9 books in 1 your key to terrific Web sites! Your one-stop guide to
building great pages with the most popular tools Whether you’re opening
an e-business or just want to show off the family reunion photos,
here’s your complete toolbox for building great Web sites. This updated
edition covers the latest versions of all the cool software like
FrontPage, Dreamweaver, and Flash, plus behind-the-scenes tools like
XML and HTML. You can’t go wrong! Discover how to: Decide what makes a
good Website Design and tweak Web pages with HTML Add Flash movies to
your pages Include interactive images Use multimedia objects Set up
your own e-commerce solutions CD-ROM includes Trial versions of
Macromedia ; Dreamweaver MX 2004, Flash MX 2004, and Contribute xmlspy
; Version 2004 Home Edition, evaluation

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How to take command of the wide, wonderful Web Thinking of launching a
Web site or an e-business? Want to jazz up the site you already have?
This book is jammed with secrets that entice Web wanderers to stop at
your site and return again. You’ll find out how to create a basic Web
page, enhance it using CSS and JavaScript, morph it into a complete
multipage site, add forms, video, and animation, and get a top ranking
from leading search engines. Here’s the perfect mix of technology and
creativity-the cool stuff you want to do, plus a thorough understanding
of the tools that let you do it. Use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to
maintain consistent formatting for a slick, professional look Improve
the quality of your site with XHTML, the next generation of markup
language Jazz up your site with appropriate use of color, graphics,
animation, and sound Discover how to improve your site design to make
it more user friendly Write your pages to make them search engine
friendly and improve your ranking automatically Check out all the
examples and much more at the author’s Web site:
www.intuitive.com/coolsites/

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Learn how to construct cool and interactive Web sites with this
hands-on guide to the world of Web design and usability. In this title
from Prentice Hall PTR�s Garage Series, author Marc Campbell shows you
the �ins and outs� of designing sites with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS as
core technologies. Using layout diagrams and graphics to illustrate
your journey, Campbell takes you through every step of designing Web
sites, from basic layout and usability to uploading your site onto the
Web. Want to learn more on a specific topic? Flip to one of the book�s
�links� that help you delve deeper into certain areas, allowing you to
browse the text quickly and easily!

Specific topics covered include

• Managing pop-up windows
• Working with scripts and style sheets
• Controlling design space with HTML and CSS
• Making rollover graphics
• Using text elements properly
• Creating e-mail links and hyperlinks
• Embedding media in Web pages
• Choosing a Web host
• Testing and uploading Web sites

Whether you�re new to Web design or you �speak� HTML as a second language, Web Design Garage will help you discover the solutions you need to create fun and effective Web sites.

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Paperback: 304 pages | Publisher: Idea Group Publishing (January 17, 2006)

Language: English | ISBN: 1591408555 | Format: CHM | Size: 8.2 MB
Scholars and students are searching for information on what a Web
portfolio is, what it is not, what to put into a Web portfolio, and
what technical skills are needed to succeed in the process. Web
Portfolio Design and Applications provides a combination of theory,
pedagogy, and practice to help enable faculty and students across
disciplines to explore creating a Web portfolio. This book provides
research conclusions, case studies, and hands-on technical processes,
which allow people of all levels to develop a personal approach to
creating a Web portfolio. Web Portfolio Design and Applications is
designed for anyone who has an interest in Web portfolios and
electronic portfolios.

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Ajax Hacks : Tips & Tools for Cleaning Up the Web (Hacks� Those of you familiar with Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) know how useful the technology is for creating interactive web applications with XML-based web services and JavaScript in the browser to process the web server response. Responsive web applications with client-like functionality are the new wave of the Internet. Now, Ajax Hacks offers you 100 new tips and techniques for building faster web apps with rich client interfaces.

With practical and clever hacks supplied by several web professionals, this book shows you how to use Ajax to integrate Google Maps and Yahoo Maps, display Weather.com data, scrape stock quotes, fetch postal codes, and build web forms with auto-complete functionality. Advanced hacks teach you how to create huge, maintainable bookmarklets, how to use client-side storage for Ajax applications, and how to call a built-in Java object from JavaScript using Ajax. The book also addresses best practices for testing Ajax applications and improving maintenance, performance, and reliability for JavaScript code.

