The Frontpage 97 Sourcebook: A Comprehensive Guide to Planning and Building Active Webs - Softcover

Brooks, Wayne F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471165050 ISBN 13: 9780471165057

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1997

Synopsis

FrontPage A new Microsoft product that enables users to create Web pages without doing any HTML programming. Bringing point-and-click ease to the creation of Web pages, FrontPage promises a revolution in the Web community. No longer will you need to master HTML code to put something on the Web. This introduction to FrontPage emphasizes the advanced features of the program and shows how to use its built in programming language to build more sophisticated sites with advanced CGI features. It explains how FrontPage is different from other Web site construction software, explores where it fits into the overall Web picture, and offers tips on organizing the construction of a large Web site.

Includes companion Web site with...
* Graphics and sound files that can be used in readers' own web sites
* The latest information about FrontPage
* Links to other software that works with FrontPage.

About this title

About the Author

WAYNE F. BROOKS is a computer consultant and founder of Interactive Learning Technologies, a Web and multimedia development firm. He hosts FrontPage Live! a weekly online chat and support forum for FrontPage users, manages the VMT web site at http://www.thevmtbuilding.com, and was coauthor of Using Asymetrix Multimedia Toolbook.

From the Back Cover

Master complex multimedia Web publishing without using HTML

FrontPage 97 lets you combine graphics, text, audio, and video in your web documents without having to use HTML programming. Now, with this comprehensive guide to both FrontPage 97 and ActiveX controls, you'll learn everything about creating, publishing, and managing web pages with this exciting new technology.

Combining a structured approach to understanding and using FrontPage 97 with hands-on practical advice, Wayne F. Brooks gets you started creating the FrontPage 97 working environment, then moves on to activating a web and working with texts, multimedia, links, tables and frames, forms, and templates and wizards. He also shows you how to enhance your web with ActiveX controls and explains how to support Java, VBScript, and Netscape plug-ins. You'll get real-life instruction on how to prepare, host, post, and keep your FrontPage 97 web in top form. You'll discover:
* How to build web sites with graphics, audio, animation, Java Applets, and more
* Complete instructions for mastering FrontPage web development
* How to enhance your web site using the FrontPage 97 Bonus Pack
* Tips and insights from real FrontPage web authors on improving your FrontPage web development experience.

Plus, as an extension to the book, the author invites you to participate in FrontPage Live!, his weekly online chat and support group for FrontPage users. You'll find FrontPage Live! on the Web at http://www.thevmtbuilding. com/fpchat.

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Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0471165050
• ISBN 13: 9780471165057
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 446