Creating Web Pages For Dummies^«, 6th Edition

by Bud E. Smith; Arthur Bebak

• ISBN13: 9780764516436
• ISBN10: 0764516434
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

The Web is the most sophisticated, most open, and simplest publishing medium ever created, an endless set of criss-crossing interconnections between an ever-growing number of points, and a community in the truest sense of the word. Your Web page can be your platform to say or show whatever you want to the millions of people with access to the global Internet. You can talk about yourself or your business. You can publish a short story or a collection of jokes. You can show pictures of your dog or of your company's latest product. Your own imagination is the only limit to what you can put on the Web. If you've used the Web before and you're now ready to step out into the big wide online world with your own page, Creating Web Pages For Dummies, 6th Edition, is the place where you can nudge your wishes into reality. Without any previous experience (or painful technical instructions), you can get on track to Tackling just enough HTML to format with the best of 'em Incorporating graphics, sound, and video into your pages Providing links to other sites Putting to good use Web publishing tools that can relieve your workload Designing and delivering pages that people will want to revisit Informative, educational, and just plain fun, Creating Web Pages For Dummies, 6th Edition, covers Web page topics from beginning through intermediate levels, including how to Put together a Web publishing plan Use half a dozen different tools Publish a Web page via Web-based services and the major online services Expand your page to a full Web site Add interactive features and invite feedback Keep your page current and in good working order The revised and updated content in this edition also features the latest on building AOL and GeoCities pages, plus insight into adding the multimedia features that's amaze your visitors. The book includes a CD-ROM that's loaded with a variety of PC and Macintosh programs and demos - all the more for smooth sailing into having your own place on the Web!

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Part I: Create a Web Page Today	7	(84)
Web Page Publishing Basics	9	(20)
Web Publishing with AOL and Other ISPs	29	(18)
Going Worldwide with GeoCities	47	(18)
Introduction to HTML	65	(26)
Part II: Building Pages	91	(72)
Choosing Your Tools	93	(18)
Creating Your Home Page	111	(20)
Filling in Your Home Page	131	(18)
Adding Links to Your Web Page	149	(14)
Part III: Better, Stronger, Faster Pages	163	(64)
Creating and Adding Web-Ready Graphics	165	(20)
Placing Graphics Right (And Left)	185	(10)
Designing a Good-Looking Page	195	(16)
Publishing Your Web Pages	211	(16)
Part IV: Getting Interactive	227	(46)
Adding Animation and Multimedia	229	(14)
Adding More Interactivity	243	(10)
Creating a Full Web Site	253	(20)
Part V: The Part of Tens	273	(12)
Ten Web Publishing DO's	275	(4)
Ten Web Publishing DON'Ts	279	(6)
Part VI: Appendixes	285	(52)
Appendix A: Web Words Worth Knowing	287	(8)
Appendix B: Internet Service Providers	295	(2)
Appendix C: A quick Guide to HTML Tags	297	(20)
Appendix D: Using Resource.htm	317	(8)
Appendix E: About the CD-ROM	325	(12)
Index	337	(22)
Hungry Minds End-User License Agreement	359	(2)
Installation Instructions	361