Creating Web Pages For Dummies
Posted by Admin on November 16th, 2009 at 10:13am
Review
Ideal for novices, Creating Web Pages for Dummies starts off with discussion of some key design topics and shows the way to publishing well designed Web sites. The authors have you writing HTML and getting a feel for the basic process by the third chapter. Once you’re hooked, they show you how to build a home page in a single day and offer advice on how to get online with an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The book gradually gets more serious in scope, presenting …
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1. Woodrow | November 16th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Don’t be fooled by the title “for Dummies”. This book includes everything you need to know about creating your own Web page with all the knowledge and software you’ll need. You will need to invest some time in this project – but it is worth every minute! It’s a simple, step by step process and you will need to take it slow if you’re an average creator.
First you’ll learn all about Web Publishing Basics, Website strategies and just enough HTML to get started (it’s not that hard!). Besides creating your first Web page, you’ll learn how to get the darn thing published on the WWW! That’s half the battle, but worth the effort! There’s lots of information on what to avoid (before you go there) and what makes the best Web page. Before you know it, you’ll be upgrading your Web page all the time. You’ll never get bored updating and changing your page until it’s just perfect!
The book includes an invaluable CD that is useful for Windows and MAC! It contains Microsft Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator, Dreamweaver (great design tool!), Frontpage Express, HTML conversion tools for Word (nice short-cut), BBEDIT, GraphicConverter (MAC), Homesite HTML Editor (MAC), Hotdog Express (for Windows – great tool!), SiteCheck utility, an Internet service provider software (if you don’t already have one – most likely you have a sufficient one), HTMLValidator (catches errors), WEB Wizard (a nifty quick-and-dirty page maker), Reptile (for making cool backgrounds) and Paint Shop Pro, which is my favorite tool. There’s plenty of other stuff too that I just can’t get into detail here.
Once again, this does take a little bit of effort, but of all the books I have perused, this one seemed to be the best value for the money. It’s all here and updated annually. It is worth every penny. Get your Web site up and running in less than a weekend (even though the book says one day). You’ll feel smart when you’re done! Enjoy!
2. Bayard | November 16th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
If you want to build your first web site and you don’t know where to begin, read this book. The authors address all the key issues and tools that you will need to understand to get started. Smith and Bebak help you to plan your site design. They then explain ISP’s and the major content sites, and they show you how to get started without spending a lot of money – or none at all. A basic introduction is given to HTML tags. They teach you about broswers and all their versions and how this affects your web pages. Even Web TV is addressed. Both PC and Mac spoken here. Elementary web page creation tools are discussed along with web page design techniques and strategies. This book covers all the issues that the web beginner will encounter.
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