West A.W. Practical Web Design for Absolute Beginners

Apress, 2016. — 482 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4842-1992-8.Practical Website Design for Absolute Beginners demystifies HTML and CSS using short step by step projects. Each chapter contains practical projects for creating customized websites, and the book provides many useful web page and website templates that can be easily adapted for use by the reader
Practical Website Design for Absolute Beginners avoids chapters of code theory and takes the approach of placing the code and its explanation within each project where it is most relevant. The book gives advice on the design aspect of web pages, with one chapter on producing attractive and useful websites and another on Search Engine Optimization
The book includes a full description of how to migrate a website to an external host, an important subject that is often omitted in other manuals
Learn the fundamentals of modern web design, rather than relying on CMS programs, such as WordPress or Joomla!. You will be introduced to the essentials of good design and how to optimize for search engines. You will discover how to register a domain name and migrate a website to a remote host. Because you will have built the web pages yourself, you will know exactly how HTML and CSS work. You have will complete control over your websites and their maintenance.
Practical Website Design for Absolute Beginners centers around introducing small amounts of new code in short practical chapters and provides many website templates that can be easily adapted for your own websites. Each chapter builds on the templates created in the previous chapter. You are provided with a practical project to complete in most chapters, and taught to produce practical web pages right from the start.
In the first chapter you will install and configure a free text editor, then you will produce the structure for your first web page. You will then gradually learn to create more sophisticated and increasingly practical web pages and websites.
In this book you will be encouraged by means of a series of achievable goals, and you will be rewarded by the knowledge that you are learning something valuable and really worthwhile. You will not have to plow through daunting chapters of disembodied code theory because the code is described and explained in context within each project. Because each project is fully illustrated, you will see clearly what you are expected to achieve as you create each web page.What You'll Learn
Provides instructions for installing a text editor for producing HTML and CSS
Shows you step-by-step how to build and test web pages and websites
Teaches you how to ensure that your websites are attractive and useful
Describes how to make the most effective use of color and images
Teaches you the essential features of search engine optimization
Shows you how to migrate your website to a remote hostWho This Book Is For
Practical Website Design for Absolute Beginners is for people who want to begin designing their own websites. It uses a highly motivational, easily assimilated step-by-step approach where you will start learning practical skills from the very first chapter. The book is an excellent choice for people who have computer skills but would also like to learn HTML and CSS. For readers who have little or no knowledge of HTML and CSS, the book will teach enough to complete all the projects in the book.Creating Websites
Create Your First Website and Add Hyperlinks
Styling the Website with CSS
Create Web Pages with Three Columns Using CSS
Create Web Pages with Four Columns Using CSS
Add Pictures to Websites
Enhancing the Website
Rollover Menu Buttons
Using Color Effectively
Screen Size and Resolution: Useful Templates: Rounded Corners
A Vertical Menu with a Picture Gallery
A Horizontal Menu with an Enlarged Picture Gallery
More about Website Images: Create a New Appearance with Tiles
Vertical and Horizontal Menus on the Same Page: Colored Columns
Create Tiles: Use Two New Tiles: Float-Drop and the Box Model
Create Tables for Data
The Secret of Attractive and Useful Websites
Design a Feedback Form
Search Engine Optimization
Positioning Elements on a Web Page
Save Time and Reduce Tedium
More on Using PHP include
Receive Emails from a Contact Us Page
Add Slideshows and Videos
Create a Tab Menu
Designing a Drop-Down Menu
Drop Shadows
User Name and Password for a Member’s Page
Create a Printable Order Form
Add a Search Field to Your Website
Styled Bullet Points
Indicating Which Horizontal Menu Button Has Been Clicked
Indicating Which Vertical Menu Button Has Been Clicked
Creating Multi-row Menus and Picture Galleries
Building Responsive Websites for Mobile Devices Part 1
Building Responsive Websites for Mobile Devices Part 2
Building Responsive Websites for Mobile Devices Part 3
Building Responsive Websites for Mobile Devices Part 4
Avoiding Some of the Pitfalls of a CMS Website
Go Live and Validate Your Website
Quick Reference: Graphics Programs: Resources
Installing and Using Text Editors