Research Catalog

Title

Sams teach yourself to create Web pages in 24 hours / Ned Snell.

Author

Snell, Ned.

Publication

Indianapolis, Ind. : Sams, 2001.

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Details

Description

xiii, 397 pages : illustrations; 24 cm +

Subject

• Web sites > Design
• HTML (Document markup language)
• Hypertext systems
• Web publishing
• HTML
• Gestaltung
• Homepage
• Lehrbuch
• Web-Seite

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

System Details (note)

• "This CD-ROM uses long and mixed-case filenames requiring the use of a protected-mode CD-ROM driver"--Page 3 of cover.

Contents

Part I. First Steps, First Web Pages -- Hour 1. Understanding Web Authoring -- Anatomy of a Web Page -- How a Web Page Works -- Pictures, Sound, and Other Media -- Extensions: Love 'Em!, Hate 'Em! -- Ways to Organize a Web Site -- Hour 2. Getting Started with a Web Authoring Program -- Opening Composer -- Exploring the Composer Toolbars -- Starting a New Web Page -- Saving and Naming Files -- About Web Page Filenames -- Editing Pages You've Saved -- Checking Out Your New Page in a Web Browser -- Printing Pages -- Hour 3. Wizarding Up a Personal Home Page -- Should I Create My Web Site Online? -- Where Are the Wizards? -- What Does It Take to Make a Basic Page with a Wizard? -- Understanding Publishing -- Hour 4. Starting Pages in Other Programs -- Starting in Your Word Processing, Desktop Publishing, or Other Program -- Working with Templates -- Editing a Template into Your Own Page -- Part II. Titles, Text, and Tables -- Hour 5. Choosing a Title, Text Colors, and Other Page Basics -- About Page Properties -- Choosing an Effective Page Title -- Helping Search Pages Catalog Your Page -- Choosing Custom Colors for a Whole Page -- Hour 6. Adding and Editing Text -- Understanding Paragraphs and Their Properties -- Understanding What Each Paragraph Property Does -- Entering Text and Assigning Properties -- Aligning and Indenting Text -- Editing Your Text -- Checking Your Spelling -- Tips for Good Text Design -- Hour 7. Formatting Text -- Working with Lists -- Dressing Up Text with Character Properties -- Hour 8. Organizing Text with Tables and Rules -- About Horizontal Lines -- About Tables -- Part III. Linking to Stuff -- Hour 9. Understanding Links -- What's in a Link? -- What's Linkable? -- Web Pages -- Anchors in Pages -- Local Files -- Hour 10. Making Links -- Creating New Links -- Creating a Signature (Linking to Email) -- Copying Links from Other Pages -- Checking That Links Lead Where They're Supposed To -- Editing Links -- Delinking Text -- Hour 11. More Ways to Link -- Understanding Targets -- Creating Targets in a Page -- Deleting Targets -- Linking to Targets -- Creating Links that Download Files -- Hour 12. Using Links to Build a Web Site -- The Basic Act: Linking One Page to Another -- Linking from One Page to a Target in Another -- Site-Design Tips -- Part IV. Adding Pizzazz with Multimedia -- Hour 13. Getting Pictures for Your Page -- About Inline Images -- Creating and Acquiring Image Files -- Using Images from the CD-ROM -- Previewing Images in Windows -- Important Stuff to Know About Inline Images -- Creating Images in Paint Shop Pro -- Hour 14. Adding Pictures (and Picture Backgrounds) -- Inserting a GIF or JPEG Image in Composer -- Using the Same Image Multiple Times -- Deleting an Image -- Choosing an Image's Size and Other Properties -- Entering Images in Table Cells -- Inserting Fancy Bullets and Rules -- Using an Image As a Link -- Adding a Picture Background -- Hour 15. Snazzing Up Your Page with Sound, Video, and Special Effects -- About External Media -- Understanding Media Types -- Tips for Proper Presentation -- Hour 16. Creating Your Own Animations -- About Animated GIFs -- Inserting Animated GIFs into Pages -- Creating Your Own Animated GIFs -- Part V. Fine-Tuning Your Page -- Hour 17. Editing HTML -- Reading an HTML File -- Viewing the HTML Source Code of a Document -- Using Composer to Insert an HTML Tag -- Adding Attributes with the Composer Advanced Edit Buttons -- Editing an HTML Source File Directly -- About HTML Assistant Pro -- Editing Composer Pages in HTML Assistant Pro -- Using HTML Assistant Pro to Add Sound and Video to Your Web Pages -- Hour 18. Dividing a Page into Frames -- What Does It Take to Make a Frames Page? -- Using HTML Assistant Pro to Create a Frames Page -- Creating Frames in HTML -- Specifying the Frame in Which a Linked Page Opens -- Accommodating the Frame-Intolerant -- Hour 19. Designing Fill-in-the-Blanks Forms -- Understanding Forms -- Creating the Visible Form -- Hour 20. Putting Multiple Links in One Picture -- About Imagemaps -- Server-Side Versus Client-Side -- Choosing (or Creating) Images Suited for Imagemapping -- Creating an Imagemap -- Part VI. Getting it Online -- Hour 21. Publishing Your Page -- About Web Servers -- How Much Space Do I Need? -- Preparing to Publish -- Publishing from Composer -- Viewing Your Page Through the Internet -- Hour 22. Announcing Your Web Presence -- Listing Your Page in Web Search Pages -- Getting in Multiple Search Pages at Once -- Publicizing Your Page off the Web -- Hour 23. Testing and Maintaining Your Page Online -- Testing Your Pages -- Evaluating Your Page's Ergonomics -- Updating Your Page -- Hour 24. Developing Your Authoring Skills -- Getting Your Own Domain (Your Own Dot-Com) -- Advancing to New Authoring Tools and Techniques -- How to Grow as a Web Author -- Part VII. Appendixes -- Appendix A. Using the Programs on the Bonus CD-ROM -- Setting Up the Programs -- What's on the CD-ROM? -- Appendix B. Online Resources for Web Authors -- Browsers and Other Net-Surfing Programs -- General Web Authoring -- Clip Art, Animation, and Templates -- Java -- General-Purpose Software Download Sites -- Plug-Ins, Helpers, and Other Browser Accessories.

ISBN

• 0672320754
• 9780672320750

LCCN

2001093349

OCLC

• ocm45437245
• 45437245
• SCSB-9302837

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library