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Title: Web Design: The Complete Reference Author: Thomas A. Bowel Publisher: Observe/McGraw-Hill http://www.osborne.com Publication Date: 2000 Pages: 872 ISBN: 0-07-212297-8 Price: $39.99 |
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Web Design: The Complete Reference will help you learn to design, build, and maintain a site and handle e-commerce and security. The book puts the author, Thomas Bowel, an experienced web designer at your disposal. He developed the Web Design Certificate Program at the University of California, San Diego, and he knows his stuff. This book offers expert information on virtually every issue you're likely to encounter: from navigation to usability, page layouts to color, and site management to technology. The author includes numerous tips and rules that you've probably not read in other books. The book includes comprehensive rules for making sure you don't use imprecise HTML; a view of the performance of server-and client-side code; techniques for simplifying content management as your site grows; an overview of optimizing your site for search engines; guidelines for creating your own internal site search feature; intelligent guidelines for using text, links, images, tables, and frames; detailed techniques for using GUI features such as windows, forms, and drop-down boxes; and code for some great tricks, such as custom JavaScript error dialog boxes. Web Design: The Complete Reference contains two appendices that are excellent: a set of 200+ rules and suggestions for effective web design; and a 60-page, comprehensive methodology for evaluating existing sites. | ||
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Web designers. This guide is great for any level and offers a solid explanation and great examples for creating a simple or advanced web site. The text assumes that you are fairly fluent in core HTML technologies like HTML and CSS, have passing familiarity with JavaScript, and can use basic graphics-manipulation tools. For readers who are not, the author suggests reading his companion book, HTML: The Complete Reference, Second Edition. (Click on the link to see our review of the book.) | ||
Part I: Core Web Design Issues
Part II: Site Organization and Navigation
Part III: Elements of Page Design
Part IV: Technology and Web Design
Part V: Future Directions
Part VI: Appendixes
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Web Design: The Complete Reference has a plethora of pictures, diagrams, tables, charts and most importantly coding examples making sure you understand the concepts completely. I was impressed by the amount of information included in the books and also by the accuracy and detail of the information. It covers almost every basic aspects of modern web building without getting into very complicated explanations. It is a combination of design theory and detailed information on implementation. This book gives you knowledge on how to build Web sites, plus a thorough overview of all of the intricacies and pitfalls of coding for the Web. You really do gain a thorough understanding of Web-site planning, design theory, and real-world development practices. Furthermore you get in-depth information on site architecture, usability, navigation, and page layout. Also it includes full details on site development tools and technologies and site hosting services. This is a great book for any serious Web designer. | ||
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Adobe Photoshop 5.5& Extensis PhotoGraphics 1.0
Web Page Editor: Macromedia Dreamweaver 3.0 Scanner: Hewlett Packard ScanJet 6250C Professional Series |
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