Learning Web Design

Learning Web Design
Author: Jennifer Robbins
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 1096
Release: 2018-05-11
Genre:
ISBN: 1491960159

Do you want to build web pages but have no prior experience? This friendly guide is the perfect place to start. You’ll begin at square one, learning how the web and web pages work, and then steadily build from there. By the end of the book, you’ll have the skills to create a simple site with multicolumn pages that adapt for mobile devices. Each chapter provides exercises to help you learn various techniques and short quizzes to make sure you understand key concepts. This thoroughly revised edition is ideal for students and professionals of all backgrounds and skill levels. It is simple and clear enough for beginners, yet thorough enough to be a useful reference for experienced developers keeping their skills up to date. Build HTML pages with text, links, images, tables, and forms Use style sheets (CSS) for colors, backgrounds, formatting text, page layout, and even simple animation effects Learn how JavaScript works and why the language is so important in web design Create and optimize web images so they’ll download as quickly as possible NEW! Use CSS Flexbox and Grid for sophisticated and flexible page layout NEW! Learn the ins and outs of Responsive Web Design to make web pages look great on all devices NEW! Become familiar with the command line, Git, and other tools in the modern web developer’s toolkit NEW! Get to know the super-powers of SVG graphics

Creating a Website: The Missing Manual

Creating a Website: The Missing Manual
Author: Matthew MacDonald
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 840
Release: 2015-06-18
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1491936177

You can easily create a professional-looking website with nothing more than an ordinary computer and some raw ambition. Want to build a blog, sell products, create forums, or promote an event? No problem! This friendly, jargon-free book gives you the techniques, tools, and advice you need to build a site and get it up on the Web. The important stuff you need to know: Master the basics. Learn HTML5, the language of the Web. Design good-looking pages. Use styles to build polished layouts. Get it online. Find a reliable web host and pick a good web address. Use time-saving tools. Learn free tools for creating web pages and tracking your visitors. Attract visitors. Make sure people can find your site through popular search engines like Google. Build a community. Encourage repeat visits with social media. Bring in the cash. Host Google ads, sell Amazon’s wares, or push your own products that people can buy via PayPal. Add pizzazz. Include audio, video, interactive menus, and a pinch of JavaScript.

Creating a Web Site

Creating a Web Site
Author: Greg Rickaby
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2017-04-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1119376513

Speak to the world with your very own custom website! Creating a Web Site is the kids' guide to learning basic website design! From planning to perfecting, this book walks you through the entire process of building your own website, with easy-to-read instructions and plenty of pictures every step of the way. Good planning saves you a ton of work, so you'll begin by getting your ideas out of your head and onto paper. Next, you'll find a template that already has the basic features you want, so you can start working on the fun stuff right away. You'll learn all the HTML and CSS you need to make your site look and act the way you want it to, and you'll learn how to add video, images, widgets, and more to make the design your very own! Before you know it, you'll have your own custom-built website showcasing your talents and interests for the world. If you want your own website, why settle for a basic template that makes your page look like everyone else's? You don't need to build it from scratch—with a few simple lines of code, you can transform a basic template into the site of your dreams. This book shows you how to have fun from page one as you: Figure out just what kind of site you want to build Create a mood board to bring your ideas into reality Choose your favorite template and customize it with CSS and HTML Add widgets, pictures, video, and more to make your site your very own Easy instruction with a dose of humor have made the For Dummies books a leading resource for adults around the globe. The Dummies Junior series brings that learning to kids, with projects designed specifically for your interests, skills, and abilities. Creating a Web Site helps you build your digital home base, with fun instruction every step of the way.

Building Web Apps with WordPress

Building Web Apps with WordPress
Author: Brian Messenlehner
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1449364802

WordPress is much more than a blogging platform. As this practical guide clearly demonstrates, you can use WordPress to build web apps of any type—not mere content sites, but full-blown apps for specific tasks. If you have PHP experience with a smattering of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you’ll learn how to use WordPress plugins and themes to develop fast, scalable, and secure web apps, native mobile apps, web services, and even a network of multiple WordPress sites. The authors use examples from their recently released SchoolPress app to explain concepts and techniques throughout the book. All code examples are available on GitHub. Compare WordPress with traditional app development frameworks Use themes for views, and plugins for backend functionality Get suggestions for choosing WordPress plugins—or build your own Manage user accounts and roles, and access user data Build asynchronous behaviors in your app with jQuery Develop native apps for iOS and Android, using wrappers Incorporate PHP libraries, external APIs, and web service plugins Collect payments through ecommerce and membership plugins Use techniques to speed up and scale your WordPress app

