Product Description

A few years ago, geeks, academics, and soda–fueled computer jocks populated the Internet. Today, everyone – from CEOs to seventh–grade students to weekend technology fiends – wants to get online. And people don’t just want to surf. They each want to carve out a unique personal space: They want a Web site.

Until recently, only the technically gifted and artistically inclined attempted to publish sites on the Web. Not anymore. FrontPage 2000 brings new ease to Web publishing. Without any knowledge of HTML (the language used to create Web pages), you can use FrontPage to build and manage a beautiful and sophisticated Web site, complete with exciting effects you see on those other sites. FrontPage 2000 For Dummies introduces you to the ins and outs of online design, while sharing expert insight into ways to

• Tweak your text
• Make things happen with hyperlinks
• Add pictures and graphics to your pages
• Create an image map
• Work with themes
• Launch your page into the big, wide Internet world

Whether you′re a beginner building your first family Web page or a professional designer looking to polish certain aspects of your site, FrontPage 2000 For Dummies will put you in the driver′s seat in a race through cyberspace. Expect to discover how to

• Create Web pages that incorporate text, graphics, hyperlinks, image maps, tables, and multimedia.
• Add creative fonts, lists, symbols, borders and shading, comments, and user forms to your Web pages.
• Take advantage of FrontPage 2000′s integration with Office 2000.
• Maintain and update your Web site using FrontPage 2000.
• Use all the features of FrontPage to keep your site looking and feeling brand–spanking fresh and new.

With so many people jumping on the Web publishing bandwagon, you can easily feel like you’ve been left in the dust. If you’re edging your way into the Internet Age (or being dragged in, kicking and screaming, by your employer or your kids), you’re in for a pleasant surprise: Creating your own Web site with FrontPage 2000 is easy and fun with FrontPage 2000 For Dummies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #313802 in Books
• Published on: 1999-05-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 408 pages

From the Back Cover
Feeling a bit trampled in the stampede to get online? Catch the cutting edge in Web-authoring software with Microsoft's FrontPage 2000. You'll find fast and friendly help in FrontPage 2000 For Dummies by Asha Dornfest, who also wrote the book on the software giants last online outing, FrontPage 98 For Dummies.

Whether you're just starting out with a family Web page or tackling huge online projects as a professional designer, FrontPage 2000 For Dummies delivers the know-how you need to make your Web pages sparkle and shine. Create Web pages that incorporate text, graphics, hyperlinks, image maps, tables, and multimedia. Add creative fonts, lists, symbols, borders and shading, comments, and interactive forms to your Web pages. Design more dynamic Web pages with expert tips, and use all the newest features and Wizards in FrontPage 2000 to keep your site running smoothly and efficiently.

Plus, now take advantage of integrating data from other Office 2000 software -- Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint -- quickly and easily into your Web pages, and maintain your entire site with the great site-management tools that make FrontPage a first choice among Web designers. A CD-ROM that comes with this book also includes two bonus chapters, a handful of custom-designed Web page templates, and a slew of Internet tools and utilities to make your online time even more productive.

About the Author
On her first day of college, Asha Dornfest took a bold step: She replaced her broken typewriter with a PC.
Asha did not consider herself a geek; her computer was simply a tool to help her write papers and reports. But by her senior year, she had defended her clunky PC against so many insults from Mac–loving roommates that she came to regard her computer with a sense of kinship.
After graduation, Asha trudged into the real world with a liberal arts degree and strong computer skills. (Which do you think got her a job?) She soon realized that she enjoyed showing people how computers could simplify their lives, when the things weren′t making life more difficult, that is.
In 1994, Asha discovered the Internet. Soon after, she and her husband Rael started a Web design business in their dining room and began hawking their electronic wares. Mind you, this venture began during the Web–publishing Stone Age; many people had never even heard of the World Wide Web. A savvy friend quipped that ...For Dummies books about Web publishing may one day hit the shelves. Asha scoffed.
Today, Asha writes and teaches classes about Web publishing and other Internet–related topics. She welcomes visitors to her virtual home at www.ashaland.com.

Customer Reviews

Too slow. . . .
'For Dummies' books. Bought by millions (or so the cover says). If you are completely new to the web and Windows in general for that matter, then this is the book for you. If on the other hand you would rather open up the book and within the first few pages, be creating at least some sort of framework to a website, then I really would not recommend this book. I found it explaining the smallest of things to an extent that by the beginning of Chapter 3 I found myself desperately jumping entire chapters to get some sort of 'reward' for all of the reading that I was doing. The simple fact is that reading explanations on what the 'undo' button is for and how to make your text italic becomes mind numbingly boring if you are an 'everyday' Windows user. Lots of writing, few examples.

Most Excellent!
If you are a neophyte to web design or, if you just need a handy reference -- this book is a must. I created my site without this book using the MS Premium 2000 manual - I would not recommend this route - even though successful, life would have been so, so much easier with this wonderful book. It is my first taste of 'Dummies' but if they are all this good it won't be my last. Tremendous value, a great buy.

One of the best books I have ever read.
If you wish to learn Frontpage, then this is the book for you. The best £20.00 I have ever spent. I have spent many a hour reading this book and I am not ashamed to admit it. Shame about the CD included in the book because it is a complete waste of time.