Building a Web Site for Dummies, 4th Edition

The book is great, helps you to understand step by step how to build a website.

"Building a Website for Dummies" (2007 edition) by David Crowder takes a higher-level approach. While he talks about the coding basics, it's more just examples t show you instead of a nuts and blots approach. Part one, 'Planning and Designing Your Web Site', leads you to making a plan. It helps you to find an underlying theme and what you want to accomplish. Part two, 'Building Your Site', shows the HTML with enough examples so you know what it is when you look at it. Chapter four is working with Dreamweaver, a program creates the coding for web pages. A Demo copy is included in the accompanying CD. Part two finishes with a chapter on CSS. Part three is about adding multimedia, Part four is Blogs and content providers, Part five is 'Raking in the Bucks'. That's a primer on INTERNET commerce - well worth reading. Part six is about publishing and publicizing your site and part seven is where to get additional help. It comes with a CD packed with good programs, examples, Javascript applets and graphics. It's more for those who want their web page/blog to do something and need to know how to use the INTERNET for their benefit. My recommendation? Start with "Building a Website for Dummies" and then move to "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Web & Blog".

No matter what you're doing for pleasure or for business this is the book to have. It is so well written and understandable. Personally I want to start a stay at home business since I am just becoming a bit more handicapped. However, it will benefit anyone who wants to know more about that computer we all have and want to know more.

I am SO glad that I purchased this book. It has fantastic information on all aspects of your website and it comes with a CD full of useful and fantastic trial software. I keep telling everyone around me it's the best money I've spent in a long time. The author covers everything from the design and layout of your pages to graphic design to fun content for your site all the way to making money with your site. Fabulous buy!

This is a great book for someone who knows that basics about computers and wants to go a little deeper into all the elements of maintaining a website. It covers style, coding, and business side of things in about equal portions. You can get through this book in a couple hours, so it does not go into depth on anything. The book provides countless ideas of free resources for improving your website. I found some of them very helpful. I highly recommend this book because it gives you an overview of areas you may not focus on. For depth you'll have to read other books, but this book is perfect for someone who wants an overview of all the elements that go into creating and maintaining a website. It would be great for a techie who wants to learn how business people think about websites and vice-versa. It is certainly not just for "dummies".