Building Web Sites All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies®

Introduction

Web sites can be very complex or very simple. When you're building a site, you have many decisions to make, all dependent on the needs of a particular project. This can be overwhelming, but don't fret — you have Building Web Sites All‐in‐One Desk Reference For Dummies to help you. It's so comprehensive and so flexible that it will help you in all aspects of Web design, from the initial planning phases to testing and publishing your masterpiece.

This book can help you take on the role of project manager, graphic designer, developer, or multimedia designer, and it has information about interacting with different specialists on larger or more complex projects. So whether you're undertaking your first Web design project or are a veteran taking on a Web design team, this book is for you.

About This Book

Here are some of the things you can do with this book:

• Plan your Web site project.

• Assemble and manage a Web team.

• Create layouts, graphics, navigation menus, and Web pages from scratch.

• Optimize graphic elements for your Web pages.

• Work with HTML and CSS to create and maintain your pages.

• Create HTML forms.

• Add multimedia content such as Flash movies and video clips.

• Integrate e‐commerce into your Web site project.

• Maintain and promote a Web site.

• Explore server‐side and client‐side code.

Foolish Assumptions

We have, perhaps foolishly, made a few assumptions about our readers. We expect that you have basic computer skills (either Windows or Mac) and a basic understanding of how to use ...