Absolute Beginner's Guide to Creating Web Pages, 2/E
Todd Stauffer

ISBN-10: 0789728958
ISBN-13: 9780789728951

Publisher: Que Publishing
Copyright: 2003
Format: Paper; 384 pp
Published: 10/30/2002

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Absolute Beginner's Guide to Creating Web Pages assumes that readers are true beginners - no prior Web page experience is necessary!

This hands-on tutorial teaches readers the fundamentals of creating Web pages, along with more advanced ideas like message areas, chat, and e-commerce options to make the page look like it was created by a professional. The book begins by explaining the need for HTML and the basics of good Web page design. It then covers using HTML tags and tools, formatting text, adding images, and building links. Later chapters demonstrate how to add features to Web pages including tables, colors, frames, multimedia content, JavaScript, Style Sheets and Dynamic HTML. The author has also included several hundred pages of useful additional information, perfect for the beginning Web designer.

You're not a "Dummy"- you just want to learn how to build your own Web pages using HTML, multimedia, and Javascript!

  • Hands-on tutorial without "cutesy" style found in many competing titles.
  • Shows Web design basics and HTML coding with hundreds of additional pages of material on the Web site.
  • Teaches how to make Web pages look like they were created by a professional with ideas like message areas, chat, and e-commerce options.

(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with a Summary.)

Introduction.

I. CREATING WEB PAGES.

1. The Fundamentals of Web Publishing.

How the Web Works. HTML Versus XHTML. HTML Is Not Programming.

2. A Crash-Course in Web Design.

The Fundamentals of Page Design. Planning a Site. HTML Trends and Issues.

3. What You Need to Get Started.

The Basic Tools. Other Tools Youll Want. Finding a Web Server. Organizing a Web Sites Files.

4. Creating Your First Page.

Build Your HTML Template. The comment Element. Create an HTML Template. The Document Head. The Body Section. Saving, Testing, and Validating.

II. DESIGN AND CONQUER.

5. Formatting Your Text.

Organize the Page. Styling Your Text. Paragraph Style Elements. Using Lists on Your Web Page.

6. Visual Stimulus—Adding Graphics.

Images on the Web. Creating and Translating Web Images. The <img /> Element.

7. Building Hypertext Links.

How Hyperlinks Work. The <base> Element. Creating Links. Using Special Links. Cool Tricks: Targets and Client-Pull.

8. Table Basics.

Creating a Table. Additional Table Attributes.

9. Advanced Table Elements and Table Design.

Table Design Theory. Grouping Columns and Rows. Frames and Rules. Table Design Examples.

10. Get Splashy: Style Sheets, Fonts, and Special Characters.

Style Sheets in Theory. Creating Style Sheets. Properties and Styles. Special Characters.

11. Advanced Web Images and Imagemaps.

Making Your Images Better. Creating Animated Images. Using Imagemaps.

III. BUILDING YOUR SITE.

12. Creating Sites with HTML Frames.

The Great Frames Debate. Adding Frames to Your Site. Advanced Frames.

13. Adding Multimedia and Java Content.

Understanding Multimedia. Adding Multimedia to Your Pages. Working with Java.

14. Site-Wide Styles: Design, Accessibility, and Internationalization.

The Site-Wide Style Sheet. Accessibility Through Style Sheets. International Issues.

IV. INTERACTING WITH YOUR USERS.

15. Adding HTML Forms.

The Basics of HTML Forms. Creating the Form. Designing Forms Well. Other Elements for Form Formatting.

16. CGIs and Data Gathering.

What Is CGI? How Scripts Work. Finding and Using Scripts.

17. Forums, Chats, and Other Add-Ons.

Creating and Hosting Forums. Add Live Chat to Your Site. Counters and Web Statistics. Server-Side Includes.

Index.

Todd Stauffer is the author or co-author of more than 25 computing books, including HTML Web Publishing 6-in-1, HTML by Example with Ann Navarro, and Creating Your Own AOL Web Page with Andy Shafran. Stauffer has written for a number of magazines, including Publish magazine, Silicon Alley Reporter, Working Woman, and MacAddict.

Todd has worked as an advertising writer, technical writer, and magazine editor, all in consumer-oriented computing. Outside of computing, he's also a humor columnist and a travel/automotive writer. You can reach him via his Web site, at http://www.mac-upgrade.com.

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Creating Web Pages assumes that readers are true beginners - no prior Web page experience is necessary!

This hands-on tutorial teaches readers the fundamentals of creating Web pages, along with more advanced ideas like message areas, chat, and e-commerce options to make the page look like it was created by a professional. The book begins by explaining the need for HTML and the basics of good Web page design. It then covers using HTML tags and tools, formatting text, adding images, and building links. Later chapters demonstrate how to add features to Web pages including tables, colors, frames, multimedia content, JavaScript, Style Sheets and Dynamic HTML. The author has also included several hundred pages of useful additional information, perfect for the beginning Web designer.

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