Book description
Think you have to be a technical wizard to build a great web site? Think again. If you want to create an engaging web site, this thoroughly revised, completely updated edition of Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual demystifies the process and provides tools, techniques, and expert guidance for developing a professional and reliable web presence.
Whether you want to build a personal web site, an e-commerce site, a blog, or a web site for a specific occasion or promotion, this book gives you detailed instructions and clear-headed advice for:
- Everything from planning to launching. From picking and buying a domain name, choosing a Web hosting firm, building your site, and uploading the files to a web server, this book teaches you the nitty-gritty of creating your home on the Web.
- Ready-to-use building blocks. Creating your own web site doesn't mean you have to build everything from scratch. You'll learn how to incorporate loads of pre-built and freely available tools like interactive menus, PayPal shopping carts, Google ads, and Google Analytics.
- The modern Web. Today's best looking sites use powerful tools like Cascading Style Sheets (for sophisticated page layout), JavaScript (for rollover buttons and cascading menus), and video. This book doesn't treat these topics as fancy frills. From step one, you'll learn easy ways to create a powerful site with these tools.
- Blogs. Learn the basics behind the Web's most popular form of self-expression. And take a step-by-step tour through Blogger, the Google-run blogging service that will have you blogging before you close this book.
This isn't just another dry, uninspired book on how to create a web site. Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual is a witty and intelligent guide you need to make your ideas and vision a web reality.
Publisher resources
Table of contents
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
- I. Welcome to the Web
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II. Building Better Web Pages
- 5. XHTML Text Elements
- 6. Style Sheets
- 7. Adding Graphics
- 8. Linking Pages
- 9. Page Layout Tools
- 10. Multipart Pages
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III. Connecting With Your Audience
- 11. Attracting Visitors
- 12. Letting Visitors Talk to You (and Each Other)
- 13. Making Money with Your Site
- IV. Web Site Frills
- V. Blogs
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VI. Appendixes
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A. XHTML Quick Reference
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XHTML Elements
- <a> (Anchor Element)
- <acronym>
- <address>
- <area> (Image Map)
- <b> (Bold Text)
- <base> (Base URL)
- <big> (Large Text)
- <blockquote> (Block Quotation)
- <body> (Document Body)
- <br /> (Line Break)
- <button> (Button)
- <caption> (Table Caption)
- <cite> (Citation)
- <dd> (Dictionary Description)
- <del> (Deleted Text)
- <dfn> (Defined Term)
- <div> (Generic Block Container)
- <dl> (Dictionary List)
- <dt> (Dictionary Term)
- <em> (Emphasis)
- <form> (Interactive Form)
- <frame> (Frame)
- <frameset> (Frameset)
- <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>, <h6> (Headings)
- <head> (Document Head)
- <hr> (Horizontal Rule)
- <html> (Document)
- <i> (Italic Text)
- <iframe> (Inline Frame)
- <img> (Image)
- <input> (Input Control)
- <ins> (Inserted Text)
- <li> (List Item)
- <link> (Document Relationship)
- <map> (Image Map)
- <meta> (Metadata)
- <noframes> (Frames Alternate Content)
- <noscript> (Alternate Script Content)
- <object> (Embedded Object)
- <ol> (Ordered List)
- <option> (Menu Option)
- <p> (Paragraph)
- <param> (Object Parameter)
- <pre> (Preformatted Text)
- <q> (Short Quotation)
- <script> (Client-Side Script)
- <select> (Selectable List)
- <small> (Small Text)
- <span> (Generic Inline Container)
- <strong> (Strong Emphasis)
- <style> (Internal Style Sheet)
- <sub> (Subscript)
- <sup> (Superscript)
- <table> (Table)
- <td> (Table Data Cell)
- <textarea> (Multiline Text Input)
- <th> (Table Header Cell)
- <title> (Document Title)
- <tr> (Table Row)
- <tt> (Teletype Text)
- <u> (Underlined Text)
- <ul> (Unordered List)
- XHTML Character Entities
- XHTML Color Names
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XHTML Elements
- B. Useful Web Sites
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A. XHTML Quick Reference
- About the Author
- Colophon
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2008
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596520977
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