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Books: Do-It-Yourself Web Sites for Dummies

Feb 27 2008

SmallBusiness.co.uk introduces you to publications that could help you to start and run your own small business.

Do-It-Yourself: Web Sites for Dummies
Janine C. Warner
ISBN: 978-0-470-16903-2
Paperback
312 pages
£15.99
Publisher: Wiley Publishing

Do-It-Yourself: Web Sites for Dummies aims to show you how to create a professional-looking website for your business, club, or family. It includes illustrated, step-by-step instructions, along with the templates you can download from the book’s companion website, whether you're creating a site for the first time or redesigning an old one.

The book aims to help you:

• Gather all your content
• Plan your site, register a domain name, and create Web graphics
• Design pages easily with Dreamweaver templates
• Add a photo gallery, blog, podcasts, videos, or money-making advertising
• Find a hosting service
• Optimise graphics for faster downloads
• Test and publish your site
• Promote your site to attract visitors

You will need basic computer skills and a few software programs to accompany the book.

Do-It-Yourself: Web Sites for Dummies is available from Wiley Publishing by clicking here.

Author
Janine Warner is an author, speaker, and multimedia consultant. She has written more than a dozen books about the internet and is a popular video host for Dreamweaver at TotalTraining.com. You'll find more resources at her site, DigitalFamily.com.

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Comment by Adam Wayland

Monday 10th March 2008

If there are any other books that you have read on this subject, please feel free to leave a comment and tell other readers about them. Thanks. Adam Wayland, Editor, SmallBusiness.co.uk.

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