Laura Lemay - HTML, CSS & JavaScript Web Publishing in One Hour a Day

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Seventh Edition

Laura Lemay
Rafe Coburn
Jennifer Kyrnin

800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240

Sams Teach Yourself HTML, CSS & JavaScript Web Publishing in One Hour a Day, Seventh Edition

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ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33623-2
ISBN-10: 0-672-33623-5

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First Printing December 2015

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Rafe Colburn is an author and web developer with more than 15 years of experience building websites. His other books include Special Edition Using SQL and Sams Teach Yourself CGI in 24 Hours. You can read his blog at http://rc3.org or find him on Twitter as @rafeco.

Jennifer Kyrnin is an author and web designer who has been working on the Internet since 1995. Her other books include Sams Teach Yourself Bootstrap in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself Responsive Web Design in 24 Hours, and Sams Teach Yourself HTML5 Mobile Application Development in 24 Hours. She can be found at http://htmljenn.com/ or on Twitter as @htmljenn.

Laura Lemay is one of the worlds most popular authors on web development topics. She is the original author of Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML, Sams Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days, and Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days.

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Over the past decade, the Web has become completely integrated into the fabric of society. Most businesses have websites, and its unusual to see a commercial on television that doesnt display a URL. The simple fact that most people know what a URL is speaks volumes. People who didnt know what the Internet was several years ago are now reconnecting with their high school friends on Facebook.

Perhaps the greatest thing about the Web is that you dont have to be a big company to publish things on it. The only things you need to create your own website are a computer with access to the Internet and the willingness to learn. Obviously, the reason youre reading this is that you have an interest in web publishing. Perhaps you need to learn about it for work, or youre looking for a new means of self-expression, or you want to post baby pictures on the Web so that your relatives all over the country can stay up-to-date. The question is, how do you get started?

Theres more than enough information on the Web about how to publish websites like a seasoned professional. There are tutorials, reference sites, tons of examples, and free tools to make it easier to publish on the Web. However, the advantage of reading this book instead is that all the information you need to build websites is organized in one place and presented in an orderly fashion. It has everything you need to master HTML, publish sites to a server on the Web, create graphics for use on the Web, and keep your sites running smoothly.