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Whether you are a beginner at Web site design or a skilled designer eager to learn more, Online Web Design should prove to be one of your best Web friends--the perfect book for you. Brimming with resources and step-by-step instructions, this book takes you through the process of designing your own Web site--painlessly. It covers the most important aspects of Web site development: legal and copyright issues; available editing tools; how to create and insert images to enliven your site; secrets for developing and finding content to keep visitors returning; special effects and when to use them effectively, and troubleshooting skills to make sure your site operates flawlessly and at maximum usability.
Getting started, however, can be a bit daunting for the person with "average" Internet skills. When you surf the Internet, you may worry that you could never design your own Web site. This new book takes you by the hand and walks you through the process step by step, carefully explaining in easy-to-understand language such terms and concepts as search engines, content, streaming audio, meta tags, Java applets, HTML, and more. Each chapter gives numerous Internet resources to which you can turn for more detailed information and to broaden your understanding of the art of Web site design. An appendix lists by category all Web sites mentioned in the book, bringing them right to your fingertips.
Along the way you'll discover:
- A comparison of good and bad Web sites
- 10 ways to add fun to your Web site
- The top 10 elements of Web site design
- The basics of HTML coding and creating links
- 10 tips for content management on your Web site
- The difference between text and WYSIWYG editors
- 10 areas to check for potential problems
- How to get your site picked up by search engines
- A checklist to make sure your site is disability-accessible
- And much more!
Here's the book that will save you a good deal of time and money as you develop power and effective Web sites based on the latest principles and techniques of effective Web design. Regardless of your experience level--whether designing your first or tenth site--you'll want to turn to this book again and again as you hone your knowledge of this art.