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Build yourself a state-of-the-art website. It’s incredibly easy…and it won’t cost you a dime!   You need a website. But you don’t need the hassles that usually go with building one or the expense of hiring someone else to do it. Here’s your solution: Build a Website for Free! You’ll learn how you can use current technologies to create a site that’s impressive and effective. And here’s the best part: You’ll do it all with software and tools that won’t cost you a dime!   Plan, organize, and design a site that really works, using tools you can find for free Discover the simple secrets of writing pages people want to read Explore HTML5 and JavaScript Use video on your site–and get someone else to pay for hosting it Add an easy-to-update blog and start building your own web community Quickly and easily handle “nuts and bolts” tasks, from getting your site name to uploading your content Get your site picked up by Google, Yahoo!, and other search engines Adapt your site for easy viewing on smart phones and tablets.  

Table of Contents:
    Introduction . . . . .1 Part I: The Basics 1 The Order of Things . . . .11     The Website-Creation Process . . . .12         1. Planning . . . . .13         2. Design . . . . .14         3. Building . . . . .14         4. Testing . . . . .15         5. Promotion and Maintenance . . . .15     Why You Should Follow This Order . . . .16 2 Choosing a Location for Your Site . . . .17     Web Hosting . . . . .17     What Is a Web Server? . . . .18     Determining Your Web Hosting Needs . . .19         Cost . . . . .19         Technical Knowledge Required . . . .20         Maintenance Needs . . . .20         Storage Space . . . .20         Accessibility . . . . .20         Bandwidth Needs . . . .20         Security Needs . . . .21         Domain Name Service . . . .21     Hosting Options . . . . .23         Home Hosting . . . .23         Free Online Hosting . . . .23         Online Hosting Service . . . .23         Professional Hosting . . . .24         Commercial Hosting . . . .24     So, What Works Best for You? . . . .24     Working with Different Types of Hosting Services . . .25         Free Services . . . . .25         Low-Cost Commercial Sites . . . .27         Other Resources . . . .27 Part II: Plan and Prep 3 Planning Your Site . . . .29     What Type of Site Do You Want to Build? . . .30         Types of Sites . . . .30     Learning from Sites You Go To . . . .34     Website Goals . . . . .35     Organizing Websites . . . .36         Organizing the Site . . . .37         Organizing My Personal Site . . . .38         Organizing the Page . . . .38         Web Page Designs . . . .40     Best Practices of Website Organization . . .41         Keep Your Website Simple . . . .41         Keep Your Website Consistent . . . .42         Keep Your Website Easy to Maintain . . .42 4 Designing Your Site . . . .43     I Can’t Make a Website That Looks That Good! . . .44     Content Before Design . . . .45     Overall Design . . . . .45         Design Ideas . . . . .46     Colors . . . . .46         The Magic Four . . . .46         Hex Color . . . . .47         Color Schemes . . . .48         Color Blindness . . . .50     Fonts . . . . .51         System Fonts . . . . .51         Fonts as Images . . . .52         Fonts and Color . . . .53     Images . . . . .53     Cascading Style Sheets . . . .54         Design Best Practices . . . .54         Content Is King . . . .54         Put What Is New Front and Center . . . .54         Keep It Simple . . . .54         Don’t Use Attention Grabbers . . . .54         Be Consistent . . . .54 5 Gathering Your Tools . . . .55     Finding the Right Tools for the Job . . . .56     Tool Sites and Reviews . . . .56     Downloading New Software . . . .56     Essential Tools . . . . .58         Operating Systems . . . .58         Web Browsers . . . .58         Office Suites . . . . .59         File Transfer Protocol Programs . . . .59         Text Editor . . . . .60         Graphics Editors . . . .61         HTML Editors . . . . .62         Sound Recorders . . . .63         Video Editing . . . .64         Advanced Tools . . . .64     Future of Free Web Tools . . . .64 6 Moving Files to and from the Internet . . .65     Storing Your Files . . . .66         Naming Files . . . . .66         Keep All Your Web Files in One Place . . .67         Have an Organizational Structure . . . .68         Use a Version Control System . . . .69         Back Up Your Files . . . .69     Uploading Files to the Internet . . . .70         Logging In . . . . .71         Creating a FTP Site Listing . . . .72         Adding New Files . . . .72         Changing Existing Files . . . .73     Downloading Files from an FTP Server . . .73         One File or Many . . . .73         Downloading from a Browser . . . .74         Types of Download Files . . . .74         Best Practices for Downloading Files . . .76 Part III: Website Building Basics 7 Elements of a Website . . . .77     Content . . . . .78         Content Best Practices . . . .78         Content Standards . . . .79     Parts of a Web Page . . . .80         Title . . . . .80         Header . . . . .81         Body . . . . .81         Footer . . . . .83         Sidebars . . . . .83         Navigational Elements . . . .84     Parts of a Website . . . .85         Home Page . . . . .85         Content Pages . . . .86     How Do I Know How to Organize My Site? . . .87     Web Advertising . . . .88         Banner Ads . . . . .89         