FrontPage Course Resources

In the course of the 1, 2, 3 and 4 day FrontPage 98,  FrontPage 2000 and upcoming FrontPage XP courses at the California Computer Expo and at the UCSD Extension I mention what seems like hundreds of useful URLs.  Now, for your browsing pleasure, here they are collected and categorized for your viewing pleasure!

About Web Design

Negative examples (what not to do) 
http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com 

Function without form (usability) 
http://www.useit.com 

The popularity model (McDonalds) 
http://www.hot100.com/home.chtml 

File Name Guidelines & Special Characters 
http://www.challenge.nm.org/Help/bfile98/tsld010.htm 

Active Server Pages Resources
http://www.aspin.com/index/default.asp  

FrontPage Themes

http://www.auscomp.com/ac_frames_ms.html 
http://www.dpasoftware.com/fpoffer.htm
http://www.fp-themestore.com/ 
http://www.themepak.com/frameset.asp?Ref=/

Converting Folders to SubWebs http://support.microsoft.com/support/frontpage/fp2000/FolderConvert.asp 

Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) Sample 
http://www.internetsd.com/courses/html2/style.html 

About Relative URLs 
http://www.sonoma.edu/WM/FAQ/relURL.html 

Software Tools

Paint Shop Pro: http://www.jasc.com/ 
The Gif Construction Set: http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gifcon.html 
L-View Pro: http://www.lview.com/index1024.htm

Online application called Gif Wizard that will reduce your gif files for a small annual fee: http://uswest.gifwizard.com/ 

Commercial Web Graphics Tools Reviewed http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2149397,00.html  

Color

16 Safe Named Colors http://www.internetsd.com/courses/colors.html  

The Browser-Safe Color Palette http://www.lynda.com/hex.html  

Images

Scanning Tips http://www.scantips.com/ 

Download Time http://www.internetsd.com/courses/download.html 

Cropping http://www.internetsd.com/courses/html1/crop.html 

Finding Animated GIFs http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=animated+gifs 

GIF vs. JPEG http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/articles/pdGIFvsJPEG.htm 

Legal Aspects of GIF 
http://www.cloanto.com/users/mcb/19950127giflzw.html
http://www.unisys.com/unisys/lzw/lzw-license.asp

Progressive JPEGs http://home.hkstar.com/~hyytep/jpeg.html 

About JPEGs http://www.webutilities.com:80/community/tutorials/ss_p2.htm 

About PNG
http://www.webutilities.com:80/community/tutorials/ss_p3.htm

Frames 

Warning http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9612.html 

Promo http://home.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/frames.html 

Finding a Web Host the Supports FrontPage Server Extensions http://www.microsoftwpp.com/wppsearch/ 

Final FrontPage Resources

Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Home Page 
http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/ 
Microsoft FrontPage 2000 FAQ http://support.microsoft.com/support/frontpage/fp2000/fp2kfaq.asp 
Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Updates 
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/welcome/frontpage.asp 

Usenet Newsgroup news:microsoft.public.frontpage.client 

Books

Quick Course in Microsoft FrontPage 2000
ISBN: 073561086X

Create FrontPage 2000 Web Pages In a Weekend 
ISBN: 0761519297

FrontPage 2000 : The Complete Reference (Complete Reference Series)
 ISBN: 007211939X

FrontPage 2000 Developer's Guide (Professional Developer's Library) 
ISBN: 0072119721