Instant Web Pages,9780782127508

Instant Web Pages

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ISBN13: 9780782127508
ISBN10: 0782127509
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-01-01
Publisher(s): John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Summary

A guide for the computer non-professional, showing how to create, design, and manage a Web site, quickly and efficiently. The CD-ROM includes WebStudio 2.0, a software which allows the creation of a Web site in just a few clicks of the mouse. System requirements: CD-ROM drive, Internet access. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii
Part 1 Getting Ready to Create a Web Site 1(28)
Getting Acquainted with Web Studio
3(8)
Starting Web Studio
4(1)
Introducing the Web Studio Screen
5(4)
A Look at the Different Parts of the Web Studio Screen
6(1)
Changing the Web Studio Screen to Your Liking
7(2)
A Quick Look at the Web Galleries
9(2)
What You Need to Know before You Begin
11(18)
Selecting an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to Host Your Web Site
12(2)
Constructing Web Pages One Piece, or Object, at a Time
14(2)
Saving Your Web Site
16(2)
Saving the Work You Do in Web Studio
16(2)
Saving a Backup Copy of Your Work
18(1)
Seeing What Your Web Page Will Look Like to Web Surfers
18(4)
Previewing Your Web Site in the Preview Window
19(2)
Switching between the Preview Window and Web Site Window
21(1)
Ten Tips for Designing an Attractive Web Site with Web Studio
22(7)
Ask Yourself, ``Who's My Audience?''
22(1)
Be Consistent from Page to Page
23(1)
Use the Home Page as an Introductory Page to Your Site
23(1)
Divide Your Web Site into Distinct Topics, One to a Page
23(1)
Hyperlink Your Site to Other Sites on the Internet
24(1)
Choose Page Backgrounds Carefully
25(1)
Write the Text and Assemble the Graphics Beforehand
26(1)
Don't Overload Your Pages with Too Many Gizmos
26(1)
Learn the Many Ways to Align Objects
27(1)
Use Web Studio's Special FX Tools to Tweak Images
27(2)
Part 2 The Basics: Creating Web Pages 29(82)
Constructing Your Web Pages
31(12)
Creating a Web Site
32(2)
Opening a Web Site You Have Been Working On
34(1)
Adding and Removing Web Pages
34(3)
Adding a New Page to a Web Site
34(3)
Deleting a Web Page from a Web Site
37(1)
Changing the Name of a Web Page
37(2)
Choosing Which Page Is the Home Page
39(1)
Establishing the Page Size and Page Margins
39(2)
Changing the Size of Web Pages
39(2)
Changing the Size of Page Margins
41(1)
Techniques for Handling Page Windows
41(2)
Laying Out a Web Page
43(16)
Placing Objects on a Web Page
44(2)
Selecting an Object or Objects
46(1)
Positioning an Object on a Web Page
47(1)
Changing the Size and Shape of Objects
48(3)
Changing an Object's Size or Shape
49(1)
Preventing an Object from Changing Size
50(1)
Making Objects the Same Size
50(1)
Merging Objects So They Are Easier to Work With
51(1)
Quickly Copying an Object
52(1)
Aligning and Spacing Objects on the Page
53(2)
Aligning Objects with Respect to One Another
53(1)
Spacing Objects Evenly on the Page
54(1)
When Objects Overlap: Deciding Which Goes Where
55(4)
Entering the Text for Your Web Site
59(16)
Putting Text on a Web Page
60(3)
Dragging a Text Object onto the Page
60(1)
Getting Text from a File You've Already Written
61(1)
Importing a Paragraph or Two with the Paste Command
62(1)
Editing the Text
63(1)
Spell-Checking a Web Page
63(2)
Formatting Headings and Other Text
65(6)
Boldfacing, Italicizing, and Underlining Text
65(1)
Choosing a Font and Font Size for Text
66(3)
Changing the Color of Text
69(1)
Choosing a Background Color for Text
70(1)
Laying Out Text on a Web Page
71(2)
Left-Justifying, Centering, and Right-Justifying Text
71(1)
Indenting Text
72(1)
Making Text Scroll on the Page
73(2)
Decorating Your Web Pages
75(20)
Choosing a Background Color, Pattern, or Picture
76(13)
Using a Solid Color as the Background
76(2)
Decorating Pages with a Pattern
78(2)
Tweaking a Background in the Special FX Gallery
80(5)
Importing a Graphic for Use as the Background
85(2)
Using Text as the Background
87(1)
Making the Background Scroll
88(1)
Removing the Background
89(1)
Making the Background Show through an Object
89(2)
