Creating a Website: The Missing Manual

by Matthew MacDonald

Overview

You can easily create a professional-looking website with nothing more than an ordinary computer and some raw ambition. Want to build a blog, sell products, create forums, or promote an event? No problem! This friendly, jargon-free book gives you the techniques, tools, and advice you need to build a site and get it up on the Web.

The important stuff you need to know:

• Master the basics. Learn HTML5, the language of the Web.
• Design good-looking pages. Use styles to build polished layouts.
• Get it online. Find a reliable web host and pick a good web address.
• Use time-saving tools. Learn free tools for creating web pages and tracking your visitors.
• Attract visitors. Make sure people can find your site through popular search engines like Google.
• Build a community. Encourage repeat visits with social media.
• Bring in the cash. Host Google ads, sell Amazon’s wares, or push your own products that people can buy via PayPal.
• Add pizzazz. Include audio, video, interactive menus, and a pinch of JavaScript.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491918074
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/05/2015
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	620
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Matthew MacDonald is a developer, author, and educator in all things Visual Basic and .NET. He's worked with Visual Basic and ASP since their initial versions, and has written over a dozen books on the subject, including The Book of VB .NET (No Starch Press) and Visual Basic 2005: A Developer's Notebook (O'Reilly). He has also written a number of Missing Manual titles on Excel 2007 and Access 2007 (O’Reilly). His website is http://www.prosetech.com/.

Table of Contents

• The Missing Credits
  
• Introduction
  
• Part 1: Building Basic Web Pages
  
  • Chapter 1: Creating Your First Page
    
  • Chapter 2: Becoming Fluent in HTML
    
  • Chapter 3: Building a Style Sheet
    
  • Chapter 4: Adding Graphics
    
  • Chapter 5: Working with a Web Editor
    
  • Chapter 6: Linking Pages
    
  • Chapter 7: Designing Better Style Sheets
    
  
  
  
  
• Part 2: From Web Page to Website
  
  • Chapter 8: Page Layout
    
  • Chapter 9: Getting Your Site Online
    
  
  
  
  
• Part 3: Connecting with Your Audience
  
  • Chapter 10: Introducing Your Site to the World
    
  • Chapter 11: Website Promotion
    
  • Chapter 12: Adding a Blog
    
  • Chapter 13: Making Money with Your Site
    
  
  
  
  
• Part 4: Interactivity and Multimedia
  
  • Chapter 14: JavaScript: Adding Interactivity
    
  • Chapter 15: Dynamic Buttons and Menus
    
  • Chapter 16: Audio and Video
    
  
  
  
  
• Part 5: Appendixes
  
  • Where to Go from Here
    
  • HTML Quick Reference