Product DescriptionSpin your own web! Free CD-ROM included.
More people are overcoming their digital fears and producing Internet content rather than just absorbing it. Whether their product is a collection of essays, stories, reviews, jokes, or shopping lists, they want to share it with everyone—from family and friends to strangers across the globe. How do they do it? By starting right here. The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Creating a Web Page and Blog—the only book of its kind— will help anyone build and maintain an Internet website or blog. Coverage includes: • Step-by-step instructions for building a site from the ground up • Important HTML tags • Tips on using fonts, colors, and images • Incorporating tables, forms, style sheets, and JavaScripts • The new blog technology • Plus! A “Webmaster’s Toolkit” on a companion CD-ROM, providing files used in this book.
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Rating: - Can Build a Pretty Web Page Using Only this Book!
I was afraid that, since it was published in 2004, this book would already be outdated. However, it provided the perfect step-by-step instructions that I needed to build a basic web page from scratch (and to even make it pretty with frames, colors, and tables!)
One minor complaint is that it took me a LOT of extra time and phone calls to the web hosting company even once my HTML was all in place and my web page was ready to go. I had to coordinate for the domain name, web server, and ... Read More
Rating: - Above the rest!
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Web Page & Blog, 6th Edition (The Complete Idiot's Guide)
I can't say much more than the other reviewers, but I will say this:
Having very basic knowlegde of HTML and scripting, and after reading the first couple of chapters, I was able to start setting up my "practice" page. It's kind of a rush seeing what you created in a web browser, pre-publish of course :), and I'm only on Chapter 5. McFedries book is very page-by-page, with good ... Read More
Rating: - Very Comprehensive!
There are many books on the marketplace that teach the fundamentals of blogging, but this one takes it to a whole new level.
Written in a very understandable, user-friendly format, blogging newcomers will be able to effectively create a blog in no time at all. The information written by Paul McFedries, guides you through every step of the process, from the very basics of setting up your blog to more in depth HTML tutorials.
I would definitely recommend this book to ... Read More
Rating: - The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Web Page & Blog
Although I have read other articles and books on Creating a Web Page, I still felt I was an "Idiot" before reading Paul McFedries book. It is well laid out and explains everything in simple language, so much so that I now understand what is involved, rather than just blindly following HTML. Although I read the book from beginning to end, it is possible to pick it up at any point if you want to learn a particular part of web design. This is a book that will also act as a reference that you go back to ... Read More
Rating: - Best book of its kind
I tried a bunch of the basic books on website and blog creation which covered the same subjec matter and content, and this one was definitely the best. McFedries presents his info in clear, precise terms. He seems to know what is important to learn and what isn't for the beginner/intermediate web designer. He is also funny (which all the idiot and dummy books are designed to be) but he is appropriately funny without being condescending or using really lame humor as some other books in these series tend ... Read More
- Can Build a Pretty Web Page Using Only this Book!
- Best book of its kind
