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Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual: The Missing Manual [Kindle Edition]

Matthew MacDonald (Author)
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Think you have to be a technical wizard to build a great web site? Think again. If you want to create an engaging web site, this thoroughly revised, completely updated edition of Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual demystifies the process and provides tools, techniques, and expert guidance for developing a professional and reliable web presence.

Whether you want to build a personal web site, an e-commerce site, a blog, or a web site for a specific occasion or promotion, this book gives you detailed instructions and clear-headed advice for:

  • Everything from planning to launching. From picking and buying a domain name, choosing a Web hosting firm, building your site, and uploading the files to a web server, this book teaches you the nitty-gritty of creating your home on the Web.


  • Ready-to-use building blocks. Creating your own web site doesn't mean you have to build everything from scratch. You'll learn how to incorporate loads of pre-built and freely available tools like interactive menus, PayPal shopping carts, Google ads, and Google Analytics.


  • The modern Web. Today's best looking sites use powerful tools like Cascading Style Sheets (for sophisticated page layout), JavaScript (for rollover buttons and cascading menus), and video. This book doesn't treat these topics as fancy frills. From step one, you'll learn easy ways to create a powerful site with these tools.


  • Blogs. Learn the basics behind the Web's most popular form of self-expression. And take a step-by-step tour through Blogger, the Google-run blogging service that will have you blogging before you close this book.

This isn't just another dry, uninspired book on how to create a web site. Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual is a witty and intelligent guide you need to make your ideas and vision a web reality.

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Think you have to be a technical wizard to build a great web site? Think again. For anyone who wants to create an engaging web site--for either personal or business purposes--Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual demystifies the process and provides tools, techniques, and expert guidance for making your ideas and vision a reality with a professional and reliable Web presence.
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80 of 80 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a great starting point for people wanting to set up their first website, or even weblog.

The book is broken up into four sections, covering how to plan your site, find a good webhost and register your funky new domain name, through to a primer for HTML and CSS and web graphics and finishing off with some excellent advice on how to attract visitors to your site, and how to get them to stay! The final section looks at 'web frills', adding javascript, audio and video to your site.

The book is firmly aimed at the web-novice - some of the sections on html and css are fairly basic, but cover the material well, staying clear of the too much jargon pitfall that dogs other books on the subject. Even so, there are some excellent tips and examples which taught me some new things!

As with all O'Reilly books, the style is clear and concise, with clear examples and pictures illustrating key points.

So. Recommended for beginners and worth chccking out for those past the first steps in building a website. Overall, a fine book.

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Really good book 19 Jun 2009
Format:Paperback
I bought this book last year when a friend was building a website for me. I didn't want to be able to build it myself, just to follow what he was doing and learn a bit more about websites and the internet. But I actually think that I would have been able to build my own site with the guidance given in this book, it is so well written and takes you through step by step. And I have no IT knowledge, other than how to do the usual stuff of switching on, doing emails and using various Microsoft Office programmes.
One of the reviewers has criticised the book for the use of IT terminology but in fact everything is explained as you go along. There is an excellent index and HMTL glossary. I didn't even understand what HTML stood for when I opened the book and now I am sufficiently confident to do basic HTML stuff on my website. This has certainly given me enough knowledge to enable me to run my site without bothering my tecchie friend too often!
The best thing about the book is that it covers all aspects of creating a website, including SEO techniques to get traffic and using Google ads to generate a bit of income from the site. I regularly pick it up and re-read sections when I need to remind myself of something! Well worth the money!
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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This book is really good if you're new to website design and blogging. As usual, the missing manual series has debug website design in easy to understand manner, and with less jargon. It takes one through the very basic website design method, lays down the tools you need and how to use it. This is a must read book if you are new to web design and want to learn from scratch. It can't get better than this.
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Great for beginners
This book is brilliant if you are totally new to creating a website. You do not need to be a computer whizz to follow the chapters. Read more
Published 10 months ago by T. Fowkes
Excellent Starting Point
Excellent starting point for creating a website, learning HTML, learning CSS and the components used to make a website. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Angry Sid
Great Book!!!
This book was very helpful! It really does include everything you need to know in order to create a website. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Andrew
Very good manual
This is an easy and plain explanation at introductory level. It has the capacity to give you an overview of the problem with the real possibility to create something good.
Published 23 months ago by Alberto Maria Grippa
When you are looking for a excellent manual - this is the one
Some booktitles do not always correctly reflect the contents of the book in question.
This one does! Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2009 by K. Leeger
**IM NOT SURE ABOUT THIS ONE** LET DOWN **
If You want to trawl through 500 and odd pages for an all round basic introduction, "then you may like it"... Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2009 by Wafeeq B
Brilliant
A brilliant book that gave me loads more understanding than other books I've looked at.
Published on 8 Dec 2009 by Mrs. Julie D. Potts
Very good starter
An excellent introduction to the subject that looks at HTML, XHTML, CSS etc and also covers the commercial aspects of website creation ie how you can attract visitors to your site... Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2009 by SJJones
Good book for beginners
This book provides a good basic introduction to the creation of a web site. Little or no prior knowledge is assumed; in fact, the earlier chapters were a little too basic for me. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2009 by Barbara Vaughan
Just what I wanted
This book is just what I have been looking for. It takes you from the basics of using XHTML to putting together a quality website and getting it online. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2009 by EastLancs22
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