Building a Web Site For Dummies (eBook)

David A. Crowder is a professor in the School of Languages at the University of Antioquia in Colombia. He has authored or coauthored more than 25 books, including Google Earth For Dummies and previous editions of Building a Web Site For Dummies.

Introduction 1

Part I: Building Your First Web Site 7

Chapter 1: Planning for Good Site Design 9

Chapter 2: Creating a Web Page with Basic HTML Tags 17

Chapter 3: Arranging Your Text with Tables and Other Advanced Tags 31

Chapter 4: Working with WYSIWYG 47

Chapter 5: Letting the World In: Choosing a Host and Domain Name 59

Part II: Building Better Web Pages 71

Chapter 6: Using Cascading Style Sheets 73

Chapter 7: Adding Images 95

Chapter 8: Adding Forms 117

Part III: Adding Frills and Fancy Stuff 145

Chapter 9: Exploring JavaScript and DHTML 147

Chapter 10: Adding Image-Based Buttons and Image Maps 169

Chapter 11: Web Sights and Sounds 183

Chapter 12: Adding a Blog 199

Part IV: Making Money 211

Chapter 13: Attracting an Audience: Publicizing Your Site 213

Chapter 14: Designing for Internet Commerce 231

Chapter 15: Checking Out Online Payment Methods 253

Part V: The Part of Tens 273

Chapter 16: Ten Great Web Sites to Get Advice 275

Chapter 17: Ten Fabulous Tools for E-Commerce 285

Chapter 18: Ten More Great Add-Ins 297

Glossary 307

Index 325