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Amazon.com: This guide walks you through the entire Web authoring process, teaching you how to use the nuts and bolts of HTML to build your Web page. You've got to feel good about a guide that tells you that "if you can dial a telephone or find your keys in the morning, you too can become an HTML author."
The authors start with the premise that you're a true beginner. The first part of the book covers the history of the Web, what a browser is, how HTML is used, and what it takes to access the Web. The book then dives into HTML basics, page layout, and instructions on how to build your first basic Web page. Part 2 explains what a markup language is and how HTML works. This section provides an overview of each HTML tag, highlights special characters, and shows you how to add templates, lists, and links to your Web pages. Part 3 covers relatively advanced areas such as tables, attractive Web design, complex pages, forms, style sheets, image maps, navigation aids, and finally going live with your site.

Part 4 contains the famous "Part of Tens" section that is in each Dummies book, plus HTML's Top Ten Do's and Don'ts, Ten Design Desiderata, and Nearly Ten Ways to Exterminate Web Bugs. Extras on the CD-ROM include overviews on testing your pages, working with Dynamic HTML, frames, Common Gateway Interface (CGI), and more. The CD-ROM also has shareware and examples of HTML that are used in the book. --Elizabeth Lewis

Book Description:
With each new generation of HTML (HyperText Markup Language), the code that lurks behind all those cool World Wide Web pages, comes a new learning curve. Not so, say Ed Tittel and Stephen Nelson James, who insist that "if you can dial a telephone or find your keys in the morning, you too can become an HTML author. (No kidding!)" Put their promise to the test as you discover the plain-English fundamentals of writing your way onto that wild and worldwide Web. Why spend big bucks on the latest and greatest Web authoring software when all you need is a copy of HTML 4 For Dummies and a little inspiration (not included, although tons of great ideas appear on the book's bonus CD-ROM). Instead, take this timely and informative tour through the tags, tips, and proven techniques that make the best Web pages work, and follow the entire Web publishing process, from design to maintenance, free of all that confusing technobabble and propeller-head cyberspeak.

Synopsis:
This bestselling, updated reference not only gives users details on HTML commands, syntax, and extensions to build Web pages and develop a Net presence, but it also highlights new HTML 4 enhancements such as frame improvements, script style elements, and improved Web access for users with disabilities. The CD-ROM has examples from the book, plus a basic HTML editor and templates.
Amazon.com:"HTML 4 For Dummies" (paperback)

Amazon.com This guide is appropriate for those who just need to know enough HTML to get around or who want a convenient, quick reference for the little things they forgot. While far short of a complete course on HTML, this reference is much more than a mere cheat sheet. The signature light-heartedness of the For Dummies series can help make you comfortable if the giant HTML tomes are too daunting.
Topics covered include how to construct basic HTML pages, how to wisely use images on your pages, how to link HTML pages to each other, how to design attractive and effective pages, how to put your pages on the Web, how to use frames, and how to develop style sheets. Three appendices provide quick reference for HTML tags, special symbols, and cascading style sheet properties and values.

The book's design makes referencing as you work particularly easy--the book is compact, takes up very little desk space, and features a comb-bound spine, allowing it to open flat and remain at your selected page. --Elizabeth Lewis

Book Description:
For years, HTML has been synonymous with Web development. Before you can cultivate your online visions, you must first master basic HTML. But even the most advanced HTML technician needs an easy-to-read lexicon. Enter HTML 4 For Dummies Quick Reference, the handy, fingertip HTML guide with clear explanations, tag definitions, and detailed tables. Award-winning authors and HTML experts Deborah and Eric Ray share their expertise on everything from using images in your Web pages to determining who your readers are and evaluating their motivations for visiting your site. As an added bonus, HTML 4 For Dummies Quick Reference includes a full color cheat sheet listing 216 consistent and reliable HTML colors.

Synopsis:
With the number of Websites doubling every six months, HTML remains the fundamental building block of Web page creation. This handy reference shows Website developers the basics of using browsers, HTML editors, and graphic software to create unique HTML documents.
Amazon.com:"HTML 4 For Dummies Quick Reference" (paperback)

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The author, bsawyer@dmill.com , May 24, 1999
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If you've ever wanted to publish something on the Web but aren't sure where to start and don't want to spend money on a hosting service then GeoCities is a great place to start. More than just blank space to store Web pages and graphics, GeoCities is a complete service packed with features to help you create your own pages. With this book we guide you through the entire process of using GeoCities to get the most out of your Web page.

