Creating Web Pages For Dummies

If you've used the Web before and you're now ready to step out into the big wide online world with your own page, Creating Web Pages For Dummies, 6th Edition, is the place where you can nudge your wishes into reality. Without any previous experience (or painful technical instructions), you can get on track to

• Tackling just enough HTML to format with the best of 'em
• Incorporating graphics, sound, and video into your pages
• Providing links to other sites
• Putting to good use Web publishing tools that can relieve your workload
• Designing and delivering pages that people will want to revisit

Informative, educational, and just plain fun, Creating Web Pages For Dummies, 6th Edition, covers Web page topics from beginning through intermediate levels, including how to

• Put together a Web publishing plan
• Use half a dozen different tools
• Publish a Web page via Web-based services and the major online services
• Expand your page to a full Web site
• Add interactive features and invite feedback
• Keep your page current and in good working order

The revised and updated content in this edition also features the latest on building AOL and GeoCities pages, plus insight into adding the multimedia features that's amaze your visitors. The book includes a CD-ROM that's loaded with a variety of PC and Macintosh programs and demos – all the more for smooth sailing into having your own place on the Web!

Bud got his start with computers in 1983, when he left a promising career as a welder for a stint as a data-entry clerk. Bud then moved to Silicon Valley to join a startup company, followed by work for Intel, IBM, Apple, and AltaVista. His work and interests led him to acquire a degree from the University of San Francisco in Information Systems Management.

Arthur Bebak: Arthur received a degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, which he attended on a fencing scholarship. He has designed mainframes, managed large engineering projects, and studied business administration. Arthur is founder of Netsurfer Communications, Inc., a highly successful electronic publishing company. Arthur has done a lot of writing, which has led to his current "surprising" (though only to him) role as coauthor of this book.

At Netsurfer, Arthur oversees a large staff of people who create Web sites for numerous clients. They also write, edit, and publish several Web-based electronic magazines, popularly known as "e-zines".