Creating Cool Web Sites: With HTML, XHTML and CSS - Softcover

Taylor, Dave

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764557386 ISBN 13: 9780764557385

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2004

Synopsis

• Walks readers through the process of creating a basic Web site from scratch using HMTL, the basis for billions of Web pages, and then jazzing it up with advanced techniques from the author′s award–winning sites
• This updated edition features new material that shows readers how to attract visitors to a site and keep them there, including new JavaScript examples and coverage of cascading style sheets and XHTML, technologies that make building successful Web sites even easier
• Also features exciting new tips and tricks for beginning and advanced users, as well as more expanded examples and samples for users to incorporate in their own sites
• The book moves from basic design and deployment to advanced page layout strategies, showing how to spice up new or existing sites with sound, video, and animation

About this title

About the Author

Dave Taylor is president of Intuitive Systems and a bestselling computer book author. He is a top–rated speaker and teacher and has designed dozens of commercial and educational Web sites, including GrowingVentures.com, SherlockWorld.com, and Trivial.net.

From the Back Cover

How to take command of the wide, wonderful Web

Thinking of launching a Web site or an e–business? Want to jazz up the site you already have? This book is jammed with secrets that entice Web wanderers to stop at your site and return again. You’ll find out how to create a basic Web page, enhance it using CSS and JavaScript™, morph it into a complete multipage site, add forms, video, and animation, and get a top ranking from leading search engines. Here’s the perfect mix of technology and creativity–the cool stuff you want to do, plus a thorough understanding of the tools that let you do it.

• Use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to maintain consistent formatting for a slick, professional look
• Improve the quality of your site with XHTML, the next generation of markup language
• Jazz up your site with appropriate use of color, graphics, animation, and sound
• Discover how to improve your site design to make it more user friendly
• Write your pages to make them search engine friendly and improve your ranking automatically
• Check out all the examples and much more at the author′s Web site: www.intuitive.com/coolsites/

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764557386
• ISBN 13: 9780764557385
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432