Brilliant Create your own Website - Softcover

Clymo, Rob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132048779 ISBN 13: 9780132048774

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2007

Synopsis

More and more people want to establish a presence on the web whether it be to succeed in today’s business environment or even just for fun. Brilliant Web Design explains how to design and create an effective website using the task based method of the Brilliant series.  Suitable for both beginners and experts, Brilliant Web Design is for anyone wanting to design anything from a personal homepage to a small business site.  Whether you want to use freely available online services and hosting sites or create your own site from scratch, Brilliant Web Design will ensure you have everything you need to know in no time.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Spend less time reading and more time doing

 

Brilliant Create your own Website is a visual quick reference book that shows you how to establish and maintain your presence on the Web. Learn the basics of how to create a web page and how to design the layout to make it appropriate to your readers, how to set up a website and test it and, perhaps most importantly, how to get your site seen.

 

Brilliant guides provide the quick, easy-to-access information that you need

 

• Detailed table of contents and troubleshooting guide to help you find exactly what you need to know

 

• Easy-to-follow task-based format

 

• Numbered steps guide you through each task

 

• Numerous screenshots and pictures illustrate each step

 

• ‘Important’ boxes point you to the crucial information you really need to know

 

• ‘Timesaver Tips’ sections give you brilliant bite-sized nuggets of help and advice

 

Brilliant Create your own Website....

 

• Starts at the beginning with novice-oriented tutorials on HMTL and web authoring software packages that will have you creating your first web page within minutes.

 

• Guides you through the various software tools available, from free and subscription-based online services to multi-featured professional software packages, providing context and discussion to help you decide what suits your needs best.

 

• Includes a chapter on Microsoft’s brand new Expression Web ™ and a specially commissioned section on design tips for usability.

 

• Takes you beyond merely constructing a website to providing advice on how get it noticed. Find out how to ensure your site is listed in search engine indexes and directories, how to benefit from smart advertising and how to find and exploit user statistics.

Whether you’re considering setting up a personal home page, a site dedicated to a hobby or interest group, or a small business website, this book will show you how to get started.  No previous knowledge of website construction is assumed but by the end you will have acquired all the necessary basic web building techniques and will have encountered some of the more powerful options available for creating flexibly styled, dynamic and interactive websites.  Find out how to design and style your pages, make use of templates, customise the look and feel to make it wholly ‘you’, create your own graphics such as navigation bars, icons and buttons, incorporate your own digital photographs, construct an intuitive navigation system with robust links, make sure your readers see what you see, test the site before going live and make sure those searching for it will find it. Discover how to register a unique domain name and how to find a reliable web space provider. Learn to understand the habits of those who visit your site so you can attract them back, time and time again... Whatever your hopes for establishing an online presence, start here!

 

About the Author:

Rob Clymois Editor of Website Maker magazine, the long-running title formerly known as Web Pages Made Easy launched in the late 1990’s. This is a tutorial based magazine aimed at helping people create a web site in simple steps. As well as being a keen writer on the subject, he is also a commercial site builder specializing in eCommerce. Rob is a regular contributor for other web creation titles including Web Designer, Practical Web Projects and Web Developer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0132048779
• ISBN 13: 9780132048774
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232