen, MS Project. Jay Kottler, MS Access. * Get detailed down in the trenches coverage of Unix and Linux from Duane Hellums, a programmer/manager in the United States Air Force, and contributor to Unix-related magazines like Linux World. I truly hope FrontPage 2000 Unleashed provides the insights and expert advice you need to succeed with FrontPage
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Summary: Looks like it is in depth
Review: I am a professional ASP developer that plans to use FP 2000 for some of the initial web site development that I am doing. This book gives good coverage what FP 2000 will do. (I used FP 2000 step-by-step to get a quick intro to FP 2000 last month; it was a quick read, but did not go into much depth.)
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Summary: Looks like it is in depth
Review: I am a professional ASP developer that plans to use FP 2000 for some of the initial web site development that I am doing. This book gives good coverage what FP 2000 will do. (I used FP 2000 step-by-step to get a quick intro to FP 2000 last month; it was a quick read, but did not go into much depth.)
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Summary: Great guide for the intermediate
Review: I found this book to be a great guide to walk you through not only the beginning steps of creating great looking WebPages, but also the more advanced features including using CGI scripts and working with advanced graphics. I found this book to be a great reference guide also to help refresh my memory on what steps I had forgotten. I would highly recommend this book to any one at any level.
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Summary: Good reference book for the step above newbie.
Review: I've been building and maintaining websites for myself and volunteer organizations since FP version 1. I have used some simple CGI and Java scripts, but I haven't installed functional ASP or databasing yet, although I have tested them. Anybody going further than a 3-page family vanity site needs a book like this, but no one FP book gives all the answers. This is a very readable, well organized book that either provides sufficient detail to solve problems with all the standard and advanced FP menu options, or gives a sense of how more advanced plugins are supposed to work. This is a very useful book for me. Anyone at my intermediate level needs 3 beyond-newbie FP books, I reckon. This would be a good buy as one of the 3.
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Summary: Good reference book for the step above newbie.
Review: I've been building and maintaining websites for myself and volunteer organizations since FP version 1. I have used some simple CGI and Java scripts, but I haven't installed functional ASP or databasing yet, although I have tested them. Anybody going further than a 3-page family vanity site needs a book like this, but no one FP book gives all the answers. This is a very readable, well organized book that either provides sufficient detail to solve problems with all the standard and advanced FP menu options, or gives a sense of how more advanced plugins are supposed to work. This is a very useful book for me. Anyone at my intermediate level needs 3 beyond-newbie FP books, I reckon. This would be a good buy as one of the 3.
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Summary: Excellent choice for serious FP users
Review: 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.
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Summary: most comprehensive one I found so far
Review: most comprehensive book on frontpage 2000 I found so far.
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Summary: Good, but not as deep as I had hoped
Review: My hope was that this was going to be a book that would help me exploit FrontPage in unconventional ways. It isn't that. This is a good book for a beginner to intermediate user. It covers most topics, but it does so fairly lightly. It helped me in a few areas that I was weak on, but didn't propel me into being an advanced user. My Web sites are better for having read this book, but not a lot.
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: Okay so I took a chance and bought the book. I wasn't sure what to expect. The book sat on my shelf for a while then one day when I couldn't solve a problem I looked to the book for a solution--found it! Later in the day, I had another problem, looked to the book for a solution--found it again! I now use the book regularlly and have found it to have good depth and excellent coverage. I can't imagine working with FP2000 and not having this book.
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