Download or read book Balanced Website Design written by Dave Lawrence and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-12-18 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real Website Design is a new methodology that fuses traditional strengths of structured, stepped, and iterative approaches to design and implementation, sharply focused throughout a project on defining and achieving the desired purpose, usability and aesthetic characteristics – which are essential requirements of any website. This book offers practical discussion of new perspectives on usability and aesthetics, and a down-to-earth, structured approach to designing a website or teaching website design.
Download or read book The Web Designer s Idea Book Volume 2 written by Patrick McNeil and published by HOW Books. This book was released on 2010-09-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Web Design Inspiration at a Glance Volume 2 of The Web Designer’s Idea Book includes more than 650 new websites arranged thematically, so you can easily find inspiration for your work. Author Patrick McNeil, creator of the popular web design blog designmeltdown.com and author of the original bestselling Web Designer’s Idea Book, has cataloged thousands of sites, and showcases the latest and best examples in this book. The web is the most rapidly changing design medium, and this book offers an organized overview of what’s happening right now. Sites are categorized by type, design element, styles and themes, structural styles, and structural elements. This new volume also includes a helpful chapter explaining basic design principles and how they can be applied online. Whether you’re brainstorming with a coworker or explaining your ideas to a client, this book provides a powerful communication tool you can use to jumpstart your next project.
Download or read book The Principles of Beautiful Web Design written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Artistic Web Design Using Adobe Dreamweaver and Photoshop An Introduction written by Vickie Ellen Wolper and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an understanding of the principles of artistic design as they relate to the web, followed by the application of those design principles using Adobe® Dreamweaver and resulting in the ability to create effective websites. Tailored to users of either CS3, CS4, or the latest version of Dreamweaver, CS5, each chapter is comprised of three sections: new concepts; "reinforcing your knowledge" through projects and exercises; and a "build your own website" section designed to offer the reader the opportunity to build their own website using the concepts from each chapter. By the end of the book, the reader will have their very own website! The book starts with an introduction to the principles of design unique to the web, and then progresses to the incorporation of those principles into Adobe Dreamweaver for aesthetically pleasing web design. In fact, several chapters of this four-color, heavily illustrated text are devoted to web design from an artist's perspective. The author discusses understanding the psychological influence of colors, web typography and the voice of type, the principles of design as they relate to the web, and how to maximize the potential of the graphic programs the readers are already familiar with to create effective graphics, creative navigation, and more. This text brings the reader through the design stage from initial concept to graphic preparation, followed by the importing of graphics or whole pages into Dreamweaver for building the site and uploading it to the Internet. Although no programming knowledge is required, a chapter on HTML and other web programming fundamentals is included. A CD-ROM with images, sample web pages, and more accompanies the book. An instructor's resource kit is available upon adoption as a text.
Download or read book Designing Web Sites that Work written by Tom Brinck and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 2002 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every stage in the design of a new web site is an opportunity to meet or miss deadlines and budgetary goals. Every stage is an opportunity to boost or undercut the site's usability. This book tells you how to design usable web sites in a systematic process applicable to almost any business need. You get practical advice on managing the project and incorporating usability principles from the project's inception. This systematic usability process for web design has been developed by the authors and proven again and again in their own successful businesses. A beacon in a sea of web design titles, this book treats web site usability as a preeminent, practical, and realizable business goal, not a buzzword or abstraction. The book is written for web designers and web project managers seeking a balance between usability goals and business concerns. * Examines the entire spectrum of usability issues, including architecture, navigation, graphical presentation, and page structure. * Explains clearly the steps relevant to incorporating usability into every stage of the web development process, from requirements to tasks analysis, prototyping and mockups, to user testing, revision, and even postlaunch evaluations. * Includes forms, checklists, and practical techniques that you can easily incorporate into your own projects at http://www.mkp.com/uew/.
Download or read book The Business of Design written by Keith Granet and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Business of Design debunks the myth that business sense and creative talent are mutually exclusive, showing design professionals that they can pursue their passion and turn a profit. For nearly thirty years, consultant Keith Granet has helped designers create successful businesses, from branding to billing and everything in between. Unlike other business books, The Business of Design is written and illustrated to speak to a visually thinking audience. The book covers all aspects of running a successful design business, including human resources, client management, product development, marketing, and licensing. This timely update on the tenth anniversary of the first edition includes new content on social media, working from home, and understanding and working with different generations, essential tools in today's ultracompetitive marketplace.
