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Build yourself a state-of-the-art website.It’s incredibly easy... and it won’t cost you a dime! You need a website. But you don’t need the hassles that usually go with building one, or the expense of hiring someone else to do it. Here’s your solution: Build a Website for Free! You’ll learn how you can use new Web 2.0 technologies to create a site that’s impressive and effective. And here’s the best part: You’ll do it all with software and tools that won’t cost you a dime! http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

• Plan, organize, and design a site that really works, using tools you can find for free http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

• Discover the simple secrets of writing pages people want to read http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

• Use video on your site—and get someone else to pay for hosting it http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

• Add an easy-to-update blog and start building your own web community http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

• Quickly and easily handle “nuts and bolts” tasks, from getting your site name to uploading your content http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

• Get your site picked up by Google, Yahoo!, and other search engines http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

• Adapt your site for easy viewing on cell phones http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Mark Bell is a Ph.D. student in the Indiana University Telecommunications department. He studies virtual worlds and mediated trust with the Synthetic Worlds Initiative and has spent 15 years in the computer industry. Mark created his first website in 1992, ran a web design company in the ‘90s, and consults on several academic web projects. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

CATEGORY: Internet/Web http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Table of Contents

• Introduction
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Part I: The Basics

Chapter 1

The Order of Things http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

• The Website Creation Process
• Planning
• Design
• Building
• Testing
• Promotion and Maintenance

• Chapter 2

  Choosing a Location for Your Site http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • Web Hosting
  • What Is a Web Server?
  • Determining Your Web Hosting Needs
  • Cost
  • Technical Knowledge Required
  • Maintenance Needs
  • Storage Space
  • Accessibility
  • Bandwidth Needs
  • Domain Name Service
  • Hosting Options
  • Home Hosting
  • Free Online Hosting
  • Online Hosting Service
  • Professional Hosting
  • Commercial Hosting
  • So What Works Best for You?
  • Working with Different Types of Hosting Services
  • Free Services
  • Low-Cost Commercial Sites
  • Other Resources
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  Part II: Plan and Prep

  Chapter 3

  Planning Your Site http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • What Type of Site Do You Want to Build?
  • Types of Sites
  • Learning From Sites You Go To
  • Website Goals
  • Organizing Websites
  • Organizing the Site
  • Organizing the Pages
  • Best Practices of Website Organization
  • Keep Your Website Simple
  • Keep Your Website Consistent
  • Keep Your Website Easy to Maintain
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  Chapter 4

  Designing Your Site http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • I Can’t Make a Website That Looks That Good!
  • Content Before Design
  • Overall Design
  • Design Ideas
  • Central Image Design
  • Colors
  • The Magic Four
  • Hex Color
  • Color Schemes
  • Color Blindness
  • Fonts
  • System Fonts
  • Fonts as Images
  • Fonts and Color
  • Images
  • Cascading Style Sheets
  • Design Best Practices
  • Keep It Simple
  • Don’t Use Attention Grabbers
  • Be Consistent
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  Chapter 5

  Gathering Your Development Tools http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • Finding the Right Tools for the Job
  • Tool Sites and Reviews
  • Downloading New Software
  • Downloading and Installing Software
  • Essential Tools
  • File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Programs
  • Text Editor
  • Graphics Editors
  • HTML Editors
  • Sound Recorders
  • Advanced Tools
  • The Future of Free Web Tools
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  Chapter 6

  Moving Files To and From the Internet http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • Storing Your Files
  • Naming Files
  • Keep All Your Web Files in One Place
  • Have an Organizational Structure
  • Use a Version Control System
  • Uploading Files to the Internet
  • Logging In
  • Adding New Files
  • Changing Existing Files
  • Downloading Files from an FTP Server
  • One File or Many
  • Downloading from a Browser
  • Types of Download Files
  • Best Practices for Downloading Files
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  Part III: Website Building Basics

