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Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual, Second Edition | ||
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By Matthew MacDonald |
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Missing CD-ROM
Example Files
Download all of the example files
Chapter 1. Preparing for the Web
The history of the Internet
www.isoc.org/internet/history
www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html
Internet Explorer (browser)
www.microsoft.com/windows/ie
Firefox (browser)
www.mozilla.org/products/firefox
Safari (browser)
www.apple.com/safari
Summary of Mac browsers
http://darrel.knutson.com/mac/www/browsers.html
Opera (browser)
www.opera.com
Google Chrome (browser)
www.google.com/chrome
Netscape (browser)
http://browser.netscape.com/releases
Browser usage statistics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers
Spybot Search & Destroy (spyware removal tool)
www.safer-networking.org
Windows Defender (for Windows XP)
www.microsoft.com/defender
Lavasoft Ad-Aware (spyware removal tool)
www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware
One of many free blogging services (see the Chapter 17 link list for more)
www.blogger.com
What not to do in a Web page
www.angelfire.com/super/badwebs
The ultimate examples of bad Web design
www.worstoftheweb.com
Chapter 2. Creating Your First Web Page
Download all of the files for Chapter 2
Java checkers
http://thinks.com/java/checkers/checkers.htm
Flash games
www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal
XHTML validator
http://www.validome.org
Chapter 3. Putting Your Page on the Web
Smartdots (free subdomain names)
www.smartdots.com
Domain Direct (Web host)
www.domaindirect.com
Brinkster (Web host)
www.brinkster.com
Insider Hosting (Web host)
www.insiderhosting.com
DreamHost (Web host)
www.dreamhost.com
GoDaddy (Web host)
www.godaddy.com
HostGo (Web host)
www.hostgo.com
Pair Networks (Web host)
www.pair.com
Sonic.net (Web host)
www.sonic.net
WebHostingTalk (discussion board)
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?s=aa8768ada1bc5ddbd96e0578584cffce&f=1
Links to Web host research
www.consumersearch.com/www/internet/web-hosting/review.html
TinyURL (URL shrinking service)
http://tinyurl.com
Directory of free Web hosts
www.free-webhosts.com/user_reviews.php
Chapter 4. Power Tools
Shareware
www.download.com
List of free Web Page editors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_HTML_editors
Nvu/KompoZer (Web page editor)
www.kompozer.net
Amaya (Web page editor)
www.w3.org/Amaya
HTML-Kit (Web page editor)
www.html-kit.com
Coffee Cup (Web page editor)
http://www.coffeecup.com/free-editor
Expression Web (trial software)
www.microsoft.com/Expression/try-it
Dreamweaver (trial software)
www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver
Chapter 5. XHTML Text Elements
Download all of the files for Chapter 5
Learn about the semantic Web
http://logicerror.com/semanticWeb
Special characters in XHTML
http://www.webmonkey.com/reference/Special_Characters
Chapter 6. Style Sheets
Download all of the files for Chapter 6
CSS compatibility tables for different browsers
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/contents.html
http://www.webdevout.net/browser-support-css
Online color pickers
www.colorpicker.com
www.colorschemer.com/online.html
Information about font support on different operating systems
http://web.mit.edu/jmorzins/www/fonts.html
www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/res_fontsamp.htm
Chapter 7. Adding Graphics
Download all of the files for Chapter 7
Free image editors
www.gimp.org (all platforms)
www.getpaint.net (Windows-only)
Free backgrounds
www.grsites.com/textures
www.backgroundcity.com
www.backgroundsarchive.com
Google image search (pictures are not necessarily free to use)
http://images.google.com
Stock.XCHNG (free pictures)
http://sxc.hu
Overview of places to find free pictures
www.masternewmedia.org/where_to_find_free_images_and_visuals
Commercial picture sites
www.istockphoto.com
www.fotolia.com
www.dreamstime.com
Microsoft Office clipart
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart
Chapter 8. Linking Pages
Download all of the files for Chapter 8
Link checker
http://validator.w3.org/checklink
Chapter 9. Page Layout Tools
Download all of the files for Chapter 9
Firefox Web Developer add-on
http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60
A huge catalog of style-sheet layout examples
www.csszengarden.com
CSS tutorial
www.w3schools.com/css
CSS validator
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator
Style sheet templates
www.bluerobot.com/web/layouts
http://glish.com/css
CSS resources
www.westciv.com/style_master/house
Chapter 10. Multipart Pages
Download all of the files for Chapter 10
How to force frames with JavaScript
http://javascript.about.com/library/blframe.htm
Ebook about Expression Web page templates
http://any-expression.com/expression-web/ebooks/expression-web-dwt-ebook.htm
Chapter 11. Attracting Visitors
The Open Directory Project
http://dmoz.org
http://dmoz.org/add.html (submission rules)
http://dmoz.org/guidelines (editor guidelines)
Google Directory
http://directory.google.com
Yahoo (submission guidelines)
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/directory/suggest/listings-03.html
www.apromotionguide.com/yahoo.html (unofficial)
https://ecom.yahoo.com/dir/submit/intro (Yahoo Directory Submit)
How Google works
www.akamarketing.com/google-ranking-tips.html
www.markhorrell.com/seo/pagerank.html
http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html
Google (submission)
http://www.google.com/addurl (submit a site)
