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Whether you’re in the preliminary stages of planning a site or you’re looking to improve the look of an existing site, this reference book covers it all. Now updated with the latest site tools, design techniques, and commerce options, this new edition of the bestseller offers a solid framework for building a Web site from scratch. Packed with all the essentials to help make your site the best it can be, this resource goes beyond just basic design and page building to show you how to incorporate both of those elements into a successful site.
Veteran author David Crowder spills the secrets to planning and creating an effective site from the ground up. You’ll decipher ways to transform a bunch of seemingly random web pages into a coherent web site and you’ll discover myriad ways to make your site look and sound amazing.
This updated third edition features content on designing with CSS, using the latest version of Dreamweaver, and applying Web analytics and promotion techniques. In addition, the book covers topics such as:
- Keeping a site fresh and exciting
- Designing a look that appeals to your intended audience
- Determining your Web page structure
- Incorporating color, images, graphics, music, and video
- Merging CSS and HTML
- Planning usable navigation
- Providing guestbooks and message boards
- Designing for e-commerce
- Getting set up with PayPal, Google Checkout, E-cash, etc.
The accompanying CD-ROM provides trial versions of software that is used in the book as well as sample templates and graphics for Web building. Once you start referring to Building a Web Site For Dummies, 3rd Edition, you’ll wonder how you ever existed without this invaluable information!
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. more info
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Completely outdated!!
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I purchased this book in October 2003 and, even though I was a total beginner, I quickly realized that it is completely out of date!! DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK TODAY. This book was published in October 2000, and web programming and publishing programs have evolved so much since that there is barely anything relevant in this book anymore. After some further research, I decided that the best way for me to build my website was to learn one of the ‘HTML visual editor’ programs, and I purchased a recent book on DreamweaverMX which has all I need.
OK For general Ideas
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
If you are looking to code a webpage or site, buy this book along with HTML 4 for the WWW by E. Castro. Castro’s book is easy to follow and deals with multi-browser webpage construction. This Dummies book does give you a good feel about the practical things to consider when constructing a website. Not just about creating a page with links and pictures, but about practical navigation construction and how to build websites for a particular audience (ie. websites for your family versus an e-commerce site). Some useful info here, but they should not jump into HTML without creating a good feel for it in this book–try Castro’s or HTML for Dummies–becuase this book could have served one better if it stuck with the key ingredients for a decent site, then had a small primer for HTML or recommended good HTML books. For other website design books, try Web Usability by J. Neilsen. This is an ok book that deal with the problems associated with website construction–Web Usability has color pictures and is not dependent on any one design software package.
Breadth with little depth
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is a great book for someone who knows that basics about computers and wants to go a little deeper into all the elements of maintaining a website. It covers style, coding, and business side of things in about equal portions. You can get through this book in a couple hours, so it does not go into depth on anything. The book provides countless ideas of free resources for improving your website. I found some of them very helpful.
I highly recommend this book because it gives you an overview of areas you may not focus on. For depth you’ll have to read other books, but this book is perfect for someone who wants an overview of all the elements that go into creating and maintaining a website. It would be great for a techie who wants to learn how business people think about websites and vice-versa. It is certainly not just for “dummies”.
Old & Tired Information
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
This information is so old that it’s not of much use. I’m not an expert web site designer, but I found this book practically useless. Better to use iWeb, with their lovely templates and ease of use.
Will not teach you how to build a website.
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
You will not learn how to build a website with this book period. Not recommended for buying. Go to BN and read a little and you’ll see. You are a dummy if you buy this book.
Real dummies: just say NO…
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
When the “Dummies” series books first came out, they were truly for “dummies”. Apparently not so anymore. Right on the cover of this book is the phrase “Go from Web surfer to site developer”. Well, web surfer I am, and what I was looking for was a book to give me the ABSOLUTE BASICS about creating a web site. This book assumes that you as the reader, already know how to create a web site!! HELLO!! If I knew how to create a web site, I wouldn’t need the book, thanks. Page 2 “Foolish Assumptions”: “We figure that you have some kind of experience with creating web pages.” WHAT?! I thought this book was going to turn me from a surfer to a developer. Page 27: the first line of chapter 3 reads “This chapter’s here just in case you need a refresher on basic web page building before…” CHAPTER 3! Refresher! This book obviously should be titled “Enhancing Your Web Site for Dummies”. This book does not even explain to a “Dummy” how to create the file necessary to create a web page. What a waste of twenty bucks.
Building a Web Site
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
No matter what you’re doing for pleasure or for business this is the book to have. It is so well written and understandable.
Personally I want to start a stay at home business since I am just becoming a bit more handicapped. However, it will benefit anyone who wants to know more about that computer we all have and want to know more.
good book but….
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This is a good book for people who have some knowledge on HTML. It also has some good tips for webmasters, especially if your planning on a commercial site. But if you’re experienced, then this book has nothing you won’t already know. It truly is ‘for dummies’.
Not a Dummies book
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
This book falsely advertises to SERIOUS beginners of web design. However, the book is in fact for people who have prior knowledge of design, whether it be HTML coding, or the use of Dreamweaver. Real beginners will start to get lost VERY early on in the book. I suggest finding another resource to help you with beginning site building.
At Least The Title Is Right
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
This was my first “for Dummies” book purchase and it will be the last (unfortunately, I also purchased “Building Web Pages for Dummies” at the same time. A How-To book this not….you get no step-by-step instructions, what you do get is a lot of information that is generally available on the internet with a dose of new-age you can do anything you want if you try………well, at least the title is right……….only a DUMMY would buy this book.
