With a sense of humor and a conversational writing style, this book/CD- ROM package shows how to build, host, and track a website. The first section, 'Building a Website with Your Bare Hands,' explains basics of getting the site up and running, and covers more advanced topics such as news feeds, chat rooms, and forums. Part II explains details of site design, and Part III shows how to check for errors, publish the site to the web, run a web server, and bring traffic to the site. Part IV explains how to automate the site with JavaScripts. The final section tells how to get started as a professional web designer, how to make money from the site with ads and links, and how to set up an online store within the site. A glossary of Internet, web, and HTML terms is included. The CD-ROM contains Cascading Style Sheets, HTML tags, JavaScripts, examples, and sample website templates. McFedries has written other books on computing. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)