www.google.com/webmasters/tools/removals (remove a site)
Google Webmaster Tools
http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools
Search Engine Land (industry news)
http://searchengineland.com
Webmaster World (industry news)
www.webmasterworld.com
Google AdWords
http://adwords.google.com
AdWords poetry
www.iterature.com/adwords
Wayback Machine (archived Web pages)
www.archive.org
List of Web robots
www.robotstxt.org
Google Analytics
www.google.com/analytics
Chapter 12. Letting Your Visitors Talk to You (and Each Other)
Download all of the files for Chapter 12
A tool for encoding mail-to message text
http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/dencoder
CGI introduction
www.cgi101.com/book
ASP and ASP.NET introductions
www.w3schools.com/asp
www.w3schools.com/aspnet
HTML Forms tutorial
www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp
Generate server scripts for form submission
www.tele-pro.co.uk/scripts/contact_form
Form submission services
www.emailmeform.com
www.response-o-matic.com
Examples of discussion groups on the Web
www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/flyoutoverview.mspx
http://survivorsucks.yuku.com
www.officefrustration.com
http://forums.delphiforums.com/JLTechSupport
Google Groups
http://groups.google.com
http://groups.google.com/googlegroups/overview.html
Chapter 13. Making Money with Your Site
Download all of the files for Chapter 13
Google AdSense
www.google.com/adsense (sign up)
www.google.com/services/adsense_tour
www.google.com/adsense/taxinfo
www.google.com/adsense/policies
Amazon Associates
http://affiliate-program.amazon.com
http://associates.amazon.com/gp/associates/network/build-links/banner/main.html (banners)
PayPal
www.paypal.com
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/securitycenter/sell/ChargebackFAQ-outside (about chargebacks)
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/Marketing/securitycenter/sell/SellerProtection-outside (seller protection)
www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-pop-fees-outside (fees)
Chapter 14. JavaScript: Adding Interactivity
Download all of the files for Chapter 14
JavaScript tutorials
www.w3schools.com/js
www.echoecho.com/javascript.htm
www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/jsp
www.webmonkey.com/tutorial/JavaScript_Tutorial
Text effect examples
www.codejunction.com/detailed/sequential-fly-in-text-effect.html
www.javascript-page.com/tickert.html
www.flooble.com/scripts/animate.php
JavaScript events
www.w3schools.com/htmldom/dom_reference.asp
EarthWeb (JavaScript samples)
http://webdeveloper.earthweb.com/webjs
The JavaScript Source (JavaScript samples)
http://javascript.internet.com
JavaScript 2 (JavaScript samples)
www.javascript-2.com
Dynamic Drive (JavaScript samples)
www.dynamicdrive.com
JavaScript FAQ
www.javascripter.net/faq
Chapter 15. Fancy Buttons and Menus
Download all of the files for Chapter 15
Button image generators
www.buttongenerator.com
www.grsites.com/button
Flash button generator
www.flashbuttons.com
Button making software (Windows)
http://free-buttons.org
Navigation bars
www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1
www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/topnavbar.htm
www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/topmen3
Chapter 16. Audio and Video
Download all of the files for Chapter 16
Winamp (MP3 player)
www.winamp.com
Classical MIDI Archives
www.classicalarchives.com
Audacity (sound editor)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
WAV/MP3 editors
www.goldwave.com
www.fleximusic.com
iTunes
www.apple.com/itunes
Sound effects
www.grsites.com/sounds
www.freeaudioclips.com
Flash player
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer
E-Phonic
www.e-phonic.com/mp3player
www.e-phonic.com/mp3player/documentation
Flash background music loops
www.flashkit.com/loops
Impressive Flash examples
www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal
www.zapdramatic.com
Flash tutorials
www.w3schools.com/flash
YouTube
www.youtube.com
http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/player_parameters.html (options for configuring a video window)
Chapter 17. Blogs
Definition of “blog”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
Popular blog examples
www.andrewsullivan.com
http://dear_raed.blogspot.com
http://wilwheaton.typepad.com
www.schneier.com/blog
http://roseandsnail.com
Online feed readers
www.google.com/reader
www.bloglines.com
www.newsgator.com
Windows feed reader
www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon
Mac feed reader
http://ranchero.com/netnewswire
Browser feed readers
www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/ie7/tour/rss (IE)
www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/05/31/safari_rss.html (Safari)
List of blog software and blog hosts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog_hosting_service
Movable Type (blogging software)
www.movabletype.org
Bloxsom (blogging software)
www.blosxom.com
WordPress
http://wordpress.org (blogging software)
http://wordpress.com (hosted blogs)
Windows Live Spaces (hosted blogs)
http://spaces.msn.com
TypePad (hosted blogs)
www.typepad.com
Blogger (hosted blog)
www.blogger.com
http://help.blogger.com (information)
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=46870 (template tag reference)
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=41469 (create a BlogThis bookmark)
Blogger discussion forum
www.bloggerforum.com
Google Toolbar (for BlogThis)
http://toolbar.google.com (Internet Explorer)
http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/toolbar (Firefox)
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