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Build Your Own Website is a fun, illustrated introduction to the basics of creating a website. Join Kim and her little dog Tofu as she learns HTML, the language of web pages, and CSS, the language used to style web pages, from the Web Guru and Glinda, the Good Witch of CSS. Once she figures out the basics, Kim travels to WordPress City to build her first website, with Wendy, the WordPress Maven, at her side. They take control of WordPressr themes, install useful plugins, and more. As you follow along, you'll learn how to: -Use HTML tags -Make your site shine with CSS -Customize WordPress to fit your needs -Choose a company to host your site and get advice on picking a good domain name The patient, step-by-step advice you'll find in Build Your Own Website will help you get your website up and running in no time. Stop dreaming of your perfect website and start making it!
List of contents
Chapter 1: The First Day of Class
Chapter 2: The Trouble with HTML
Chapter 3: Kim Makes Things Look Great with CSS
Chapter 4: Kim Explores WordPress City
Chapter 5: Customizing WordPress
Chapter 6: The Big Launch
Index
Summary
Build Your Own Website is a fun, beginner-friendly introduction to the basics of designing a website. This cartoon tale shows you how to get a site up and running using WordPress and your newfound knowledge of HTML and CSS.
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"The comic book format may be a perfect vehicle for teaching this sort of skill."
Weekly Book Scan
"An excellent book."
The Chartered Institute for IT
"Shows the essentials...in a fun and friendly comic strip environment."
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