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Peter Weverka

Tony Bove, Mark Chambers, Marsha Collier, Brad Hill,

John Levine, Margaret Levine Young, Doug Lowe,

  

Camille McCue, Deborah Ray, Eric Ray, Cheryl Rhodes

The Internet

  

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Peter Weverka

Tony Bove, Mark Chambers, Marsha Collier, Brad Hill,

John Levine, Margaret Levine Young, Doug Lowe,

  

Camille McCue, Deborah Ray, Eric Ray, Cheryl Rhodes

The Internet

  

G I G A B O O K ™

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DUMmIES

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  Contents at a Glance

Introduction.................................................................................1

Book I: The Basics .......................................................................5

  

Part I: Up and Running on the Internet........................................................................................7

Chapter 1: Hooking Up with the Right Service ........................................................................................7 Chapter 2: Managing Your Online Security ............................................................................................11 Chapter 3: America Online .......................................................................................................................17 Part II: Getting Caught in the World Wide Web ......................................................................27 Chapter 4: Browsers and What They Do ................................................................................................27 Chapter 5: Customizing Your Browser Settings .....................................................................................43 Chapter 6: Printing and Saving Web Information ..................................................................................55 Part III: E-Mail ...............................................................................................................................61 Chapter 7: E-Mail Basics ...........................................................................................................................61 Chapter 8: Sending and Receiving E-Mail with Outlook Express .........................................................65 Chapter 9: Organizing E-Mail Addresses and Messages .......................................................................73 Chapter 10: Mailing Lists ..........................................................................................................................81 Part IV: Online Communication..................................................................................................87 Chapter 11: Chatting Online .....................................................................................................................87 Chapter 12: Instant Messaging .................................................................................................................93 Chapter 13: Keeping Up-to-Date with News ...........................................................................................97 Part V: Exploring the Internet with a Macintosh ..................................................................105 Chapter 14: Using Apple Mail .................................................................................................................105 Chapter 15: Expanding Your Horizons with iDisk ...............................................................................123 Chapter 16: Going Places with Safari ....................................................................................................129 Book II: Google .......................................................................141

Part I: Google: More Than Meets the Eye ..............................................................................143

Chapter 1: Think You Know Google? .....................................................................................................143 Chapter 2: Improving Your Google Searches .......................................................................................147 Chapter 3: Ogling the News ....................................................................................................................161 Chapter 4: More Than You Care to Know .............................................................................................169 Part II: Customizing Your Google Experience .......................................................................185 Chapter 5: Setting Your Preferences .....................................................................................................185 Chapter 6: Using the Google Toolbar ....................................................................................................191 Chapter 7: Googling in Tongues ............................................................................................................201 Part III: Dusting Off Your Google Gems...................................................................................207 Chapter 8: Searching for Specialty Items .............................................................................................207 Chapter 9: Getting Answers (From Human Beings!) ...........................................................................211 Part IV: The Google Marketplace ............................................................................................223 Chapter 10: Shopping with Froogle and Google Catalogs ..................................................................223 Chapter 11: Raising Your Visibility with Google ..................................................................................231

  

Book III: Yahoo! ......................................................................239

  

Part I: Making Yahoo! Your Own .............................................................................................241

Chapter 1: Introducing Yourself to Yahoo! ...........................................................................................241 Chapter 2: Customizing Your Yahoo! Experience ................................................................................249 Chapter 3: The Yahoo! All-Mail Revue ...................................................................................................255 Part II: Searching . . . Yahoo! Style..........................................................................................265 Chapter 4: Serious Searching at Yahoo! ................................................................................................265 Chapter 5: Finding People and Businesses ..........................................................................................277 Chapter 6: And That’s the Way It Is: News Searching .........................................................................283 Part III: Meeting and Greeting in the Yahoo! World ............................................................289 Chapter 7: Instant Messaging with Yahoo! Messenger .......................................................................289 Chapter 8: Passing the Time at Yahoo! Games ....................................................................................297 Chapter 9: Posting Your Web Page through GeoCities .......................................................................303 Part IV: Yahoo! Means Business .............................................................................................317 Chapter 10: Going, Going, Gone to Yahoo! Auctions ...........................................................................317 Chapter 11: From Wall Street to Your Street: Yahoo! Finance ............................................................323 Book IV: eBay .........................................................................331

Part I: Signing Up and Getting Started....................................................................................333