Animated Ads . . . .89         Google AdSense . . . .89         iSocket . . . . .90         Advertising Widgets . . . .90 8 Using Existing Websites . . . .93     Social Networking Sites . . . .94         MySpace . . . . .95         Facebook . . . . .95         Twitter . . . . .100     Other Web 2.0 Sites . . . .101         Pinterest . . . . .102         Flickr . . . . .102         Delicious.com . . . .103     Promoting Your Website on Other Sites . . .103 9 Web Page Services . . . .105     Before We Begin . . . .106     Google Sites . . . . .106         Signing Up for Google Sites . . . .107         Creating a Google Site . . . .108         Editing a Page . . . .111         Creating a Page . . . .113         Move a Page . . . .114         Delete a Page . . . .114         Edit Page Settings . . . .114         Edit Site Settings . . . .115         Google Sites Features and Limitations . . .116     Weebly . . . . .116         Signing Up for Weebly . . . .116         Creating a Site on Weebly . . . .117         Editing a Page . . . .118         Weebly Features and Limitations . . . .119     Webs . . . . .119         Signing Up for Webs . . . .119 10 HTML 101 . . . . .121     The Structure of HTML . . . .122         Elements, Tags, and Attributes . . . .123         The Structure of Elements . . . .124     Common HTML Tags . . . .125         HTML Structure Tags . . . .125         Text Tags . . . . .126         Lists . . . . .129         Tables . . . . .130         Hyperlinks . . . . .131         Images . . . . .132     Free HTML Editors . . . .132         Text Editors . . . . .132         WYSIWYG Editors . . . .133     Resources . . . . .134     Using a Text Editor to Create HTML . . . .135 11 HTML5 . . . . .137     What Is HTML5 and Why Should I Care? . . .137     Standards . . . . .138     World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) . . . .138         HTML and XHTML . . . .138     HTML5 Standard . . . .138         High Level of Changes . . . .138         Browser Overview . . . .139         HTML5 Resources . . . .140     HTML5 Elements . . . .140         Structure Elements . . . .140         Multimedia Elements . . . .144         HTML5 Forms . . . .145         Fun Stuff . . . . .147         Removed Elements . . . .149 12 Working with Images . . . .151     Creating Graphics . . . .152         Compression: Lossy and Lossless . . . .152         Editing Images . . . .154         Resizing Images . . . .154         Saving Images . . . .154         Optimizing Images . . . .155         When to Use Different File Types . . . .156         Slicing Images . . . .157         Image Maps . . . .158         Animated GIFs . . . .159     Images and HTML . . . .159         The Image Tag . . . .160         Inline Images . . . .161         Background Images . . . .162     Finding Images . . . .162         Free Images . . . . .162         Other People’s Images . . . .163     Using Your Own Images . . . .163 13 Working with Multimedia . . . .165     Digital Audio Files . . . .167         Audio Formats . . . .167         Audio Players . . . .168         Digitizing Audio . . . .169         Audio Editing . . . .169         Streaming Audio . . . .170         Audio Resources . . . .171     Digital Video Files . . . .172         Video Formats . . . .172         Video Players . . . .173         Digitizing Video . . . .174         Video Editing . . . .174         Video Hosting Sites . . . .175         Working with YouTube . . . .175         Video Resources . . . .178     Multimedia Best Practices . . . .179 14 Building a Site Using HTML . . . .181     How Web Pages Work . . . .182         Page File . . . . .182         Extensions . . . . .182         Tools for Creating Web Pages . . . .182         Parts of a Page . . . .184         Hyperlinks . . . . .185     Cascading Style Sheets . . . .193         Format of a Style Sheet . . . .194         Creating and Linking a Style Sheet . . .195     Putting It All Together . . . .196     Scripting . . . . .201     Using Templates . . . .202 15 JavaScript for Beginners . . . .203     Yes! You Can Be a Programmer! . . . .203         Geek Speak: Script Versus Language . . .204     Programming Process . . . .204     Programming Tools . . . .204         JavaScript Console . . . .205         Text Editors . . . . .205         Browser Add-Ins . . . .206         JavaScript Basics . . . .206         Functions of JavaScript . . . .207         JavaScript Versions . . . .207         JavaScript Requirements . . . .207         The Script Element . . . .207         Inline and External Scripts . . . .208         Simple JavaScript Example: Rollovers and Dynamic Content . .209     JavaScript Resources . . . .211         Tutorials . . . . .212         Script Libraries . . . .213 Part IV: Site Testing and Maintenance 16 How’d They Do That? . . . .215     Viewing Code from Other Websites . . . .216     Web Development Firefox Add-Ons . . . .216         Recommended Firefox Web-Development Add-Ons . . .217         Recommended Chrome Web-Development Add-Ons . . .221         Recommended Safari Web-Development Add-Ons . . .222     Badges . . . . .222     Widgets . . . . .224     Templates . . . . .225     Developer Networks and Sites . . . .226 17 Making Your Site Work on Smartphones and Tablets . .229     Why Should You Care About the Mobile Web? . . .230         How People Access the Mobile Web . . .230     Become a Mobile Web User . . . .230         Mobile Web Devices (MWD) . . . .231         Mobile Operating Systems . . . .232         Mobile