Ajax reduces the amount of data interchanged between the web browser and web server to speed up the web experience. Now, with Ajax Hacks, we�ll help you enrich that experience even further.

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The experienced developer�s guide to JavaServer Pages development!
* Database access, XML support, JavaBean integration, and much more
* Architecting JSP applications for maximum performance and maintainability
* Includes several complete sample JSP applications such as an authentication framework, an email tag library, and a Database-to-XML/XSL conversion tool Sun�s JavaServer Pages technology gives developers a powerful cross-platform solution for dynamic Web application development without the drawbacks of previous approaches. In Core JSP, two leading enterprise developers show experienced developers exactly how to make the most of JSP technology�for database integration, XML applications, session tracking, and many other purposes. From coding fundamentals to effective JSP program design, you�ll find it here�along with real-world sample code for HTML calendars, JNDI applications, LDAP-based authentication JavaBeansTM, database search forms, and more! * Make the most of scriptlets, expressions, declarations, actions and directives
* Get under the hood with Sun�s JSP engine: multithreading, persistence, implicit objects, and more
* Understand JSP requests and responses�in depth
* Track sessions and data: hidden frames and form fields, cookies, URL rewriting, and the HttpSession API
* Integrate databases: JDBCTM, SQL, metadata, connection pooling, and more
* Creating custom JSP actions (custom tags)
* Optimize the performance of your JSP pages Every Core Series book:
* DEMONSTRATES how to write commercial quality code
* FEATURES dozens of nontrivial programs and examples�no toy code!
* FOCUSES on the features and functions most important to real developers
* PROVIDES objective, unbiased coverage of cutting-edge technologies�no hype! Core JSP delivers:
* Practical insights for transforming dynamic web pages into full-fledged web applications
* Hands-on coverage of integrating JSP and XML
* Expert JavaBean Action techniques for integrating JavaBean business logic with JSP presentation logic
* Extensive code examples�including several complete sample applications
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There are currently nine million blogs, with 40,000 new ones created
every day;25 percent of Internet users say they read blogs, and 9
percent say they’ve created one * This book walks people through what
they need to know to launch a blog, maintain it, publicize it,
syndicate it, and even make money from it * Topics covered include
choosing a Weblog host such as Blogger.com or TypePad, hosting a blog
on one’s own, solving blog problems, working with blogging software
(Movable Type, Greymatter, Radio Userland), and delving into RSS
syndication * Offers tips from veteran bloggers, a rundown of
Blogosphere protocol, savvy pointers on earning revenue from a blog,
and advice on specialized blogs such as podcasts, vlogs, and photo and
MP3 blogs

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The short, focused lessons presented in Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes will help you quickly understand cascading style sheets (CSS) and how to immediately apply it to your work. Author Russ Weakley
is a well-respected member of the CSS community and is known for his
ability to make complicated concepts easy-to-understand for even
inexperienced CSS users. With this book, you will cover the essentials
for standards compliant techniques that are supported by the most
common browsers. Once you master the basics, Weakley will also take you inside positioning, troubleshooting CSS, and handling common CSS bugs. Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes is the ultimate quick learning tool and handy desk reference guide to CSS.

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ColdFusion * Integrate Your one-stop guide to six great Macromedia tools for building Web sites It’s like a Web-site-in-a-book! First, there’s some Web site insight to help you decide what you want your site to do. Then it’s into the nitty-gritty of making it happen - building with Dreamweaver, adding animation with Flash, enabling collaboration with Contribute, using ColdFusion to access databases, and a whole lot more. Discover ow to * Plan content for your site * Use CSS styles * Incorporate forms into your pages * Beef up Flash movies with ActionScript * Use queries inall the Macromedia products

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The performance testing of Web applications is not understood properly and no skill sets are available to address the challenges faced by practitioners. In addition, there is currently a lack of available research on the performance aspects of the application. Integrated Approach to Web Performance Testing: A Practitioner’s Guide fills this
void and provides an integrated approach and guidelines to performance testing of Web-based systems. Based upon a mix of theoretical and practical concepts, this book provides a detailed understanding of the various aspects of performance testing in relation to the different phases of the software development life cycle. Using a rich mixture of examples, checklists, and templates, this book illustrates the different facets of application performance. Integrated Approach to Web Performance Testing: A Practitioner’s Guide applies a practical approach to making appropriate choices of tools, methodologies and project management for performance testing.

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