Chapter 1: Getting a Grip on eBay Auctions ........................................................................................333 Chapter 2: The Bucks Start Here: Signing Up at eBay .........................................................................339 Chapter 3: Just Browsing: Navigating eBay ..........................................................................................345 Chapter 4: It’s All About You: My eBay .................................................................................................353 Part II: Bidding (And Winning) .................................................................................................367 Chapter 5: Information Is Power: Researching ....................................................................................367 Chapter 6: Bidding Basics ......................................................................................................................379 Chapter 7: Getting Foxy with Bidding Strategies .................................................................................393 Chapter 8: After You Win ........................................................................................................................401 Part III: Participating in the eBay Community.......................................................................409 Chapter 9: Privacy: To Protect and to Serve ........................................................................................409 Chapter 10: Reporting Abuses and Fraud ............................................................................................415 Chapter 11: Yada, Yada: Message Boards, Announcements, and Chat .............................................429 Part IV: Opening Your Store on eBay ......................................................................................435 Chapter 12: Trash to Treasure: Selling on eBay ..................................................................................435 Chapter 13: Time to Sell: Completing the Cyber Paperwork .............................................................447 Chapter 14: Shopping and Selling with eBay Stores ...........................................................................469 Chapter 15: Closing the Deal and Shipping the Merchandise ............................................................475 Book V: iTunes ........................................................................491

Part I: Finding and Downloading Your Favorite Tunes ........................................................493

Chapter 1: Setting Up iTunes .................................................................................................................493 Chapter 2: Buying Music from Apple ....................................................................................................503 Chapter 3: Importing Music into iTunes ...............................................................................................509 Chapter 4: Sharing Music (Legally) .......................................................................................................515

  

Part II: Managing Your iTunes..................................................................................................519

Chapter 5: Searching, Browsing, and Sorting ......................................................................................519 Chapter 6: Adding and Editing Song Information ................................................................................525 Chapter 7: Organizing Music with Playlists .........................................................................................531 Part III: Optimizing and Burning Your iTunes ........................................................................537 Chapter 8: Choosing an Encoding Format ............................................................................................537 Chapter 9: Equalizing the Sound in iTunes ..........................................................................................545 Chapter 10: Burning CDs ........................................................................................................................551 Part IV: Playing Your iTunes on an iPod .................................................................................561 Chapter 11: Updating Your iPod with iTunes .......................................................................................561 Chapter 12: Editing on Your iPod ..........................................................................................................569 Chapter 13: Locating and Playing Songs ..............................................................................................573 Book VI: Creating Web Pages ...................................................579

Part I: Web Page Basics............................................................................................................581

Chapter 1: Creating a Successful Web Site ...........................................................................................581 Chapter 2: Building Your First Web Site ...............................................................................................595 Chapter 3: Exploring the Essential Elements of Web Page Design ....................................................605 Chapter 4: Working with Graphics, Sounds, and Video ......................................................................625 Chapter 5: Building Your Web Workshop .............................................................................................637 Chapter 6: Publishing Your Web Site ....................................................................................................643 Part II: HTML................................................................................................................................651 Chapter 7: Creating an HTML Page .......................................................................................................651 Chapter 8: Setting Background and Text Characteristics ..................................................................661 Chapter 9: Adding Internal and External Links ....................................................................................671 Chapter 10: Working with Images ..........................................................................................................681 Chapter 11: Controlling Page Layout ....................................................................................................689 Chapter 12: Creating Forms ...................................................................................................................695 Chapter 13: Developing Style Sheets ....................................................................................................705 Part III: FrontPage.......................................................................................................................715 Chapter 14: Introducing FrontPage .......................................................................................................715 Chapter 15: Laying Out a Web Page ......................................................................................................731 Chapter 16: Presenting the Content ......................................................................................................749 Chapter 17: Publishing and Maintaining a Web Site ...........................................................................761 Chapter 18: Forms and Behaviors .........................................................................................................773 Part IV: Dreamweaver................................................................................................................779 Chapter 19: Getting to Know Dreamweaver .........................................................................................779 Chapter 20: Creating Your First Web Site with Dreamweaver ...........................................................787 Chapter 21: Creating Basic Web Pages .................................................................................................795 Chapter 22: Incorporating Interactive Images .....................................................................................811 Chapter 23: Adding Multimedia Objects ..............................................................................................823 Chapter 24: Punching Up Your Pages with Forms ...............................................................................827 Chapter 25: Laying Out Pages with Layers ..........................................................................................833 Chapter 26: Using Templates for a Consistent Look ...........................................................................843 Chapter 27: Publishing and Maintaining Your Site ..............................................................................849 Index.......................................................................................859

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Introduction .................................................................................1

  What’s in This Book, Anyway? ................................................................................................1 What Makes This Book Special ...............................................................................................1 Information that’s easy to look up ................................................................................2 A task-oriented approach ...............................................................................................2

