Getting Started with the Web

✍ Scribed by Shelley Powers

• Publisher: O'Reilly
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 188
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

1. Setting Up Your Web Space
   Getting a Domain
   The Top-Level Domain
   Registering Your Domain
   Using Hosting Companies
   Types of Web Hosting
   Finding Your Hosting Company
   Signing Up with a Host
   Your Website’s Address and Connecting Your Domain
   Communicating with Your Server Using FTP
   Introducing the cPanel
   Setting Up and Using an FTP Account
   Uploading Your First Web Page
   Setting Up an Email Address
   Quick Review of Web Server Basics
2. Structuring The Web Content with HTML
   Basic Page Structure
   The doctype
   The html Element
   The head Element and an Introduction to Empty Elements
   The body Element
   Commonly Occurring HTML Elements
   Inline Elements
   Common Block-Level Elements
   The div and span Elements
3. Styling the Page with CSS
   CSS Stylesheets
   Applying CSS
   The CSS
   Fonts
   Decorative Accents and Color
   Spacing
   Layout
   Finishing Up
4. Going Beyond the Basics
   The New Accessible/Semantic HTML5 Elements
   The article, section, header, and footer Elements
   The nav, aside, and figure Elements
   Adding Links to Video and Audio Files
   Using a Static Page Template
   Adding a Simple Mail-To Form
5. Adding Dynamic Content
   Creating a Subdomain For Your Weblog (or Other Purpose)
   Creating the Wordpress Weblog
   Exploring Your New Weblog
   Choosing Your Weblog’s New Look
   Adding the Perfect Site Widgets
   Adding a Plugin
   Creating Wordpress Posts and Pages
   Posts
   Pages
   Incorporating Social Media Into Your Site
   Helping People Find Your Site
   Adding Weblog Comments
6. Advanced Web Technologies and Techniques
   The File Manager
   Managing Recurring Tasks with Cron
   Command Line Access with SSH
   Secure FTP (SFTP)
   Website Statistics
   Adding Support for Digital Certificates and SSL
   Moving Your Site
   Backing Up Your Files and Moving Them
   Exporting and Importing the Database