Creating Web Pages Simplified - Softcover

Mike Wooldridge; Brianna Stuart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118063511 ISBN 13: 9781118063514

Publisher: Visual, 2011

Synopsis

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

Do you want to share photos and family lore 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 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 Web page 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
• Includes a tear card with HTML tag references and a web-safe color chart to keep handy as you build your pages

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

About this title

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.

• Use HTML5 and its tags to create a basic page

• Add text, style it with CSS, and insert images

• Create forms so visitors can communicate with you

• Organize your pages with semantic tags

• Make pages interactive with JavaScript

• Include multimedia and publish your site

• "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

About the Author

Mike Wooldridge is a web developer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He’s authored dozens of books for the Visual series. For more information about creating web pages and the example files used in this book, visit his website: www.wooldridge.net/html5

Brianna Stuart is a writer and busy mom based in the Seattle area. This is her first book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Visual
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1118063511
• ISBN 13: 9781118063514
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288