Create Your First Web Page In a Weekend [Paperback]

Steve Callihan (Author)

Book Description

Series: In a Weekend | Publication Date: May 1998

Readers don't have to be computer professionals in order to create their own Web page. In the 2nd edition of Create Your First Web Page In a Weekend, users learn what a Web page really is and how it works. This book offers ample information on the most useful features of HTML and how to apply those features. Readers can then use that knowledge to plan and create different types of Web pages.

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Amazon.com Review

Like Rome, a complex Web site can't be built in a day. But your first Web page can come to life over a weekend, even if you know nothing about Web construction at the outset. Steve Callihan teaches you to create a simple but attractive Web page in five simple lessons. You can do it all over a weekend or over five evenings. And you'll learn how to go beyond the basics to develop your Web site into something special. The book includes a CD-ROM loaded with easy-to-use Web page construction tools. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Prima Pub (Mass Market); Book and CD-ROM edition (May 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761513884
• ISBN-13: 978-0761513889
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,311,804 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for the Beginner, January 15, 2000

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Jennifer B. Barton "Beth Barton" (McKinney, Tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Create Your First Web Page In a Weekend (Paperback)

If you have never looked at HTML before, this is a great book to get you started. Expect no reliance on commercial web editors, this book tells you how to create your web pages in Windows Notepad or a similar text editor. The tools he gives you in this first book match and exceed what a novice would get using a template from a commercial web editor. If there is anything negative about this book, it is that it makes transition to a web editor harder. With the essentials this book offers, it is easier to pop into Notepad and make the change than to figure out the software. All in all, I don't think that is such a bad thing.

46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for beginners and intermediate HTML users...., February 7, 1999

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[e-mail] (St Peters, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Create Your First Web Page In a Weekend (Paperback)

This book is the doorway to HTML. I still refer back to it on occasion and I own a web page design and computer consulting business! All the tools that you need to begin successful design are there. The beauty of it all, that appeals to me, is that you can remain a 'purist' and write on Notepad, and not have to use the 'HTML editor of the Month' program as a crutch. I did NOT create my first web page in a weekend, however in a weekend's worth of reading, I was prepared to start...Little did I know then was the amount of time devoted to 'updating'(as I learned more) and the career change that was to follow..=) This book is a MUST HAVE if you are new to Web Design. The writing is clear, concise, and well laid out. Mr. Callihan in no way makes the assumption that the reader is a C++/Perl/V-Basic programmer, and writes in layman's terms. The links to more information/programs are very helpful as well. The trial programs included on the CD are worth the price of the book. This book provided me with the confidence and excitement to create web pages...not the dread that a lot of "how-to create (insert topic here) in 15 minutes" books on the market often disappoint the reader with....

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource for Beginning and Intermediate Webmasters, December 30, 1999

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John Maul (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Create Your First Web Page In a Weekend (Paperback)

After looking through quite a few HTML web page resources in my new job of putting together web pages, I was pleasantly surprized by the completeness and "readability" of this book. HTML commands are explained from an expert viewpoint, but not with so much detail that the reader becomes bogged down. Steve Callihan has written his book from the perspective of what a Beginning or Intermediate Webmaster will need, covering not only the HTML language, but also shareware text editors, graphic editors, and additional instructional resources.