Download or read book Web Site Design Goodies written by Joe Burns and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Web Site Design Goodies starts by asking, "Who is your site for?" and "Why should someone come to your site?" Once readers have answered those questions, the author takes them through essential web site creation issues, including: Deciding on a Server Planning your site ahead of time Text and Navigation Images and visual issues Communicating with visitors The final chapters cover advanced concepts including site promotion and adding the latest web tricks - in ways that make sense.Throughout the book, Joe critiques actual, published web sites, demonstrating the techniques that worked -- and the ones that didn't. Many of these sites will be pictured in a special 4-color section of the book.
Download or read book Beyond HTML Goodies written by INT Media Group and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2002-07-27 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go beyond the basics and learn how the pros add and use dynamic HTML features and advanced JavaScript techniques. Beyond HTML Goodies demonstrates dozens of new and different features readers can add to their existing Web pages using HTML and JavaScript. The book starts with simple text and image tips, such as adding a clock to a Web page or causing text to appear when the mouse moves over an image. It gradually builds to more complex tricks, including manipulating forms or working with cookies behind the scenes. Throughout the book, readers enjoy Joe's snappy style and "to the point" discussion of each "goody" in the book.
Download or read book Smashing WordPress written by Thord Daniel Hedengren and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate guide to WordPress, from the world's most popular resource for web designers and developers As one of the hottest tools on the web today for creating a blog, WordPress has evolved to be much more that just a blogging platform and has been pushed beyond its original purpose. With this new edition of a perennially popular WordPress resource, Smashing Magazine offers you the information you need so you can maximize the potential and power of WordPress. WordPress expert Thord Daniel Hedengren takes you beyond the basic blog to show you how to leverage the capabilities of WordPress to power advanced websites. Addresses new theming options, custom post types, custom headers, menus, background, and more Explains how to build beautiful and unique WordPress themes and creating amazing navigation Walks you through building plugins, integrating theme options, creating custom login forms and admin themes, and using the Loop to control content Zeroes in on building a WordPress project for SEO Highlights integrating WordPress with the social web Smashing WordPress, Third Edition teaches you how to make WordPress look any way you like--from a corporate site to a photography gallery and much, much more!
Download or read book Web Design For Dummies written by Lisa Lopuck and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on designing, building, and maintaining a Web site, discussing such topics as web color, file formats, platform selection, content management, analytics, and search engine optimization.
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 Web Standards Creativity written by Andy Budd and published by Apress. This book was released on 2007-04-30 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the ultimate in inspirational, high-level web design books. There is no attempt to teach the basics CSS or JavaScript — competency is already assumed. This book brings together 12 of the world's most talented web designers to share their secrets with the reader. The techniques discussed cover the full spectrum of essential web design topics, and readers will find enough innovation inside that they will keep coming back to the book again and again to improve their work. The book, presented in full color, is completely standards-compliant, and up-to-date, including discussions of IE 7 support.
Download or read book The Design of Sites written by Douglas K. Van Duyne and published by Prentice Hall Professional. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using patterns to help Web designers develop a site that attracts visitors, this text reveals ways to understand customers and their needs, and ways to keep customers involved through good design.
Download or read book HTML Goodies written by Joe Burns and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "HTML Goodies, Second Edition" is based on the most popular tutorials at HTMLGoodies.com. It starts with a series of short primers teaching the basics of building Web pages, then continues with detailed tutorials covering Linking Adding images Using Tables and Frames Working with Style Sheets Later chapters move beyond HTML, demonstrating how to add sound or video, JavaScript and CGI programming to Web pages. The book finishes with a series of useful appendices you can refer to for quick reference.
Download or read book Web Style Guide written by Patrick J. Lynch and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic reference book on user interface design and graphic design for web sites, updated to reflect a rapidly changing market Consistently praised as the best volume on classic elements of web site design, Web Style Guide has sold many thousands of copies and has been published around the world. This new revised edition confirms Web Style Guide as the go-to authority in a rapidly changing market. As web designers move from building sites from scratch to using content management and aggregation tools, the book's focus shifts away from code samples and toward best practices, especially those involving mobile experience, social media, and accessibility. An ideal reference for web site designers in corporations, government, nonprofit organizations, and academic institutions, the book explains established design principles and covers all aspects of web design--from planning to production to maintenance. The guide also shows how these principles apply in web design projects whose primary concerns are information design, interface design, and efficient search and navigation.
Download or read book Web Site Design Made Easy Learn HTML XHTML and CSS written by Dennis Gaskill and published by Morton Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Web Site Design Made Easy teaches the basics of web design. While it does assume that students spend at least some time viewing web pages on the Internet and have basic computer skills, it assumes no other knowledge on their part. Not only will they learn to plan and create a working website, but they will discover many of the "tricks" that take a website from basic to cool and useful. Web design is a broad area that can encompass many things: coding knowledge, graphic design, copywriting, page layout, and more-even server software programming. One book cannot teach it all. This book mainly focuses on teaching HTML coding and formatting using CSS, utilizing both IBM Windows and Macintosh. Other areas are touched upon, but these basic skills will carry your student a long way toward their goal of website design. This book is a complete rewrite from previous editions. It has been updated to the latest versions HTML (version 4.01) and CSS (version 2.1). The lessons teach web design that is XHTML compliant, and students can learn how to make a purely XHTML web page. CSS, cascading style sheets, has been given an extremely thorough treatment with three chapters dedicated to the subject, along with it being referenced throughout the book.Dennis Gaskill, a.k.a. Boogie Jack, is one of the most popular web page designers on the web. Students will enjoy his humor and they will love his book! Boogie Jack has received thousands of testimonials from his monthly Almost a Newsletter subscribers, confirming what a great job he does instructing them to create web sites.
