Part I: Getting to Know Yahoo! SiteBuilder in Java

Maker QR Code in Java Part I: Getting to Know Yahoo! SiteBuilder

2 Enter the new page name in the Destination box, and click Save As SiteBuilder creates a new page based on your template page Your new page is added to the site and is displayed in the Site Contents pane

The site templates that come with many Web site builders are often not too impressive They can look tacky, cookie cutter, and give your site a very amateurish look Not so with SiteBuilder The templates that are included are nicely designed and creatively packaged Therefore, many people who use SiteBuilder are going to want to simply go with a template to design their Web site At the same time, just because you can use templates doesn t mean that you necessarily should Instead, you should consider the advantages (and disadvantages) of using templates versus striking out completely on your own The advantages to using SiteBuilder templates are Templates give you a professional-looking site oriented toward your business type or interest You can create a template-based site in SiteBuilder in mere seconds and be productive with it immediately

You can get a well-designed site without needing to know how to use Adobe Photoshop or any other graphics software You are freed from doing any design work yourself As a result, you can focus purely on the content and messaging of the site The advantages to doing it yourself are You don t have to base your Web site design on someone else s ideas Your blank page is an open canvas Whatever you can dream up and produce visually, you can do You can rest assured that your design is going to be unique and not used by another Yahoo! SiteBuilder user In the end, it comes down to three factors: productivity, design skills, and the level of control you want Most SiteBuilder users will opt for templates, as they provide a healthy balance among each of these factors

ou can create a vanilla, run-of-the-mill Web site in many ways I m guessing you re using Yahoo! SiteBuilder because you want to do something extraordinary, to create a site that looks good and is easy to use If so, check out the chapters in Part II, which cover the building blocks you need for cool Web pages You discover how to work with text, links, pictures, tables, navigation bars, and forms

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Adding and editing text on your page Checking your spelling on your Web site Changing the font and style of your text Working with links

he underappreciated, not-so-glamorous, yet-oh-so essential sidekick It seems like most films with a hero has one For every Maverick, there s a Goose For every Frodo, there s a Samwise Gangee For every Batman, there s a Robin This sidekick principle holds true in the Web design world as well Graphics and other visual elements are the Mavericks of the Web world They re the top guns, the show-offs, and the prima donnas Heck, some have even witnessed them singing You ve Lost That Lovin Feeling off-key to other graphics But even if visual elements are the most glamorous part of a Web page, text is what makes the Web go round You use visual elements to create an atmosphere and paint broad messages for your visitors, but text is what you ll use to interact and communicate most information to them In this chapter, you explore how to add the nuts and bolts of any page to your Web site text and links But I ll make a guarantee: After you understand how to work with the various Text and Link tools, your pages won t suffer the crash-and-burn fate of poor ol Goose