Creating Family Web Sites For Dummies [Paperback]

Janine Warner (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 076457938X | ISBN-13: 978-0764579387 | Publication Date: January 28, 2005

Add multimedia, post the family calendar, and save time with templates

Introduce your new baby, share the family tree, or plan a reunion on the Web

With families scattered all across the country, the best family gathering place is now online! With this book, you don't need to be a Web wizard to set up a cool site where everyone can meet the baby, kids can report their game scores, couples can share wedding photos, and Grandpa can continue the family genealogy.

Discover how to:
* Post an online photo album for free
* Register a domain name
* Build Web sites from templates and graphics included on the CD
* Edit images with Photoshop Elements 3
* Share stories with blogs


Cross-platform CD-ROM includes
* Family Tree Maker starter version
* Macromedia? Dreamweaver? MX 2004 and Contribute(TM) trial versions
* Fetch shareware, Web design templates, and more

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Add multimedia, post the family calendar, and save time with templates

Introduce your new baby, share the family tree, or plan a reunion on the Web

With families scattered all across the country, the best family gathering place is now online! With this book, you don't need to be a Web wizard to set up a cool site where everyone can meet the baby, kids can report their game scores, couples can share wedding photos, and Grandpa can continue the family genealogy.

Discover how to:

• Post an online photo album for free
• Register a domain name
• Build Web sites from templates and graphics included on the CD
• Edit images with Photoshop Elements 3
• Share stories with blogs

Cross-platform CD-ROM includes

• Family Tree Maker starter version
• Macromedia® Dreamweaver® MX 2004 and Contribute™ trial versions
• Fetch shareware, Web design templates, and more

About the Author

Janine Warner is an Internet consultant, a speaker, a columnist, and a media technology expert. She is the author of several books on Web design, including Dreamweaver® For Dummies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (January 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076457938X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764579387
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,226,962 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Hi, I'm Janine Warner, and as you might have guessed, my life revolves around the internet - teaching it, designing it, and always, always learning from it.

Because not everything you read on the Internet is reliable, you can expect that at least two of the following facts in my biography are completely made-up.

1. I'm a journalist turned geek. Sometimes I call myself a 'techy translator' or a 'digital alchemist' -- my favorite made-up titles so far. I imagine future generations will remember us the way we look back on Medieval wizards trying to turn lead into gold.

2. I was bitten by a radioactive computer bug, which gave me my amazing web powers... (Okay, that fact may not be from a reliable source.)

3. I started out as a reporter and editor and got hooked on the Internet early. Since 1996, I've written more than a dozen books, including Web Sites DIY For Dummies, Dreamweaver For Dummies (every edition), and Mobile Web Design For Dummies.

4. I've created and recorded more than 50 hours of training videos on Web design, Dreamweaver, CSS, and Expression Web for Kelby Training and Total Training. (You can learn more about my videos at DigitalFamily.com).

5. I'm fascinated by how mobile is changing the Internet and I'm now working on a book about designing for the iPad, iPhone and other touchscreen devices.

6. I spend most of my time running a consulting firm and writing books about Web design. I also travel all over the world for conferences and events and because I speak fluent Spanish, I've been fortunate to travel a lot in Latin America and Spain.

7. In 1998, I was hired by The Miami Herald, first as their online managing editor and a year later, as Director of New Media. I left that position to run CNET's Latin American operations in Miami. Since 2002, I've run my own consulting and writing business.

8. As a child, I trained my pet Siberian Snow Tiger to ski the steepest slope in the Alps, the dreaded Hannenkahm. Despite reaching speeds in excess of 80 miles per hour on the treacherous course, the Olympic Committee refused to admit him. (This point is so very, very true.)

9. I've taught courses in online journalism at the University of Southern California and the University of Miami and I've been a guest lecturer at more than 20 other universities.

10. I've served as a judge for several internet contests in the U.S. and Latin America, and in the course of that work, I helped create an Internet Literacy program for high school students in Latin America.

Learn more about Janine's books, videos, and Web design consulting at www.DigitalFamily.com.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Way to get Started on Web Work., February 23, 2005

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creating Family Web Sites For Dummies (Paperback)

As with the other For Dummies books, this book is intended for beginners and absolutely minimizes the jargon. At the most basic level the book provides a series of templates that can be used with a fill in the blank approach to get a site up and running quickly. Then it branches out to increasing the creativity by designing your own pages. At this level there is almost no mention of dynamic database driven sites. This is building a static web site with pictures and text. This is a book to get you started.

Most of the book is on showing you how to do things using Microsoft's Front Page. But on the CD is a trial version (30 Day limit) of Dreamweaver MX 2004. In addition, the CD includes:

Family Tree Maker
Contribute
Fetch, and
WS_FTP.

If you're a complete beginner to web design and programming, here's a good way to get started.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Information, January 11, 2007

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C. Dunbar "pisces1021" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creating Family Web Sites For Dummies (Paperback)

I liked reading it. Was simple to understand. I got a lot of info. on starting a web page. The only thing is it shows you how to use a program to get a web page going but its only 2 programs so if you don't have the programs that it helps you with than don't buy this book.
The programs are Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 and Microsoft FrontPage. It also helps you learn about some basics about photo editing and some graphics. I got some good use out of it. I just wish that it had the info. on my program I have. Other than that its a great book very informative about the basics of running your own web page.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keeps granny happy, February 7, 2005

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D. LaFontaine "Rex Luscus" (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creating Family Web Sites For Dummies (Paperback)

If you've ever been bugged for photos from the family reunion, or wanted to show off your new kid/cat/car, this book actually makes it seem easy. I know, I know, putting up your own website has a reputation like dragging all your neighbors in and making them sit through your vacation slides used to. But this book shows you how you can still show off a little, without boring everyone to tears. Actually, you can do some pretty neat stuff, which can be really fun when your family is scattered all over, and you don't feel like running up the long-distance bills just so you can keep up on current events.

Very highly recommended.