Sams teach yourself to create web pages in 24 hours

Introduction	p. 1
Who I Wrote This Thing For	p. 1
Why Do I Need the Programs on the CD-ROM?	p. 2
How to Use This Book	p. 3
Things You'd Probably Figure Out by Yourself	p. 4
"To Dos," New Terms, and Special Element Boxes	p. 4
QandA Session	p. 5
One More Thing	p. 5
Part I First Steps, First Web Pages	p. 7
Hour 1 Understanding Web Authoring	p. 9
Anatomy of a Web Page	p. 10
Parts You See	p. 10
Parts You Don't See	p. 12
How a Web Page Works	p. 14
Pictures, Sound, and Other Media	p. 18
Extensions: Love 'Em!, Hate 'Em!	p. 19
Ways to Organize a Web Site	p. 21
Summary	p. 24
QandA	p. 24
Hour 2 Getting Started with a Web Authoring Program	p. 25
Opening FrontPage Express	p. 26
Exploring FrontPage Express's Toolbars	p. 27
Starting a New Web Page	p. 29
Saving and Naming Files	p. 31
About Web Page Filenames	p. 31
Editing Pages You've Saved	p. 33
Opening a Page File You Haven't Used Lately	p. 34
Checking Out Your New Page in a Web Browser	p. 36
Printing Pages	p. 38
Summary	p. 38
QandA	p. 39
Hour 3 Wizarding Up a Personal Home Page	p. 41
What (and Where) Is the Page Wizard?	p. 42
Should I Use the Page Wizard?	p. 43
Running the Wizard	p. 43
Understanding Publishing	p. 52
Summary	p. 53
QandA	p. 53
Hour 4 Starting Pages in Other Programs	p. 55
Starting in Your Word Processing, Desktop Publishing, or Other Program	p. 56
Starting Web Pages in Word	p. 57
Making Web Pages in Publisher 2000	p. 61
Importing Various Types of Files into FrontPage Express	p. 63
Working with Templates	p. 66
What's a Template?	p. 66
Where to Find Templates	p. 67
Editing a Template into Your Own Page	p. 69
Summary	p. 70
QandA	p. 70
Part II Titles, Text, and Tables	p. 73
Hour 5 Choosing a Title, Text Colors, and Other Page Basics	p. 75
About Page Properties	p. 76
Choosing an Effective Page Title	p. 76
Choosing Custom Colors for a Whole Page	p. 80
Choosing Colors You Don't See in the Lists	p. 84
Helping Search Pages Catalog Your Page	p. 86
Summary	p. 88
QandA	p. 89
Hour 6 Adding and Editing Text	p. 91
Understanding Paragraphs and Their Properties	p. 92
What Each Paragraph Property Does	p. 92
Normal	p. 92
Headings	p. 92
Address	p. 94
Formatted	p. 94
Numbered Lists and Bulleted Lists	p. 95
Entering Text and Assigning Properties	p. 96
Entering Paragraphs by Typing	p. 96
Typing Symbols and Special Characters	p. 96
Copying Text from Another Document	p. 97
Assigning Paragraph Properties to Existing Text	p. 100
Aligning and Indenting Text	p. 103
Aligning Paragraphs	p. 104
Indenting Paragraphs	p. 106
Adding Blank Line Spaces in a Page	p. 106
Editing Your Text	p. 106
Highlighting Text	p. 106
Replacing Selected Text	p. 107
Deleting Selected Text	p. 107
Copying or Moving Selected Text	p. 107
Undoing Edits ("Goofs")	p. 108
Tips for Good Text Design	p. 108
Summary	p. 109
QandA	p. 109
Hour 7 Formatting Text	p. 111
Working with Lists	p. 112
Creating Basic Lists	p. 113
Dressing Up Text with Character Properties	p. 117
Choosing the Color of Text	p. 124
Summary	p. 127
QandA	p. 128
Hour 8 Organizing Text with Tables and Rules	p. 129
About Horizontal Lines	p. 130
About Tables	p. 133
Table Basics	p. 135
Filling in the Table	p. 137
Adding a Caption	p. 139
Editing and Formatting Tables	p. 140
Creating Column and Row Headings	p. 144
Working with Rows, Columns, and Cells	p. 144
Using a Big Table to Control Page Layout	p. 149
