Practical web design for absolute beginners. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Adrian W. West.
• Authors: West, Adrian W
• Contents: At a Glance; Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Creating Websites; Definitions; The Two Website Creation Methods; The Advantages of Using Code Rather Than CMS; Who's Afraid of HTML?; But What About CSS? ; Prepare Your Computer to Create Websites; Install Suitable Browsers; Install a Free HTML Text Editor; Create a Folder for Your First Web Page; The Basic Structure for Every Web Page; Enhancing the Structure; Create the Structure of Your First Web Page; Discussion of the First Six Lines of the HTML Code in Listing 1-1. Chapter 4: Create Web Pages with Three Columns Using CSSCreate the Three-Column Page; Explanation of the Code; Create a Style Sheet for Producing Three columns; Explanation of the Amended CSS Code; Revise the CSS Code; Explanation of the Revised CSS Code; The Difference Between id and class; Summary; Chapter 5: Create Web Pages with Four Columns Using CSS; Create Web Pages with Four Columns; Explanation of the Code; Insert New Styles in the CSS Style Sheet; Explanation of the CSS Code; Create Two More Pages; The Importance of Forward Planning; Summary; Chapter 6: Add Pictures to Websites. The Problem with Some Older BrowsersAdd Pictures to the Home Page; To Alter the Home Page Using a WYSIWYG Editor; To Alter the Home Page Using a Plain Text Editor; Explanation of the Code; Alter the CSS File to Style the New Home Page; Explanation of the CSS Code Alterations ; Change the Heading in the Other Three Pages; Summary; Chapter 7: Enhancing the Website; Allowing Internet Explorer 8 to Understand Semantic Tags; Add the JavaScript and Some Hyperlink Tags That Can Be Styled; Explanation of the Code; Make a Minor Change to the CSS Style Sheet; Explanation of the CSS Code. A More Versatile Way of Setting Font SizesSummary; Chapter 8: Rollover Menu Buttons; Improving the Appearance of the Menu Hyperlinks; Explanation of the Code; Add the Rollover Feature; Create 3D Buttons with a Rollover Feature; Insert 3D-Colored Menu Buttons into a Web Page; Explanation of the Code; Summary; Chapter 9: Using Color Effectively; Choosing Color Schemes; How Website Colors Are Produced; Understanding the CSS Color Codes; Tutorial: Adding More Color to our Website; Explanation of the Code; Using Color Pickers on WYSIWYG Text Editors; Tweaking Colors; Summary.
• Publisher Details: United States : Apress
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxvii, 470 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 006.7; 004; Computer science; Web sites -- Design; COMPUTERS -- General; Web sites -- Design; Computers -- Programming -- General; Computers -- Programming Languages -- General; Computer programming / software development; Programming & scripting languages: general; Computer programming; Computers -- Web -- Web Programming; Web programming; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484219935; 1484219937; 1484219929; 9781484219928
• Related ISBNs: 9781484219928
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 8, 2016).
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