Creating Web pages isn't just for nerds anymore--far from it. You can't get far in any hobby without participating in its Web community; even the smallest businesses need good-looking, functional Web sites. Those facts mean you must be able to do your own site-building work, and Creating Web Pages for Dummies exists to share the skills you need to learn. This book goes a long way toward explaining Web publishing to newcomers to the field. It is not, however, much of an introduction to Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or any other site development language, and you'll soon find yourself wishing for more information on the low-level code that makes your pages look and act the way they do.

Instead of focusing on HTML (see Elizabeth Castro's excellent HTML 4 for the World Wide Web for that), this book emphasizes Web services (such as America Online and GeoCities) that will help you publish your pages, as well as page-design software (such as Microsoft FrontPage Express and Netscape Composer). Coverage is generally too basic--the logic is that if you're thinking about publishing your own Web pages you don't need step-by-step instructions on how to enter body text into FrontPage Express. General advice is good, however, and prospective page creators can learn a thing or two about good page design from the authors' advice. --David Wall

Topics covered: The essentials of building a series of Web pages and getting them up for public consumption. Publishing services, page-design software, and the bare essentials of HTML are covered, as are the special considerations of publishing for WebTV and dealing with diverse browser types.


From Book News, Inc.
Intended for the hobbyist, this book walks through the steps of creating a simple web page in AOL and GeoCities, and the basic tags of HTML. It then shows how to add links to a page, place graphics in a page, publish the page to a server, and animate GIF files. The CD-ROM contains trial versions of HomeSite, Dreamweaver, CoffeeCup Firestarter, Ulead GIF Animator, and numerous utilities.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Book Description
The Web is the most sophisticated, most open, and simplest publishing medium ever created, an endless set of criss-crossing interconnections between an ever-growing number of points, and a community in the truest sense of the word. Your Web page can be your platform to say or show whatever you want to the millions of people with access to the global Internet. You can talk about yourself or your business. You can publish a short story or a collection of jokes. You can show pictures of your dog or of your company’s latest product. Your own imagination is the only limit to what you can put on the Web.

If you've used the Web before and you're now ready to step out into the big wide online world with your own page, Creating Web Pages For Dummies, 6th Edition, is the place where you can nudge your wishes into reality. Without any previous experience (or painful technical instructions), you can get on track to Tackling just enough HTML to format with the best of 'em Incorporating graphics, sound, and video into your pages Providing links to other sites Putting to good use Web publishing tools that can relieve your workload Designing and delivering pages that people will want to revisit

Informative, educational, and just plain fun, Creating Web Pages For Dummies, 6th Edition, covers Web page topics from beginning through intermediate levels, including how to Put together a Web publishing plan Use half a dozen different tools Publish a Web page via Web-based services and the major online services Expand your page to a full Web site Add interactive features and invite feedback Keep your page current and in good working order

The revised and updated content in this edition also features the latest on building AOL and GeoCities pages, plus insight into adding the multimedia features that's amaze your visitors. The book includes a CD-ROM that's loaded with a variety of PC and Macintosh programs and demos – all the more for smooth sailing into having your own place on the Web!


Download Description
Now updated to cover the latest tools and techniques, this perennial bestseller shows people how to create their first Web page, from using simple HTML techniques to adding images to create a look and feel
* Forty percent revised material includes updates on using free tools such as Netscape Composer, creating better Web graphics, and harnessing broadband connections for Web publishing
* The book now covers using Weblog technology to enhance and update a site, as well as working with GeoCities as a free Web space provider
* The only book written for the absolute Web page beginner-it assumes no HTML knowledge or design background-and one of the few books that shows how to build a simple site without focusing on a specific tool
* The CD-ROM includes tryout versions of software covered in the book so readers can get started right away


Book Info
Covers the essentials a first-time Web page builder needs to know to design, create, and post their first Web pages. Offers simple solutions for the clueless, including how to use a WYSIWYG page builder and how to set up a page on AOL or at GeoCities. Softcover. CD-ROM included.


From the Back Cover
Now revised and updated – The fun and easy way™ to put yourself on the Web Get updated coverage of interactivity, multimedia, design basics, and more! Create your first page today –no HTML experience required! Creating a good-looking basic Web page for your family or business can seem like an overwhelming task. Don’t worry! Focusing exclusively on the essentials, this friendly reference will help you build your first Web page using simple HTML or the services of AOL or GeoCities, add pizzazz with multimedia and interactivity, and then go live. All this on the bonus CD-Rom: Macromedia HomeSite and Dreamweaver trial versions Paint Shop Pro and Animation Shop evaluation versions More than 20 other Web building tools and utilities Plus examples and resource files from the book System Requirements: PC running Windows 9x/2000/Me/XP, Windows NT 4 or later; Power Macintosh running System 7.6 or later. See the About the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements. Get smart! @www.dummies.com Find listings of all our books Create your own personalized book with Hungry Minds a la Carte™ Sign up for daily eTips at www.dummiesdaily.com


About the Author
Bud Smith cowrote Internet Marketing For Dummies and Web Usability For Dummies, along with 12 other For Dummies titles.

Arthur Bebak is publisher and executive editor of several Web-based magazines at Netsurfer Communications.

FROM OUR EDITORS

Whether you want to post a personal home page or a business Web site on the World Wide Web, do it the quick and easy way with this step-by-step book and accompanying CD-ROM. Discover the wide range of creation tools already on-line, how to create Web pages with or without HTML; placing your Web pages on a Web server (sometimes for free!); learn how to add graphics, formatting, hypertext links, and even multimedia to create a first-rate page without being an HTML pro!

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This friendly guide covers the essentials a first-time Web page builder needs to know to design, create, and post their first Web pages. You'll get all the basics on good design, creating Web graphics, and just enough HTML to get started. Creating Web Pages For Dummies, 6th Edition offers simple solutions for the clueless, including how to use a WYSIWYG page builder and how to set up a page on AOL or at GeoCities.

The revised and updated content in this edition features the latest on building AOL and GeoCities pages, using site building software, and adding the coolest multimedia features.

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