Dividers for Breaking a Page into Different Parts
91(2)
Placing a Divider across a Web Page
92(1)
Dividing the Sides of a Page
93(1)
Signs for Sprucing Up Web Pages
93(2)
Putting Hyperlinks on Your Web Pages
95(16)
All about Hyperlinks
96(1)
Managing the Links Gallery
96(4)
A Quick Tour of the Links Gallery
97(1)
Adding Your Own Hyperlinks to the Links Gallery
98(2)
Handling Hyperlinks in the Links Gallery
100(1)
Hyperlinks for Making Your Web Page Jump
100(8)
Turning an Object into a Hyperlink
101(1)
The Quick Way to Turn a Graphic, Button, or Sign into a Hyperlink
102(1)
Turning a Word or Phrase into a Hyperlink
103(1)
Linking One Page on a Site to Another Page
104(1)
Linking Two Different Places on the Same Web Page
105(3)
Removing a Hyperlink
108(1)
Changing the Color of Text Links
108(3)
Part 3 Advanced Techniques for Advanced Web Pages 111(58)
Handling Graphics, Photos, and Clip Art Images
113(18)
Putting an Image on a Web Page
114(5)
Getting an Image from the Photos or Clipart Gallery
114(1)
Bringing in a Photo or Graphic of Your Own
115(1)
Scanning a Graphic into a Web Page
116(2)
Copying Pictures from the Internet
118(1)
Writing an ``Alternate Text Message'' for Images
119(2)
Special FX for Altering Images
121(4)
Changing an Image's Orientation
122(1)
Changing an Image's Shading, Tint, or Color Scheme
122(1)
Changing an Image's Contours
123(1)
Changing an Image's Look
124(1)
Putting Buttons on a Page
125(1)
Keeping Your Favorite Images in the My Stuff Gallery
126(5)
Putting an Item in the My Stuff Gallery
127(2)
Rearranging Items in the My Stuff Gallery
129(1)
Removing an Item from the My Stuff Gallery
129(2)
Doing the Fancy Stuff-Animations, Sounds, and Slides
131(16)
Animations to Make a Web Page Come Alive
132(2)
All About Sounds
134(5)
Getting a Sound from the Sounds Gallery
134(2)
Playing a Sound of Your Own
136(1)
Choosing How Often a Sound Is Played
137(2)
Removing Sounds from Web Pages and Objects
139(1)
Putting a Slide Show on a Web Page
139(8)
Putting Together the Slide Show
140(4)
Revising a Slideshow
144(3)
Putting ``Cool Stuff'' on Your Web Pages
147(8)
Placing a Cool Stuff Object on a Web Page
148(1)
Telling Your Visitors the Date and Time
149(2)
Dropping a Calendar on a Page
149(1)
Showing Your Visitors the Date
150(1)
Showing Your Visitors the Time
150(1)
Informing Visitors When You Last Modified Your Site
151(1)
Including a Search Engine with Your Web Site
151(1)
Inviting Others to Send E-Mail Messages
152(3)
Printing Your Web Pages
155(6)
The Two Ways to Print Web Pages
156(1)
Saving and Printing a Web Page as a Bitmap Graphic
156(2)
Printing Web Pages in Web Studio
158(3)
Choosing a Paper Size and Orientation
159(1)
Printing the Web Page
160(1)
Entering Your Own HTML in Web Studio
161(8)
The Three Ways to Enter HTML
162(1)
The Basics of Inserting HTML in Web Studio
162(2)
Inserting HTML Items Where You Want Them to Go
164(2)
Inserting HTML Items with Respect to the Page
166(1)
Inserting HTML Items with Respect to an Object
167(2)
Part 4 Launching Your Web Site on the Internet 169(28)
Putting on the Finishing Touches
171(6)
Describing Your Site So That Others Can Find It on the Internet
172(2)
Choosing Which Kind of HTML to Use on Your Web Pages
174(3)
Uploading Your Web Site to Your Internet Service Provider
177(10)
What You Need to Know Before You Begin
178(1)
Uploading a Web Site for the First Time
179(3)
What to Do if the Upload Fails
182(2)
Uploading a Web Site
184(2)
Uploading Your Web Site to a Place on the Company Network
186(1)
Making Sure Your Site Is All It Should Be
187(10)
Seeing How Long the Pages Take to Download
188(1)
Making Sure the Links Work
189(1)
Viewing Your Web Site through More Than One Browser
189(1)
Viewing Your Web Pages at Different Resolutions
190(2)
Registering a Domain Name for Your Web Site
192(2)
Promoting Your Web Site
194(3)
Appendix A Installing Web Studio and Internet Explorer 5 197(8)
Appendix B Getting the Help You Need 205(6)
Appendix C The Ins and Outs of Internet Exlorer 5 211(10)
Appendix D Speed Techniques for Working with Web Studio 221(8)
Appendix E Glossary of Internet and Web Studio Terminology 229(6)
Index 235

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