Creating Web Pages for Dummies

by Smith, Bud E.; Bebak, Arthur

• ISBN13: 9780764507335
• ISBN10: 0764507338
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

* Focusing on the needs of the first-time Web page creator, this plain-English guide shows how to build a basic personal site in no time * Updated to cover the latest trends and tools, including blogs, photo-hosting sites, and Google Page Creator * Covers super-easy Web creation options (such as MySpace, Flikr, and Blogger), simple Web building alternatives (such as Google Page Creator and Yahoo! SiteBuilder), and more advanced techniques for creating robust, feature-rich pages (such as Dreamweaver and HTML coding) * The number of personal Web pages is exploding: MySpace has over 50 million registered users, Technorati has registered 23.3 million blogs, and Flickr has 2 million users who have posted more than 100 million photos

Table of Contents

Foreword	xxiii
Introduction	1	(6)
Part I: Get Started on Your Web Page	7	(42)
Web Publishing Basics	9	(16)
Your Web Publishing Strategy	25	(24)
Part II: Build a Web Page in a Day	49	(56)
Going Worldwide with GeoCities	51	(18)
Using Online Services for Web Publishing	69	(12)
Get Your Web Page Online with AOL	81	(10)
Get Your Web Page Served with CompuServe	91	(14)
Part III: Better, Stronger, Faster Pages	105	(56)
Just Enough HTML	107	(24)
Grappling with Graphics	131	(18)
Making It Multimedia and More	149	(12)
Part IV: Sites for Sore Eyes	161	(42)
From Web Page to Web Site	163	(22)
Publishing Your Web Pages	185	(18)
Part V: Web Publishing Tools	203	(74)
Be True to Your Web Authoring Tools	205	(18)
Tool Along with FrontPage Express	223	(16)
Make Your Web Pages Sing with Netscape Composer	239	(16)
Weaving Web Pages for WebTV	255	(10)
Grinding Out Pages with PageMill	265	(12)
Part VI: The Part of Tens	277	(12)
Ten Web Publishing DO's	279	(4)
Ten Web Publishing DON'Ts	283	(6)
Part VII: Appendixes	289	(52)
Appendix A: Web Words Worth Knowing	291	(8)
Appendix B: Internet Service Providers	299	(2)
Appendix C: A Quick Guide to HTML Tags	301	(22)
Appendix D: Using Resource.htm	323	(8)
Appendix E: About the CD	331	(10)
Index	341	(12)
IDG Books Worldwide End-User License Agreement	353	(2)
Installation Instructions	355