Summary	p. 151
QandA	p. 151
Part III Linking to Stuff	p. 153
Hour 9 Understanding Links	p. 155
What's in a Link?	p. 156
What's Linkable?	p. 156
Web Pages	p. 157
Bookmarks in Pages (Anchors)	p. 158
Local Files	p. 159
Other Internet Services	p. 161
Summary	p. 166
QandA	p. 166
Hour 10 Making Links	p. 167
Changing Where an Existing Link Leads	p. 168
Creating New Links from Scratch	p. 170
Creating a Signature (Linking to Email)	p. 172
Copying Links from Other Pages	p. 174
Checking That Links Lead Where They're Supposed To	p. 176
Editing Links	p. 177
De-Linking Text	p. 178
Summary	p. 179
QandA	p. 179
Hour 11 More Ways to Link	p. 181
Understanding Bookmarks	p. 182
Creating Bookmarks in a Page	p. 183
Deleting Bookmarks	p. 185
Moving Bookmarks	p. 186
Linking to Bookmarks	p. 186
Linking to a Bookmark in the Same Page	p. 186
Linking to Bookmarks in Other Pages Online	p. 189
Creating Links that Download Files	p. 190
Summary	p. 192
QandA	p. 192
Hour 12 Using Links to Build a Web Site	p. 195
The Basic Act: Linking One Page to Another	p. 196
Making New Pages When You Make Links to Them	p. 198
Linking from One Page to a Bookmark in Another	p. 201
Site-Design Tips	p. 203
Building a Multipage Linear Site	p. 203
Working with One-Page Linear Pages	p. 204
Making a Web-Style Site	p. 206
Making a Hierarchical Site	p. 207
Summary	p. 209
QandA	p. 209
Part IV Adding Pizzazz with Multimedia	p. 211
Hour 13 Getting Pictures for Your Page	p. 213
About Inline Images	p. 214
Creating and Acquiring Image Files	p. 215
Using Images from the CD-ROM	p. 218
Previewing Images in Windows 98	p. 219
Important Stuff to Know About Inline Images	p. 220
File Type	p. 220
File Size	p. 220
Copyrights	p. 222
Understanding Interlacing	p. 223
Understanding Low-Res Versions	p. 224
Understanding Transparency	p. 224
Creating Images in Paint Shop Pro	p. 225
Opening Paint Shop Pro	p. 226
Creating and Editing an Image File	p. 226
Saving a Picture You've Created in GIF or JPEG Format	p. 228
Choosing GIF Interlacing	p. 230
Setting GIF Transparency	p. 230
Summary	p. 231
QandA	p. 231
Hour 14 Adding Pictures (and Picture Backgrounds)	p. 233
Inserting a GIF or JPEG Image in FrontPage Express	p. 234
Changing the Dimensions (Size and Shape) of the Image	p. 235
Using the Same Image Multiple Times	p. 237
Deleting an Image	p. 238
Choosing an Image's Layout Options and Other Properties	p. 238
Choosing a Picture's Alignment, Spacing, and Borders	p. 239
Alternative Representations	p. 242
Automatically Getting the Right File Type, Right Folder	p. 244
Entering Images in Table Cells	p. 245
Inserting Fancy Bullets and Rules	p. 245
Using an Image as a Link	p. 246
Adding a Picture Background	p. 247
Summary	p. 251
QandA	p. 252
Hour 15 Snazzing Up Your Page with Sound, Video, and Special Effects	p. 253
Adding Background Sound	p. 254
Creating a Times Square-Style Animated Marquee	p. 257
Inserting an Inline Video Clip	p. 259
About External Media	p. 261
Understanding Media Types	p. 263
Tips for Proper Presentation	p. 268
Show File Type and Size	p. 268
Use Descriptive Images as Link Sources	p. 269
Show Inline Thumbnails for Large External Images	p. 269
Summary	p. 270
QandA	p. 271
Hour 16 Creating Your Own Animations	p. 273
About Animated GIFs	p. 274
Inserting Animated GIFs into Pages	p. 275
Creating Your Own Animated GIFs	p. 276
Making the Frames	p. 277
