Creating Web Pages All-in-One For Dummies - Softcover

Wagner, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470640324 ISBN 13: 9780470640326

Publisher: For Dummies, 2011

Synopsis

Learn all the core tools needed to create Web pages

Businesses, special-interest groups, families, and individuals are all relying on Web sites to communicate. This all-in-one guide offers one-stop shopping for all the information you need to put together powerful Web pages to get your point across and keep visitors coming back. Nine individual minibooks cover best design practices, online tools, Microsoft Expression Web, Dreamweaver, cascading style sheets, HTML and XHTML, graphics and multimedia, scripting, and Flash, arming you to create professional-looking pages.

• Knowing how to build an effective Web site is important to businesses, groups, and even individuals today; this guide teaches how to use all the basic Web page tools
• Explains what goes into a well-designed page and how to use available online tools such as Google Page Builder and Blogger as well as Microsoft's popular Expression Web tool, Dreamweaver, and CSS
• Covers the core language behind Web sites, using graphics and multimedia, JavaScript, and Flash

Creating Web Pages All-in-One For Dummies prepares anyone to build Web pages that get attention.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Wagner is Lead Product Architect, Web/Mobile at MAARK and author of several Web and mobile-related books, including Safari and WebKit Development for iPhone OS 3.0, XSLT For Dummies, Web Design Before & After Makeovers, and more.

From the Back Cover

Here's just what you need to know to create a cool Web site — and no more!If you're not a professional Web designer, and don't want to be, you probably just want to get the job done and make it look good. There's nothing wrong with that, and this book is here to help! Self-contained minibooks cover all the essential techniques and technologies, so you can get what you need to plan, design, code, and maintain your site.

• You have a presence — explore your options for establishing an online presence with a blog or full-scale Web site

• Design for your visitors — apply good Web design principles, make navigation easy, and consider your mobile visitors

• All those initials — learn as much HTML, XHTML, and CSS as you need

• Follow the script — find out how you can add interactive features to your pages with JavaScript and Ajax

• Grab 'em with graphics — discover where to get graphics and how to optimize them for the Web

• Express yourself — design, create, and publish a site using Microsoft Expression Web

• Dream big — build a site with Dreamweaver for Windows® or Mac®

• Get interactive in a Flash — make your site more appealing with Flash movies and interactivity

Open the book and find:

• Advice on the best tools forbuilding your pages

• The fundamentals of effective page design

• How to build your pages using HTML

• Tips for customizing pages with CSS

• Steps for optimizing graphics and adding video to your site

• How to simplify page building with Microsoft Expression Web

• Instructions on using pro Web building tools like Dreamweaver and Flash

• How to connect your pages to social sites like Twitter and Facebook

9 books in 1

• Establish a Web Presence

• Web Design

• HTML/XHTML

• Style with CSS

• JavaScript and Ajax

• Graphics

• Microsoft Expression Web

• Adobe Dreamweaver

• Adobe Flash

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470640324
• ISBN 13: 9780470640326
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 648