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Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual, Second Edition

By
Matthew MacDonald
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media / Pogue Press
Released:
December 2008
Pages:
608
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The thoroughly revised, completely updated new edition of Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual explains how to get your site up and running quickly and correctly. Whether you want to build a personal web site, an e-commerce site, a web site for a specific occasion or promotion, or a blog, this book gives you everything from planning to launching, with detailed instructions and clear-headed advice for using ready-to-use building blocks, powerful tools like CSS and JavaScript, and Google's Blogger.
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Table of Contents

  1. Welcome to the Web

    1. Chapter 1 Preparing for the Web

      1. Introducing the World Wide Web
      2. Planning a Web Site
      3. The Ingredients of a Web Site

    2. Chapter 2 Creating Your First Page

      1. The Anatomy of a Web Page
      2. XHTML Tags
      3. The XHTML Document

    3. Chapter 3 Putting Your Page on the Web

      1. How Web Hosting Works
      2. Domain Names
      3. Getting Web Space
      4. Transferring Files

    4. Chapter 4 Power Tools

      1. Choosing Your Tools
      2. Working With Your XHTML Editor

  2. Building Better Web Pages

    1. Chapter 5 XHTML Text Elements

      1. Understanding Text and the Web
      2. XHTML Elements for Basic Text
      3. XHTML Elements for Lists
      4. Inline Formatting

    2. Chapter 6 Style Sheets

      1. Style Sheet Basics
      2. Colors
      3. Fonts
      4. Text Alignment and Spacing
      5. Borders
      6. Class Selectors

    3. Chapter 7 Adding Graphics

      1. Understanding Images
      2. Images and Styles
      3. Techniques with Graphics
      4. Finding Free Art

    4. Chapter 8 Linking Pages

      1. Understanding the Anchor
      2. Image Links and Image Maps
      3. Adding Bookmarks
      4. When Good Links Go Bad

    5. Chapter 9 Page Layout Tools

      1. The Challenge of Screen Space
      2. Tables
      3. Style-Based Layout

    6. Chapter 10 Multipart Pages

      1. Understanding Multipart Pages
      2. Server-Side Includes
      3. Frame Basics
      4. Building Better Frames Pages
      5. Page Templates

  3. Connecting With Your Audience

    1. Chapter 11 Attracting Visitors

      1. Your Web Site Promotion Plan
      2. Spreading the Word
      3. Adding Meta Elements
      4. Directories and Search Engines
      5. Tracking Visitors

    2. Chapter 12 Letting Visitors Talk to You (and Each Other)

      1. Transforming a Site into a Community
      2. Helping Visitors Email You
      3. Adding Forums and Groups to Your Site

    3. Chapter 13 Making Money with Your Site

      1. Money-Making the Web Way
      2. Google AdSense
      3. Amazon Associates
      4. PayPal Merchant Tools

  4. Web Site Frills

    1. Chapter 14 JavaScript: Adding Interactivity

      1. Understanding JavaScript
      2. JavaScript 101
      3. Dynamic XHTML
      4. Scripts on the Web

    2. Chapter 15 Fancy Buttons and Menus

      1. Creating Fancy Buttons
      2. Creating Fancy Menus

    3. Chapter 16 Audio and Video

      1. Understanding Multimedia
      2. Background Music
      3. Flash MP3 Players
      4. Video Clips

  5. Blogs

    1. Chapter 17 Blogs

      1. Understanding Blogs
      2. Getting Started with Blogger
      3. Managing a Blog

  6. Appendixes

    1. Appendix A XHTML Quick Reference

      1. XHTML Elements
      2. XHTML Character Entities
      3. XHTML Color Names

    2. Appendix B Useful Web Sites

      1. Chapter Links

  1. Colophon

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Product Details
Title:
Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual, Second Edition
By:
Matthew MacDonald
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media / Pogue Press
Formats:
  • Print
  • Ebook
  • Safari Books Online
Print Release:
December 2008
Ebook Release:
January 2009
Pages:
608
Print ISBN:
978-0-596-52097-7
| ISBN 10:
0-596-52097-2
Ebook ISBN:
978-0-596-15737-1
| ISBN 10:
0-596-15737-1
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About the Author

  1. Matthew MacDonald

    Matthew MacDonald is a developer, author, and educator in all things Visual Basic and .NET. He's worked with Visual Basic and ASP since their initial versions, and written over a dozen books on the subject, including The Book of VB .NET (No Starch Press) and Visual Basic 2005: A Developer's Notebook (O'Reilly). He has also written Excel 2007:The Missing Manual, Excel 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual, Access 2007:The Missing Manual, and Access 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual, all from O'Reilly. His web site is http://www.prosetech.com.

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