Is it worth it?

[Guest]

I have windows professional (2003?). I am also running FP 2002 that I got
from a friend.
I run a small online business selling body jewelry, and I am not the
greatest at web design. In fact, I just learned how in the past month or so.
I only get about 35 hits a day, and one completed order on the site a week.
However, every time I try to modify my tables, things jump all over the
place, I haven't mastered (or even been successful) with shared borders, I
have three million cells in each table as placeholders to prevent
aforementioned "jumping" of content, I have thrown away all link bars in
favor of hand-created navigation because link bars never look the way I want
them too....and on and on and on...
Is it worth upgrading and paying for the 2003 version? Are there really
that many upgrades? And does anyone know if there will be a new version of
FP coming out soon, and will it be worth waiting for that one to upgrade?
Thanks for your knowledge!
Kim
www.steelbanana.com

 

[Rick Budde]

I don't have Front Page 2003 (I use Front Page 2002) but
I don't think the 2003 version will solve your problems.

If you are interested in solving your problems and are
willing to spend a bit of money and even more of your
time, I would suggest the following course of action:

1. Money - visit your favorite bookstore and pick up a
copy of "Microsoft Front Page 2002 Inside Out" by Jim
Buyens.
2. Time
a. read the book
b. spend time looking through this newsgroup. You will
learn a lot ... I have.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Upgrading your software is almost always a good idea. However, it won't
teach you HTML. That you will have to do for yourself, and without some
knowledge of HTML, you're not going to have an easy time of it, despite the
marketing ploys of Microsoft. The good news is, you can use FrontPage to
teach yourself HTML. Just take a look at the HTML it generates whenever you
use the Design View to create some HTML. In a short time you'll be able to
write your own, and then you'll know more about how to manipulate it.

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Neither a follower
nor a lender be.