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by Steven E. Callihan $24.99 U.S./$34.95 Can./£23.49 U.K.
Published by Prima Publishing
ISBN 0-76150692-6
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The 3rd Edition of Create Your First Web Page in a Weekend If you have bought the first edition, the example graphics and other files used in the book are still available for download from this page. You should also rest assured that just because a newer edition has been released that doesn't mean that the original edition is now out of date (please see further comment below).
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The original edition of Create Your First Web Page in a Weekend, released in November 1996, is still perfectly current. As far as HTML is concerned, the only features covered in the later editions that are not in the original edition are a few HTML 4.0 tags of relatively minor import (the SPAN, THEAD, TBODY, and TFOOT tags). Most of the other new HTML 4.0 tags and attributes fall into the "advanced" HTML category, which is not covered in either edition. The only other really major addition to the later editions is a graphics tutorial for creating Web art special effects. So, if you have bought the original edition, you should rest assured that the HTML that it covers (HTML 2.0 and 3.2) is still perfectly up to date (good HTML should never go out of date!). You needn't worry that you'll be learning "old stuff."
Buy Your Copy Here!Because this web site is an associate partner of Amazon.com, you can order a copy of the Revised Edition of Create Your First Web Page in a Weekend right here, directly from Amazon.com, the biggest cyber-bookstore of them all. And, hey, I get a royalty for each sale, which means I'll get a double royalty for each book ordered here, one from my publisher and the other from Amazon.com. Just click the following link to place your order:
Follow either of these links if you have any questions about shipping, customer service, gift wrapping, and so on:
Amazon.com shipping policy.
Amazon.com customer service.
I've included links below to where you can find out about other titles I've written and about other books I recommend to readers who want to explore further.
I've several other web publishing titles. For information on all of my books that are currently available, see:
Steve Callihan's Web Publishing Books.
Many readers have asked me in the past what other HTML and web publishing books I recommend. You'll be glad to know that I've now gathered together a selection of books that I particularly recommend:
Recommended Web Publishing Books.
With the Internet and the Web growing by leaps and bounds, it is easy for your page or site to get lost in the shuffle. Learning how to promote your site and make others aware of your efforts is increasingly key to success on the Web. I've assembled some useful web site promotion methods, information, and resources -- just click the link to find out more:
Web Site Promotion Tips & Tricks
Included on the CD-ROM are graphics that are used in the tutorials, examples and templates used in planning and creating a web page, and a sampler of additional icons, graphic rules, and background images. If you don't have a CD-ROM drive, you can download these files here:
| Tutorial example graphics used in Chapter 2, the Basic HTML Tutorial, and in Chapter 3, the Intermediate HTML Tutorial. NOTE: You can find these graphics in the \BOOK\TUTORIAL directory on the CD-ROM. |
| Basic web page examples used in Chapter 5, Creating Your First Web Page. A number of additional web page templates are also included. NOTE: You can find these graphics in the \BOOK\TMPLATES directory on the CD-ROM. |
| A web art sampler, including bullets, lines, background images, and more that you can use in creating your web pages. NOTE: You can find these graphics in the \BOOK\SAMPLES directory on the CD-ROM. |
The instructions in the book for running Netscape Navigator off-line in Windows 3.1 call for using MOZOCK.DLL. Since this seems to no longer be available from Netscape's web site, you can download it here:
Download MOZOCK.DLL
I'll be listing here web page templates I've put together that you can download. Right now, you can download a frames, newsletter, genealogy, calendar, and navigation bar templates, plus a collection of generic templates. Keep checking back for even more web page templates in the future! Click the following links to download the templates:
| Frames Templates. Includes two templates, one for creating a two-frame web site, the other for creating a more sophisticated nested three-frame web site. |
| Newsletter Template. Create your own online newsletter using a two-column table format. |
| Genealogy Web Site Template. Create your own genealogy web site. Includes example photo gallery and information on using GED2HTML to create HTML-format GEDCOMs. |
| Calendar Template. Create your own online calendar. Great for event schedules. |
| Navigation Bar Template. You can use this template to add a navigation bar image map at the bottom of your pages. |
| Generic Templates These are some generic templates that can be used for any purpose. |
For pointers on how to use the CD-ROM disk:
Follow this link for corrections and graphic fixes, and other information you may find helpful:
With the Internet and the Web growing by leaps and bounds, it is easy for your page or site to get lost in the shuffle. Learning how to promote your site and make others aware of your efforts is increasingly key to success on the Web. I've assembled some useful web site promotion methods, information, and resources -- just click the link to find out more:
Web Site Promotion Tips & Tricks
This part of my site is dedicated to helping readers of my web publishing books get some notice for their web pages. If you have read my book and created a web page that you would like to have listed here, just e-mail me at callihan@callihan.com. To check out my readers' pages, go to:
A fairly frequent question I've gotten from AOL readers is about how to run AOL's default web browser offline. As far as I know, you have to be connected to AOL to run its default browser. To do the tutorials, you should just connect to AOL and then run your browser as you normally would. To open a local HTML file, in AOL's Internet Explorer, click File, Open, and Browse, then go to C:\HTML and double-click on your HTML file (scratch.htm, etc.).
If you want to be able to browse offline, nothing says you can't download and install either Netscape Navigator 4.5 or Internet Explorer 5.0 so you can browse local HTML files offline.
Another fairly frequent question I've gotten from AOL readers is about how to publish web pages to a user's web folders on AOL's server. You can go to the keyword "My Place" in AOL and then select "Frequently Asked Questions" to get information on how to use My Place. I've also found a couple of links that describe the process of using My Place to publish your web pages to your folder on AOL's server:
AOL: Uploading your web page
Web Site Design by AWEBPAGE.COM
Look here for some additional tips on running your browser offline:
This web page is actually one head of a four-headed monster. Here are the other heads:
Budget Web Hosts: Need a server to host your web page? Don't want to spend a bundle? Here's my list of affordable presence providers.
Web Publishing Tools: These are udated links to web publishing and other programs and utilities listed in Appendix A, the Resource Directory.
Web Publishing Links: These are updated links to web publishing resource materials listed in Appendix A, the Resource Directory.
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