A Teen's Guide to Creating Web

Whether using a social networking site like MySpace or Facebook or building a Web page from scratch, millions of teens are actively creating a vibrant part of the Internet. This is the definitive teen's guide to publishing exciting web pages and blogs on the Web.

This easy-to-follow guide shows teenagers how to:

• Create great MySpace and Facebook pages
• Build their own unique, personalized Web site
• Share the latest news with exciting blogging ideas
• Protect themselves online with cyber-safety tips

Written by a teenager for other teens, this book leads readers step-by-step through the basics of web and blog design. In this book, teens learn to go beyond clicking through web sites to learning winning strategies for web design and great ideas for writing blogs that attract attention and readership.

Benjamin Selfridge is now a college student at Bard College, where he is studing mathematics, computer science, and psychology. He is also a talented piano player and composer, and an avid listener of classical, jazz, and rock music. His other interests include skiing, movies, and reading out-of-the-ordinary fiction and Shakespeare. When Ben was 11, his friends sparked his interest in creating Web pages. He did a school project on the subject, which is how this book started.

Peter Selfridge has a Ph.D. in computer science and worked at Bell Labs and AT&T Labs for 19 years as a research scientist. He currently works for a small science and engineering company near Washington, D.C. and advises the government on technology issues. He continues to do occassional hands-on programming (Java, mostly). When not working, Peter enjoys being a parent to his older children, Benjamin and Lauren, as well as hiss two new children, Sarah and Andrew. When time permits, he enjoys skiing, playing the acoustic guitar, and hiking.