Includes index.

Bonus CD includes: trial versions of software covered in the book.

Contents: Introduction -- About this book -- Foolish assumptions -- Conventions used in this book -- Part-y time : how this book is organized -- Part I : create a Web page today -- Part II : getting the content right -- Part III : your site in WYSIWYG -- Part IV : your site in HTML -- Part V : the part of tens -- Part VI : appendixes -- Icons used in this book --

pt. I. Create a Web page today -- 1. Web publishing basics -- Web basics 101 -- Understanding how the Web works -- Getting up URL-y -- The "for dummies" way to Web publishing -- Making simple things simple -- Making difficult things possible -- Types of Web sites -- Personal sites -- Picture sites -- Topical sites -- Business sites -- Entertainment sites -- Thinking your Web page through -- Ask "why am I doing this?" -- Don't spend too much time on design -- Put the good stuff first -- Think twice about download times -- Know your audience -- Use "text bites" -- Look at sites you like -- Plan for ongoing improvements -- Decide how you define success -- 2. Designing your online look -- You got the look -- Three key principles of design -- Achieving simplicity -- Producing predictability -- Creating consistency -- Avoiding common design errors -- Slow-loading pages -- Ugly color combinations -- Small text (and large text, too) -- Safely breaking the rules -- Organizing your page with tables and frames -- Creating simple tables -- Layout with tables -- Friends don't let friends do frames -- 3. A Fast and easy page with Google Page Creator -- Getting to know the creative capabilities of Google Page Creator -- What's in a Google name? -- Registering for a Google account -- Creating a Google page --

pt. II. Getting the content right -- 4. Words and blogs -- Getting it write for the Web -- Web realities -- What HTML lets you do with text -- Using existing text -- How to reuse right -- Avoiding existing formatting -- Getting copyright right -- Discovering the wonderful world of blogs -- Finding blogs to read -- Finding software for blogging -- Using Google's Blogger.com -- Setting up your blog -- Adding content to your blog -- 5. Using images and uploading photos to Flickr -- File size (still) matters -- Making an image smaller -- Using GIF and JPEG graphics formats -- Example : resizing and saving a screen capture -- Obtaining and creating images -- Designing with graphics -- More on download speed -- Avoiding three big mistakes with images -- Flickr forward -- Flickr flaws -- Uploading a photo to Flickr -- Modifying photos on Flickr -- Taking Flickr further -- 6. Playing sounds on your site -- Compressing and decompressing sound -- Using sound within a Web page -- Getting, creating, and including sound files by download -- Getting an MP3 file -- Creating an MP3 file -- Posting a sound file on MySpace -- Join the MySpace cadets -- 7. Screening videos on your site -- Keeping online video small, short, and sweet -- Why Web video is compressed -- Keeping your video clips short -- The role of YouTube -- Finding videos for your site online -- Capturing videos from a camera -- Uploading a video clip to YouTube --

pt. III. Your site in WYSIWYG -- 8. Using a WYSIWYG editor -- Choosing WYSIWYG over plain text -- Working within WYSIWYG -- Plusses and minuses of CoffeeCup HTML Editor -- Taking a sip from the CoffeeCup -- 9. Creating a WYSIWYG page -- Get ready : a refreshingly brief description of HTML -- Viewing HTML documents -- Setting up a Web page -- Formatting Web text -- Using HTML lists -- Linking to outside Web pages -- I link, therefore I am -- A simple link in a CoffeeCup -- 10. Graphics and media, WYSIWYG style -- Including images in WYSIWYG -- Adding sound to your page -- Adding video to your page -- 11. Laying out your site in WYSIWYG -- Using mailto links -- Internal links within a Web page -- Creating a navigation bar using text --

pt. IV. Your site in HTML -- 12. Using a text editor -- Choosing plain text over WYSIWYG -- Working within a text environment -- Plusses and minuses of Notepad as a text editor -- Hitting the high notes in Notepad -- 13. Creating a WYSIWYG page -- What the HTML you'll see in a text editor -- Viewing HTML in Web pages -- Setting up an HTML page -- Formatting Web text -- Creating HTML lists in Notepad -- External Web-page links -- Don't think, just link -- A simple link in Notepad -- 14. Graphics and media in HTML -- Including images in a text editor -- Adding sound to your page -- Adding video to your page -- 15. Laying out your site in HTML -- Using mailto links in HTML -- Internal links within a Web page -- Creating a text navigation bar --

pt. V. The part of tens -- 16. Ten Web-publishing do's and dont's -- DO think about your target audience -- DON'T forget the basics -- DO think before you create -- DON'T "borrow" without asking -- DO use links to outside sites -- DON'T abuse graphics and multimedia -- DO test your pages -- DON'T break netiquette rules -- DO ask for feedback -- DON'T let your site get stale -- 17. Ten places to host your page -- Google Page Creator -- Network Solutions -- Fasthosts -- AOL -- Yahoo! -- Blogger -- WordPress -- MobileMe -- Weebly -- Ning -- 18. Ten ways to make your page a site -- Specialize -- Let go of your tool -- Copy your page to your hard drive -- Use FTP -- Get a URL -- Add a blog -- Add other tools -- Add navigation -- Quote others -- Keep plugging away --

Part VI. Appendixes -- Appendix A. Web words worth knowing -- Appendix B. A quick guide to HTML tags -- Versions of HTML -- How to use this appendix -- Reading the tables -- Widely supported tags -- Other widely used tags -- Less frequently used tags -- Appendix C. About the CD-ROM -- System requirements -- Using the CD -- What you'll find on the CD -- About CoffeeCup -- CoffeeCup HTML Editor -- CoffeeCup Visual Site Designer -- CoffeeCup Color Schemer -- Troubleshooting -- Customer care -- Index.

Covers Web page publishing concepts including how to use HTML, using a text editor, creating a home page, adding links, placing graphics, adding multimedia, and Netiquette-