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Lace knitting
Great book, full of information and ideas. Just the book if you are interested in making the superfine shawls from Orenburg.

Three shawls to knit
I was a little bit disappointed when I received this book, having allready "Knitted Lace of Estonia" by Nancy Bush.
In the book you find the pattern description for a triangular shawl, a scarf and a square shawl. And a stitch and border dictonary. There are ten basic elements in Orenbrug shawls and you can combine these stitches as you please.

The Gossamer Webs Design Collection: Three Orenburg Shawls to Knit
I love this book.The sample shawl is my next goal.I haven't done much lace knitting so it will be slow going but worth the effort.

For the experienced knitter
This book begins with detailed instructions for knitting small sampler-sized shawls.It then provides three complete patterns for full-sized Orenburg lace shawls. The first is a triangle shawl with a detailed border, the second is a rectangular pine-tree pattern, and the final shawl is a very difficult, but very stunning, medallion square.

I highly recommend taking the trouble to knit one of the samplers and learn the techniques.The three patterns that follow assume that you are already familiar with the basic shawl construction.If you try to begin your first Orenburg shawl with one of these patterns, you will probably be confused.There are also some small pattern errors.These will be easy enough to figure out for an experienced knitter who has gone through the samplers, but this is not a book for raw beginners.

The shawls themselves are very beautiful (especially once they are blocked out - a step you can't really skip).Sadly, this seems to be the only book of Orenburg patterns published in English, so if you move in knitting circles, you will probably run into someone who has knit the same shawls.In fact, a simple web search for 'Orenburg knit' will turn up at least half a dozen pictures of these shawls on people's project blogs. ... Read more

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These hands-on exercises, complete with insider tips and detailed color illustrations, teach you the latest techniques for designing Web sites with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). CSS gives you control over the appearance of your Web sites by separating the visual presentation from the content. It lets you easily make minor changes to a site or perform a complete overhaul of the design. In CSS Web Site Design Hands-On Training, you’ll start with a review of CSS essentials, learn to build effective navigation and page layouts, and then move on to work with typography, colors, backgrounds, and white space. The included CD-ROM is loaded with classroom-proven exercises and QuickTime training videos, and real-world projects take you through the Web page creation process, one step at a time. Over 60 Step-by-Step Tutorials
•  Using CSS and XHTML together
•  Learning essentials of selectors, inheritance, and the cascade
•  Creating CSS navigation
•  Laying out pages with CSS
•  Adding colors and backgrounds
•  Setting typography
•  Creating white space, margins, and borders
•  Creating tables
•  Styling for print
•  Plus much more!
 
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CSS works hand in hand with Dreamweaver
It's helpful to understand the basics of CSS style sheets if even if you use Dreamweaver!This workbook is simple and easy to use.It comes with a DVD that has videos and lessons that match the chapters in the book.Dreamweaver can be complex as there are many ways to do each thing and knowing the CSS cascading style sheets that attach to .html simplifies the design process.You can make corrections directly in the CSS view in Dreamweaver. Try it out it's the best way to simplify and streamline your .html.
CSS Web Site Design

CSS made easy!
If you are looking for a book that really explains XHTML and CSS, their interaction and the power of CSS, this is a great book to read and apply.
I bought this book for a course in Web Design and believe it is one of the best I have read. I actually finished it before the course started and had fun doing it. The Hands On Training (H O T) suits me perfectly. CSS Web Site Design Hands on Training

A great book for those beginning CSS.

Regards,

nizam

See the book.Be the book.
This book has words in it.It also has pictures, they are in color.There is some practice code thrown in for good measure as well.If you can read and have a computer, you can reasonably own this book, it wouldn't hurt.This book also comes with a compact disc read only memory media diskette.You cannot listen to it in your car, it won't work, I tried.This diskette has files on it that you can see with your computer.I would not recommend reading this book on the toilet, it is not meant for that.Instead try a periodical such as Harper's Bazaar or People, but don't let anyone know since these are lame magazines.

