Creating Web Pages For Dummies - Softcover

Smith, Bud E.; Bebak, Arthur

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9780764573279: Creating Web Pages For Dummies

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764573276 ISBN 13: 9780764573279

Publisher: For Dummies, 2004

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Wouldn’t you love to have a Web site? Creating Web Pages For Dummies gets you up and running toward getting your Web site up and running! It describes how to:

Use simple HTML techniques, add images, and put your page on the Web for all the world to see—free
Design Web-friendly sites
Take advantage of free tools like Netscape Composer
Use Yahoo! GeoCities as a free Web space provider
Obtain and create Web-friendly graphics and use GIF and JPEG formats
Add video, audio, animation, and more
Incorporate META tags and hyperlinks

Creating Web Pages for Dummies was written by Bud E. Smith, author of several For Dummies books, and Arthur Bebak, founder of Netsurfer Communications and publisher and Executive Editor of Netsurfer. From nervously creating that first page to confidently developing a more sophisticated, multi-page, personal or business Web site, the book provides the essential how-to and the bonus CD-ROM provides the essential tools:

Mozilla, Mozilla Thunderbird, and Mozilla Firefox
A trial version of Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004
Evaluation versions of Paint Shop Pro and Animation Shop

Whether you want to create your very own blog, share video, photos, and info with friends and family, or build a dynamic Web site that will help you build your business, Creating Web Pages For Dummies is a practical, unintimidating guide to getting your Web page online in no time.

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Review:

The authors of Creating Web Pages for Dummies deserve compliments for their refusal to sugarcoat Web page design through reliance upon visual editing tools. They come right out of the gate and teach HTML--a simple, limited subset of the whole language to be sure, but enough of the language of Web publishing to get readers going. Further, this simple but earnest introduction reveals HTML concepts that readers will need to understand before they explore more complicated aspects of the language.

In addition to teaching the fundamentals of page design and creation, Smith and Bebak spend some time explaining how to get pages onto the Web. They detail the mechanics of using no-charge page publishers like GeoCities, then go on to explain how to publish a page on AOL or Prodigy.

One section of this book deals with HTML development tools (the opening chapter is called "Be True to Your Tool"--go figure). The authors cover NaviPress, PageMill, HotDog, and BBEdit in depth, and address a few more development tools briefly. Unfortunately, the reader is left wondering what happened to coverage of FrontPage--a very popular development tool that many people already own.

A companion CD-ROM holds some page-editing tools, including a PageMill demo, a HotDog Demo, BBEdit Lite, and various other software.

If you represent a business, you'll probably want a more comprehensive text that will enable you to project a more professional image on the Web. But if you're a person who wants to publish a home page, this book will serve you well. --David Wall

From the Back Cover:

Share photos and video online with friends and family

Take advantage of free tools, find out about Web design, and get interactive

Okay, you've taken that deep breath and are ready to jump into Web page creation. Before you get hopelessly tangled in all the possibilities, dive into this book! You'll start with free and easy tools, then meet the text editor, add links, create graphics, use HTML, and publish your stuff. Before you know it, you'll be online!

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