It’s easy to design, build, and post a Web page with Google Page Creator or CoffeeCup HTML Editor, but a friendly guide still comes in handy. Creating Web Pages For Dummies®, 9th Edition introduces you to Web design software and online page-building tools, and walks you through the process in record time. Like its previous editions, this book gives you the skinny on getting Web pages up and running with the least amount of hassle. But not just ho-hum Web pages! Yours will look fantastic and be easy to build, and you’ll even get a trial version of CoffeeCup HTML Editor and visual design tools on the bonus CD. You’ll learn to:
- Get a simple page designed and online by the end of Chapter 3
- Optimize photos, video, and audio for the Web and get them onto your page
- Register for a Google account and use the versatile Google Page Creator
- Build pages using basic HTML or CoffeeCup HTML Editor
- Identify and apply elements of design, avoid common errors, and create pages that get noticed
- Maintain control by creating and editing pages in HTML with a text editor
- Understand how image file size affects your pages, how to upload photos to Flickr, and how to add sound and video files to your Web pages
- Develop your pages into a site with CoffeeCup HTML Editor and Visual Editor
You’ll even find out more about blogging and Blogger.com. The trial software on the CD is for Windows, but the instructions for building great Web pages work on any system!
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Table of Contents:
Introduction 1
Part I: Create a Web Page Today 7
Chapter 1: Web Publishing Basics 9
Chapter 2: Designing Your Online Look 31
Chapter 3: A Fast and Easy Page with Google Page Creator 49
Part II: Get ting the Content Right 61
Chapter 4: Words and Blogs 63
Chapter 5: Using Images and Uploading Photos to Flickr 89
Chapter 6: Playing Sounds on Your Site 121
Chapter 7: Screening Videos on Your Site 133
Part III: Your Site in WYSIWYG 149
Chapter 8: Using a WYSIWYG Editor 151
Chapter 9: Creating a WYSIWYG Page 161
Chapter 10: Graphics and Media, WYSIWYG Style 179
Chapter 11: Laying Out Your Site in WYSIWYG 189
Part IV: Your Site in HTML 199
Chapter 12: Using a Text Editor 201
Chapter 13: Creating a WYSIWYG Page 209
Chapter 14: Graphics and Media in HTML 223
Chapter 15: Laying Out Your Site in HTML235
Part V: The Par t of Tens 245
Chapter 16: Ten Web-Publishing Dos and Don’ts 247
Chapter 17: Ten Places to Host Your Page 255
Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Make Your Page a Site 259
Part VI: Appendixes 263
Appendix A: Web Words Worth Knowing 265
Appendix B: A Quick Guide to HTML Tags 275
Appendix C: About the CD-ROM 297
Index 303