  Chapter 7

  Elements of a Website http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • Content
  • Content Best Practices
  • Content Standards
  • Parts of a Web Page
  • Title
  • Header
  • Body
  • Footer
  • Sidebars
  • Navigational Elements
  • Parts of a Website
  • Home Page
  • Content Pages
  • Web Advertising
  • Banner Ads
  • Animated Ads
  • Google AdSense
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  Chapter 8

  Using Existing Websites http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • Promotion
  • Social Networking Sites
  • MySpace
  • Facebook
  • Other Web 2.0 Sites
  • Flickr
  • Twitter
  • Del.icio.us
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  Chapter 9

  Web Page Services http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • Google Sites
  • Signing Up for Google Sites
  • Creating a Google Site
  • Editing a Page
  • Creating a Page
  • Move a Page
  • Delete a Page
  • Edit Page Settings
  • Edit Site Settings
  • Google Sites Features and Limitations
  • SnapPages
  • Signing Up for SnapPages
  • Creating a SnapPage
  • Editing a Page
  • Adding and Editing Photos
  • Editing Site Settings
  • SnapPages Features and Limitations
  • Netvibes
  • Signing Up for Netvibes
  • Public Versus Private Pages
  • Personalizing Your Netvibes Page
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  Chapter 10

  HTML 101 http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • The Structure of HTML
  • The Structure of Tags
  • Common HTML Tags
  • HTML Structure Tags
  • Text Tags
  • Lists
  • Tables
  • Hyperlinks
  • Images
  • Free HTML Editors
  • Text Editors
  • WYSIWYG Editors
  • Resources
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  Chapter 11

  Working with Images http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • Working with Images
  • Lossy and Lossless Compression
  • The Image Tag
  • Background Images
  • Image Maps
  • Animated GIFs
  • Optimizing Images
  • Resizing Images
  • When to Use Different File Types
  • Slicing Images
  • Finding Images
  • Free Images
  • Other People’s Images
  • Using Your Own Images
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  Chapter 12

  Working with Multimedia http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • Digital Audio Files
  • Audio Formats
  • Audio Players
  • Digitizing Audio
  • Audio Editing
  • Audio Resources
  • Digital Video Files
  • Video Formats
  • Video Players
  • Digitizing Video
  • Video Editing
  • Video Hosting Sites
  • Video Resources
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  Chapter 13

  Using HTML to Build a Site http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • How Web Pages Work
  • Page File
  • Extensions
  • Tools for Creating Web Pages
  • Parts of a Page
  • Cascading Style Sheets
  • Format of a Style Sheet
  • Creating and Linking a Style Sheet
  • Scripting
  • Using Templates
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  Chapter 14

  How’d They Do That? http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • Viewing Code from Other Websites
  • Web Development Firefox Add-ons
  • Recommended Firefox Web Development Add-ons
  • Badges
  • Templates
  • Developer Networks and Sites
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  Chapter 15

  Making Your Site Mobile http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • Why Should You Care About the Mobile Web?
  • How People Access the Mobile Web
  • Become a Mobile Web User
  • Mobile Web Devices (MWD)
  • Mobile Operating Systems
  • Mobile Browsers
  • Limitations of the Mobile Web
  • Making Your Website Mobile
  • Mobile Browser Detection
  • Domains and Subdomains
  • Use the Right Code
  • Page Sizes
  • Interface
  • Things to Avoid
  • Mobile Web Tools and Sites
  • Testing Your Site on a Mobile Phone
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  Part IV: Site Testing and Maintenance

  Chapter 16

  Testing Your Website http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • Why Testing Is Important
  • Building a Test Plan
  • Start at the End
  • Testing Basic Functionality
  • Testing HTML
  • Testing Browsers
  • Testing Resolution
  • Testing Printing
  • Testing Navigation
  • Testing Consistency of Design
  • Testing Security
  • Testing Accessibility
  • After Testing
  • Testing Tools
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  Chapter 17

  Promoting Your Website http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

  • Self-Promotion
  • Have Excellent and Unique Content
  • Update Content
  • Publicize Your URL
  • Connect with Others
  • Search Engines
  • How Search Engines Work
  • Optimizing Your Site for Search Engines
  • Keywords
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  Chapter 18

  Maintaining Y http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

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