This is not a end-all be-all book on Web design (as obviously someone was expecting) but instead it guides you (step-by-step) to all the resources and services offered by the enormously popular GeoCities service as well as numerous other resources you can use to create a Web page or site that you want.

Packed with examples of successful GeoCities sites, and filled with tips and other GeoCities specific information it helps anyone from the newest to the most experienced GeoCities user.

Book Description:
GeoCities is the world's largest Web community and home for Web site offering services like customer support, file manager programs, and link exchanges. This guide shows users how to build Web sites from scratch and utilize GeoCities services. It walks the reader through joining GeoCities, using the built-in Web page editor, and publishing Web sites to the rest of the world. Information on graphics, video clips, sound bites, commerce, and interactive forms are accessible to both new and experienced Internet users. With dozens of vivid Web site examples, templates, and practical tips, this offers a complete recipe for making a great Web site for an individual, family, school, group, business, or club. Included is an interactive CD-ROM that contains useful software, thousands of free images, and all of the examples used in this book. From the Publisher As a free service, GeoCities has blossomed into the largest community on the Internet. This color book guides you through building a great looking site using the free tools provided by GeoCities. A must for anyone who wants to build and maintain their free site effectively.
Amazon.com:"Creating GeoCities Websites" (paperback)

Amazon.com Review:
For a few years now, Jasc Software's Paint Shop Pro has been a popular and affordable image editor and paint program for producing Web graphics. Whether or not you joined the bandwagon early on, you'll be able to learn lots from this full-color guide. It illuminates the basic and advanced aspects of working within the updated program, Paint Shop Pro 5, to create excellent Web images--from logos and icons to photos and background graphics.

Author Andy Shafran first takes you through the basics of using the package to create and edit simple graphics and photos. He also teaches you about GIF, JPEG, and other Web file formats and explains the basics of using HTML tags to add images to your pages. Next you apply special effects and work with Picture Tubes (a tool for painting with graphics instead of paint), layers, and black-and-white images. Shafran offers advice on using scanners and digital cameras to bring images into your computer and helps you retouch and correct those images. He also explains how to create transparent GIFs, GIF animations, image maps, and backgrounds and teaches you how to keep your images small.

The last two chapters focus on using extra HTML tags to control the appearance of your images and on learning additional Paint Shop Pro tips for creating gradients, textures, drop shadows, clip art, and 3-D effects. One appendix directs you to Web sites that offer graphics and development guidance. Another supplies a reference list to Paint Shop Pro's toolbar and palette options. --Kathleen Caster

Midwest Book Review - July 1998
Whether a beginning novice or an experienced web master, this fully updated and expanded second edition of Creating Paint Shop Pro Web Graphics will clearly instruct the reader/user in the latest feature of Paint Shop Pro 5 and the use of a digital camera. Creating Paint Shop Pro Web Graphics offers hundreds of pages of full color examples teaching all elements and aspects of Paint Shop Pro 5. Creating Paint Shop Pro Web Graphics is a must for anyone seeking to create a truly memorable and effective web site.

WebWeaver XXI Reviews - June 1998
Using a real world examples, Andy walks the reader through the creation of an image using the smudge brush, and clip art. Creating Paint Shop Pro Web Graphics, Second Edition is a well written, comprehensive guide to not only Paint Shop Pro 5 but to web graphics in general. Jasc has a wonderful new program and Andy has more than done justice to it with his new book.

Book Description:
The full-color guide to outstanding images with Paint Shop Pro 5. Written by Paint Shop Pro Experts, this book includes dozens of tutorials, techniques, and examples geared for the beginner through advanced Paint Shop Pro user. An original art cover complements the Vivid and generous use of color throughout the entire book. Technically edited by Jasc Inc., this book includes chapters on photo-retouching, Image optimization, GIF Transparency, and more. It covers all the new features in Paint Shop Pro 5, including Layers, Picture Tubes, Animation Shop, and more.

Amazon.com:"Creating Web Graphics with Paint Shop Pro" (paperback)