Have you wanted to learn HTML, but thought you couldn't? Think again! HTML was conceived from the beginning as something the average user can easily learn and use. You don't have to be a techy or programmer to learn HTML. HTML is for everyone! You don't have to finish the whole book in a weekend, to say you know HTML -- just complete the first two sessions to learn enough HTML to begin creating your own effective and attractive Web pages right away. Everything else is frosting on the cake -- choose from the remaining optional and bonus sessions to finish out your weekend, leaving any sessions you skip for another weekend.
"What can I say? BRILLIANT! You simply MUST buy this book, it really does teach you HTML. I picked it up on a Thursday, and had my first webpage on the internet by that Saturday, complete with scrolling bars, forms, graphics, animations, sound...the list goes on! It is one of the best buys that I have ever made." -- from a customer review of Learn HTML In a Weekend, 3rd Edition at Amazon.com.
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"After just 3 days, I managed to create an interactive frame-based professional-looking website which has already generated customers for my business.... What more do you need to know?" -- from a customer review of at Amazon.co.uk.
Download the Example Files
The example files for the book are available in Windows, Macintosh, and Unix/Linux formats:
You can also go to Premier Press' download page to download this book's example files.
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Need Help Downloading?
Windows Self-Extacting File -- After clicking the link, if your browser provides you with the option to open or save the file, click Open, and then click Unzip to extract the contents to a MyHTML folder in your My Documents folder (c:\My Documents\MyHTML). Click OK.
If your browser prompts you to save the file, save it to a location on your hard drive. After downloading, click Start/Run/Browse, navigate to the location where you downloaded the file, double-click on learn4_win.exe, and click OK. Click Unzip to extract the contents to a MyHTML folder in your My Documents folder (c:\My Documents\MyHTML). Click OK. (If you can't find where you downloaded learn4_win.exe, use Windows Find (click Start/Find/Files or Folders.)
Windows Zip File -- If your security settings don't allow downloading *.exe files, you can download the examples files as a zip file (*.zip). After clicking the link, if your browser provides you with the option to open or save the file, click Open to open the file in WinZip or or other file compression software. In WinZip, click the Extract button, type c:\My Documents\MyHTML in the "Extract to" box, and click the Extract button. Exit WinZip.
You can also right-click on the link and select to directly save the zip file to a location on your hard drive. Just use the Run command to open the file in WinZip or other file compression software, and then extract the contents to c:\My Documents\MyHTML.
To download and install WinZip, just go to http://www.winzip.com/.
Macintosh Zip File -- The example files are provided in a *.zip format file. If you don't have file compression software that handles zip files, I recommend you download and install Stuffit Expander. When prompted by Stuffit Expander, just extract the contents to your Desktop -- a MyHTML folder will automatically be created for you. Save any example files you create in that folder.
Unix/Linux Zip File -- The example files are provided in a *.zip format file. If you don't have file compression software that handles zip files, you can find it at Tucows. Just download file compression software compatible with your Linux or Unix system. Open the zip file in your file compression software and extract the contents to your C drive (or wherever else you want to put it) -- a MyHTML folder will automatically be created for you. Save any example files you create in that folder.
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Additional Downloads
Following are additional resources you can download. They are not used in the book, but might help enhance your Web design efforts.
- HTML Templates. Download this ZIP file and use WinZip or other unzipping utility to unzip these files to a folder on your hard drive (C:\Html\template, for instance). Included are templates for creating an online calendar/schedule, gallery of your favorite photos or pictures, genealogy web site, newsletter, and resume. Also included are two templates for creating multiframe web sites, as well as a collection of generic templates that feature different looks and feels.
- Backgrounds. A selection of background images you can use to enhance your web pages.
- Icons. A selection of bullets, buttons, and other icons you can use to enhance your web pages.
- Graphic Rules A selection of graphic rules you can use to enhance your web pages.
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Additional Web Design Resources
For links to many additional Web design resources and tools, visit:
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I've authored a number of other books on web publishing. Here's a rundown on my other web publishing books:
My latest book, which covers using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to design web pages and sites that are visually richer, more efficient, and accessible.
"I can't tell you how pleasantly surprised I was when I worked thru this book. It is filled with explanations and examples to work thru and covers all the important topics of CSS." -- from a customer review at Amazon.com.
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The current generation of browsers (IE 5 & 6, Netscape 6, and Opera 5 & 6) all support virtually all of CSS1 and much of CSS2 -- the time for CSS is now! CSS allows you to create web designs that are impossible in HTML -- specify any font size, add margins and padding to any element, set borders and backgrounds for any element, position elements anywhere on the page, and much, much more. Learning the basics of CSS is easy -- anybody can start using CSS right away to enhance the appearance and impact of their web pages.
To find out more, go to the reader support page I've set up for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) by Example.
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Learn basic to intermediate HTML on Saturday and then plan and create your first web page on Sunday!
"I'll give this book a perfect 10. Why? Because the book kept the promise of it's title and taught me to create my first web page in a weekend." -- from a customer review at Amazon.com.
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Start out by reading up on the Web (Friday Evening), learn basic HTML (Saturday Morning) and intermediate HTML (Saturday Afternoon), learn all about creating HTML tables (Saturday Evening), and do hands-on sessions to plan your first web page (Sunday Morning), create your first web page (Sunday Afternoon), and create web art special effects using Paint Shop Pro (Sunday Evening). In the appendixes, you'll find a list of web publishing resources, a special characters chart, instructions for adding background sounds, hit counters, guestbooks, Java applets, and animations, and a tutorial on using an FTP program, WS_FTP LE, to transfer your web pages up onto the Web.
To find out more, go to the reader support page I've set up for Create Your First Web Page In a Weekend, 3rd Edition.
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Learn basic to intermediate HTML on Saturday and then plan and create your first web page on Sunday!
"I found that with Steve's engaging writing style and clear step-by-step instructions, I was learning and creating just as fast as the book promises! In no time I understood what I was doing well enough to play around with the helpful example sites and graphics he supplies." -- from a customer review at Amazon.com.
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Read up on the Internet and the Web (Friday Evening), learn Basic HTML (Saturday Morning) and Intermediate HTML (Saturday Afternoon) using the SimpleText text editor, learn to use Adobe PageMill 3.0 to create and maintain complex web sites (Saturday Evening), plan and create four first web page (Sunday Morning and Afternoon), and create web art special effects using the AppleWorks' Painting and Drawing modules (Sunday Evening). Appendixes include: a directory of web publishing resources; a special characters chart; a Tables tutorial; and a tutorial on using an FTP program, Fetch, to transfer your web page files up onto a Web server.
To find out more, go to the reader support page I've set up for Create Your First Mac Web Page In a Weekend.
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