Create Your Own Website The Easy Way

Create Your Own Website The Easy Way
Author: Alannah Moore
Publisher: Ilex Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2016-06-02
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1781573840

Every small business or organisation needs a website, whether it is a simple online portfolio or a complex online shop. Expert web design teacher Alannah Moore makes this subject accessible for everyone, even those with no technical or design experience. Avoiding technical language, Alannah provides a summary of the web platforms available, covering, among others, WordPress, Squarespace, Weebly and Shopify. From these the reader can choose the right platform for them, and very quickly get up and running. Drawing on her vast experience of what a novice website builder really needs to know, Alannah covers all the topics they will come across in their online experience: how to choose a good domain name; what content you need for your site; how to work with images and even create your own logo. The reader will also learn how to integrate social media and a blog, so they are set up and in control of their virtual presence from every aspect. This is the perfect book for anyone who doesn't want to pay for an expensive web designer. In Alannah's safe and capable hands, they will find the process of building their site easy and enjoyable, and they'll soon have a successful online presence.

How to Create a Website

How to Create a Website
Author: Jenny Aaron
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2019-02-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781797034560

★★Buy the Paperback Version of this Book and get the Kindle Book version for FREE ★★ A step by step guide on how you can create and start your very own personal website. This is ideal especially for anyone who wants to have an online presence such as anybody who wants to start a blog, do freelance work, build a brand and also become a part of social media. There are many people making life changing amounts of money with their blogs and sites. -Anywhere from cooking blogs, personal finance, freelancers etc. Learn how you can make you own website in a very simple step-by-step way from start to finish! What are you waiting for! Start now. When it comes to creating a website for your business, the most common questions people ask: -How do I start creating my new website? -What do I need to know before I start a website for my business? -How to choose the best Domain name? -Where to host my website? -How to do the keyword research? -How to choose the company to develop my website? -Is SEO necessary for my website? -Can I optimise my website for search engines myself? These and other questions will be addressed in the book. After reading it you will know the vocabulary and will be able to talk to professionals and explain exactly what you need, should you choose to outsource your website development. You will know how to find out what your potential clients are looking for and how to give it to them. You will even learn how to do your websites on site SEO (search engine optimization). You will know the important steps to take in the process, so you have a winning online marketing machine that generates more business for you 24/7. This book is a guide to an effective online presence for your business and it is an absolute MUST for everyone who needs a website to help you do better, smarter marketing.

Son of Web Pages that Suck

Son of Web Pages that Suck
Author: Vincent Flanders
Publisher: Sybex
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2002
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780782140200

Humorously describes ways to design, build, and maintain effective Web sites, including criticism of Web sites the authors feel are poorly designed.

Coding with Basher: Code Your Own Website

Coding with Basher: Code Your Own Website
Author: The Coder School
Publisher: Kingfisher
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2019-10-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0753476061

Written by the founders of Silicon Valley’s the CoderSchool, Basher’s Code Your Own Website is a really useful guide to basic programming that’s packed with quirky, colorful characters—from URL and Domain to Browser and Router—who will explain exactly how the Internet works. Young readers will learn all about the three big website coding languages: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, then follow the simple steps to code their own dynamic website. Combining Basher's trademark quirky and humorous illustration style with the very latest teachings on coding, Code Your Own Website also looks closely at online safety, helping young coders to spot the good guys... and the bad ones.

Learn to Code HTML and CSS

Learn to Code HTML and CSS
Author: Shay Howe
Publisher: New Riders
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2014-04-22
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0133477576

HTML and CSS can be a little daunting at first but fear not. This book, based on Shay Howe's popular workshop covers the basics and breaks down the barrier to entry, showing readers how they can start using HTML and CSS through practical techniques today. They'll find accompanying code examples online, while they explore topics such as the different structures of HTML and CSS, and common terms. After establishing a basic understanding of HTML and CSS a deeper dive is taken into the box model and how to work with floats. The book includes an exercise focused on cleaning up a web page by improving the user interface and design, solely using HTML and CSS. With a few quick changes the web page changes shape and comes to life. Interactive, technically up-to-the-minute and easy-to-understand, this book will advance a student's skills to a professional level.