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Build a Website for Free   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 new Web 2.0 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 •        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 cell phones   Mark Bell is a Ph.D. student in the Indiana University Telecommunications department. He studies virtual worlds and mediated trust with the Synthetic Worlds Initiative and has spent 15 years in the computer industry. Mark created his first website in 1992, ran a web design company in the ‘90s, and consults on several academic web projects.   CATEGORY:  Internet/Web  

Table of Contents:
Introduction Part I: The Basics Chapter 1 The Order of Things The Website Creation Process     1. Planning     2. Design     3. Building     4. Testing     5. Promotion and Maintenance Chapter 2 Choosing a Location for Your Site Web Hosting What Is a Web Server? Determining Your Web Hosting Needs     Cost     Technical Knowledge Required     Maintenance Needs     Storage Space     Accessibility     Bandwidth Needs     Domain Name Service Hosting Options     Home Hosting     Free Online Hosting     Online Hosting Service     Professional Hosting     Commercial Hosting So What Works Best for You? Working with Different Types of Hosting Services     Free Services     Low-Cost Commercial Sites     Other Resources Part II: Plan and Prep Chapter 3Planning Your Site What Type of Site Do You Want to Build?     Types of Sites Learning From Sites You Go To Website Goals Organizing Websites     Organizing the Site     Organizing the Pages Best Practices of Website Organization     Keep Your Website Simple     Keep Your Website Consistent     Keep Your Website Easy to Maintain Chapter 4Designing Your Site I Can’t Make a Website That Looks That Good! Content Before Design Overall Design     Design Ideas     Central Image Design Colors     The Magic Four     Hex Color     Color Schemes     Color Blindness Fonts     System Fonts     Fonts as Images     Fonts and Color Images Cascading Style Sheets Design Best Practices     Keep It Simple     Don’t Use Attention Grabbers     Be Consistent Chapter 5Gathering Your Development Tools Finding the Right Tools for the Job Tool Sites and Reviews Downloading New Software     Downloading and Installing Software Essential Tools     File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Programs     Text Editor     Graphics Editors     HTML Editors     Sound Recorders     Advanced Tools The Future of Free Web Tools Chapter 6Moving Files To and From the Internet Storing Your Files     Naming Files     Keep All Your Web Files in One Place     Have an Organizational Structure     Use a Version Control System Uploading Files to the Internet     Logging In     Adding New Files     Changing Existing Files Downloading Files from an FTP Server     One File or Many     Downloading from a Browser     Types of Download Files     Best Practices for Downloading Files Part III: Website Building Basics Chapter 7Elements of a Website Content     Content Best Practices     Content Standards Parts of a Web Page     Title     Header     Body     Footer     Sidebars     Navigational Elements Parts of a Website     Home Page     Content Pages Web Advertising     Banner Ads     Animated Ads     Google AdSense Chapter 8Using Existing Websites Promotion Social Networking Sites     MySpace     Facebook Other Web 2.0 Sites     Flickr     Twitter     Del.icio.us Chapter 9Web Page Services Google Sites     Signing Up for Google Sites     Creating a Google Site     Editing a Page     Creating a Page     Move a Page     Delete a Page     Edit Page Settings     Edit Site Settings     Google Sites Features and Limitations SnapPages     Signing Up for SnapPages     Creating a SnapPage     Editing a Page     Adding and Editing Photos     Editing Site Settings     SnapPages Features and Limitations Netvibes     Signing Up for Netvibes     Public Versus Private Pages     Personalizing Your Netvibes Page Chapter 10 HTML 101 The Structure of HTML     The Structure of Tags Common HTML Tags     HTML Structure Tags     Text Tags     Lists     Tables     Hyperlinks     Images Free HTML Editors     Text Editors     WYSIWYG Editors Resources Chapter 11 Working with Images Working with Images     Lossy and Lossless Compression     The Image Tag     Background Images     Image Maps     Animated GIFs Optimizing Images     Resizing Images     When to Use Different File Types     Slicing Images Finding Images     Free Images     Other People’s Images Using Your Own Images Chapter 12 Working with Multimedia Digital Audio Files     Audio Formats     Audio Players     Digitizing Audio     Audio Editing     Audio Resources Digital Video Files     Video Formats     Video Players     Digitizing Video     Video Editing     Video Hosting Sites     Video Resources Chapter 13 Using HTML to Build a Site How Web Pages Work     Page File     Extensions     Tools for Creating Web Pages     Parts of a Page Cascading Style Sheets     Format of a Style Sheet     Creating and Linking a Style Sheet Scripting Using Templates Chapter 14 How’d They Do That? Viewing Code from Other Websites Web Development Firefox Add-ons     Recommended Firefox Web Development Add-ons Badges Templates Developer Networks and Sites Chapter 15 Making Your Site Mobile Why Should You Care About the Mobile Web?     