Most Popular Books by Greg Holden

Find out how to connect to the Internet quickly, painlessly, and often for very little cost by choosing the best Internet onramp, picking the Internet Service Provider that meets your needs, and getting enough bandwidth to make the connection worthwhile. The CD-ROM includes software for connecting to and browsing the Internet, e-mail discussion group, and file transfer software.

Now you can do the things you do every day with FrontPage 2003--design and publish Web pages, create rich content, add dynamic features--but do them faster, smarter, and better. Dive in! This friendly, focused guide shows the best ways to get a great-looking Web site up and running, so you spend more time doing and less time learning. Use the quick lists, numbered steps, and helpful examples to accelerate your productivity--and do the cool things you want to do! Get expert tips to design and organize your Web pages Make templates, wizards, and themes work harder for you Take control of your site''s look--and add polish--with style sheets, tables, and layers Create amazing still images, video clips, animations, soundtracks, and more Create amazing still images, video clips, animations, soundtracks, and more Generate and clean up your HTML and XML code--faster Produce easy-to-use forms, real-time feeds, and other database-driven features Extend the power of your Web to connect people and information in new waysLearn to work with FrontPage the Faster Smarter way! 10-Second Summary--see what each chapter covers at a glance Fast Wrap-Up--review key points and takeaways from every chapter Real-World Examples--apply what you learn to real work, right now Aha! Tips--get insider tips and insights to fuel your productivity Top 10 Troubleshooting Solutions--find fast answers, right inside the cover!

Anyone can make a profit on eBay by using this one-of-a-kind resource.

The World WideWeb is continually becoming more complex in sophistication. To get attention and be credible, your site has to have professional-quality graphics. It needs to be usable and give your visitors an interactive and compelling experience. For professional graphic designers and Web site architects, it''s a golden age, because there''s so much work to do and the standards are so high.Those who aren''t artists, programmers, or designers are left wondering how to achieveall of those cool effects: how to make their Web sites user-friendly and eye-catching while maintaining Web standards. Microsoft''s suite of graphics and design tools, collectively called Expression Studio, provides a terrific option for anyone who wants to create high-quality graphics,Web presentations, or user interfaces.This book serves as an introduction to using Expression Studio to create Web sites, graphics, and presentations, and to organize and edit media files. You''ll learn how to use the Expression Studio programs individually, and you''ll also learn how easy it is to export files and projects from one application to another. Each section of the book covers a specific program, so you can read the book from cover to cover to get a complete idea of how the entire suite works together, or just jump to specific topics of interest on the program you want to learn more about. By the end of the book, you''ll be creating interactive sites that utilize Cascading Style Sheets and databases with Expression Web, creating and manipulating images with Expression Design, cataloging and keeping track of your content and creations with Expression Media, and putting it all together with Expression Blend.

If you''ve always wanted your own business, here''s your chance Now you can join the millions of eBay users who earn some or all of their income from eBay, with the in-depth instruction you''ll find in this comprehensive guide. The basics are all here—how to register, set up a PayPal account, create compelling listings, track income and expenses, report taxes—plus loads of ideas and strategies to help you grow your business and get profitable. Packed with illustrated instructions, valuable tips, and terrific techniques, this is the book you need to move from shopper to eBay PowerUser—and succeed. Open a seller''s account and create listings that sell Field questions, add new information, and drive the sale Launch an eBay Store and build inventory Find the best ways to receive payment and ship goods Master Accounting 101 for eBay sellers Market yourself and manage your business for growth Learn sniping and other bidding strategies Make business phone calls with Skype Avoid licensing, legal, and other pitfalls Use your blog as a door for customers to meet you eBay sellers can link to their Web sites'' home pages Check out the eBay Shipping Center for shipping services

Empowering parents with practical and fun ways to impart spiritual and ethical principles to their children, this book--based on Buddhist wisdom but grounded in the reality of modern American life--provides real-world tools for spiritually minded moms and dads.

Using a horizontal format, which allows for exhaustive cross-referencing, this title on Apache for both Linux and Windows features over 500,000 lines of code, listed and numbered sequentially and corresponding to the commentary in the second part of the book. The CD-ROM features the code plus software that allows users to search for specific features.

Discover everything you want to know about computer basics in this easy to use guide, from the most essential tasks that you''ll want to perform, to solving the most common problems you''ll encounter.

This practical book will have you achieving immediate results using: a friendly, visual approach simple language practical, task-based examples large, full-colour screenshots Discover everything you want to know about using the internet in this easy-to-use guide; from the most essential tasks that you''ll want to perform, to solving the most common problems you''ll encounter.

This practical book will help you discover everything you want to know about choosing and using your laptop. From the most essential tasks that you''ll want to perform, to solving the most common problems you''ll encounter, this guide will enable you to get the most out of your laptop.

Will the traditional newsletter soon be obsolete? With skyrocketing paper costs and shrinking budgets, newsletter producers are looking for alternatives. Learn how to publish powerful, effective pieces--actively pursuing readership using Netscape to create and e-mail newsletters. Includes online component.

Guide to Network Defense and Countermeasures examines the practice of intrusion detection, which encompasses virtually all aspects of network security. As more businesses and organizations use the Internet for day-to-day communications, they can use intrusion-detection techniques to deter attacks, detect intrusion attempts, respond to break-ins, assess the damage of hack attacks, and locate and prosecute intruders. Guide to Network Defense and Countermeasures includes coverage of intrusion, detection design and implementation, firewalls design and implementation, virtual private networks (VPNs), packet filters, and network traffic signatures. In addition, this text prepares students to take the Network Defense and Countermeasures exam, which is the second exam for the Security Certified Professional (SCP) Certification.

eBay has grown in three years from a simple Web site designed for trading PEZ dispensers to a multi-million user online auction service with a market value of $6 billion. CliffsNotes'' Buying & Selling on eBay provides a road map to this popular online service. This book takes a new user by the hand and walks them through how to use this magnificent buying and selling site. Author Greg Holden, has made a business out of his eBay transactions. He has packed the book with information on bidding, research, fraud, and more! CliffsNotes'' Buying & Selling on eBay takes readers step-by-step through transactions using this popular online auction service. Make savvy bids using the book''s buying tips and tricks. Complaints of fraud have tarnished the reputation of auction sites, including eBay. CliffsNotes'' Buying & Selling on eBay offers tips to help protect you against fraud.

Providing step-by-step instructions and the proven guidance of online mentors, interactive testing, and discussion groups that allow the readers to become a Web graphics expert, this book covers all aspects of creating graphics for Web sites, from basic formats to multimedia. Original. (Intermediate).