Firefox is superior to IE...
those that are complaining about IE not being used in this book are nuts. IE sucks... but, if you must use IE and want this book... go here to download new exercise files made for IE users...

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Good Introductory Book on CSS
Takes you though the thought and coding process of CSS. Although a very good book I would recommend "Eric Meyer on CSS" and "More Eric Meyer on CSS". This is a good book, but I will give it to a friend to help them get stared on learning CSS. I would use other books for long term reference. ... Read more

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Get on the fast track to creating your own Web site


Want to create a compelling Web site for a home business, family, or fun? Whether you're a student, aspiring designer, or entrepreneur, you can -- with Dreamweaver(r) and this easy-to-follow guide. Gain solid skills as you go from station to station in a series of clear-cut tutorials that cover site planning, registering a domain, formatting, and more. The last stop? Put your new site online and go live! Start your journey today on The L Line.
* Define your goals and create a site plan
* Learn the best ways to combine HTML and Cascading Style Sheets
* Use layers, create forms, and make the site interactive
* Master Web standards and the latest search engine optimization techniques

All aboard for valuable online extras

Visit The L Line Web site at www.wiley.com/go/thelline for valuable online supplementary materials:
* Test bank with challenging review questions
* PowerPoint slides with chapter outlines
* Images and Web page files from the book
* Practice exam answers
* A CSS reference guide

Along The L Line
* Complete tutorial coverage with step-by-step instruction
* Ample illustrations and examples
* Real-world case studies, applications, and hints for avoiding pitfalls
* Practice exams that let you evaluate your progress ... Read more

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designing an entire website
Jenkins' book is part of what appears to be a new series from Wiley, with the theme of the L line express. This book offers a quick boot up into making your own website. The examples focus on a small commercial website. Well, at least initially, it's going to be a small website.

There is a balanced discussion between the design of a single web page and the overall layout of the entire website. For the former, graphics plays a big part, as you might expect. Two important packages, Illustrator and Photoshop, are considered, in which you can make the graphics. Both have more than adequate capabilities to do so. The text also teaches the basics about the different, common graphics formats - gif, jpeg and png. It suggests that you experiment with viewing the same underlying image, rendered in those formats and viewed in different browsers. These days, there should only be minor nuances. But if you are selling products where an accurate rendition matters, then it's a good step, to choose the best format.

Then the book also goes into how best to design the whole website. Vital to avoid confusing the visitor. The skills here are different from the visual layout aspects of single pages. If your background is in visual design, this part of the book can be especially useful. It teaches different and complementary skills that you should master.

A good solid book on web design....
This is a very good and well organized book on end-to-end web development.Although it is 500 pages, you can use it as a reference and skip around as well.

One of the major strengths as another reviewer points out is the presentation of the design phase i.e. who is the audience and how to appeal to them.This material is often lacking from other books.

While you may need other books to supplement this reference with respect to advanced coding, this will be all most people will need.Sue Jenkins is also the author of The Dreamweaver All-in-One Reference for Dummies, which is also an excellent, thorough presentation of what you need to know in plain and easy to understand language.

A great book that takes you from start to finish in web design
I have more books than I need on Dreamweaver, CSS, PHP, and web design.And very few have been read thoroughly.But I intend to study this book from cover to cover.Here is what I like about this book:

1. The first couple chapters have helped me figure out what to put on the web site.It accomplishes this with a systematic approach that stresses what the visitor wants to see.(This is the kind of information I was searching for because I am weak in this area.)

2. The remaining chapters cover material with which I have experience, which makes it easy to absorb.But I can compare my previous understanding and decide if I need adjust my thinking.You don't need to spend much time with this book before gaining a deep respect for this author's practical knowledge and common sense approach.

3. I like her enumerated steps throughout her book.It's not wishy-washy.I thinks this comes from teaching the subject to classes.

4. I like the abundant number of references to useful web sites.Even though the book is about 500 pages, it cannot go deeply into every topic, but the author points you in right direction with references and advice.

