Matthew Macdonald

Creating a Website: The Missing Manual (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

You can easily create a professional-looking website with nothing more than an ordinary computer and some raw ambition. Want to build a blog, sell products, create forums, or promote an event? No problem! This friendly, jargon-free book gives you the techniques, tools, and advice you need to build a site and get it up on the Web.The important stuff you need to know:Master the basics. Learn HTML5, the language of the Web.Design good-looking pages. Use styles to build polished layouts.Get it online. Find a reliable web host and pick a good web address.Use time-saving tools. Learn free tools for creating web pages and tracking your visitors.Attract visitors. Make sure people can find your site through popular search engines like Google.Build a community. Encourage repeat visits with social media.Bring in the cash. Host Google ads, sell Amazons wares, or push your own products that people can buy via PayPal.Add pizzazz. Include audio, video, interactive menus, and a pinch of JavaScript.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 622
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781449374549
• Artikelnr.: 43122058

Autorenporträt

Matthew MacDonald is a developer, author, and educator in all things Visual Basic and .NET. He's worked with Visual Basic and ASP since their initial versions, and has written over a dozen books on the subject, including The Book of VB .NET (No Starch Press) and Visual Basic 2005: A Developer's Notebook (O'Reilly). He has also written a number of Missing Manual titles on Excel 2007 and Access 2007 (O'Reilly). His website is http://www.prosetech.com/.

Inhaltsangabe

The Missing Credits
About the Author
About the Creative Team
Acknowledgements
The Missing Manual Series
Introduction
The Glory of Building a Website from Scratch
About This Book
About the Online Resources
Safari® Books Online
Part 1: Building Basic Web Pages
Chapter 1: Creating Your First Page
1.1 HTML: The Language of the Web
1.2 Tutorial: Creating an HTML File
1.3 Seeing the HTML of a Live Web Page
1.4 A Closer Look at HTML Tags
1.5 Understanding HTML Documents
1.6 Tutorial: Building a Complete HTML Document
1.7 Checking Your Pages for Errors
Chapter 2: Becoming Fluent in HTML
2.1 Types of Elements
2.2 HTML Elements for Basic Text
2.3 Tutorial: Converting Raw Text to HTML
2.4 HTML Elements for Lists
2.5 HTML Elements for Tables
2.6 Inline Formatting
Chapter 3: Building a Style Sheet
3.1 Graphic Design on the Web
3.2 Style Sheet Basics
3.3 Tutorial: Attaching a Style Sheet to a Page
3.4 When Styles Overlap
3.5 Class Selectors
3.6 Colors
3.7 Text Alignment and Spacing
3.8 Basic Fonts
3.9 Web Fonts with Google
3.10 Borders
Chapter 4: Adding Graphics
4.1 Introducing the Element
4.2 Tutorial: Storing Images in a Subfolder
4.3 File Formats for Web Graphics
4.4 Tutorial: Wrapping Text Around an Image
4.5 Background Images
4.6 Finding Free Art
Chapter 5: Working with a Web Editor
5.1 The Benefits of a Web Editor
5.2 Choosing Your Web Editor
5.3 Getting Started with Dreamweaver
5.4 Setting Up Shop with Expression Web
5.5 Trying Out Brackets
Chapter 6: Linking Pages
6.1 Understanding the Anchor
6.2 Tutorial: Linking the Pages in a Site
6.3 More Tricks with Links
6.4 Links That Lead to Bookmarks
6.5 When Good Links Go Bad
Chapter 7: Designing Better Style Sheets
7.1 Planning a Style Sheet
7.2 Building a Complete Style Sheet
7.3 Improving Your Style Sheet
7.4 Tutorial: Becoming a Style Detective
Part 2: From Web Page to Website
Chapter 8: Page Layout
8.1 Understanding Style-Based Layout
8.2 Choosing Your Layout
8.3 Tutorial: Creating a Layout with Multiple Columns
8.4 A Few More Layout Techniques
8.5 Putting the Same Content on Multiple Pages
Chapter 9: Getting Your Site Online
9.1 How Web Hosting Works
9.2 Domain Names
9.3 Getting Web Space
9.4 Transferring Files to Your Site
Part 3: Connecting with Your Audience
Chapter 10: Introducing Your Site to the World
10.1 Your Website Promotion Plan
10.2 Making Your Site Search-Engine Friendly
10.3 Registering with Search Engines
10.4 Tracking Visitors
Chapter 11: Website Promotion
11.1 Spreading the Word
11.2 Transforming a Site into a Community
11.3 Email Newsletters
11.4 Twitter
11.5 Facebook
11.6 Groups
Chapter 12: Adding a Blog
12.1 Understanding Blogs
12.2 Getting Started with Blogger
12.3 Blog Management
12.4 Reviewing Comments
Chapter 13: Making Money with Your Site
13.1 Money-Making the Web Way
13.2 Google AdSense
13.3 Amazon Associates
13.4 PayPal Merchant Tools
Part 4: Interactivity and Multimedia
Chapter 14: JavaScript: Adding Interactivity
14.1 Understanding JavaScript
14.2 JavaScript 101
14.3 Dynamic HTML
14.4 Scripts on the Web
Chapter 15: Dynamic Buttons and Menus
15.1 Fancy Buttons
15.2 Choosing Your Approach
15.3 Tutorial: Creating a Rollover Button
15.4 Fancy Menus
Chapter 16: Audio and Video
16.1 Understanding Multimedia
16.2 Playing Audio Files
16.3 Showing Video Clips
16.4 Fallbacks for Old Browsers
16.5 Uploading Videos to YouTube
Part 5: Appendixes
Where to Go from Here
HTML Quick Reference
HTML Elements
HTML5 Semantic Elements
HTML Character Entities