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    Build Your Own Website

    A Comic Guide to HTML, CSS, and WordPress

    Author Nate Cooper
    Illustrated by Kim Gee
    Paperback
    $19.95 US
    No Starch | No Starch Press
    7"W x 9.25"H x 0.65"D  
    On sale Sep 02, 2014 | 264 Pages | 9781593275228
    Grades 6-12
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    Build Your Own Website is a fun, illustrated introduction to the basics of creating a website. Join Kim and her little dog Tofu as she learns HTML, the language of web pages, and CSS, the language used to style web pages, from the Web Guru and Glinda, the Good Witch of CSS.

    Once she figures out the basics, Kim travels to WordPress City to build her first website, with Wendy, the WordPress Maven, at her side. They take control of WordPress® themes, install useful plugins, and more.

    As you follow along, you’ll learn how to:
    –Use HTML tags
    –Make your site shine with CSS
    –Customize WordPress to fit your needs
    –Choose a company to host your site and get advice on picking a good domain name

    The patient, step-by-step advice you’ll find in Build Your Own Website will help you get your website up and running in no time. Stop dreaming of your perfect website and start making it!
    Nate Cooper is an Apple-Certified trainer who teaches people how to build websites. He regularly offers classes about web basics in New York City.
    Kim Gee is an illustrator and graphic designer, currently living in New York City with her boyfriend and her pet dog, Tofu. In 2010 she created her eponymous web comic and has since self-published a graphic novel and mini-comic collecting her work.
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    Chapter 1: The First Day of Class
    Chapter 2: The Trouble with HTML
    Chapter 3: Kim Makes Things Look Great with CSS
    Chapter 4: Kim Explores WordPress City
    Chapter 5: Customizing WordPress
    Chapter 6: The Big Launch
    Index
    "The comic book format may be a perfect vehicle for teaching this sort of skill."
    —Weekly Book Scan

    "An excellent book."
    —The Chartered Institute for IT

    "Shows the essentials...in a fun and friendly comic strip environment."
    —Berger's Book Reviews

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    Build Your Own Website is a fun, illustrated introduction to the basics of creating a website. Join Kim and her little dog Tofu as she learns HTML, the language of web pages, and CSS, the language used to style web pages, from the Web Guru and Glinda, the Good Witch of CSS.

    Once she figures out the basics, Kim travels to WordPress City to build her first website, with Wendy, the WordPress Maven, at her side. They take control of WordPress® themes, install useful plugins, and more.

    As you follow along, you’ll learn how to:
    –Use HTML tags
    –Make your site shine with CSS
    –Customize WordPress to fit your needs
    –Choose a company to host your site and get advice on picking a good domain name

    The patient, step-by-step advice you’ll find in Build Your Own Website will help you get your website up and running in no time. Stop dreaming of your perfect website and start making it!

    Author

    Nate Cooper is an Apple-Certified trainer who teaches people how to build websites. He regularly offers classes about web basics in New York City.
    Kim Gee is an illustrator and graphic designer, currently living in New York City with her boyfriend and her pet dog, Tofu. In 2010 she created her eponymous web comic and has since self-published a graphic novel and mini-comic collecting her work.
    Nate Cooper View titles by Nate Cooper
    Kim Gee View titles by Kim Gee

    Table of Contents

    Chapter 1: The First Day of Class
    Chapter 2: The Trouble with HTML
    Chapter 3: Kim Makes Things Look Great with CSS
    Chapter 4: Kim Explores WordPress City
    Chapter 5: Customizing WordPress
    Chapter 6: The Big Launch
    Index

    Praise

    "The comic book format may be a perfect vehicle for teaching this sort of skill."
    —Weekly Book Scan

    "An excellent book."
    —The Chartered Institute for IT

    "Shows the essentials...in a fun and friendly comic strip environment."
    —Berger's Book Reviews

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