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Steve Krug’s practical guide distills usability expertise into clear principles for creating intuitive, user-friendly web sites that keep visitors coming back.

Learn to build responsive, data-driven websites using PHP, MySQL and JavaScript. The book covers each technology, how to combine them, and modern web programming concepts such as Ajax, cookies, regular expressions and session management.

"HTML and CSS are the workhorses of web design, but using them together to build consistent, reliable web pages is difficult if you're relying on outdated, confusing, and unnecessary HTML hacks and workarounds. With this practical book, you'll learn how to work with these tools far more effectively than is standard practice for most web developers. You'll learn how to connect the underlying theory and design of HTML and CSS to your everyday work habits."--BOOK JACKET.

Chances are, you're already a Web user and use the Internet on a regular basis. You've probably seen a few impressive Web sites and now you're inspired to create a Web page of your own, but you're not sure where to start. The answer is: right here! Creating Web Pages For Dummies guides you through the process of making your own Web pages without hassle or confusion. This straightforward book shows you just how easy it is to launch a site, specialize a page, making your site interactive, and much more! In no time you will become a pro in: Web publishing basics Geocities, Google page creator, and AOL Web publishing Using Flickr, creating blogs, and selling products on eBay HTML and other handy tools to "beef up" your site Writing and formatting Web text Creating and adding graphics for your site Adding links, animation, and multimedia

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