Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual shows you every step to get your site up and running. Coverage includes: everything from planning to launching. This book teaches you the nitty-gritty of building your home on the Web: picking and buying a domain name, choosing a Web hosting firm, building your site, and uploading the files to a Web server; ready-to-use building blocks. Creating your own Web site doesn't mean you have to build everything from scratch. You'll learn how to incorporate loads of pre-built and freely available tools like interactive menus, PayPal shopping carts, and Google ads; the modern Web. Today's best looking sites use powerful tools like Cascading Style Sheets (for sophisticated page layout) and JavaScript (for rollover buttons and cascading menus). This book doesn't treat these tools as fancy frills; instead, from step one, you'll learn easy ways to use them for building powerful sites; and blogs. Learn the basics behind the Web's most popular form of self-expression.