When it comes to creating Web pages, no single tool is sufficient. Web creators need to master a wide variety of authoring and graphics tools, as well as have a basic working knowledge of HTML coding.

This book provides an indispensable resource for Website creators, teaching basic HTML coding, introducing scores of tools, explaining advanced techniques, and at all times bringing the discussion to life with hundreds of visually exciting, full-color illustrators. Anyone seeking to get up to speed on the technology of website creation will find find this book a pleasure to browse, since it thoroughly integrates information with visually exciting illustrations on every page.

The book begins with basic Web concepts, then proceeds into the specifics of formatting graphics, text, and tables with HTML. From there, it moves deeper into graphics techniques, explaining the use of such graphics tools as Photoshop, Painter, Poser, KPT Welder, GIF Construction Set, and Shockwave. In addition, it covers advanced issues such as tables, clickable maps, 3-D images, and user interaction.