Turning Multiple Frames into One Animation	p. 279
Summary	p. 284
QandA	p. 284
Part V Fine-Tuning Your Page	p. 285
Hour 17 Editing HTML	p. 287
How to Read an HTML File	p. 288
Viewing the HTML Source Code of a Document	p. 291
Using FrontPage Express to Insert an HTML Tag	p. 292
Adding Attributes with FrontPage Express's Extended Buttons	p. 294
Editing an HTML Source File Directly	p. 295
About HTML Assistant Pro	p. 296
Summary	p. 299
QandA	p. 299
Hour 18 Dividing a Page into Frames	p. 301
What Does It Take to Make a Frame Page?	p. 302
The Frame Definition Page	p. 303
The Frame Content	p. 303
Using HTML Assistant Pro to Create a Frames Page	p. 304
Creating Frames in HTML	p. 307
Specifying the Frame in Which a Linked Page Opens	p. 310
Naming the Frames	p. 310
Making Links Point to Frame Names	p. 310
Accommodating the Frames-Intolerant	p. 312
Summary	p. 313
QandA	p. 313
Hour 19 Designing Fill-in-the-Blanks Forms	p. 315
Understanding Forms	p. 316
Creating the Visible Form	p. 317
Building a Fast, Easy Form with the Form Page Wizard	p. 317
Including a Form in Your Personal Home Page	p. 321
Creating Custom Forms from Scratch	p. 323
Choosing Options for Fields	p. 326
Controlling the Way Form Data is Processed	p. 328
Summary	p. 330
QandA	p. 330
Hour 20 Putting Multiple Links in One Picture	p. 331
About Imagemaps	p. 332
Server-Side Versus Client-Side	p. 332
Choosing (or Creating) Images Suited for Imagemapping	p. 334
Creating an Imagemap	p. 335
Summary	p. 339
QandA	p. 339
Part VI Getting It Online	p. 341
Hour 21 Publishing Your Page	p. 343
About Web Servers	p. 343
How Much Space Do I Need?	p. 347
Preparing to Publish	p. 348
Publishing from FrontPage Express	p. 350
Viewing Your Page Through the Internet	p. 354
Summary	p. 354
QandA	p. 354
Hour 22 Announcing Your Web Presence	p. 357
Listing Your Page in Web Search Pages	p. 358
Getting in Multiple Search Pages at Once	p. 365
Publicizing Your Page off the Web	p. 366
Summary	p. 367
QandA	p. 367
Hour 23 Testing and Updating Your Page	p. 369
Testing Your Pages	p. 370
Testing Browser Variability	p. 370
Testing at Different Resolutions	p. 375
Testing Link Validity	p. 379
Evaluating Your Page's Ergonomics	p. 379
Updating Your Page	p. 380
Summary	p. 380
QandA	p. 381
Hour 24 Developing Your Authoring Skills	p. 383
Getting Your Own Domain (Your Own "Dot Com")	p. 384
Advancing to New Authoring Tools and Techniques	p. 387
Microsoft FrontPage 2000	p. 387
Macromedia Dreamweaver 2	p. 390
Adobe PageMill	p. 391
Netscape Composer	p. 392
The Future of Web Authoring: XHTML	p. 393
How to Grow as a Web Author	p. 394
Observe	p. 394
Dissect	p. 394
For Further Reading	p. 394
Summary	p. 395
Appendix A Setting Up the Programs on the Bonus CD-ROM	p. 397
Setting Up the Programs	p. 398
What's on the CD-ROM?	p. 399
Internet Explorer 5 (with FrontPage Express)	p. 399
JPEG Graphics	p. 399
HTML Assistant Pro 97	p. 400
MapEdit	p. 400
Paint Shop Pro 5 (with Animation Shop)	p. 400
NetZip	p. 401
Adobe Acrobat Reader	p. 401
Appendix B Online Resources for Web Authors	p. 403
Browsers and Other Net-Surfing Programs	p. 403
General Web Authoring	p. 404
Clip Art, Animation, and Templates	p. 404
Java	p. 405
General-Purpose Software Download Sites	p. 406
Plug-Ins, Helpers, and Other Browser Accessories	p. 406
Glossary	p. 407
Index	p. 415

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