Book description
Whether you’re in the preliminary stages of planning a site or you’re looking to improve the look of an existing site, this reference book covers it all. Now updated with the latest site tools, design techniques, and commerce options, this new edition of the bestseller offers a solid framework for building a Web site from scratch. Packed with all the essentials to help make your site the best it can be, this resource goes beyond just basic design and page building to show you how to incorporate both of those elements into a successful site.
Veteran author David Crowder spills the secrets to planning and creating an effective site from the ground up. You’ll decipher ways to transform a bunch of seemingly random web pages into a coherent web site and you’ll discover myriad ways to make your site look and sound amazing.
This updated third edition features content on designing with CSS, using the latest version of Dreamweaver, and applying Web analytics and promotion techniques. In addition, the book covers topics such as:
Keeping a site fresh and exciting
Designing a look that appeals to your intended audience
Determining your Web page structure
Incorporating color, images, graphics, music, and video
Merging CSS and HTML
Planning usable navigation
Providing guestbooks and message boards
Designing for e-commerce
Getting set up with PayPal, Google Checkout, E-cash, etc.
The accompanying CD-ROM provides trial versions of software that is used in the book as well as sample templates and graphics for Web building. Once you start referring to Building a Web Site For Dummies, 3rd Edition, you’ll wonder how you ever existed without this invaluable information!
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Author’s Acknowledgments
- Publisher’s Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Planning and Designing Your Web Site
- Building Your Site
- Adding Sparkle to Your Site
- From Blogs to Toons — Good Content Makes Contented Visitors
- Raking In the Bucks
- Publishing and Publicizing Your Site
- The Part of Tens
- Appendixes
- Wiley Publishing, Inc. End-User License Agreement
- Building a Web Site For Dummies®, 3rd Edition
Product information
- Title: Building a Web Site For Dummies®, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2007
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9780470149287
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