Alternate Page Numbering

I'm working in InDesign CS3 and I've got a document that I'm trying to number. I've taken a look at the forums, and the online help but I'm not having any luck with finding an answer.
Here is the problem:
Im working on a 225pg document where the front of the page has information and the backside of it has a notes field. I need to number the pages but only want to count the front sides. When I put a number placeholder on my master page, it counts all of the pages, including the backside notes even though I did not put a number placeholder on the notes page. I also have a table of contents tied to this and didn't think that manually numbering the pages would work.
How do I get InDesign to ignore the backside of a page? Right now it currently numbers 1,3,5, etc. I want it to number 1,2,3....
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!

Indesign's page numbers count every page, as they should, so you'll need to use another method.
(1) First, decide whether it really would matter that much if the pages were numbered 1, 3, 5, etc. It's how books have been numbered for centuries, and numbers are free. It also avoids having to explain your non-standard usage to editors, printers, and publishers. If there's a new heading on each page, you could number those 1, 2, 3. This would be the standard way to do this.
(2) Don't show page numbers on the page, but set up a second thread with automatically numbered paragraphs (not page numbers) that appears at the bottom of every other page. It will automatically increment. But your table of contents won't behave, since it will use the actual page numbers.
(3) You could make each two-page spread a single document, put them into a book, and override the numbers spread by spread. You'll have to be careful with your "allow pages to shuffle" settings, since by tradition even-numbered pages are on the left, and you're breaking that rule.
(4) Are the note pages identical? If so, you could set up the document as one-sided, omit all of the note pages, and print it on one side of the paper. Produce one single "Notes" page, and copy it onto the back. Your table of contents should behave.
Good luck. I don't personally see that it's worth the effort just to use non-standard numbering, but I don't know much about your project.
Rodney

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