Outline:
Create Your First Web Page in a Weekend
(Revised Edition)


0. Introduction

Who Should Read This Book
What You Can Do in a Weekend
What You Need to Begin
How This Book Is Organized
What's New in the Second Edition
Special Features of This Book

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I. Friday Evening: Getting Started

What is the Internet?
What Is the World Wide Web?
What Is Hypertext?
What Is HTML?
What Is a URL?
What Is a Domain Name?
What Is a Web Page?
What Is a Web Site?
What Is a Home Page?
Where's HTML Going?
Getting Set Up
Selecting Your Text Editor
Selecting Your Web Browser
Setting Up for Offline Browsing
Selecting Your Graphics Editor
What's Next?

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II. Saturday Morning: The Basic HTML Tutorial

Creating Your Working Folder
Using the Prima Interface to Install the Example Files
A Quick Word About HTML
The Scratch Pad Model
Dynamically Updating Your Work
Running Your Web Browser and Text Editor
Anatomy of a Tag
Starting Your Page: Document Tags
Saving a Starting Template
Using Heading Level Tags
Creating Paragraphs and Line Breaks
Spacing, Tabs, and Returns: For Your Eyes Only
Adding Comments
Highlighting Your Text
Inserting Reserved and Special Characters
Using Block Quotes
Using Preformatted Text
Creating Lists
Creating Definition Lists
Creating Hypertext Links
Creating Link Lists
Using Inline Images
Using Relative URLs
Signing Your Work
Saving Your Work
What's Next?

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III. Saturday Afternoon: The Intermediate HTML Tutorial

Running Your Web Browser and Text Editor
Loading Your Starting Template
Working with Text
Aligning Paragraphs, Headings, and Divisions
Working with Images
Aligning Images
Wrapping Text around Images
Working with Image Links
Working with Lists
Creating Icon Link Lists
Working with Rules
Using Graphic Rules
Working with Fonts
Using Background Colors and Images
What's Next?

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IV. Saturday Evening (Bonus Session): The Tables Tutorial

Running Your Web Browser and Text Editor
Loading Your Starting Template
Working with the TABLE Tag
Defining Columns and Rows
Adding and Controlling Borders
Setting Spacing and Padding
Defining Column Headings
Centering a Table
Setting Table Width and Height
Adding Row Headings
Horizontally Aligning Cell Contents
Setting Column Widths
Inserting an Image
Vertically Aligning Cell Contents
Spanning Columns
Spanning Rows
Changing Font Sizes and Colors
Assigning Background Colors
Using Background Images
Defining Table Head, Body, and Foot Sections
Other Table Tags
Creating Icon Bullet Link Lists
What's Next?

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V. Sunday Morning: Planning Your First Web Page

Creating Your Working Folder
Using the Prima Interface to Install the Example Web Pages
Thinking Ahead
Getting Oriented
Defining Your Objective
Doing Your Outline
Selecting an Example Web Page
Assembling Your Materials
Gathering Your URLs (Optional)
Creating Your Mock-Up Text File
Drawing a Map (Optional)
What's Next?

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VI. Sunday Afternoon: Creating Your First Web Page

Choosing Your Approach
Loading Your Mock-Up Text File
Setting Up an Example Web Page
Using Placeholders
Saving Your Web Page File
Starting Your Web Page
Top Section (All Three Example Web Pages)
Middle Section (First Example Web Page)
Middle Section (Second Example Web Page)
Middle Section (Third Example Web Page)
Bottom Section (All Three Example Web Pages)
Extra Options for the Whole Page
What's Next?

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VII. Sunday Evening (Bonus Session): The Graphics Tutorial

Creating an Image Folder
Installing and Running Paint Shop Pro
Creating Special Effects with Paint Shop Pro
Screen Layout
Creating Interlaced GIFs
Creating Transparent GIFs
Creating Drop Shadows
Effective Transparent Drop Shadows
Using Fill Effects
Creating 3-D Buttons
Program Details
What's Next?

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Appendixes:

A. The Web Resources Directory

General Web Publishing Resources
HTML Features
Programming
Graphics Resources
Putting It Up on the Web

B. The Web Tools Directory

Web Browsing Tools
HTML Editing Tools
Graphics Tools
Audio and Video Tools
HTML Utilities
Miscellaneous Software

C. Special Characters

Reserved Characters
Unused Characters
Special Characters

D. Putting It Up on the Web

Finding a Web Host
Transferring Your Web Page to a Server
A Few Things You Need to Know
Setting Up WS-FTP LE
Using WS-FTP LE

E. What's on the CD-ROM?

Running the CD-ROM
The Prima User Interface
Book Examples
Software

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Steven E. Callihan
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Last Updated: April 25, 1998