Download or read book The Principles of Beautiful Web Design written by Jason Beaird and published by SitePoint Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is the ideal book for anyone who wants to design stunning websites that provide a great user experience. Perhaps you're a developer who wants to understand how to make your applications more visually appealing, or you're a novice who wants to start on the path to becoming a designer. This book will teach you how to: Understand what makes "good design," from discovery through to implementation Use color effectively, develop color schemes, and create a palette Create pleasing layouts using grids, the rule of thirds, and symmetry Employ textures: lines, points, shapes, volumes, and depth Apply typography to make ordinary designs look great Choose, edit, and position effective imagery This easy-to-follow guide is illustrated with beautiful, full-color examples, and will lead you through the process of creating great designs from start to finish. The fourth edition of this bestselling book has been greatly revised and now features: Updated and expanded coverage responsive web design techniques A new sample project New sections on pattern libraries and how design fits on modern app development workflows Common user-interface patterns and resources
Download or read book Above the Fold written by Brian D Miller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a different kind of web design book. Above the Fold is not about timely design or technology trends; instead, this book is about the timeless fundamentals of effective communication within the context of web design. It is intended to help you, the reader, understand the considerations that web designers make when developing successful websites. Above the Fold is divided into three sections: Design & Typography Planning & Usability Business Value Each section represents a phase in the continuous cycle of web design. It's the balance among design, usability, and return on investment that makes a website truly great. Topics covered in Above the Fold include: What makes web design unique The history of web design Anatomy of a web page White space and grid use in web design The elements of web design: color, texture, imagery, scale, depth, animation, and variability Web typography, including web-safe type, images of type, and font replacement and embedding Web project planning Information architecture, including site maps, wireframes, and user flow diagrams The elements of usability: navigation, breadcrumbs, links, search, submission forms, and error messaging Search engine optimization Online marketing, including banner ads, viral and social marketing, on-site marketing, and email marketing Web statistics and analysis
Download or read book Designing Interfaces written by Jenifer Tidwell and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2005-11-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text offers advice on creating user-friendly interface designs - whether they're delivered on the Web, a CD, or a 'smart' device like a cell phone. It presents solutions to common UI design problems as a collection of patterns - each containing concrete examples, recommendations, and warnings.
Download or read book The Comparative Guide to WordPress in Libraries written by Amanda L. Goodman and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2014 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WordPress is free software that allows you to build a website with no coding experience required-- but you supply the work that makes the site great. Goodman introduces you to building a website that will achieve your library's goals and objectives.
Download or read book Design for Developers written by Stephanie Stimac and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solve common application design and usability issues with flair! These essential design and UX techniques will help you create good user experiences, iterate smoothly on frontend features, and collaborate effectively with designer colleagues. In Design for Developers you will learn how to: Use color, typography, and layout to create hierarchy on a web page Apply color palettes consistently in a user interface Choose the correct typefaces and fonts Conduct user research to validate design decisions Quickly plan a website’s layout and structure In Design for Developers, author Stephanie Stimac shares the unique insights she’s learned as a designer on the Microsoft Developer Experiences team. This one-of-a-kind book provides a developer-centric approach to the essential design fundamentals of modern web applications. You’ll learn how to craft a polished visual design with just color, space, and typeface, and put all your new skills into practice to design a website from scratch. Foreword by Aaron Gustafson. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Developer-made design decisions can have a real impact on a site’s user experience. Learn to speak design’s language, and you’ll be able to confidently contribute to a design process, collaborate with designer colleagues, and make more informed decisions about how you build your apps. About the book Design for Developers reveals essential design and UX principles every web developer needs to know. You’ll love the book’s developer-centric approach, which demonstrates new ideas with examples from popular sites and user interfaces. Discover insightful techniques for user research, and learn to use color, typography, and layout to create communicative web visuals. By the time you’re done reading, you’ll know it’s true: having good design sense will make you a better web developer! What's inside Conduct user research to validate design decisions Quickly plan a website’s layout and structure Iterate smoothly on frontend features Use color, typography, and layout to create hierarchy on a web page About the reader For web developers familiar with HTML, CSS, and the JavaScript basics. About the author Stephanie Stimac is a design technologist and senior product manager who focuses on building and improving developer experiences. She has previously worked on the Microsoft Edge browser. Table of Contents PART 1 DESIGN BASICS 1 Bridging the gap between design and development 2 Design fundamentals PART 2 USER EXPERIENCE 3 User experience basics 4 User research 5 User experience design PART 3 VISUAL DESIGN ELEMENTS 6 Web layout and composition 7 Enhancing web layout with animation 8 Choosing and working with typography on the web 9 Color theory 10 Building a website PART 4 AFTER VISUAL DESIGN 11 Test, validate, iterate 12 Developer choices and user experience
Download or read book Designing Web Navigation written by James Kalbach and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2007-08-28 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly rewritten for today's web environment, this bestselling book offers a fresh look at a fundamental topic of web site development: navigation design. Amid all the changes to the Web in the past decade, and all the hype about Web 2.0 and various "rich" interactive technologies, the basic problems of creating a good web navigation system remain. Designing Web Navigation demonstrates that good navigation is not about technology-it's about the ways people find information, and how you guide them. Ideal for beginning to intermediate web designers, managers, other non-designers, and web development pros looking for another perspective, Designing Web Navigation offers basic design principles, development techniques and practical advice, with real-world examples and essential concepts seamlessly folded in. How does your web site serve your business objectives? How does it meet a user's needs? You'll learn that navigation design touches most other aspects of web site development. This book: Provides the foundations of web navigation and offers a framework for navigation design Paints a broad picture of web navigation and basic human information behavior Demonstrates how navigation reflects brand and affects site credibility Helps you understand the problem you're trying to solve before you set out to design Thoroughly reviews the mechanisms and different types of navigation Explores "information scent" and "information shape" Explains "persuasive" architecture and other design concepts Covers special contexts, such as navigation design for web applications Includes an entire chapter on tagging While Designing Web Navigation focuses on creating navigation systems for large, information-rich sites serving a business purpose, the principles and techniques in the book also apply to small sites. Well researched and cited, this book serves as an excellent reference on the topic, as well as a superb teaching guide. Each chapter ends with suggested reading and a set of questions that offer exercises for experiencing the concepts in action.
