| 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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Published by: O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES