Introduction in Java

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My guess is that you are so mesmerized by this book s prose by now that you want nothing more than to keep reading from cover to cover If you do, you ll find the topics are ordered logically However, Yahoo! SiteBuilder For Dummies is designed as a reference book, so you don t have to read the book from start to finish If you have a specific topic that you want to immediately dive into, consider the following jumping-off points: To install Yahoo! SiteBuilder, check out 1 For a basic overview of the Web site publishing process, skip to 2 To create a Web site that will make the industry leading designers beg you for tips, check out 3 and 16 To create a basic Web page, see 4 To use the Yahoo! SiteBuilder Control Panel, check out 14

ne of my least favorite activities is to go to a party or similar gathering in which I know no one After some awkward introductions, I typically retreat to the corner by myself, munching on chips, veggies, and dip, all the while everyone around me is chatting and happily involved with others Many people find learning how to create a Web site can be much like my social woes They make an attempt to do so, but don t like what happens, and then become too intimidated to try again Part I helps you eliminate any awkwardness you may have as you think about creating a Web site by yourself To do so, I guide you through how to use Yahoo! SiteBuilder and the basics of creating and designing a Web site

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Exploring how Web site publishing works Signing up with Yahoo! Web hosting Getting Yahoo! SiteBuilder ready to roll on your computer Scoping out and sizing up SiteBuilder

eitgeist Angst Mercedes Porsche I am embarrassed to say that those four words pretty much composed the extent of my German vocabulary prior to a business trip to Zurich a few years back Because of my lack of knowledge, I felt nervous, even inadequate, about living several weeks in Switzerland, Austria, and Germany Oh, I d talk to my well-traveled friends, and they d reassure me that I could learn enough of the language to get by I even bought a Learn-German-in-a-Day book and studied en route But I was still tense stepping off that plane into the unknown As you start out your journey into Web site building, you may feel much the same way I did before my European excursion Perhaps you know a few terms such as URL, domain name, JPG, and hypertext Maybe you ve even talked with friends who ve had success creating a business or personal Web site Perhaps you ve even created a Web site before with one of those quick and easy online Web builders out there but are ready for something better This chapter helps you as you step off that plane into the unknown, so to speak It helps you get acquainted with what Web publishing and Yahoo! SiteBuilder are all about and also helps you understand the basics about how it all works

Before you even start working with SiteBuilder, you should take a moment to explore the process of Web publishing You can think of creating, designing, and publishing a Web site much like a director making a film For example, consider Peter Jackson s well-documented saga of creating The Lord of the

Rings He and his band of merry troops spent years filming and editing the Tolkien classics in New Zealand In the process, they pulled together countless clips from the general shoot, CGI effects, and miniature shoots to form a single, complete film Then, for each of the three films, an original film was sent off and copied and then delivered to movie theaters across the world Moviegoers then traveled by the millions to their local cinemas to watch the film Jackson made The Web publishing model has many parallels to making a film though fortunately without Orcs and Gollum trying to mess you up along the way You create a home Web site by pulling together information from a variety of sources After you have the site ready, you publish the various parts as a single unit to a computer that can be accessed worldwide Then people can flock by the millions (or the thousands or the tens) to their browsers to visit the site you made As you can see, the basic process for Web publishing is Create and design in the comforts of your home or office Publish your site and go public Visit your site from anywhere Repeat the process for changes Figure 1-1 illustrates the process I describe each step in the following sections