Download or read book Your Guide to Start Working Online written by and published by Michelle Macaraig. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking about Working Online? Working from home, Freelancing, being a Virtual Assistant or starting up a Business, all of these have become the trend since the pandemic has started. People have been continuously looking for ways to make money with the help of technology. And even before the pandemic, working online has been said to become the future of work. The start of the new decade has become the strongest year for people to shift jobs at home. Our new generation has adapted with the new normal’s online work. So are you interested to know how you can start working and earning online? Here’s a guide for you to know everything you need to start working online, plus learn how you can establish your online presence, which is important to become successful in this journey. Get a copy of this eBook now!
Download or read book Web Design Principles electronic Resource written by Joel Sklar and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Elements of Graphic Design written by Alex W. White and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This very popular design book has been wholly revised and expanded to feature a new dimension of inspiring and counterintuitive ideas to thinking about graphic design relationships. The Elements of Graphic Design, Second Edition is now in full color in a larger, 8 x 10-inch trim size, and contains 40 percent more content and over 750 images to enhance and better clarify the concepts in this thought-provoking resource. The second edition also includes a new section on Web design; new discussions of modularity, framing, motion and time, rules of randomness, and numerous quotes supported by images and biographies. This pioneering work provides designers, art directors, and students--regardless of experience--with a unique approach to successful design. Veteran designer and educator Alex. W. White has assembled a wealth of information and examples in his exploration of what makes visual design stunning and easy to read. Readers will discover White's four elements of graphic design, including how to: define and reveal dominant images, words, and concepts; use scale, color, and position to guide the viewer through levels of importance; employ white space as a significant component of design and not merely as background; and use display and text type for maximum comprehension and value to the reader. Offering a new way to think about and use the four design elements, this book is certain to inspire better design. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.
Download or read book Made by James written by James Martin and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Made by James, top graphic designer James Martin shares techniques, information, and ideas to help you become a better logo designer.
Download or read book Mastering Web design written by Cybellium Ltd and published by Cybellium Ltd. This book was released on with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlock Your Creative Potential in Web Design with "Mastering Web Design" In today's digital world, web design is a dynamic and essential skill that empowers individuals and businesses to craft stunning, user-friendly, and impactful online experiences. Mastering web design opens the door to a world of creativity, innovation, and endless possibilities. Whether you're a budding designer or a seasoned professional, "Mastering Web Design" is your comprehensive guide to becoming a proficient web designer, providing you with the knowledge, skills, and strategies to create visually captivating and effective web solutions. Your Journey to Web Design Excellence Begins Here Web design is not just about aesthetics; it's about creating meaningful and engaging digital experiences that resonate with users. Whether you're new to web design or looking to refine your skills, this book will empower you to master the art of web design. What You Will Discover Design Fundamentals: Gain a strong foundation in design principles, color theory, typography, and layout composition. Responsive Design: Learn how to create web designs that adapt seamlessly to various devices and screen sizes. User Experience (UX) Design: Dive into UX principles and best practices to create user-friendly and intuitive web interfaces. Web Design Tools: Master popular web design tools and software, including Adobe XD, Sketch, and Figma. Web Animation and Interaction: Explore the world of web animations, micro-interactions, and dynamic user experiences. Accessibility and Inclusivity: Understand the importance of designing for accessibility and inclusivity to reach a wider audience. Why "Mastering Web Design" Is Essential Comprehensive Coverage: This book provides comprehensive coverage of web design topics, ensuring you have a well-rounded understanding of design principles and practices. Expert Guidance: Benefit from insights and advice from experienced web designers and industry experts who share their knowledge and best practices. Career Advancement: Web design skills are highly sought after, and this book will help you unlock your full potential in this creative field. Stay Competitive: In a visually-driven digital landscape, mastering web design is vital for staying competitive and creating memorable online experiences. Your Gateway to Web Design Mastery "Mastering Web Design" is your passport to excellence in the world of web design. Whether you aspire to be a web designer, UI/UX designer, or digital artist, this guide will equip you with the skills and knowledge to achieve your goals. Don't miss the opportunity to become a proficient web designer. Start your journey to web design mastery today and join the ranks of professionals who are shaping the visual landscape of the digital world. "Mastering Web Design" is the ultimate resource for individuals seeking to excel in the field of web design. Whether you are new to web design or looking to enhance your skills, this book will provide you with the knowledge and strategies to become a proficient web designer. Don't wait; begin your journey to web design mastery today! © 2023 Cybellium Ltd. All rights reserved. www.cybellium.com
