A friendly, tutorial approach leads the reader through creating custom controls and embedding them on Web pages. Integral tips and hints on design and how to build a useful -- as opposed to just glitzy -- Web site will round out this book on ActiveX and the Web. It's perfect for Webmasters who are looking for more guidance on the basics of Web design. -- Provides step-by-step instructions to creating custom ActiveX controls -- Shows how to integrate data and objects into your Web pages -- CD-ROM includes the ActiveX Control Pad, Webmaster tools and utilities, example codes, and Web pages from the book
Build Your Own Website shows readers how to establish an exciting Internet presence and how to be a service provider using Microsoft Windows NT Server and Microsoft Internet Information Server. In addition, this helpful guide, aimed at those with little or no programming or networking experience, provides vital information about Internet technologies, security, creating content and observing Internet etiquette.
ActiveX Sourcebook is the complete guide to Microsoft's new family of Web publishing and development technologies. This book will teach you how to efficiently create and manage interactive multimedia content on your Web site or company intranet using ActiveX tools and components, including the Explorer 3.0 Web browser, the FrontPage development environment, ActiveX controls, ActiveX Server Framework, scripting languages for ActiveX, including Visual Basic Script, and ActiveX Control Pad.
As the Web grows more crowded, it becomes increasingly difficult for users to create their own Web pages that get the attention they need. This guidebook provides the magic needed to transform Web pages into something spectacular that will bring visitors back again and again. Includes a CD-ROM with code from the demonstration projects to incorporate into the readers' own Web pages, plus loads of freeware, shareware, and more.
Absolute Beginner's Guide to Creating Web Pages assumes that readers are true beginners - no prior Web page experience is necessary! This hands-on tutorial teaches readers the fundamentals of creating Web pages, along with more advanced ideas like message areas, chat, and e-commerce options to make the page look like it was created by a professional. The book begins by explaining the need for HTML and the basics of good Web page design. It then covers using HTML tags and tools, formatting text, adding images, and building links. Later chapters demonstrate how to add features to Web pages including tables, colors, frames, multimedia content, JavaScript, Style Sheets and Dynamic HTML. The author has also included several hundred pages of useful additional information, perfect for the beginning Web designer.
Whether you want to build a Web page to recap a recent family reunion, promote your beagle breeding business, or market the next pet rock and make millions through e-commerce, this book will get you started. With almost 800 information-packed pages, it's actually nine concise minibooks, each tackling a specific aspect of Web development. Beginners will get off to a good start and old hands will learn the latest on XML, JavaScript, and more. This guide covers: Getting up to speed on the basic information and skills you need to start creating a Web site Finding an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or a free Web-hosting like Yahoo! GeoCities to host your Web pages Choosing and registering a domain name Selecting tools for your Web workshop, including Web browsers, graphics programs, HTML editors, Java and animation tools, and office suites Designing and tweaking Web pages with HTML Using FrontPage 2003 as an HTML editor, an image editor, and a Web site publisher Using Dreamweaver MX 2004, with info on incorporating images such as rollovers and hot spots, laying out pages with layers, using templates, and more Adding pizzazz to your Web pages with multimedia, including graphics, sound, video, animation, and applets Using JavaScript to create interactive features such as clickable images and smart forms, with info on basic JavaScript constructions, such as comments, variables, conditional expressions, loops, and operations Using Flash MX 2004 to create sophisticated graphic effects and movies Adding e-commerce capability using simplified, hosted, off-the-shelf, or build-your-own systems Using XML (Extensible Markup Language) to encapsulate and transmit not just Web pages but any kind of structured info (such as database records) Whole books have been written on these topics and programs, but this all-in-one guide will give you a good overview of essential information. Step-by-step instructions and screen shots guide you smoothly though the things you want to do. And you'll get hands-on experience right from the start with the CD-ROM that comes with the book. It includes: Trial versions of Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004, Flash MX 2004, and Contribute xmlspy Version 2004 Home Edition, evaluation If you're looking for a convenient reference that will get you started and give you the basics on adding new features and functions to your Web pages, Creating Web Pages for Dummies, 2nd Edition is the resource you'll use again and again. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Here is everything you need to know about creating and using ActiveX controls, from the perspective of a professional programmer. It tells what tools to use, what Microsoft standards to follow, and how to design specifically for the Web. The CD-ROM contains all the source code in the book, as well as more than 30 invaluable pre-built ActiveX controls to integrate into your programs.
Know your tools. Understand the ActiveX Control Pad and Internet Explorer 3.x and make ActiveX technology an integral part of your Web pages. Combine ActiveX controls and VBScript with HTML to maximize your effectiveness. Use Visual Basic 5 Control Creation Edition to build your own ActiveX controls. Enhance your skill base and marketability with No experience required.
Developing ActiveX Web Controls gives developers first-hand knowledge of the new frontier for software developers. The book gives a solid, technical introduction to Microsoft's sizzling new technology and shows step by step how to create Web controls.