This is book packed with a lot of good information and advice without getting into too much detail.I have plenty of other books that get into the nitty gritty. ... Read more

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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.The companion CD-ROM contains material for all the exercises in the book.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. ... Read more

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NEVER RECEIVED
Never received this item. Seller sent me a letter to refund and let me keep it if it arrives, never got it.

Best Book on Learning Web Design EVER!!
Okay, I haven't read many.But I am about as web literate as it takes to fool around with some link and image codes on my blogs.When I first picked it up, it seemed like she got into much more detail than I would be able to digest or would even want to! But once I started reading it, the explanations are so clear that I haven't been intimidated by a single exercise yet! I've done every exercise so far with so much ease I'd mistake myself for a genius if I didn't know any better.I've only had the book for three days and I'm already on the tables section! Now, I admit, I only picked up the book so that I could learn to build a very, simple website.I know enough now to take that a step or two further.I'm sure that to get the terminology down, I'll have to give the book a second read and re-visit here and again for brushing up on some things.But, I don't consider that a draw back.It's more like a book to grow with.Hands down, the author has done an excellent job in my opinion.I've read some reviews about the code typos and not being able to get the code to work because of typos.All I can say is that the explanations are so clear that the typos become so apparent that you can figure out why the code didn't work and fix it yourself.

Be sure to get the 3rd Edition!
Hi. This is Jennifer Robbins, the author of Learning Web Design. If you are interested in this title, I highly recommend that you get the Third Edition which is now available. A LOT has changed in the way web sites are built since the second edition of the book was published, and I'd hate for anyone to be getting out-of-date information. Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics

Amazing!
For those looking to start web design this is the book to get.It says illustrated but it should say illustrations on every page.Very very illustrated.One of my favorite things about this book is after every chapter(when HTML is disscused)it provides an appendix showing you the html tags you just learned.Useful as a reference.This book does not leave you hanging.It teaches you every thing you need to create and understand basic websites.About half the book introduces you to html tags and the other portion is about web graphics.Jenn's style of writting is not boring but is often humerous and cozy.I have created 4 websites after reading this book.Buy this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent resource to get a website up and running
I needed to understand how domain names and webhosting worked, plus design, program, test, and implement a website quickly.This book was perfect -- extremely well-organized, with a good Table of Contents and index, excellent examples and helpful (but not overwhelming) reference tables.The book had sufficient detail that I could get graphics loaded and use some CSS to make my text look more professional.I launched a good-looking, no-frills site for a club without any fancy animation, and got it up and running in a less than a month of evenings and weekends.The demo software (BBEdit) was invaluable to getting me started.Good treatment as well of issues with .gif, .jpeg, and .png files, and I feel that I can still learn more from this text should I want to make the site more sophisticated.The discussion of tables was especially clear.I recommend this book for anyone, even if you've never designed your own site or written a lick of html. Those wanting to do online forms to allow users to submit data will need to learn Javascript. ... Read more

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There’s a real connection between craftsmanship and Web design. That’s the theme running through Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design, by bestselling author Dan Cederholm, with a chapter contributed by renowned Web designer and developer Ethan Marcotte. This book explores CSS3 that works in today’s browsers, and you’ll be convinced that now’s the time to start experimenting with it.

Whether you’re a Web designer, project manager, or a graphic designer wanting to learn more about the fluidity that’s required when designing for the Web, you’ll discover the tools to create the most flexible, reliable, and bulletproof Web designs. And you’ll finally be able to persuade your clients to adopt innovative and effective techniques that make everyone’s life easier while improving the end user’s experience. This book’s seven chapters deconstruct various aspects of a case-study Web site for the Tugboat Coffee Company, focusing on aspects that make it bulletproof and demonstrate progressive enrichment techniques over more traditional labor-intensive methods.

