IS FRONTPAGE EASY FOR A BEGINNER TO PICK UP AND RUN WITH

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TRoyal

I don't have any formal web page training. Can I pick up this program and
create an above average website? Or will I be severely limited by my
knowledge?
 
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Steve Easton

You will have to do a lot of reading / learning and news group visiting.
Pick up a FrontPage book such as FrontPage 2003 inside out.

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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Simon Janes

I just learnt it as I went - I'm no wizard but I think
it's a v good way to learn it and this site is v good
when I had spurious things occur eg never leave spaces in
file names - always use underscore.
My site is www.yourchoiceyeovil.co.uk and has taken me 1
month but there's a lot of info I have had to put in.

Simon
 
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Weezie

TRoyal,

If you know Word you pretty much know the basic functions of Frontpage. You
can pretty much create something simple to run and it can look good at the
same time. You should get a simple basic overall of web
publishing/authoriing and design, and I mean simple. Just for a basic
understanding. Pretty much your table functions will be your close friend
for the website layout. Look at any website and you can see a layout of
squares and rectangles. If you look up either on Microsoft website or help,
you will get step by step direction to creating a simple one page website.
That is good for learning, thereafter, you can add to your website.
Templates are available for you to not have to design webpage, good for
starters who want to move quick. Also the themes are great for design, which
you can use "as is" and later learn to edit.

Start simple and progress as you go.

Good-luck.
 
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Tom Pepper Willett

Here's some basic training:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/CR061832701033.aspx
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Tom "Pepper" Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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About FrontPage 2003:
http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
FrontPage 2003 Product Information:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx
Understanding FrontPage:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/frontpage/
FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;fp10se
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| I don't have any formal web page training. Can I pick up this program and
| create an above average website? Or will I be severely limited by my
| knowledge?
 
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Kathryn

Hi

I recommend FP to people used to Word, etc. I started
using it in 1998 when I had no idea what a website really
was - and hadn't heard of HTML! - but still managed to
produce a creditable website. Be prepared to want to
throw it out of the window a couple of times at first
(tho' maybe that's because I didn't know what I didn't
know!) but it does fall into place.

Microsoft gets a lot of criticism but FP does make web-
design and management possible for people without great
technical knowledge.

Use Help - and the newsgroup - and you should be able to
produce something pretty good.

You might also think about some free Javascript - readily
available in the Web... you get some neat stuff but don't
go too mad or people will be waiting a week for a page to
come in!

Good luck!

Kathryn
My main site is www.wellsprings.org.uk - all done on FP
 
M

Murray

You will be able to produce the average hobby site with FP, having no
knowledge of HTML or web design. If you intend to do more than that, then
you will have to learn both HTML and CSS, and remember, it's not the tool,
it's the user.
 
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Rich

I've used FrontPage for two years now and it's great for
beginners and those who don't want to learn code. But
remember it's the content and the navigation that is
important not what it looks like. There's no point in
having a flash site if there is nothing to look at or
read.
 
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Andrew Murray

Yes, it is relatively easy for a beginner - you don't need to be "web savvy" and
if you can use an application like MS Word, then Frontpage (the GUI look and feel
is similar as with most Windows applications) should be no problem.

Frontpage of course has specific features that will take time to learn, but that
comes through experimentation. Start with a simple site, and work your way up to
more complex sites as you go.

Search the web for tutorials, or your local bookstore for books on Frontpage.

www.frontpagewiz.com is a good starting point I've found.

About the formal web training, I expect not many on this group are professional
designers - some are who give all the technical advice, or rather they are
experts on using Frontpage itself, as well as being web designers in their
profession, so ask questions, visit this group frequently.

THe help files are quite comprehensive, and microsoft.com has its knowledgebase
as well, so there is a wealth of information to find answers to anything you want
to know.
 
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