Visual quickstart guide

Learn HTML and CSS with the Visual QuickStart Guide-the quick and easy way! Visual QuickStart Guide is an easy, visual approach to learning. Concise steps and explanations, using pictures to guide you through HTML and CSS and show you what to do, getting you up and running in no time. In addition, the free Web Edition of the book includes more than six hours of video, enhancing and expanding the information in the book while providing an alternative method for learning. HTML and CSS remain the linchpin of the Web. Every beginning web developer needs to understand them thoroughly, including the latest advances in these technologies, and the newest functionality that they enable. From the basics to more advanced techniques, this book guides you through: Designing, structuring, and formatting sites Using images, links, styles, tables, and forms Adding media, visual effects, and animations Using CSS to gain full control over elements, fonts, colors, and layouts Making the most of sophisticated HTML5 and CSS3 capabilities Applying modern best practices for ensuring accessibility and responsiveness Principles of testing, debugging, and publishing sites and applications Exploring leading JavaScript libraries and build tools for more advanced web development.

Introduction to using JavaScript to add interactivity to Web pages, providing step-by-step instructions on how to use its many features.

Presents illustrated step-by-step instructions for using Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2, showing how to get started, capture digital and analog video, work with still images, import music, edit, use transitions, use special effects, make AutoMovies, write to tape, and output digital files, and also discusses Sonic Solutions MyDVD, Photo Story, and Windows Media Encoder.

Uses pictures and brief text to guide readers through the process of using iMovie 3 to create, edit, and export videos on Apple computers with the Mac OS X 10.2 operating system.

Uses illustrations and text to introduce the concept of search engines and how they work, covering the use of keywords and offering general tips and techniques; reviews six of the most popular Web search engines; and discusses some of the best specialized search engines.

Provides instruction to using Netscape Communicator 4 for Machintosh computers to browse the Web; send and receive mail, join discussion groups, and conference; and create Web pages.