Building a Web Site for Dummies

By David A. Crowder and Rhonda Crowder

Book Overview

Ever wanted to build your own Web site to express your views? Or maybe you want to set up an e-business? Now, not only will you be able to create your own space on the Web, but you can also make it look professional with Building a Web Site For Dummies . This resourceful guide lays down all the basics for getting started with creating a Web site for your club, team, family, or business. This is the only book that walks aspiring Webmasters like you through all the steps of designing, building, publishing, publicizing, and updating a Web site without concentrating on a single tool. While reading this laid-back and down-to-earth guide, you will discover how to: Make your site easy to navigate Get optimum listing on Google Accept payment for an online business Gain feedback with message boards Add photos, sound, and video to your site Along with this helpful guide is a CD-ROM that includes many exciting features to give you access to more Web site-creating tools: Adobe Photoshop CS and Adobe GoLive CS tryout versions Trial versions of Macromedia Flash MX 2004, ColdFusion MX Enterprise, Fireworks MX 2004, Dreamweaver MX 2004, and FreeHand MX Hemera Photo-Objects 500 Sampler Under the wing of David Crowder, author of over 10 books and former Vice President of Data Processing with National Research Corporation, creating your own Web site has never been easier. Building a Web Site for Dummies provides plenty of hands-on guidance to turn you into a Web designer in no time Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764571443
• ISBN13: 9780764571442
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Seller!!!

The book is great, helps you to understand step by step how to build a website.

From J. Kaye's Book Blog

"Building a Website for Dummies" (2007 edition) by David Crowder takes a higher-level approach. While he talks about the coding basics, it's more just examples t show you instead of a nuts and blots approach. Part one, 'Planning and Designing Your Web Site', leads you to making a plan. It helps you to find an underlying theme and what you want to accomplish. Part two, 'Building Your Site', shows the HTML with enough examples so you know what it is when you look at it. Chapter four is working with Dreamweaver, a program creates the coding for web pages. A Demo copy is included in the accompanying CD. Part two finishes with a chapter on CSS. Part three is about adding multimedia, Part four is Blogs and content providers, Part five is 'Raking in the Bucks'. That's a primer on INTERNET commerce - well worth reading. Part six is about publishing and publicizing your site and part seven is where to get additional help. It comes with a CD packed with good programs, examples, Javascript applets and graphics. It's more for those who want their web page/blog to do something and need to know how to use the INTERNET for their benefit. My recommendation? Start with "Building a Website for Dummies" and then move to "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Web & Blog".

Building a Web Site

No matter what you're doing for pleasure or for business this is the book to have. It is so well written and understandable. Personally I want to start a stay at home business since I am just becoming a bit more handicapped. However, it will benefit anyone who wants to know more about that computer we all have and want to know more.

Excellent purchase

I am SO glad that I purchased this book. It has fantastic information on all aspects of your website and it comes with a CD full of useful and fantastic trial software. I keep telling everyone around me it's the best money I've spent in a long time. The author covers everything from the design and layout of your pages to graphic design to fun content for your site all the way to making money with your site. Fabulous buy!

Breadth with little depth

This is a great book for someone who knows that basics about computers and wants to go a little deeper into all the elements of maintaining a website. It covers style, coding, and business side of things in about equal portions. You can get through this book in a couple hours, so it does not go into depth on anything. The book provides countless ideas of free resources for improving your website. I found some of them very helpful. I highly recommend this book because it gives you an overview of areas you may not focus on. For depth you'll have to read other books, but this book is perfect for someone who wants an overview of all the elements that go into creating and maintaining a website. It would be great for a techie who wants to learn how business people think about websites and vice-versa. It is certainly not just for "dummies".