Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Upgrade

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Summary: Websites that save time! and time is money!
Review: I am currently running 8 websites all with Front page server extensions, and all completely designed with front page. Since every one of my sites require weekly if not daily changes I can't find an easier, faster, and more user friendly piece of software. My significant other majored in I.T. in college and I continue to laugh at what she has to go through to do something I can do in two clicks. It seems to me the bitter sweet reality is if you want to pay someone a few hundred bucks to spell out ASP for you or write Java scripts and HTML by hand, go ahead. I'll pay the price to ole Bill Gates and run with this any day. I simply don't have time to learn the other stuff, (Dreamweaver, Flash, Director etc.) and I sure don't want to pay someone else to do it. It's like a car. I don't care how it works as long as it works. And FRONTPAGE works extremely well for me.

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Summary: Better off learning HTML
Review: This software is very cumbersome to work with. The whole point to using this type of software is to make the layouts go faster. When going from normal mode to preview mode or when saving the page to actually use, much of the WYSIWYG is not WYSIWYG! I found that I had to edit the pages in Notepad to get the page layout to look right. I tried to use Frontpage's HTML editor but when I'd save the changes I made, Frontpage would change them back to what they were. You're better of learning HTML and using Notepad to create the page.

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Summary: Frontpage on the backshelf
Review: If you want a quick and easy website you may be interested in Frontpage, however if you are in the visual mode, dragging and dropping your images etc. the code that is generated in the background becomes very messy, this can produce unwanted effects in your viewers browsers as well as forcing your images in specific places. There is lack of control, exactness and freedom in Frontpage. I also think it is very expensive for the quality. I know that high end web design programs may be intimidating, but I suggest Macromedia's Dreamweaver to the experienced and the beginner as well. It offers design or code mode. If you practice with Dreamweaver's tutorial you will find yourself learning very quickly. If you are a beginner and you use Frontpage, there may be a time where you will want to advance and buy a program like Dreamweaver anyways. If you want to save money, go ahead and buy Dreamweaver, it is not scary, you can learn it easily. You can either stay in the visual mode or as you learn move on to more advanced webpage development.

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Summary: Microsoft Frontpage is Very Good
Review: I learned HTML by hand. As with any editor it's good to know your coding so you can clean up any errors, or add whatever newbies you want. FP makes my work go a whole lot faster and easier. I design websites for several companies and non-profit organizations. I would be at it 24/7. Is the price reasonable? No, not really, but I've tried a lot of editors and there is no comparison. I'd rather pay a few dollars more and get what I need then to wind up with some off the wall cracker jack editor that makes you wonder why you don't just do it all by hand.

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Summary: Frontpage 2002 would have been great only if it were
Review: priced lower. Take a look at namo webeditor which costs only 99 bucks and comes with everything that fronpage offers plus alot more. you should only consider getting frontpage only if you are purchasing a complete set of MS office which includes ms frontpage. Otherwise, stick with namo. namo.com is where you get the price. amazon should work harder to get a better price though.

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Summary: Microsoft FrontPage 2002 is the best!
Review: You'll enjoy the ease of working with FrontPage while editing and building your web site. It looks and feels like a cross between Windows Explorer and Microsoft Word. Very logically laid out and the Help section is very detailed. Before buying, make sure the company that hosts your site has the FrontPage 2002 extensions installed. This application just keeps getting better and better.

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Summary: Easy to use
Review: This one version 2002 is easier than every before. It is quite easy to use and setup is very simple. Frontpage may not have any special feature like Dreamweaver, and other web page desiging software have. I would still much prefer use this Frontpage better any other software.

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Summary: Huge Improvement Over 2000
Review: I must say that Front Page 2002 is a dream program compared to the 2000 version. I had some very weird things happen with 2000 such as its not publishing to the web on the index page unless I also saved it in Notepad. All the bugs are gone in 2002 plus it is much easier to use. I use it for everything, rarely using Word, Office and so forth. My two major tools for editing and writing are Front Page and super Notepad instead. I am going to learn Dreamweaver next term at the college where I teach because I am finally ready to move on and learn more about professional web design. Besides, I can now read and write html so I am not as utterly dependent on Front Page as I once was. If you don't know any html coding, the basis of all web pages, Front Page is the program for you. I also do all my image editing in Photoshop so don't even need that function in Front Page. Dreamweaver is the industry standard instead of Front Page yet Front Page is the ordinary user's program of choice. The reason for this is that you can know very little about computers and still make a website with Front Page. It even made publishing websites idiot proof by using Front Page Server extensions with many web host providers. Thus, one can totally skip learning ftp protocol by using Front Page server extensions instead. If someone wants to go professionally into web page design, this is not the product, Dreamweaver is. People who already are professionals in the computer industry or in web design tell me they don't like Front Page. I think the reason is that since they don't need (or want) Front Page to do their work for them, they desire a program which gives them a much freer hand. For the average computer user though, that is all pie in the sky, beyond their reach, and Front Page 2002 will more than do the job for them.

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Summary: WORTHY UPGRADE FOR THE 9X EDITIONS, BUT NOT FOR THE 2000 ED.
Review: "Microsoft FrontPage" is a full-featured Web design software. The highlights of this 2002 Upgrade include: being easy to use (with the help of additional Wizards and Templates); being able to integrate and correlate with compatible applications; and having a reliable usage-analysis-report. Also, both the 'Auto Web Content' and the 'b-Central Commerce Manager' live up to their respective billings. But despite these facts, Microsoft still has some catching-up to do. This latest 'FrontPage' lack most of the features that make Macromedia's 'Dreamweaver' tick. Again, ardent frontpagers will notice that only a thin line separates this 2002 version from the 2000 version. As a result, I don't regard it as a worthy Upgrade for FrontPage 2000. It is better reserved for FrontPage 9X edition users.

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Summary: Almost goof-proof
Review: I'm no computer guru, but Microsoft's FrontPage program is easy enough that you don't even have to know how to write HTML. I imagine it isn't the best website builder, but for the price, it does a creditible job.