2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
 Almost goof-proof, 2002-11-17
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.
25 of 25 customers found the following review helpful:
Very good for beginners but plenty of power for others....., 2002-11-04
Most people think you need years of schooling to put together a fully functioning web site. That's where FrontPage comes in along with all of its wizards and extensive knowledge base on-line. I started out using GeoCities and Homestead to get my first sites up and running quickley but since you need to be online to use their web site authoring software the phone line can be tied up for long periods of time. FrontPage eliminates that and you get some very useful and cool tools to play around with. This version will let those who want or need to play around the HTML code to do so. There are so many things you can do with FrontPage it's unreal. And for beginners it's nearly perfect. I have purchased several books that dig deep into what you never knew you could do with this program it has surprised me and I've been using it for 4 years. Each year Microsoft manages to add some new functions for each new version, though I wish some could be a free download. It's one of those titles you can have more fun with then you ever thought possible from a business oriented piece of software.
11 of 12 customers found the following review helpful:
 The greatest piece of software on the planet., 2002-10-29
Easy to learn, incredibly intuitive, and perfect for the DIY webmaster. Granted, if you don't know any HTML at all, your pages will look very generic. But once you do a little homework and figure out how to make tables to organize your layout, you will probably never need anything else to make killer websites! I created djresource.com, chuckfresh.com, tommieandjohnnie.com, brevardmarketing.com and several others with nothing more than FrontPage, and these sites rival anything you can produce with any other expensive or free software package. If your time is better spent being creative and earning a comfortable living rather than writing senseless complex HTML code that no one could care less about, get your hands on this software. I'd give it six stars if I could!
Easy to use, 2002-10-27
I am a big fan of Microsoft FP. This program is great, and so easy to use. I am not a whiz on the computer at all, but this software sure makes me look like I am! I love it!
19 of 22 customers found the following review helpful:
 Think Twice, 2002-10-20
Credentials: professional web designer for seven years, computer science practitioner for 15 years.I was asked to contribute to a course on Web Design and Construction by a college that is using FP2002 as the default authoring tool. I bought my own copy so I could evaluate it, and if required, develop new teaching materials. My first impression was favorable. The user interface looks great, and it is clear that MS has put a lot of effort into making users of other MS products feel at home. It IS easy to produce web pages with FP -- but there are significant problems as well ... The main problem is that is it very difficult to produce markup that conforms to the W3C standards. In fact adherence to the standards is discouraged. For example, in the manual supplied with FP we read: "Why doesn't someone invent a web page editor that display what the end user will - in true what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) fashion - and not a bunch of HTML gibberish? Front page has done just that." It's baloney, of course. The whole point and purpose of the web is that WYSIWYG is impossible. By using FP exclusively, you are likely to produce pages that look great on your computer, using your browser, set up your way -- but you may never realize that it may look quite different to the rest of the planet. Final verdict: FP is OK if you think standards are unimportant for your project; even so, there are other tools out there which are just as good, including some of the free ones. If you are trying to teach yourself web design, FP is a very bad choice indeed -- it will just get in your way. If you want to create a small web site for a small business, and you are already familiar with MS products, FP might suit you -- but please get professional advice first. Overall: Unimpressed. I would never use it myself. I could never recommend it to a client.
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