  A Greatest-Hits Collection ........................................................................................................2 Foolish Assumptions ................................................................................................................2 Conventions Used in This Book ..............................................................................................3 Icons Used in This Book ...........................................................................................................3

  

Book I: The Basics .......................................................................5

  Part I: Up and Running on the Internet .....................................................7 Chapter 1: Hooking Up with the Right Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Selecting an Internet Service Provider ...................................................................................7 Broadband or Dial-Up? .............................................................................................................8 Choosing an ISP to Host Your Web Site ..................................................................................9 Chapter 2: Managing Your Online Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Preventing Viruses from Infecting Your Computer .............................................................11 Maintaining a Kid-Friendly PC ...............................................................................................12 Supervising kids’ access ...............................................................................................12 Using filtering software .................................................................................................12 Screening Web content with the Content Advisor ....................................................13 Chapter 3: America Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Installing AOL ..........................................................................................................................17 Signing On to AOL ...................................................................................................................17 A Short Geography Lesson ....................................................................................................18 Handling Incoming E-Mail ......................................................................................................19 Reading incoming mail .................................................................................................19 Receiving a file ...............................................................................................................21 Managing your e-mail ....................................................................................................21 Composing and Sending E-Mail .............................................................................................22 Writing an e-mail ............................................................................................................22 Replying to and forwarding messages ........................................................................23 Sending a file ..................................................................................................................23 Maintaining an Address Book ................................................................................................23 Exploring the Internet in AOL ................................................................................................24 Part II: Getting Caught in the World Wide Web....................................27 Chapter 4: Browsers and What They Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 ABCs of the Web ......................................................................................................................27 Uniform Resource Locators ...................................................................................................28 Finding Your Way around the Web ........................................................................................29

  The Internet GigaBook For Dummies Getting Started with Internet Explorer .................................................................................30 Launching Internet Explorer ........................................................................................31

  Accessing a Web site .....................................................................................................31 Elements of the Internet Explorer window ................................................................32 The Explorer bar ...........................................................................................................33 The toolbars ...................................................................................................................34

  Searching the Web ..................................................................................................................35 Starting the search ........................................................................................................35 Limiting your searches .................................................................................................36 Browsing in full screen mode .......................................................................................36

  Displaying Previously Viewed Web Pages ............................................................................37 Keeping Track of Your Favorite Web Sites ...........................................................................38 Adding Web pages to your Favorites folder ...............................................................38 Viewing pages from the Favorites folder ....................................................................39 Organizing your favorites .............................................................................................39 Viewing Pages from the History Folder ................................................................................40

  Chapter 5: Customizing Your Browser Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Changing Your Home Page .....................................................................................................43 Changing the Way Web Pages Look ......................................................................................44 Changing the text size ...................................................................................................44 Selecting a different font ..............................................................................................44 Changing the text and background colors .................................................................45 Changing the way your browser displays hyperlinks ..............................................46 Customizing Toolbars .............................................................................................................47 Changing the size of toolbars ......................................................................................47 Hiding and unhiding a toolbar .....................................................................................47 Adding a button to the toolbar ....................................................................................48 Changing the History Settings ...............................................................................................48 Specifying Mail, News, and Internet Call Programs ............................................................49 Speeding Up the Display of Web Pages ................................................................................50 Synchronizing Offline Web Pages ..........................................................................................51 Customizing Your AutoComplete Settings ...........................................................................52 Chapter 6: Printing and Saving Web Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Printing a Web Page ................................................................................................................55 Saving a Web Page on Your Computer .................................................................................57 Saving a Web Graphic on Your Computer ............................................................................58 Copying Web Page Information .............................................................................................58 Viewing the HTML Source of a Web Page .............................................................................59 Wallpapering Your Desktop with a Web Graphic ................................................................60 Part III: E-Mail.............................................................................................61 Chapter 7: E-Mail Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Choosing an E-Mail Program ..................................................................................................61 E-Mail Addresses .....................................................................................................................61 What’s my address? ......................................................................................................62 Host names and domain names ..................................................................................62 IP addresses and the DNS .............................................................................................63 Top-level domains .........................................................................................................63 Port numbers .................................................................................................................64 URLs versus e-mail addresses .....................................................................................64

