Creating Web Pages All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies [Paperback]

Richard Wagner (Author), Richard Mansfield (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470096292 | ISBN-13: 978-0470096291 | Publication Date: July 2, 2007 | Edition: 3

Whether you’re looking to show off your digital photos or launch your own blog, Creating Web Pages All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies, 3^rd Edition delivers all the know-how you need to create Web pages for any need. It demystifies technical topics like HTML and Cascading Style Sheets, gives you the lowdown on adding sound and video to a page, and shows you how to put the latest versions of Dreamweaver and Flash to work.

These nine minibooks show you the easy way to create great-looking pages with all the bells and whistles. They’re completely revised and updated to cover new page design tools and trends. Three all-new minibooks show you how to use Microsoft's new Expressions Web tool to build simple but dazzling pages at online services such as Google Pages, MySpace, and eBay. You’ll also learn how to tweak a site's look and feel with Cascading Style Sheets. Discover how to:

• Create user-friendly page designs
• Build a blog or photo page
• Fine-tune your firewall
• Fine-tune pages with HTML or CSS
• Spice up your pages with video and animation
• Use templates to save time and frustration
• Reduce exposure by controlling user tasks
• Create interactive features such as clickable images
• Generate sophisticated graphic effects and movies with FlashDiscover

So what are you waiting for? Get Creating Web Pages All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies, 3^rd Edition and start smartening up your Web pages now!

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Your key to creating winning Web sites

Your one-stop guide to creating eye-catching pages with today's most popular tools

Whether you're looking to show off your digital photos or launch your own blog, this guide delivers all the know-how you need to create Web pages for any need. It demystifies technical topics like HTML and Cascading Style Sheets, gives you the lowdown on adding sound and video to a page, and shows you how to put the latest versions of Dreamweaver and Flash to work.

• Create user-friendly page designs

• Build a blog or photo page

• Work with leading Web design tools

• Fine-tune pages with HTML or CSS

• Add video and animation

• Save time with templates

About the Author

Richard Wagner is an experienced Web designer, the inventor of the NetObjects ScriptBuilder Web tool, and the former vice president of product development for NetObjects. A versatile writer with a wide range of interests, he is also the author of XSLT For Dummies, C.S. Lewis & Narnia For Dummies (both published by Wiley), and many others. His online home is at Digitalwalk.net.

Richard Mansfield’s recent titles include CSS Web Design For Dummies (Wiley), Office 2003 Application Development All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (Wiley), Visual Basic .NET Power Tools, with Evangelos Petroutsos (Sybex), and The Savvy Guide to Digital Music (SAMS). From 1981 through 1987, he was the editor of COMPUTE! magazine. Richard has written hundreds of magazine articles and two columns. He began writing books full time in 1991 and has written a total of 40 books. Of those, four became bestsellers: Machine Language for Beginners and The Second Book of Machine Language (both from COMPUTE! Books), The Visual Guide to Visual Basic, and Visual Basic Power Toolkit, with Evangelos Petroutsos (both from Ventana). Overall, his books have sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide and have been translated into 12 languages.

Product Details

• Paperback: 672 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 3 edition (July 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470096292
• ISBN-13: 978-0470096291
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #694,755 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I have authored several books, focusing on two very different aspects of my life and professional focus. On the faith front, I am author of "The Expeditionary Man", "The Myth of Happiness", and several "For Dummies" books designed to make meaty truth easily approachable for postmodern readers. These books include "C.S. Lewis & Narnia For Dummies", "Christianity For Dummies", and "Christian Prayer For Dummies".

On the technology front, I have authored several web tech books as well, such as "Adobe AIR For Dummies", "XSLT For Dummies" and "Building Facebook Applications For Dummies".

I work as Senior Developer for Maark, a strategic and interactive B2B marketing firm in Boston. Previously, I was V.P. of Product Development at NetObjects, an Internet software company, as well as inventor/architect of NetObjects ScriptBuilder.

I graduated from Taylor University and pursued graduate studies at American University. Though a native Hoosier, I now live in Princeton, Massachusetts with my wife and three boys.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

105 of 108 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, as long as you know a little bit before hand, January 26, 2002

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"superguybob" (Santa Cruz, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creating Web Pages All in One Desk Reference for Dummies (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

This is a great book. I love it. But there is one thing that some people may be looking for in it that isnt there. This book will not tell you everything that you want to know about making a web page. It is exactly what the title says, it is a desk reference. I would not recommend it to a person that has no experience with web pages (mainly HTML), but if you know the basics behind a web page, and want to know how to improve your web page, buy this book.

44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Above and Beyond, May 3, 2004

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Ron Atkins "Ron" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creating Web Pages All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies (Paperback)

Get this book, read it, and Boom! You're up to speed on website design and implementation.

Unlike many "For Dummies" books, Creating Web Pages is an in-depth look at the entire process, which begins at the entry level and quickly advances. The book claims to be 9 books in 1, and although 8 of these so-called books are not complete books in themselves, the information provided is detailed enough to allow a thorough analysis of several web creation programs, and includes a CD which provides a good look at: HTML, Frontpage, Dreamweaver, JavaScript, Flash MX, E-Commerce, and XML.

Wild Bill recommends this book for any beginner to intermediate level web creator out there. Don't be fooled by the for dummies format. This book is over 700 pages long and includes a usuable (for once) CD.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Basic but Helpful, November 23, 2007

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Daniel O'Donoghue (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creating Web Pages All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (Paperback)

Like most of the "dummies" books this one doesn't go into great detail about certain aspects of web design, but it is a great starting point for anyone with zero web design experience.

It walked me through the interface of Dreamweaver easily and within a few hours I had a page up and ready complete with links and flash buttons.

Again not good for the pro but great for the beginner.