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Getting StartED Building Websites

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Alexander Dawson
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  • Approachable Getting StartED series style

  • Broad brush approach covers all of the important aspects rather than focusing in on one small topic

  • Teaches through example so readers can experience a subject before they drill down into it

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. What Kind of Website Should I Make?

    • Alexander Dawson
    Pages 1-63

  3. How Do I Write Good Content?

    • Alexander Dawson
    Pages 65-114

  4. How Should I Start Coding My Site?

    • Alexander Dawson
    Pages 115-194

  5. What About Web Hosting?

    • Alexander Dawson
    Pages 195-225

  6. How Can I Style My Website?

    • Alexander Dawson
    Pages 227-311

  7. How Can I Use Images and Media?

    • Alexander Dawson
    Pages 313-349

  8. What If Something Goes Wrong?

    • Alexander Dawson
    Pages 351-406

  9. How Can I Add Interactivity?

    • Alexander Dawson
    Pages 407-464

  10. How Can My Website be Improved?

    • Alexander Dawson
    Pages 465-527

  11. How Can I Get More Visitors?

    • Alexander Dawson
    Pages 529-589

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 591-651
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About this book

Website design and development can be a minefield for beginners. Where do you start? What languages should you learn? What techniques should you use to produce your site? What should you put on your site? How do you make it look appealing? How do you update it? This book takes into account the most frequently asked website design and development questions and gives you straightforward answers.

  • No experience required in this step-by-step guide to website design and development
  • Presents the important techniques you need to learn in easy-to-follow examples
  • Takes the confusion out of languages, technologies, and all the important elements of the development process

About the author

Alexander Dawson is a 25-year-old freelance website designer andconsultant based in the U.K. who specializes in web standards, accessibility, usability engineering, and user interface design. With self-taught experience in software development and producing simple but elegant websites through HTML and CSS, he spends his days (when not working on projects either privately or publicly) absorbing the vast amounts of knowledge in books, the Internet, and other media related to the fast-paced industry of web design. His aim in life is to be able to share his knowledge with the world, so that others who follow the same path can be there at the front lines and not feel intimidated by the constant flow of new technology.

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