Browsers . . . .233     Limitations of the Mobile Web . . . .234     Making Your Website Mobile . . . .235         Mobile Browser Detection . . . .235         Domains and Subdomains . . . .236         Use the Right Code . . . .236         Page Sizes . . . . .236         Interface . . . . .237         Things to Avoid . . . .237         Mobile Web Tools and Sites . . . .237     Testing Your Site on a Mobile Phone . . . .239 18 Testing Your Website . . . .241     Why Testing Is Important . . . .242     Building a Test Plan . . . .243         Starting at the End . . . .243         Testing Basic Functionality . . . .244         Testing HTML . . . .244         Testing Browsers . . . .246         Testing Resolution . . . .246         Testing Printing . . . .247         Testing Navigation . . . .248         Testing Consistency of Design . . . .248         Testing Security . . . .249         Testing Mobile and Tablet-Based Websites . . .249         Testing Accessibility . . . .250     After Testing . . . . .251     Testing Tools . . . . .251 Part V: Website Workshop 19 Promoting Your Website . . . .253     Self-Promotion . . . . .254         Have Excellent and Unique Content . . .254         Update Content . . . .254         Publicize Your URL . . . .255         Connect with Others . . . .256     Social Media Sites for Self-Promotion . . .258     Search Engines . . . . .259         How Search Engines Work . . . .259     Optimizing Your Site for Search Engines . . .261         Keywords . . . . .261         Meta Tags . . . . .261 20 Maintaining Your Website . . . .263     What? I’m Not Done? . . . .263     Regular Maintenance . . . .264         Weekly Tasks . . . .264         Monthly Tasks . . . .264         Annual Tasks . . . .264     The Power of Analytics . . . .265         Common Analytics and What They Mean . . .265         Using Google Analytics . . . .266     Tweaking Your Site Based on Analytics . . .270 21 Building a Blog Using WordPress . . .271     What Is a Blog? . . . . .272     Why Should I Blog? . . . .272     Blog Publishing . . . .272     Syndication . . . . .273     What Is WordPress? . . . .273         Software Versions . . . .273     Building a Blog Using WordPress.com . . .274         Signing Up for WordPress.com . . . .275         Activating Your Account . . . .278         Logging Into Your Blog . . . .279         Writing Blog Posts . . . .280         Managing Blog Posts . . . .282         Changing the Design of Your Blog . . .283         Manage the Comments on Your Blog . . .284     Setting Up Your Own Blog with WordPress Software . . .285         Information You Need Before You Begin . . .285         How WordPress Software Works . . . .285         How Much Does All This Cost? . . . .286     Before Installing Your Software . . . .286         Confirm That the Right Software Is Installed on Your Server . .287         Get a Text Editor . . . .287         Get an FTP Client . . . .287         Pick a Username and Password . . . .287     Download and Install WordPress . . . .287         Download WordPress Software . . . .288     Customization of WordPress . . . .288         Adding Themes . . . .289         Adding Plug-Ins . . . .289     Personalization of WordPress . . . .290         Modifying Themes . . . .290         Creating Themes . . . .291         Creating Plug-Ins . . . .292         Blogging on Your iPhone . . . .292     A Simple Blogging Solution . . . .293     Keep an Eye on Things . . . .293 22 Building a Business Site Using a Content Management System . .295     Five Reasons to Use Open Source as Your CMS . . .296     Building a Site with Joomla! . . . .297     Before Installing Your Joomla! Software . . .298     Download and Install Joomla! . . . .298         Adding Articles . . . .299         Managing Users . . . .300     Modules, Plug-Ins, and Templates . . . .302     Keep an Eye on Things . . . .302     Other Open Source CMSs . . . .302     23 Building a Multimedia Website . . . .305     Best Practices for Multimedia . . . .306     Using Multimedia . . . .308         Storing Multimedia Files . . . .308         Downloading Audio and Video Files . . .309         Streaming Audio and Video . . . .310     Advanced Multimedia Options . . . .314         Wix.com (www.wix.com/) . . . .315         Webtrends Apps (www.transpond.com/) . . .315     Advanced Open-Source Multimedia . . . .315 24 Building a Site Using a Wiki . . . .317     Five Reasons to Use Wikia to Host Your Wiki . . .318     Five Reasons to Use MediaWiki for Your Wiki . . .319     What Is Wikia? . . . . .319     Building a Wiki Using Wikia . . . .320     Signing Up for Wikia . . . .320     Adding a Page . . . .322     Editing a Page . . . .323     Linking Pages . . . .323     Viewing Page History . . . .324     What Is MediaWiki? . . . .325     Information You Need Before You Begin . . .326     MediaWiki Software Architecture . . . .326     Before Installing Your MediaWiki Software . . .326     Download and Install MediaWiki . . . .327     Keep an Eye on Things . . . .329 Part VI: Appendixes A List of the Most Common HTML Tags . . .331 B Free and Open-Source Software Sites . . .335 TOC, 10/19/2012, 9780789750235   


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  • ISBN-13: 9780133134926
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison Wesley
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1 gr
  • ISBN-10: 013313492X
  • Publisher Date: 13 Nov 2012
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 384


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