Creating Web Pages Simplified - Softcover

Wooldridge, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470481927 ISBN 13: 9780470481929

Publisher: Visual, 2009

Synopsis

The easiest way to learn to create a web page for your family or organization

Do you want to share photos and family stories with relatives far away? Have you been put in charge of communication for your neighborhood group or nonprofit organization? A web page is the way to get the word out, and Creating Web Pages Simplified, Second Edition, offers an easy, visual way to learn how to build one. Full-color illustrations and concise instructions take you through all phases of web publishing, from laying out and formatting text to enlivening pages with graphics and animation.

This easy-to-follow visual guide shows you the building blocks of a webpage and how to work with images, create links and forms, generate dynamic content using JavaScript, use style sheets, and publish a page on the web. You'll learn to use HTML, create simple yet attractive web pages, and enhance them with frames, multimedia effects, links, and more.

• Features full-color illustrations with step-by-step instructions
• Covers everything you need to get started, including how to use HTML, how to lay out pages and format text, and how to add graphics and visual effects
• Shows how to make your pages more interesting with animation and sound, add links to other sites, include e-mail addresses, and more

If you've ever thought about building a webpage, Creating Web Pages Simplified, Second Edition, is simply the easiest way to make it happen.

About this title

About the Author

Mike Wooldridge is a Web developer based in the San Francisco Bay area. He has authored more than 20 books for the Visual series.

From the Back Cover

Are you new to computers? Does new technology make you nervous? Relax! You're holding in your hands the easiest guide ever to creating Web pages — a book that skips the long-winded explanations and shows you how things work. All you have to do is open the book and discover just how easy it is to get up to speed.

• Learn to create a page using basic HTML

• Add text, photos, logos, and clickable buttons

• Build links into your pages

• Control layout by using style sheets

• Create forms so your visitors can contact you

• Include multimedia and publish your pages

• "Simplify It" sidebars offer real-world advice

• Succinct explanations walk you through step by step

• Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task

• Self-contained, two-page lessons make learning a snap

Edition details

• Publisher: Visual
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470481927
• ISBN 13: 9780470481929
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304