Introduction

Publishing on the Web requires doing a little legwork at the beginning, but once you get started, you'll find creating a Web page about as easy as word processing. This tutorial will walk you through the process of planning and building your own Web site.

This tutorial shows you how to create a Web site using sample pages created in Netscape Composer. You may have access to Microsoft FrontPage or a similar editing program; the basic principles illustrated here are the same regardless of which software you are using. When you become more proficient in the basics, you may want to move up to an advanced editor such as Macromedia Dreamweaver or Adobe GoLive.

Follow the links below to learn more about each step of the process.

• Getting space on a Web server
• Creating a blank Web page
• Working in a Web editor
• Creating your home page
• Adding pictures
• Customizing a page
• Giving your page a title

• Viewing your page with a browser
• Fonts in HTML

• Absolute versus relative links
• Adding images
• When to hand-code HTML

• Putting your Web page on the server
• Structuring your site

To learn more about designing and creating Web pages, start with one of the following resources. There is a wealth of information both online and in print!

Books

Robin Williams Web Design Workshop
John Tollett, Robin Williams, and David Rohr (Peachpit, 2002).

Web Style Guide, second edition
Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton (Yale UP, 2001).

Web sites

http://www.webstyleguide.com/

http://www.htmlhelp.com/

http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/