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Before you buy any software,
consider who
will host your Web page. If you belong to a commercial online service,
for example, you might not need any software, because there might be templates
that you can use to create basic Web pages. If you have an account with
a typical Internet Service Provider (ISP), the company might have restrictions
that could affect your Web site plans. So, check with them first.
Text
editors: Text editors are simple word-processing programs, and,
believe it or not, any old text editor can be used to design a Web page.
(WordPad and NotePad are included free of charge with Windows 95 and 98.)
Hypertext markup language (HTML), the language that's used to create Web
pages, is just text. It's a fairly simple language that tells Web browser
software how to display information. Many designers just use basic text
editors that come free of charge with their computer operating systems.
HTML
editors: Want something a bit more advanced? Consider purchasing
an HTML editing program. These programs are fancier text editors that are
designed specifically to make HTML coding easier. Some display HTML tags
in various colors, which makes it a snap for any designer to keep track
of things. Better HTML editors include extras, such as simple JavaScript
or CGI scripts, that can add functionality to Web pages.
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Web
Design in a Nutshell
A
Desktop Quick Reference
by Jennifer Niederst, Richard
Koman (Editor)
Are you a print designer working
on the Web? An HTML coder learning about server-side hosting for the first
time? Web Design in a Nutshell has slim but whole chapters for those topics--
and everything else you can imagine. This guide is full of helpful tables
and lists, making it a perfect desktop reference. The book breaks down
the huge topic of Web site development into understandable, readable segments:
the Web environment (browsers, displays, design principles), an in-depth
guide to HTML tags, graphics manipulation and display, multimedia possibilities,
and technologies for larger site management (such as Cascading Style Sheets
[CSS] and XML). Click
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HTML
& XHTML
The
Definitive Guide
by Chuck Musciano, Bill
Kennedy
Plenty of books can teach you
HTML quickly, getting you up to speed and hacking out Web pages in no time.
HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide offers a more comprehensive and
pragmatic look at the de facto markup language of today, as well as the
emerging next step. This title systematically presents HTML markup, beginning
with the basics--such as the anatomy of an HTML document, text, and links--and
proceeding to cascading style sheets, JavaScript, and XML. Along the way,
it discusses related issues, such as problems with displaying background
images, and browser-specific behavior with tables and other elements. Each
element is covered in as much depth as is necessary to frame the key implementation
issues. Click
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Pocket Guide to Html 4.01
by Ed Tittel, Natanya Pitts,
Chelsea Valentine
With topics arranged alphabetically,
this guide gives definitions, attributes, context, usage, and examples
for every HTML 4.01 tag. Concise overview of the HTML language, full coverage
of tag attributes, loads of examples and screen shots, an index of tags
broken down by topic, and more. Click
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Creating
Cool Html 4 Web Pages
by Dave Taylor
Taylor first shows new users
what a Web page is, how a browser works, what URLs are, and other basic
concepts. He then delves into basic HTML, fonts, and text styles and explains
how to make lists, special characters, pointers, and links; add graphics;
and create tables and frames. Taylor moves into advanced topics such as
background, marquees, image maps, JavaScript, forms, plug-ins, Dynamic
HTML, style sheets, and more, using his own award-winning work as tutorial
examples. He clearly discusses the HTML coding used to create each page.
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The
Book of JavaScript A Practical Guide
to
Interactive Web Pages (With CD-ROM)
by Thau, Dave Thau, David
Thau
Most Web developers pick
up a book to learn how to use a language like JavaScript, looking for practical
examples of how to get things done. The Book of JavaScript: A Practical
Guide to Interactive Web Pages is plenty practical, and hits the mark as
a reader-friendly and well-organized tutorial on JavaScript. The book assumes
no prior knowledge in JavaScript or other procedural languages, although
familiarity with HTML is best. The well-thought-out text focuses on various
programming goals--like rollovers and form validation--instead of the anatomy
of the JavaScript language itself. Click
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XML
for the World Wide Web
Visual
QuickStart Guide
by Elizabeth Castro
The Visual QuickStart Guide
series from Peachpit Press is known for boiling topics down to the essentials,
and presenting them in an engaging and efficient way, to get the reader
up to speed quickly. In applying this model to XML, author Elizabeth Castro
had her work cut out for her. Fortunately for her readers, Castro has identified
successfully the core components of XML, and presented them in a streamlined
way. This book doesn't tackle any of the advanced elements of XML technology,
such as SOAP, SAX, or integration with the Document Object Model (DOM).
Instead, it focuses on teaching the basic nuts and bolts of creating XML
documents, styling them, and defining their structure. Click
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Perl
and CGI for the World Wide Web
Visual
QuickStart Guide
by Elizabeth Castro
Anyone trying to get a grasp
on something as complex and powerful as Perl will appreciate Castro's relatively
straightforward technique. For example, in the first chapter, Castro explains
some basic Perl concepts sensibly: that the $ stands for the s in scalar;
the @ sign stands for the a in array; and that the % that labels a hash
or associative array indicates two circles on each side of the slash as
parts of a pair. This granular, logical way of building Perl knowledge
will get new Perl users started. More experienced users will want to use
this book as a workbook and refresher. Readers should be familiar with
HTML and comfortable with technical explanations, diagrams, and general
vocabulary. Click
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DHTML
for the World Wide Web
Visual
Quickstart Guide
by Jason C. Teague
If you're proficient at HTML,
yet still fuzzy about Dynamic HTML, you're definitely not alone. Since
the two browser heavyweights--Microsoft and Netscape--offer different flavors
of DHTML, this promising technical advance for the Web is still in flux.
DHTML for the World Wide Web is a no-nonsense look at where DHTML stands
and how to use it effectively. The author wastes no time laying out the
differences between the two vendors' approaches and establishing the common
ground--mainly cascading style sheets (CSS) and JavaScript. "An even
balance of Netscape and Microsoft techniques makes this book a handy reference
for any Web developer." Click
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