A good Dummies book
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Read the title! This is not an HTML book. If you are hoping to be able to code your first web site after reading this book, you might struggle a bit.
This is a decent book on how to construct a web site. As with most “Dummies” books the explanations seem to drag. However, I have found that they can be a good introduction to a subject, if the reader is truly “in the dark”.
If you have never written any type of computer program, or if you struggle with using your computer, and are still set on creating your own web page (go for it; they aren’t that tough) buy this book and “HTML for Dummies”. The combination of the two will get you up and running.
Excellent purchase
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I am SO glad that I purchased this book. It has fantastic information on all aspects of your website and it comes with a CD full of useful and fantastic trial software. I keep telling everyone around me it’s the best money I’ve spent in a long time. The author covers everything from the design and layout of your pages to graphic design to fun content for your site all the way to making money with your site. Fabulous buy!
Not very useful.
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
Really didn’t learn much. It wastes a lot of time telling you how to register, line by line for different web services. I had to buy another book, Church Website Design (A step by step approach) by Timothy Fish to really accomplish anything.
The only dummy is the person who buys this book
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
Just read the 7th edition–it only took a couple of hours to go through it. It is a schill for AOL and Geo-Cities. It also pushes Netscape Composer which is probably an out of date web design package. Briefly describes HTML in a very very basic manner. You will not be able to get a web page up with what is published in this book. The book convinced me to get a copy of Frontpage.
WEB SITE
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
the book was very informative however the bonus cd that has a lot of the book detail inside was broken in 2 pieces.
A disaster – save your money
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
This is the worst Dummies book I’ve yet read and am seriously irritated that I didn’t spend more time browsing its contents. This book is essentially an amalgamation of shameless promotion with just enough filler between the sponsors to afford this giant pop-up ad the euphemism “book.”
The author spends the majority of the book telling you to go elsewhere for tools and content. On hindsight, a great idea! Just save the money you’re contemplating wasting on this drivel.
Another major problem is that the website you’ll end up with will, in all likelihood, look hopelessly outdated. I’m still searching for a good book on web publishing that isn’t technical (I’m not going to learn code!).
Great Seller!!!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
The book is great, helps you to understand step by step how to build a website.
Building a Web Site for Dummies
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Easy to understand and well presented. Was great help in my quest to develop my own Web Site.
Won’t Help you achive “Site of the Year”
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
THis book has a great deal of helpful hints and is pretty decent at walking a new web master through the basics. But I felt that firstly, they hopped between basic web design and complex script languages too much. When I want to learn HTML I will get the HTML for Dummies© book (which I did buy). I am still amazed they were able to make the book so thick with so little information in it. Maybe it was the cute cartoons which were still not worth the twenty dollars I paid for the book.
From J. Kaye’s Book Blog
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
“Building a Website for Dummies” (2007 edition) by David Crowder takes a higher-level approach. While he talks about the coding basics, it’s more just examples t show you instead of a nuts and blots approach. Part one, ‘Planning and Designing Your Web Site’, leads you to making a plan. It helps you to find an underlying theme and what you want to accomplish. Part two, ‘Building Your Site’, shows the HTML with enough examples so you know what it is when you look at it. Chapter four is working with Dreamweaver, a program creates the coding for web pages. A Demo copy is included in the accompanying CD. Part two finishes with a chapter on CSS. Part three is about adding multimedia, Part four is Blogs and content providers, Part five is ‘Raking in the Bucks’. That’s a primer on INTERNET commerce – well worth reading. Part six is about publishing and publicizing your site and part seven is where to get additional help.
It comes with a CD packed with good programs, examples, Javascript applets and graphics. It’s more for those who want their web page/blog to do something and need to know how to use the INTERNET for their benefit.
My recommendation? Start with “Building a Website for Dummies” and then move to “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Creating a Web & Blog”.
Good Book
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
If you don’t know HTML, or are just learning, this is great book. I had a basic understanding of HTML already and just loved this little book.
SUPER WHACK AND OUTDATED
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
This book was so not worth anything. The information in it was so archaic that it really doesn’t serve much purpose. It barely mentions anything about CSS and Flash. The only animation/multimedia elements it mentions are animated GIFs….COME ON! Who uses those anymore?! The read was really dry. I couldn’t even finish it. I promptly returned it back to the library. I’M SO GLAD I DIDN’T BUY IT. WOW
Not the “building web-site guide” you may look for
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
If you are that “Dummy” who wants to know how to build a web-site, then this is not the book for you. It tells you hardly how to build, it tells more about links which can help you making your web-site look more cool. You have to have some HTML cq Dreamweaver experience to understand the context of what the writer wants to clarify.
By reading the book and going through the enclosed CD Rom with ty-out software, I soon came to the conclusion that the title of the book is somewhat misleading. See comments above why.
If you are that “Dummy” who has not a single thread of knowledge about building web-sites, then do NOT buy this book.
Not giving it 1 star (but I was close), there are some interesting chapters in this reference giude, but typing what you want to have inside your web-site (links and related web-sites with loads of info what comprises around 50% of the book). you will get the same information from any search engine.
Recommendation: concentrate first on a book, that teaches you the basic HTML-programming language, continue then with either a Dreamweaver/FrontPage manual. You’re much better off…
Very well written
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Building a web site for Dummies, by David A. Crowder ,is a very well written step by step guide that has all you will need to start not only a web site but a successful one. It is easy reading and has plenty of humor to keep you from going to sleep before you actually learn something.
tung
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
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