Making Family Websites: Fun & Easy Ways to Share Memories (A Lark Photography Book) [Paperback]

Jenni Bidner (Author), Jen Bidner (Author)

Book Description

Series: A Lark Photography Book | Publication Date: October 28, 2003

A family website can bring everyone together, and this comprehensive guide helps you create one that's as unique as your loved ones. See exactly how to get up and running in no time, and how to pick the right Internet provider. Learn the basics of taking great digital photos and digitizing slides, snapshots, and documents. Check out easy and inexpensive software to improve image quality. Learn how easy it is to use cool design elements, including backgrounds, buttons, thumbnail images, and animations. Take a crash course on adding links, uploading new information, and launching a site. Consider some inspiring ideas for content, such as an on-line recipe book, complete with photos, to save those favorite family dishes for posterity. Or use the site to plan a reunion, share a wedding album, or post the family tree. You'll understand exactly how the World Wide Web can lead you straight home, right to the heart of family..

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Finally, a how-to Web site design book that's easy to follow and avoids the cute, the cutting-edge, and the overdone. This is no phone-book-size computer manual but a slim guide that treats sites almost like scrapbooks. Author-photographer Bidner employs her great visual talent to explain the structure and content of successful online pages. The basics come first, with information on software, hosting considerations, and preparation of visuals. Every chapter features color examples of both good and horrific efforts, plus plenty of data-packed sidebars (such as tips on good Internet writing and video-clip editing). Above all, the advice is practical and wide-ranging. Readers are encouraged to identify the audience and purpose of their sites, whether they're for reporting family news or sharing hobbies. Barbara Jacobs
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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Lark Books (October 28, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579904459
• ISBN-13: 978-1579904456
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,046,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A lot of fun to look at!, February 9, 2008

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This review is from: Making Family Websites: Fun & Easy Ways to Share Memories (A Lark Photography Book) (Paperback)

I got this book from the library and may eventually buy it when the book is due. I got it to get a crash course in making a website. It has lots of pictures, like a children's book, and is very easy to read and understand. I found it quite inspiring.

Like a children's book, it introduces the subject without going into a lot of detail. The author seems to approach designing the pages of a website as though she were making scrapbook pages. Her pages are very warm and lighthearted and full of color. She gives lots of ideas and many tips.

I think that the author pretty well covers the areas of making websites using a drag and drop program. However, I say this not having made a website of my own yet since I am still bogged down in learning to work with digital photos on the computer. Not even having a digital camera, I'm beginning from scratch and trying to learn a lot of different things at once, such as scanning and the several programs I have available to edit and save images. YouTube is still beyond me. I keep her book at hand to refer to as I learn about each area.

The author has included a glossary and resources section in the back to get you to the next level. Her photos and illustrations are great fun to look at. Overall, therefore, I will say that this book is a great introduction for beginners to learn about making websites.