Free Downloadable 330 Page Guide to Building Web Sites

Robert Schifreen, the well known UK IT commentator and security specialist has just completed a 330 page PDF book on how to create web sites and applications with HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP and MySQL.
Here's how he describes it:
"The Web Book is written for people with an interest in creating web sites. Whether you want a couple of pages for your personal site, or perhaps a site for your school, college or club, this book will tell you what you need to know. If you want a full-blown site for your small company, perhaps with added features such as a customer mailing list or a picture gallery, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve tried my hardest to keep everything non-technical. If you’re "into" computers, you should be able to follow.

Unlike many books on the subject that were written some years ago, The Web Book teaches you up-to-date methods. Follow the instructions here and you can be confident that you’re doing things in the right way, rather than using old-fashioned techniques that are now frowned upon..."
Although the book will soon be publicly available Robert has kindly offered it first to Gizmo's Freeware users for non-commercial use. Commercial users such as web hosting services and ISPs can apply to Robert for a license.
You can download the complete 330 page PDF file from here:
http://www.the-web-book.com (9.94MB)

Free Science Books Online

Free science books in a multitude of categories can be found at this site
This is really quite a site. It has an extensive selection of material you can read for free, all related to science. The current categories are:

• Astronomy
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Computer science
• Earth sciences
• Engineering
• Mathematics
• Medicine
• Physics

Science Books Online materials include e-books, textbooks, lecture notes, monographs, and other types of documents. All texts are available for free reading online, or for downloading in various formats. Most entries list the author and date, the rest are some combination of how many pages, and what size and type of file it is. I didn't spot any videos during my wanderings on the site, though with so much to look at I may have missed it. The publication dates range from quite early (1930's) through this year. Some of the publications link to outside web sites where you may have to provide an email address to download a file or may require free registration.
For more ebooks, our 100 Places For Free Books category has many other resources.

Science Books Online

Easily Create a Designer Quality Website for Free

Build Your Own Websites have been around for years. None of them interested me until now. I've finally found an application that has quality design and ease of use. No coding needed, just drag and drop. High quality templates and being able to modify themes easily make this a choice application. SnapPages has more features than you would expect in an easy to use program.
Dragging and dropping text boxes, widgets (think Google Maps), and photographs is effortless. Also included is an integrated calendar and photo album viewer.
SnapPages has two plans, a free plan and a premium plan (around $4 a month) depending on your needs.
Free accounts consist of 3 web pages and 1GB Storage, Photo Gallery, Calendar, and your choice of 3 themes.
This is a good starting place for anyone who is starting or needs a small site.
As a heads up, free accounts display SnapPages branding on the bottom of the site.
Free and premium accounts have different features, check out the differences here:

SnapPages pricing

SnapPages places a lot of emphasis on not only making it easy to create a website, but also making websites that look great. The user interface is beautiful and easy to use. I created a page with photos and calendar in about 10 minutes.
If you've been wanting a great web site but have been holding off because you don't know code or lack of features and pizzazz, give SnapPages a try.

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