Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual, Second Edition

By Matthew MacDonald
December 2008
Pages: 606
Series: The Missing Manuals
ISBN 10: 0-596-52097-2 | ISBN 13: 9780596520977
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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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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.

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Creating a Web Site, April 04 2009

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There have been many good books written on web site creation over the years—unfortunately, most of them are now hopelessly out of date. This is because of significant changes in web site creation software, and continual browser updates, both for technical improvement as well as for increased security. The old HTML doesn’t cut it anymore, and new elements such as style sheets, JavaScript and XML are now essential to produce useful web pages. We now have blogs, RSS feeds, streaming audio and video, and web conferencing. The most popular browsers, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera, are continually being updated to keep up with these changes.

Author Matthew MacDonald covers all the new developments which are essential for creating up-to-date web pages, from creating your web site to finding the right web host. The book covers the use of XHTML, CSS, XML, creating blogs, using forms, and using software such as Front Page and Dreamweaver. The mechanics of adding graphics, links, videos and audio clips, and use of foreign languages is also covered. The appendices include an XHTML reference and a list of useful web sites.

At a hefty 587 pages, the book provides a comprehensive coverage of web site creation, and includes advice on connecting with your audience and how to make money on your web site as well. Anyone planning a new web site or updating a existing one would do well to get this book.

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Media reviews
"I have reviewed quite a number of Missing Manual books and I am always impressed with them. David Pogue is a Mac master and the depth of his knowledge shines through."
-- Roger Bernau, ACT Apple User Group Incorporated

"In this new book you'll learn how to do just about everything that's need for successful web site development."
-- Ramon Ray, Smallbiztechnology.com

"Both books [Head First Web Design and Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual] are excellent for their intended audiences (novice web designer and more advanced web page designer) and complementary to each other; both are appropriate for public and academic libraries."
-- J. Sara Paulk, The Tech Static

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