| Microsoft's FrontPage 2003 has everything you need to create Web pages. 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. The book puts the program's features in context, with chapters that provide shortcuts, workarounds, & 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 & Cascading Style Sheets, and find out how to manage & publish a Web site. You'll also learn to create forms, work with databases, and integrate FrontPage with MS Office.
If you haven't worked with Web pages before, each chapter provides "Up to Speed" sidebars with background information. If you do have experience, the "Power Users' Clinic" sidebars offer advanced tips & insights. You won't find tips like those in the pamphlet, or even in the Help file. | |
