Instant web pages

Instant Web Pages!

Table of Contents

Part 1 Getting Ready to Create a Web Site

Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted with Web Studio

Chapter 1, "Getting Acquainted with Web Studio," describes the basics
of using the program. You learn how to start and close Web Studio, and
become familiar with the different parts of the screen and the Web
Galleries.

Starting Web Studio

Introducing the Web Studio Screen

A Look at the Different Parts of the Web Studio Screen

Changing the Web Studio Screen to Your Liking

A Quick Look at the Web Galleries

Chapter 2 What You Need to Know before You Begin

Chapter 2, "What You Need to Know Before You Begin," explains how
to choose an Internet Service Provider, save your Web site, back up
your work, and preview a Web site so you can see what it looks like on
the Internet. You will also find ten design tips in this chapter.

Selecting an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to Host Your Web Site

Constructing Web Pages One Piece, or Object, at a Time

Saving Your Web Site

Saving the Work You Do in Web Studio

Saving a Backup Copy of Your Work

Seeing What Your Web Page Will Look Like to Web Surfers

Previewing Your Web Site in the Preview Window

Switching between the Preview Window and Web Site Window

Ten Tips for Designing an Attractive Web Site with Web Studio

1. Ask Yourself, "Who's My Audience?"

2. Be Consistent from Page to Page

3. Use the Home Page as an Introductory Page to Your Site

4. Divide Your Web Site into Distinct Topics, One to a Page

5. Hyperlink Your Site to Other Sites on the Internet

6. Choose Page Backgrounds Carefully

7. Write the Text and Assemble the Graphics Beforehand

8. Don't Overload Your Pages with Too Many Gizmos

9. Learn the Many Ways to Align Objects

10. Use Web Studio's Special FX Tools to Tweak Images

Part 2 The Basics: Creating Web Pages

Chapter 3 Constructing Your Web Pages

Chapter 3, "Constructing Your Web Pages," explains how to build the
framework of a Web site. You discover how to add and remove Web
pages, choose a home page, and establish the size of pages, among
other tasks.

Creating a Web Site

Opening a Web Site You Have Been Working On

Adding and Removing Web Pages

Adding a New Page to a Web Site

Deleting a Web Page from a Web Site

Changing the Name of a Web Page

Choosing Which Page Is the Home Page

Establishing the Page Size and Page Margins

Changing the Size of Web Pages

Changing the Size of Page Margins

Techniques for Handling Page Windows

Chapter 4 Laying Out a Web Page

Chapter 4, "Laying Out a Web Page," describes what objects are and
how you can use them to position and align the elements on a Web
page. You also learn how to change the size of, move, and merge
objects.

Placing Objects on a Web Page

Selecting an Object or Objects

Positioning an Object on a Web Page

Changing the Size and Shape of Objects

Changing an Object's Size or Shape

Preventing an Object from Changing Size

Making Objects the Same Size

Merging Objects So They Are Easier to Work With

Quickly Copying an Object

Aligning and Spacing Objects on the Page

Aligning Objects with Respect to One Another

Spacing Objects Evenly on the Page

When Objects Overlap: Deciding Which Goes Where

Chapter 5 Entering the Text for Your Web Site

Chapter 5, "Entering the Text for Your Web Site," explains how to enter,
align, indent, and make text scroll on the page. You also learn how to
choose fonts and font sizes.

Putting Text on a Web Page

Dragging a Text Object onto the Page

Getting Text from a File You've Already Written

Importing a Paragraph or Two with the Paste Command

Editing the Text

Spell-Checking a Web Page

Formatting Headings and Other Text

Boldfacing, Italicizing, and Underlining Text

Choosing a Font and Font Size for Text

Changing the Color of Text

Choosing a Background Color for Text

Laying Out Text on a Web Page

Left-Justifying, Centering, and Right-Justifying Text

Indenting Text

Making Text Scroll on the Page

Chapter 6 Decorating Your Web Pages

Chapter 6, "Decorating Your Web Pages," looks into techniques for
sprucing up a Web page. Topics include choosing a page background,
using the Special FX tools on the background, signs, and dividers.

Choosing a Background Color, Pattern, or Picture

Using a Solid Color as the Background

Decorating Pages with a Pattern

Tweaking a Background in the Special FX Gallery

Importing a Graphic for Use as the Background

Using Text as the Background

Making the Background Scroll

Removing the Background

Making the Background Show through an Object

Dividers for Breaking a Page into Different Parts

Placing a Divider across a Web Page

Dividing the Sides of a Page

Signs for Sprucing Up Web Pages

Chapter 7 Putting Hyperlinks on Your Web Pages

Chapter 7, "Putting Hyperlinks on Your Web Pages," explains how to
link your site to others on the Internet. You discover how to create
hyperlinks that go from Web site to Web site, from Web page to Web
page, and from one place to another place on the same Web page.

