Creating Web Pages For Dummies® - Softcover

Smith, Bud E.; Bebak, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764507338 ISBN 13: 9780764507335

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2000

Synopsis

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!

About this title

About the Author

Bud Smith: Bud is a computer book author with over ten years of publishing experience. Creating Web Pages for Dummies, 5th Edition, is one of a dozen books Bud has written; his IDG Books Worldwide titles include AutoCAD For Dummies, and the upcoming Internet Marketing For Dummies. In addition to writing books, Bud has been a computer magazine editor and product marketing manager.

Bud got his start with computers in 1983, when he left a promising career as a welder for a stint as a data–entry clerk. Bud then moved to Silicon Valley to join a startup company, followed by work for Intel, IBM, Apple, and AltaVista. His work and interests led him to acquire a degree from the University of San Francisco in Information Systems Management.

Arthur Bebak: Arthur received a degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, which he attended on a fencing scholarship. He has designed mainframes, managed large engineering projects, and studied business administration. Arthur is founder of Netsurfer Communications, Inc., a highly successful electronic publishing company. Arthur has done a lot of writing, which has led to his current "surprising" (though only to him) role as coauthor of this book.

At Netsurfer, Arthur oversees a large staff of people who create Web sites for numerous clients. They also write, edit, and publish several Web–based electronic magazines, popularly known as "e–zines".

From the Back Cover

The essential tools and tips you need to produce Web Pages with pizzazz

CD–ROM packed with tools for building and editing Web pages

A Reference for the Rest of Us!®

Your road map to creating your home page––in a day!

Updated with tips on using the latest design tools and getting free Web space

This friendly guide will help you build awesome pages without needing lessons on HTML or previous page building experience. And once you′ve created your page, you′ll find tips on how to get your page online at free page hosting sites like Yahoo! GeoCities or AOL, and how to use professional tools like Microsoft FrontPage and Adobe PageMill.

Discover how to:

Add graphics, sound, and video

Build pages with WebTV tools

Use a little HTML

Link your site to other sites

Get feedback on your site

all this on the bonus CD–ROM

Trial versions of Macromedia Dreamweaver, LiveImage, Ulead GIF Animator, and HotDog Professional

Evaluation version of Paint Shop Pro 6.0 and HomeSite for Windows

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0764507338
• ISBN 13: 9780764507335
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 384