Creating a simple page…this will probably be hard to do!

Chapter four of the Learning Web Design book deals with creating simple page. As I have written previously I have worked with creating websites, but really do not remember what I am doing. I hoped this chapter would be a great refresher and I would be able to start work on my own personal webpage.
I really like when books give you step by step instruction on how to complete something. It just makes life so much easier and this book did not disappoint. In five easy steps this chapter stated it would demonstrate the steps that “cover the basics of page production.” It started with a brief overview of the steps. Then the chapter went into creating the word document, one section for Mac users and one for Windows. This was nice, especially since I do not know if I will always have a PC or if I’ll switch to a Mac later on. After walking the reader through this process the book starts in on a detailed look at each step.
Even though this book does not have the colorful and sometimes entertaining pictures that our other text has, the pictures here are way more helpful. The exercises and sidebars are also helpful in designing a webpage. I especially like the tip about slash vs. backslash. During my practicum some of the students had problems figuring this out and it nice to have something to use to explain it to them.
The other helpful sidebar was the one dealing with some typical problems. It is always nice having a place to go to answer some of the questions you may have, especially when you are new to the material. I have decided that I really like this book and it might be one of the few I do not sell back at the end of the semester. Especially since library web pages are becoming popular and it would be nice to be able to design and update my own! Even though I have yet to start my webpage, I will do that before the end of the week. I have class tonight and all day tomorrow and I hate starting something that I can’t finish in the same day. So it looks like Thursday and Friday are my days to complete this part of the course. Next week I’ll start detailing my experience with creating this webpage, bet it won’t be as easy as I hope! Have a great weekend everyone!