Download or read book Creating Meaningful Websites written by Smashing Magazine & Various Authors and published by Smashing Magazine. This book was released on 2013 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it that makes a website stand out from the crowd? What makes it memorable and meaningful? This eBook wants to approach these questions. It's in no means a step-by-step guide to follow, but rather a collection of thoughts to give you some general impulses and perspectives on creating meaningful websites. Starting with a comprehensive website planning guide to the question, "Which role does emotion play within the emotionless Web system?", our Smashing authors explored a variety of different aspects that all contribute to aesthetically beautiful and thoroughly thought-out user experience. TABLE OF CONTENTS - A Comprehensive Website Planning Guide - A Fun Approach To Creating More Successful Websites - Defending The Generalists In The Web Design Industry - Breaking Down Silos, Part 1: The Consequences Of Working In Isolation - MUD: Minimum Usable Design - A Craft Of Consequences: Reader, Writer And Emotional Design - Easier Is Better Than Better - Designing Engaging And Enjoyable Long-Form Reading Experiences - Symptoms Of An Epidemic: Web Design Trends
Download or read book Creating a Web Site written by Greg Rickaby and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speak to the world with your very own custom website! Creating a Web Site is the kids' guide to learning basic website design! From planning to perfecting, this book walks you through the entire process of building your own website, with easy-to-read instructions and plenty of pictures every step of the way. Good planning saves you a ton of work, so you'll begin by getting your ideas out of your head and onto paper. Next, you'll find a template that already has the basic features you want, so you can start working on the fun stuff right away. You'll learn all the HTML and CSS you need to make your site look and act the way you want it to, and you'll learn how to add video, images, widgets, and more to make the design your very own! Before you know it, you'll have your own custom-built website showcasing your talents and interests for the world. If you want your own website, why settle for a basic template that makes your page look like everyone else's? You don't need to build it from scratch—with a few simple lines of code, you can transform a basic template into the site of your dreams. This book shows you how to have fun from page one as you: Figure out just what kind of site you want to build Create a mood board to bring your ideas into reality Choose your favorite template and customize it with CSS and HTML Add widgets, pictures, video, and more to make your site your very own Easy instruction with a dose of humor have made the For Dummies books a leading resource for adults around the globe. The Dummies Junior series brings that learning to kids, with projects designed specifically for your interests, skills, and abilities. Creating a Web Site helps you build your digital home base, with fun instruction every step of the way.
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 Web Style Guide Basic Design Principles For Creating Web Sites written by P.J. Lynch, S. Horton and published by Universities Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential guide for web site desiners offers clear, concise advice on creating well designed and effective web sites and pages. Focusing on the interface andgraphic design principles that underlie the best web site design, the book provides expert guidance on issues ranging from planning and organizing goals, to design strategies for a site, to the elements of individual page design.
Download or read book Web Style Guide written by Patrick J. Lynch and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide focuses on interface and graphic design principles underlying Web site design, and gives advice on issues ranging from planning and organizing goals, to design strategies for a site, to elements of individual page design. Includes technical information on graphics and multimedia. Illustrations. Photos and examples.
Download or read book Learning Web Design written by Jennifer Niederst and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2003 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Learning Web Design, author Jennifer Niederst shares the knowledge she's gained from years of web design experience, both as a designer and a teacher. This book starts from the beginning- defining the Internet, the Web, browsers, and URLs-so you don't need to have any previous knowledge about how the Web works. After reading this book, you'll have a solid foundation in HTML, graphics, and design principles that you can immediately put to use in creating effective web pages. In the second edition, Jennifer has updated the book to cover style sheets and reflect current web standards. She has also added exercises that help you to learn various techniques and short quizzes that make sure you're up to speed with key concepts. Learning Web Design: • Covers the nuts and bolts of basic HTML and style sheets, with detailed examples of formatting text, adding graphic elements, making links, creating tables and frames, and using color on the Web. Also contains tips on handling these tasks using three popular web authoring programs. • Explains whether to use GIFs or JPEGs for different types of images, includes important tips on optimizing graphics for web delivery, and provides step-by-step demonstrations of creating graphics using three popular web graphic tools. • Provides dozens of web design dos and don'ts, to help you make good web design decisions and avoid common beginner traps. • Contains hands-on exercises throughout the book that allow you to try out new techniques along the way. Unlike other beginner books, Learning Web Design leaves no holes in your education. It gives you everything you need to create basic web sites and will prepare you for more advanced web work. If you are interested in web design, this book is the place to start. The enclosed CD-ROM contains material for all the exercises in the book, as well as trial versions of Macromedia Fireworks MX and Homesite 5; Adobe Photoshop 7 and ImageReady 7; and BBEdit 7.
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
