| | |  | Consumer Protection | Home » » Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual | | | | | | | Description: | | Think you have to be a technical wizard to build a great web site? Think again. If you want to create an engaging web site, this thoroughly revised, completely updated edition of Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual demystifies the process and provides tools, techniques, and expert guidance for developing a professional and reliable web presence.
Whether you want to build a personal web site, an e-commerce site, a blog, or a web site for a specific occasion or promotion, this book gives you detailed instructions and clear-headed advice for:
- Everything from planning to launching. From picking and buying a domain name, choosing a Web hosting firm, building your site, and uploading the files to a web server, this book teaches you the nitty-gritty of creating your home on the Web.
- Ready-to-use building blocks. Creating your own web site doesn't mean you have to build everything from scratch. You'll learn how to incorporate loads of pre-built and freely available tools like interactive menus, PayPal shopping carts, Google ads, and Google Analytics.
- The modern Web. Today's best looking sites use powerful tools like Cascading Style Sheets (for sophisticated page layout), JavaScript (for rollover buttons and cascading menus), and video. This book doesn't treat these topics as fancy frills. From step one, you'll learn easy ways to create a powerful site with these tools.
- Blogs. Learn the basics behind the Web's most popular form of self-expression. And take a step-by-step tour through Blogger, the Google-run blogging service that will have you blogging before you close this book.
This isn't just another dry, uninspired book on how to create a web site. Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual is a witty and intelligent guide you need to make your ideas and vision a web reality. | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9780596520977
• Condition: New
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Matthew MacDonald | | Paperback:
| 608 pages | | Publisher:
| Pogue Press | | Publication Date:
| December 30, 2008 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0596520972 | | Package Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 42 reviews |
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 If I'd Opern The Book ..........Jun 06, 2010
Dummy me. I buy books and never crack the cover. Then one day, in search of reading material, I pick up a book that's collected dust for some time and I find the surprise of my life. So it happened with this book. I had already started a website and 2 blogs but I was totally in the dark about a great number of things. The answers to my questions were always right there on my bookshelp in this book. If only I'd read this book first. In chapter 1, I was delighted to find a beginner's description of HTML that was written in understandable baby steps. Not only did I finally understand HTML, I was comfortable with writing the short lessons. From that point, I could barely put the book down. I was discovering an easy way to create and manage a website and blog, that up to now, I had been muddling on my own. It cleared up a lot of mystery on java Script, audio and video.
I'm not going to go through the book, chapter by chapter because there are already some very good reviews on all of this. I'm ready to begin my second reading of this book so all the information will cement in my mind. Sometimes reviewer's give a book a lessor review because it's for beginners, but thank god, there are books, like this for those of us who get a late start in this fun and wonderful geeky world.
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good infoMay 22, 2010
I think the missing manual has hit the nail on the head with this and the other offerings. As it states it's not a book for the internet guru but those of us who aren't experts and are at the beginner/ early intermediate level of experience with this tuff. There are many tips and general info you might not even know you need to know.
Creating Web Sites: The Missing ManualMar 17, 2010
I liked the layout and the instuctional style of this author. I was able to retain quite a bit during the first pass. The vendor sent this book quickly and in even better condition than I had expected.
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In plain english - great for newbiesJan 19, 2010
As a novice when it comes to creating and designing a website, I found this book (along with Dreamweaver CS3) a great resource. While it does include the technical details, I wasn't left feeling completely inept for not knowing all the jargon. I would recommend highly to someone just beginning the process of building their own website.
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Missing Manual is informativeDec 09, 2009
The book is in good condition for a used library book and shipped quickly. I should have looked at the copyright because it's a bit out of date, but for my purposes, I don't think it will matter. This is my first "Missing Manual" series book, and I would definitely try another topic in the series.
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