All about Hyperlinks

Managing the Links Gallery

A Quick Tour of the Links Gallery

Adding Your Own Hyperlinks to the Links Gallery

Handling Hyperlinks in the Links Gallery

Hyperlinks for Making Your Web Page Jump

Turning an Object into a Hyperlink

The Quick Way to Turn a Graphic, Button, or Sign into a Hyperlink

Turning a Word or Phrase into a Hyperlink

Linking One Page on a Site to Another Page

Linking Two Different Places on the Same Web Page

Removing a Hyperlink

Changing the Color of Text Links

Part 3 Advanced Techniques for Advanced Web Pages

Chapter 8 Handling Graphics, Photos, and Clip Art Images

Chapter 8, "Handling Graphics, Photos, and Clip Art Images" explains
the thousand and one things you can do to graphics, photos, and clip art
images with the tools in the Special FX Gallery. You also learn how to
put buttons on a page, place your own graphics on a Web page, and
scan an item for a Web page.

Putting an Image on a Web Page

Getting an Image from the Photos or Clipart Gallery

Bringing in a Photo or Graphic of Your Own

Scanning a Graphic into a Web Page

Copying Pictures from the Internet

Writing an "Alternate Text Message" for Images

Special FX for Altering Images

Changing an Image's Orientation

Changing an Image's Shading, Tint, or Color Scheme

Changing an Image's Contours

Changing an Image's Look

Putting Buttons on a Page

Keeping Your Favorite Images in the My Stuff Gallery

Putting an Item in the My Stuff Gallery

Rearranging Items in the My Stuff Gallery

Removing an Item from the My Stuff Gallery

Chapter 9 Doing the Fancy Stuff�Animations, Sounds, and Slides

Chapter 9, "Doing the Fancy Stuff�Animations, Sounds, and Slides,"
looks into the many different ways to make sound a part of a Web site. It
also shows how to present a slide show and a moving image on a Web
page.

Animations to Make a Web Page Come Alive

All About Sounds

Getting a Sound from the Sounds Gallery

Playing a Sound of Your Own

Choosing How Often a Sound Is Played

Removing Sounds from Web Pages and Objects

Putting a Slide Show on a Web Page

Putting Together the Slide Show

Revising a Slideshow

Chapter 10 Putting "Cool Stuff" on Your Web Pages

Chapter 10, "Putting 'Cool Stuff' on Your Web Pages," takes you on a
tour of the Cool Stuff Gallery. You find out how to place a calendar and
even a search engine on a Web page. You also learn ways to help
others contact you by e-mail.

Placing a Cool Stuff Object on a Web Page

Telling Your Visitors the Date and Time

Dropping a Calendar on a Page

Showing Your Visitors the Date

Showing Your Visitors the Time

Informing Visitors When You Last Modified Your Site

Including a Search Engine with Your Web Site

Inviting Others to Send E-Mail Messages

Chapter 11 Printing Your Web Pages

Chapter 11, "Printing Your Web Pages," explains how to render your
Web pages on that old-fashioned device the printer.

The Two Ways to Print Web Pages

Saving and Printing a Web Page as a Bitmap Graphic

Printing Web Pages in Web Studio

Choosing a Paper Size and Orientation

Printing the Web Page

Chapter 12 Entering Your Own HTML in Web Studio

Chapter 12, "Entering Your Own HTML in Web Studio," shows how to
insert a banner on a Web page and how to code a Web page on your
own. You also learn a couple of tricks for importing HTML from other
programs.

The Three Ways to Enter HTML

The Basics of Inserting HTML in Web Studio

Inserting HTML Items Where You Want Them to Go

Inserting HTML Items with Respect to the Page

Inserting HTML Items with Respect to an Object

Part 4 Launching Your Web Site on the Internet

Chapter 13 Putting on the Finishing Touches

Chapter 13, "Putting on the Finishing Touches," describes how to
increase the chances of your Web site being found in Web searches.

Describing Your Site So That Others Can Find It on the Internet

Choosing Which Kind of HTML to Use on Your Web Pages

Chapter 14 Uploading Your Web Site to Your Internet Service
Provider

Chapter 14, "Uploading Your Web Site to Your Internet Service
Provider (ISP)," explains how you can upload a Web site to the Internet
without leaving Web Studio. You learn how uploading works, what you
need to know to upload, and what to do if you can't manage to upload
your Web site to an ISP.

What You Need to Know Before You Begin

Uploading a Web Site for the First Time

What to Do if the Upload Fails

Uploading a Web Site

Uploading Your Web Site to a Place on the Company Network

Chapter 15 Making Sure Your Site Is All It Should Be

Chapter 15, "Making Sure Your Web Site Is All It Should Be," offers
advice for fine-tuning your Web site. You also learn how to publicize
your Web site and register a domain name.

Seeing How Long the Pages Take to Download

Making Sure the Links Work

Viewing Your Web Site through More Than One Browser

Viewing Your Web Pages at Different Resolutions

Registering a Domain Name for Your Web Site

Promoting Your Web Site

Appendix A Installing Web Studio and Internet Explorer 5

Appendix B Getting the Help You Need

Appendix C The Ins and Outs of Internet Explorer 5

Appendix D Speed Techniques for Working with Web Studio

Appendix E Glossary of Internet and Web Studio Terminology

Index