Creating Web Pages for Dummies - Softcover

Bud E. Smith; Arthur Bebak

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1568846452 ISBN 13: 9781568846453

Publisher: Hungry Minds Inc, 1996

Synopsis

In Creating Web Pages For Dummies, IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., has produced a Web authoring how-to book for the rest of us. Creating Web Pages For Dummies takes the mystery out of using HTML (HyperText Markup Language), preparing graphics, uploading, and all the other elements of publishing on the Internet's World Wide Web. Here, in plain English, authors Bud Smith and Arthur Bebak provide a brief Internet primer for those new to the brave new online world. More importantly, they present all the practical, ready-to-use information you need in order to get started as a Web author right away. In Creating Web Pages For Dummies, Smith and Bebak also share their own expert advice on designing attractive pages that don't take too long to download and on organizing sites in which users won't get lost.

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Review

The authors of Creating Web Pages for Dummies deserve compliments for their refusal to sugarcoat Web page design through reliance upon visual editing tools. They come right out of the gate and teach HTML--a simple, limited subset of the whole language to be sure, but enough of the language of Web publishing to get readers going. Further, this simple but earnest introduction reveals HTML concepts that readers will need to understand before they explore more complicated aspects of the language.

In addition to teaching the fundamentals of page design and creation, Smith and Bebak spend some time explaining how to get pages onto the Web. They detail the mechanics of using no-charge page publishers like GeoCities, then go on to explain how to publish a page on AOL or Prodigy.

One section of this book deals with HTML development tools (the opening chapter is called "Be True to Your Tool"--go figure). The authors cover NaviPress, PageMill, HotDog, and BBEdit in depth, and address a few more development tools briefly. Unfortunately, the reader is left wondering what happened to coverage of FrontPage--a very popular development tool that many people already own.

A companion CD-ROM holds some page-editing tools, including a PageMill demo, a HotDog Demo, BBEdit Lite, and various other software.

If you represent a business, you'll probably want a more comprehensive text that will enable you to project a more professional image on the Web. But if you're a person who wants to publish a home page, this book will serve you well. --David Wall

From the Back Cover

Whether you want to post a personal home page or a business Web site on the world Wide Web, Creating Web Pages For Dummies is the book for you! With this easy-to-follow reference, you quickly find out how to create a Web page, place it on a Web server for little or no cost, and view your own home page on the Web after only a couple of hours of work! Also, discover how to add graphics, formatting, hypertext links, and even multimedia to create a first-rate page and become a Web publishing expert overnight!

Use Creating Web Pages For Dummies the fun and easy way:

• Discover how to use a wide range of Web page creation tools already online, including tools to use on America Online, CompuServe, and Prodigy

• Create Web pages with or without using HTML

• Place your Web pages on a Web server -- sometimes you can even do it for free!

• Produce simple, clear Web pages and link them with easy-to-use Web sites

• Uncover Web page basics including how to format text, create links, and add graphics

• Find examples of great sites from businesses and individuals to show you how to publish easily

• Plus Top Ten Lists of Web publishing dos and don'ts

Edition details

• Publisher: Hungry Minds Inc
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1568846452
• ISBN 13: 9781568846453
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 337