Download or read book Designing Effective Web Sites written by Johndan Johnson-Eilola and published by Houghton Mifflin College Division. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for composition, business and technical writing, and other courses across the disciplines in which students write for the World Wide Web and create web projects, this text teaches the ... crucial principles of web design. -Back cover.
Download or read book Planning and Designing Effective Web Sites written by Sue A. Conger and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique new book looks at the various stages of development and decisions to be made in creating an effective web site. A running case study takes users through planning, idea generation, implementation and maintenance.
Download or read book Smashing UX Design written by Jesmond J. Allen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate guide to UX from the world’s most popular resource for web designers and developers Smashing Magazine is the world′s most popular resource for web designers and developers and with this book the authors provide the ideal resource for mastering User Experience Design (UX). The authors provide an overview of UX and User Centred Design and examine in detail sixteen of the most common UX design and research tools and techniques for your web projects. The authors share their top tips from their collective 30 years of working in UX including: Guides to when and how to use the most appropriate UX research and design techniques such as usability testing, prototyping, wire framing, sketching, information architecture & running workshops How to plan UX projects to suit different budgets, time constraints and business objectives Case studies from real UX projects that explain how particular techniques were used to achieve the client's goals Checklists to help you choose the right UX tools and techniques for the job in hand Typical user and business requirements to consider when designing business critical pages such as homepages, forms, product pages and mobile interfaces as well as explanations of key things to consider when designing for mobile, internationalization and behavioural change. Smashing UX Design is the complete UX reference manual. Treat it as the UX expert on your bookshelf that you can read from cover-to-cover, or to dip into as the need arises, regardless of whether you have 'UX' in your job title or not.
Download or read book Effective Web Design written by Ann Navarro and published by Sybex. This book was released on 2001 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the fundamentals of building cross-browser, cross-platform compatible Web sites, covering HTML, XML, animation, sound, site management, and marketing techniques.
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 Son of Web Pages that Suck written by Vincent Flanders and published by Sybex. This book was released on 2002 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humorously describes ways to design, build, and maintain effective Web sites, including criticism of Web sites the authors feel are poorly designed.
Download or read book Web Design and Marketing Solutions for Business Websites written by Kevin Potts and published by Apress. This book was released on 2007-11-25 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book teaches you all you need to know to create effective web sites for businesses of all sizes. It’s packed with useful tips and practical examples. First you are taken through the planning stage, including overall site structure, grouping content, using content and language effectively, and planning for accessibility. Next, you are shown how to effectively design the different parts of your site as well as how to add specialized improvements, including feedback forms and search functionality. The examples focus largely on CSS and HTML, but the principles are applicable to any site and some useful Flash examples are also provided.
Download or read book Web Design in a Nutshell written by Jennifer Niederst Robbins and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2006-02-21 with total page 829 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Completely revised for standards compliance, including CSS 2.1 and XHTML 1.0"--Cover.
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 HTML XHTML and CSS written by Rob Huddleston and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-04-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’ve ever been curious about any of the multitude of internet acronyms, the web technologies they represent, and how they can benefit you, this book is a great place to start. This book covers all the necessary topics to get up and running with HTML, XHTML, and CSS while offering readers a guide to modern, standards-based design. Key tasks covered in the book include setting up a Web page, reducing image resolution, creating radio buttons, adding a hit counter, adding an embedded sound, adding content from other sites such as integrating a blog and creating an RSS feed. Large topics are broken into smaller, more approachable sub-topics that are clearly explained on two pages eliminating the back and forth page flipping required in other references. Arranged so that skills build progressively throughout the book coupled with bold page headers it is simple to flip through and easily find any section or topic you are looking for. Understandable with straightforward terms that avoid intimidating and unexplained jargon, this is a book that will benefit complete novices and advanced users alike. While primarily focused on the technologies outlined in the title, this book goes on to provide tips on integrating with Google, Flickr, social bookmark sites and even creating and implementing RSS feeds. Rest assured, each of these technologies is explained with the benefits of each outlined. A serious resource that quickly and concisely gets to the point, this book helps you gain real skills that will have you online in short order. Best of all, you can be confident that you are doing so the right way. HTML, XHTML, and CSS: Your visual blueprint™ for designing effective Web pages offers visual learners a solid reference that employs straight forward examples to teach you to create and design Web pages with impact. "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips and high-resolution screen shots clearly illustrate each task while succinct explanations walk you through the examples. The associated website contains all the needed code to learn HTML.
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 Large Scale Web Sites written by Darrell Sano and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1996-02-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a user interface and graphics designer with experience in the design of large-scale Web projects with Netscape, this book applies the principles of user interface design and software engineering to the design of these increasingly sophisticated Web sites. It walks you through the entire process--from the setting of objectives through implementation. Features many illustrations, designs and examples. Includes eight-color pages.
Download or read book Developing Effective Websites written by Roy Strauss and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your website project out of control? Every website project needs a manager. Developing Effective Websites describes Internet technologies in plain language and helps you see beyond your expertise to the big picture. It does this by drawing on established software project and management principles. Like any project, effective management of website development starts by understanding and balancing the constraints of time, resources, and tasks. You can deliver your project on time and on budget, by following a process that includes: · Analyzing the requirements of users and your market · Developing a workplan for the site and breaking it down to tasks · Scheduling with Gantt and PERT charts and measuring slippage for more accurate revisions · Estimating cost by the budget-first or design-first methods · Using the team development process and covering all the necessary roles · Aligning contractor and client interests to create a win-win relationship · Following an iterative development process for designing, prototyping, and building out · Applying software testing principles to website development · Making hosting decisions and planning for maintenance
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 Making the Web Work written by Bob Baxley and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are no other books that examine the effectiveness and benefits of having well designed and created web applications. This guide includes case studies that are well-known, global, and emphasize the points and theories discussed. It covers all aspects involved of creating the effective application in concise and easy to understand ways.
Download or read book Research based Web Design Usability Guidelines written by and published by Health and Human Services Department. This book was released on 2006 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guidelines were originally designed to help NCI staff improve the presentation of cancer-related information to cancer researchers and the public, though they are applicable to anyone who designs and manages information web sites.
Download or read book Designing Interactive Web Sites written by James L. Mohler and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2000 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book teaches how other authoring programs relate to web design, as well as offering hints, tips, and tricks. The logical format and easy-to-read writing make this a perfect desktop reference."--BOOK JACKET.
