The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating An HTML 4 Web Page [Paperback]

Paul McFedries (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 1997 | Series: The Complete Idiot's Guide

You know how to surf the web, cruise for information, and sail the open seas looking for ports of interest, but when it comes to creating your own web page, you're ready to head back to shore. Don't abandon ship yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating an HTML 4.0 Web Page, Third Edition is your ticket to the exciting world of web publishing. Using a light-hearted, easy-to-understand approach and simple, step-by-step instructions, you'll explore the basics of web page creation and be adding sound, video, and cool backgrounds, as well as creating links and formatting text-with ease. In no time, you'll be a world-class web traveler making your mark in Cyberspace. In no time, you'll have your own homestead on the cyber-frontier.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating an HTML Web Page offers quick and easy guidance for designing and creating Web pages. In light-hearted and entertaining language, this guide explains HTML basics and Netscape extensions and how to work with images, create forms, put your page on the Web, and spruce up your page. Although it is written for neophytes, this guide assumes that you have a browser and Internet access. The text begins with the top ten steps to a perfect Web page and then jumps right into the design process. You will learn how to use various HTML editors, where to get free graphics, and how to implement the tips on Web page style. The included floppy disk features HTML examples from the book, sample graphics, an FTP client, HTML editors, graphics shareware, and a Zip application. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

The friendly, market-proven approach of The Complete Idiot's Guides combines solid instructions with a light-hearted style of wit and humor. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating an HTML Web Page will provide users with the tools they need to create and customize their web page. This edition will cover HTML version 4.0 which includes HTML tags for Netscape Communicator 4 and the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 4.

The Upcoming new releases of Internet Explorer 4 and Netscape Communicator 4 will make it even easier for users to create their own Web pages, enabling casual users to create their own presence on the Internet and WWW

The second edition of the title has almost outsold the first edition (app. 19,000 net domestic units) in less than five months

The Book will include a CD-ROM that will be a "WebMaster's Tool Kit" containing everything the reader will need to create, publish, customize and manage their web page

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Product Details

• Paperback: 380 pages
• Publisher: Alpha; 3rd edition (December 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789714906
• ISBN-13: 978-0789714909
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,318,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul McFedries runs Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company, and has been writing computer books for more than 17 years. He is the author or coauthor of more than 60 books that have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. Paul is also the proprietor of Wordspy.com, a website that tracks new words and phrases as they enter the language.

Customer Reviews

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45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide for any novice wanting to write a website, July 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating An HTML 4 Web Page (Paperback)

Paul McFedries adopts the style of a friendly chat over a cup of coffee. He cuts through the jargon and rapidly inspires confidence - Hey! I could do this! is the message all through. The book is well organised in logical chapters each building on the previous ones to take a simple web page with only text and grow it to a complete web site with pictures, sounds, frames and forms. There are plenty of examples in the text and a very useful CD accompanying the book contains them all plus many other useful graphics and scripts to add to your web site. There are also many suggestions for other sources of help and resources from the Internet. If you want to learn about HTML and writing web sites, this is the book.

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book for HTML ever!, January 11, 2000

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Mike (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating an HTML Web Page (Paperback)

I was sitting at the library and this book caught my glanced. I had been looking to build a webpage but the other books I purchased were way to confusing with all this computer jargon. So I pick up this book and start browsing through it. I discovered that this book was really easy to read and understand and it taught me everything I ever needed to know about HTML. When I found out that this book included a cd I was ever the more thrilled. The cd has everthing you need to get started including html editors, graphics editors, tons of graphics, gif animators and other really cool stuff. It also gave examples of the html shown in the book. The author of this book also has a website which tells you even more about html. You can join his mailing list and email him. He wrote back to me and actually helped me personally with my site. Well, if you're looking to build a webpage, get this book!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great guide to HTML, December 29, 2000

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D. Hunter - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Idiots Guide to Creating an HTML Web Page; With CDROM (Paperback)

I actually have the 4.0 edition of this one, and it covers a ton of HTML codes, applets, tables, frames, surveys, etc! Other pluses of this book include the fact that it is presented in a relaxed manner to get you up to speed.

The book also includes a CD-ROM, containing dozens of useful graphics, programs, tools and so much more. I actually downloaded the entire disk to my hard-drive so I would have it when I needed it!

I had been playing with my own web-site on and off for years now and I got fed up with having a boring site, so I picked up this book. I was not disappointed! I have learned how to wean myself off of an easy web-editor, to pure HTML. I've also learned how to make an image as a link, how to META tag and a whole bunch of other cool stuff I've been wanting to know how to do.

The only real complaint I have is that he tells you how to get a radio-button survey on your page, and then you have to link it to his site to get the results. I would have thought it cool if he had included the section on how to do it all yourself (although he mentioned the fact it would have made the book a bit thicker).

If your looking for the basics and maybe a little more, this will get you started! Now all they need is a C.I.G to Java!