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Chapter 8: Sending and Receiving E-Mail with Outlook Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Checking for New Mail ............................................................................................................65 Setting Outlook Express to check for mail .................................................................65 Reading e-mail ................................................................................................................66 Replying to a message ..................................................................................................67 Forwarding a message ..................................................................................................67 Composing E-Mail Messages ..................................................................................................68 Drafting a message ........................................................................................................68 Attaching a file to an e-mail message ..........................................................................69 Adding an image to your message ..............................................................................70 Formatting Your Messages .....................................................................................................70 Rich Text (HTML) messages versus Plain Text messages .......................................70 Adding bold, italics, underline, and color to your text ............................................71 Changing the font type and font size ..........................................................................71 Sending an E-Mail Message ....................................................................................................72 Printing a Message ..................................................................................................................72

Chapter 9: Organizing E-Mail Addresses and Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Organizing Your Messages with Folders ..............................................................................73 Creating a new folder ....................................................................................................73 Moving e-mail into a folder ..........................................................................................74 Organizing your e-mail with the Rule Editor ..............................................................74 Deleting and compacting your e-mail .........................................................................75 Deleting and renaming folders .....................................................................................76 Adding Entries to Your Address Book ..................................................................................76 Creating a new address ................................................................................................77 Importing addresses from somewhere else ...............................................................78

Chapter 10: Mailing Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Addresses Used with Mailing Lists .......................................................................................81 Subscribing and Unsubscribing ............................................................................................82 Lists maintained manually ...........................................................................................82 Lists maintained automatically ...................................................................................82 Web-based lists ..............................................................................................................83 Sending Messages to a Mailing List ......................................................................................83 Special Requests to Mailing Lists ..........................................................................................84 Archives ..........................................................................................................................84 Subscriber list ................................................................................................................84 Privacy ............................................................................................................................84 Going on vacation ..........................................................................................................85 Open and Closed Mailing Lists ..............................................................................................85 Receiving Digested Mailing Lists ...........................................................................................85 Using Filters .............................................................................................................................86 Starting Your Own Mailing List ..............................................................................................86 Part IV: Online Communication ...............................................................87 Chapter 11: Chatting Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Chatting Online ........................................................................................................................87 Following group conversations ...................................................................................88 Safe chatting guidelines ................................................................................................89 Internet Relay Chat (IRC) .......................................................................................................89 Starting IRC ....................................................................................................................90 Picking a server .............................................................................................................90

  The Internet GigaBook For Dummies Issuing IRC commands ..................................................................................................90

  IRC channels ..................................................................................................................91 Types of channels .........................................................................................................91 Starting your own channel ...........................................................................................92 Filing a complaint ..........................................................................................................92 Getting more info ...........................................................................................................92

  Chapter 12: Instant Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 AOL Instant Messenger ..........................................................................................................93 Becoming a registered user .........................................................................................93 Engaging in a chat session ...........................................................................................94 Adding and deleting buddies on your Buddy List ....................................................95 MSN Messenger .......................................................................................................................95 Logging on to MSN Messenger ....................................................................................95 Engaging in a chat session ...........................................................................................95 Adding and deleting buddies .......................................................................................96 Chapter 13: Keeping Up-to-Date with News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Newsgroup Basics ...................................................................................................................97 Newsgroup “netiquette” ...............................................................................................98 Newsgroup names .........................................................................................................98 Frequently asked questions (FAQs) ............................................................................99 Posting articles to newsgroups .................................................................................100 Reading Newsgroups with Google ......................................................................................101 Google and Usenet indexes ........................................................................................101 Searching Google Groups ...........................................................................................101 Replying to an article ..................................................................................................102 Posting a new article ...................................................................................................102 Reading Newsgroups with Outlook Express ......................................................................102 Viewing newsgroup messages before you subscribe .............................................103 Subscribing to a newsgroup .......................................................................................103 Unsubscribing from a newsgroup .............................................................................104 Part V: Exploring the Internet with a Macintosh................................105 Chapter 14: Using Apple Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Know Thy Mail Window .......................................................................................................105 Setting Up Your Account ......................................................................................................107 Adding an account ......................................................................................................108 Editing an existing account ........................................................................................109 Deleting an account ....................................................................................................109 Receiving and Reading E-Mail Wisdom ..............................................................................110 Reading and deleting your messages .......................................................................111 Replying to mail ...........................................................................................................111 Raise the Little Flag: Sending E-Mail ...................................................................................114 What? You Get Junk Mail, Too? ...........................................................................................116 Attachments on Parade ........................................................................................................118 Fine-Tuning Your Post Office ...............................................................................................119 Adding sound ...............................................................................................................119 Checking Mail automatically ......................................................................................119 Automating message deletion ...................................................................................119 Adding signatures ........................................................................................................120 Changing the status of an account ............................................................................120 Automating Your Mail with Rules .......................................................................................120

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Chapter 15: Expanding Your Horizons with iDisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123