How People Access the Mobile Web Become a Mobile Web User     Mobile Web Devices (MWD)     Mobile Operating Systems     Mobile Browsers Limitations of the Mobile Web Making Your Website Mobile     Mobile Browser Detection     Domains and Subdomains     Use the Right Code     Page Sizes     Interface     Things to Avoid     Mobile Web Tools and Sites Testing Your Site on a Mobile Phone Part IV: Site Testing and Maintenance Chapter 16 Testing Your Website Why Testing Is Important Building a Test Plan     Start at the End     Testing Basic Functionality     Testing HTML     Testing Browsers     Testing Resolution     Testing Printing     Testing Navigation     Testing Consistency of Design     Testing Security     Testing Accessibility After Testing Testing Tools Chapter 17 Promoting Your Website Self-Promotion     Have Excellent and Unique Content     Update Content     Publicize Your URL     Connect with Others     Search Engines How Search Engines Work Optimizing Your Site for Search Engines     Keywords Chapter 18 Maintaining Your Website What? I’m Not Done? Regular Maintenance     Weekly Tasks     Monthly Tasks     Annual Tasks The Power of Analytics     Common Analytics and What They Mean     Using Google Analytics Tweaking Your Site Based On Analytics Part V: Website Workshop Chapter 19 Building a Blog Site with WordPress What Is a Blog? Why Should I Blog? Blog Publishing Syndication What Is WordPress?     Software Versions     Five Reasons to Use Wordpress.com to Host Your Blog     Five Reasons to Create Your Blog Using WordPress Software Building a Blog Using WordPress.com     Signing Up for WordPress.com     Activating Your Account     Logging In to Your Blog     Writing Blog Posts     Managing Blog Posts     Changing the Design of Your Blog     Manage the Comments on Your Blog Setting Up Your Own Blog with WordPress Software     Information You Need Before You Begin     How WordPress Software Works     How Much Does All This Cost? Before Installing Your Software Download and Install WordPress     Download WordPress Software Customization of WordPress     Adding Themes     Adding Plug-ins Personalization of WordPress     Modifying Themes     Creating Themes     Creating Plug-ins     Blogging on Your iPhone Keep an Eye on Things Chapter 20 Using a Content Management System to Build a Website Five Reasons to Use Ning.com as Your CMS Five Reasons to Use Joomla as Your CMS What Is Ning? Building a Social Network with Ning.com     Signing Up for Ning.com     Invite Friends     Add Photos and Video     Start a Discussion Building a Site with Joomla     Information You Need Before You Begin Before Installing Your Joomla Software Download and Install Joomla     Adding Articles     Managing Users Modules, Plug-ins, and Templates Keep an Eye on Things Chapter 21 Building a Multimedia Website Best Practices for Multimedia Using Multimedia     Storing Multimedia Files     Downloading Audio and Video Files     Streaming Audio and Video Adding Advanced Multimedia Elements     Register a Sprout Account     Building a New Sprout     Add Sprout to Your Web Page     Edit an Existing Sprout     Viewing Sprout Statistics Advanced Open Source Multimedia Chapter 22 Building a Wiki Five Reasons to Use PBwiki to Host Your Wiki Five Reasons to Use MediaWiki for Your Wiki What Is PBwiki? Building a Wiki Using PBwiki.com     Signing Up for PBwiki     Activating Your Account     Edit a Page     Add a Page     Linking Pages     View Page History Setting Up Your Own Wiki Using MediaWiki Software     Information You Need Before You Begin     MediaWiki Software Architecture     Before Installing Your MediaWiki Software     Download and Install MediaWiki Keep an Eye on Things Part VI: Appendixes Appendix A List of the Most Common HTML Tags Appendix B Free and Open Source Software Sites     0789739216   TOC   1/8/2009  

About the Author :
Mark Bell is a Ph.D. student at Indiana University. He studies virtual worlds and their effect on social relations. Before returning to school, Mark worked for 15 years in the software industry as a technical writer, trainer, and developer. He started his first web design company in 1993 and has been making pages and managing websites ever since. He is the father of Jackson, 6, and the husband of Sarah “Intellagirl” Robbins. Mark blogs at blog.markwbell.com. He can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780768687132
  • Publisher: Que
  • Publisher Imprint: Que
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0768687136
  • Publisher Date: 23 Jan 2009
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 351


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