Part III: Adding Frills and Fancy Stuff in Java

Maker Code39 in Java Part III: Adding Frills and Fancy Stuff

Part III gives you a ton of ways to make your site work, look, and sound great This part demystifies JavaScript and DHTML (Dynamic HTML), then it covers the different ways that you add new features like blogs to your Web site and shows you where to get great multimedia

Part IV takes a look at making money from your site It explodes the myths about Internet income and shows you how to really make a profit, how to get a credit card merchant account, and how to work both ends of the affiliates game

Part V is The Part of Tens Well, it just wouldn t be a For Dummies book without The Part of Tens at the end, right This part comprises three chapters, so you ve got 30 extra bits here that tell you all sorts of wonderful things, like where to go for Web-site design advice and ways to add value to your site Finally, at the end of the book is a glossary of all the tech terms that might otherwise leave you baffled

The icons in the margins of this book point out items of special interest Keep an eye out for them they re important Psst! Listen, pal, I wouldn t tell just anybody about this, but here s a way to make things a bit easier or get a little bit more out of it

Well, of course, it s all memorable material But these bits are ones you ll especially want to keep in mind

Well, keep turning pages, of course And use the material to make your own Web site the hottest thing there ever was One of the hardest parts about getting this book together was categorizing the material in it Many times, a Web site add-in could ve been slotted into a different chapter than the one it ended up in because it had multiple features or attributes So when you re visiting any of the sites that I mention in this book, be sure to take a good look around A site that has a great chat room might also have a fine affiliates program One that offers a good series of Java applets could have some solid tutorials on Web design A site that has good information on dedicated servers may have the best e-commerce solution for you I encourage you to browse up a storm Additionally, you can go to this book s companion Web site, at wwwdummies com/go/buildingawebsite4efd, where you can find links to many of the sites discussed in the book

start off by covering all the things you need to know to put together a Web site 1 shows you the differences between a random bunch of Web pages and a coherent Web site, while 2 is a quick refresher course in basic HTML 3 goes into some more advanced areas like tables 4 shows you how to use a WYSIWYG editor to visually design your pages Finally, 5 gives you everything you need to know about different Web-hosting options

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Determining your site s purpose Analyzing the audience Appealing to visitors Keeping your site lean

eople argue about what the number-one factor in quality Web site design is, and they probably always will Some say great graphics are the key Others say worthwhile information is everything Still others think that ease of use is the most important factor I m not so sure that there s such a thing as a linear ranking for these kinds of things After all, a goodlooking site that doesn t work well is useless A site with a combination of good content and lousy graphics is nothing to crow about either This book shows you how to do it all and how it all fits together to make a Web site that s actually worth visiting If you want to get the basics of Web page structure down pat, check out s 2 and 3 on HTML; for the lowdown on graphic design, make sure you spend some time with 7 In this chapter, I walk you through the fundamental things you should consider as you create your Web site And at the end of the chapter, I give you four basic rules for creating Web sites that work Take em with a grain of salt remember, you re the ultimate judge