Creating Web Sites Bible, Third Edition

  • Updated for the most recent tools, techniques, and standards for creating cutting-edge Web sites for businesses or personal use, this book is one-stop shopping for HTML, JavaScript, CSS, tables, forms, Flash, and more
  • Brand-new chapters cover Ajax, Adobe CS3 tools, RSS, and blogging tools
  • Hands-on guidance and expert advice dive into such topics as creating and editing images and graphics, adding multimedia elements (e.g., Flash animations, audio, and video), creating stores for Yahoo! and Amazon.com, designing auction pages for eBay, and building blogs

Biography

Philip Crowder of Bristol, Tennessee, is the director of the Computer and Information Management (CIM) program at Virginia Intermont College where he teaches future Web designers and programmers the ins and outs of HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, and a variety of other Web languages and technologies. He has also done funded research into computer-based human language translation systems.

David A. Crowder is a professional Web developer, and the author or coauthor of more than 20 books on Web design and development. He has been involved in the online community for more than a decade, and has helped to teach hundreds of thousands of readers to create their own cutting-edge Web sites.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I Laying the Foundation.

Chapter 1: The Basics of Building Web Pages and Sites.

Chapter 2: Popular Web Design Tools.

Part II The Basics.

Chapter 3: History and Development of the Internet and HTML.

Chapter 4: HTML Building Blocks.

Chapter 5: Links, Hotspots, and Web Site Navigation.

Chapter 6: The Elements of Color and Images in Web Pages.

Chapter 7: Text Formatting.

Part III Advanced Design Features.

Chapter 8: Harnessing the Power of Tables.

Chapter 9: Organizing Your Site with Frames.

Chapter 10: Getting Input with Forms.

Part IV Making It Look Professional

Chapter 11: Adding Multimedia and Other Objects.

Chapter 12: Styling Web Pages with Cascading Style Sheets.

Chapter 13: Making Dynamic Pages with JavaScript.

Chapter 14: Putting It on the Web.

Part V Transitioning to the Future: XHTML, XML, and Ajax.

Chapter 15: XHTML.

Chapter 16: Designing with XML.

Chapter 17: Ajax.

Part VI Images on the Web.

Chapter 18: Finding, Creating, and Enhancing Images on the Web.

Part VII Cashing in on eCommerce.

Chapter 19: Setting Up Your Store.

Chapter 20: Using Advertising.

Chapter 21: Covering All the Bases.

Part VIII Keeping Your Site Fresh.

Chapter 22: Maintaining Your Site.

Chapter 23: RSS.

Chapter 24: Blogging.

Index.

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