Running Microsoft FrontPage 2000 [With *]

I keep reading these negative reviews on this book and I am astounded to hear so many complaints. I have three 800+ page books on FrontPage and this is by far the best. Several times I have needed to look for help on specifc matters and it never fails...the best and most comprehensive information is in this book. Now, let me say that if you are new to FrontPage, do not waste your time with this book. You will hate it. It will truly make your head spin. It is not written to help you understand FP, rather is is written in a way that assumes that you are an experienced user. That said, there are a few things that this book chooses to leave out but for 99% of you out there using FP, this book is a reference to all your ever need. Notice I said reference. After you've worked with FP for a few months or a few years, you are going to want to be able to get at the nuts and bolts of what it can do. You aren't going to want someone explaining what a table is as though you are in first grade. If that sounds like you then this is the book for you. I love this book so much that my other FP books never get used. This is my reference material and it does the job every time.

I have been pleased with Jim Buyens work and this perfect refrence book is no execption. It is definely not for everyone. It is a refrence book, and is definetly not for beginners. Get FrontPage 2000 Step-by-Step for that. But it serves as a great refrence source. Keep up the good work!

I purchased this book in the hope of learning how to use FrontPage 2000 - this was a mistake. Running Microsoft FrontPage 2000 is a reference book and not a learning tool. It is concise and comprehensive but not a starting point for beginners. When you understand FrontPage 2000 this book is an excellent reference vehicle for further exploration.

I have been using FrontPage since version 97. This new 2000 version is a huge improvement over the past versions. It is robust and versatile. That is, if you know how to use it. This book will teach you how, if you read and re-read it, cover to cover.What is so deceiving about the marketing of this program is how Microsoft promotes it's simplicity and how it caters to the beginner and do-it-yourselfer. Yes, FrontPage can easily create your website through the use of Themes, shared borders, navigation and the like. But it is so much more powerful than that. "Running Front Page 2000" will educate you on how to utilize that power.I am a professional website developer. It's what I do for a living and have now for almost 3 years. I use FrontPage 2000 as my tool to create my work (along with Image Composer). But I do not use many of the tools that people buy FP2K for; you can make use of the "training wheels" or you can take them off and create some serious work.FP2K can actually write HTML code the way you would write it by hand. This book will show you how to do that. FP2K is also sophisticated enough to write code for a specific browser, or write code for a broader audience. And the database connection tools within FP2K are very powerful! "Running FrontPage 2000" goes into detail about maximizing the use of database connections.I especially appreciated the depth the author reviewed the use of color when creating websites. From the looks of many websites out there, many, many web developers could use a real education on the use of color! Presentation matters! Of course, so does content. But I don't care if you have the best content on the planet, pink text on a black background with multiple spinning GIF files is going to make your content very difficult to tolerate.In all, I feel that the author has presented a well rounded reference book about this most powerful program. No, this book will not please everybody; but then, what book ever does? But if you desire to gain the maximum benefit of FrontPage 2000, you cannot go wrong by having this book in your library. Considering the education you will gain versus the price you pay, it's a steal!

I read Buyens'earlier FP-98 cover-to-cover to learn FP-98, and then got the FP-2000 version at that product's introduction. The books are quite similar with 2000 containing all the new features of the FP-2000 product, plus some additional development in a few areas. I have been very happy with both books. I used the first to learn FrontPage, and now the second as a good reference. Few texts can be used for such cross purposes like this one can. The material has a good layout and pleasing presentation, although it is not a "slick-page" book. It is neither a "for Dummies" book, as it is written in an intelligent and engaging style. It has a well-developed Table of Contents and extensive index for finding what you want. "Tables" are arguably the most important aspect of a Web page and the chapter on tables is particularly good. When I was finished, I really understood tables and now I use FP to just create the outline of complex multi-table tables, but then use HTML mode to go in and put them together. RUNNING showed me how to do that, by several examples in the book.The CD is good in that a lot of what was covered in the book is available without re-typing it in. I thought that more could have been made of this resource. Small complaint, and Buyens' book is still the best of the lot.