Subjects covered in this book include:

• building for unanticipated future use

• progressively enriching designs using CSS3 properties

• using RGBA color for transparency with an alpha channel

• modular float management

• crafting flexible frameworks

• fluid layouts using grid-based design principles

• craftsmanship details on typography, jQuery, and shifting backgrounds

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Practical advice for any web designer!
Handcrafted CSS is an excellent guide to the finer points of CSS. Dan Cederholm and Ethan Marcotte give concise principles and vivid examples to help you refine your web designs. I recommend this book to those who already grasp the basics of HTML and CSS. If you're just starting out, some of the examples may be too fast-paced.

Amazing Book
very much enjoyed this book. was not dull and boring like many in its genre.

Great for CSS heads wanting to push forward
Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design is a book by and for web designers and developers with a solid understanding of HTML and CSS who want to push things further with standards-based code and progressive enhancements through CSS3 and other bleeding edge technologies.

Full in-depth review can be found here: [...]

Out of Date
I'm familiar with most of CSS but was having some cross-browser compatibility issues...wanted to learn more about progressive design.This guy had lots of good reviews so I downloaded his book but unfortunately it's out of date.

He has a nice writing style and he's good at presenting information in a quick digestible way.That being said, his book is discussing the "future" of web development with progressive enhancement in CSS3.In order to cover that subject adequately you need to address IE8, which apparently wasn't developed when this book was written.

Also, his guest commentator refers to SIFr, a script that has been out of development for about 2 years now.He's also making recommendations for transition effects in webkit where the overwhelming consensus is the use of JavaScript frameworks (such as jQuery) for animation.

Another example is he devotes 20 or so pages to CSS float clearing employing a trick that involves ":after."This technique is vastly over complicated in comparison to the industry accepted use of putting "overflow: hidden" in your containing elements.

I'm only 60% of the way through the book, so maybe it will get better.I hate to give it such a negative review, since he seems like a good, amiable guy with a knack for technical writing.I think the fault should fall on the publisher for not putting out a revised updated edition.

A computer book I didn't want to put down.
An engaging and easy read for aspiring CSS masters. Like Bulletproof, I'm certain this book will continue to be a significant, used, and useful reference on my desk. Full of examples that meet my immediate need, this book covers a complicated subject in a compelling, well illustrated, and good humored way, but it's more than a collection of tips and tricks; Cederholm challenges users to think about the broader issues like best practices and craftsmanship. ... Read more

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Proving once and for all that standards-compliant design does not equal dull design, this inspiring tome uses examples from the landmark CSS Zen Garden site as the foundation for discussions on how to create beautiful, progressive CSS-based Web sites. By using the Zen Garden sites as examples of how CSS design techniques and approaches can be applied to specific Web challenges, authors Dave Shea and Molly Holzschlag provide an eye-opening look at the range of design methods made possible by CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). By the time you've finished perusing the volume, you'll have a new understanding of thegraphically rich, fully accessible sites that CSS design facilitates. In sections on design, layout, imagery, typography, effects, and themes, Dave and Molly take you through every phase of the design process--from striking a sensible balance between text and graphics to creating eye-popping special effects (no scripting required).

Customer Reviews (94)

Great CSS insight for novices, ameatures, and intermediates.
Hi, I'm a sophomore who bought this book to help me with my MYP/IB Personal Project (which was to create a website), and it was a GREAT resource! Reading it isn't like reading boring, detailed and dull instructions but more like clear, great, well written and easily comprehensible insight. Shea and Holzschlag has also included snippets of clean CSS that really helps you understand what the ideas are.

I borrowed this book from the library three times before I finally said "screw it", this book has been the most valuable and well-written CSS book I've read to me. I actually learn things and go "OHHHHHHHH" reading this book. I know I will never regret buying this book.

Zen of CSS desdign
Well written and illustrated concepts and ideas for using CSS in a 'clean' coding environment. Loaded with ways to avoid overly cumbersome and ineffective coding.

The same information is available on the web
The basis behind this book is excellent. It takes CSS to another level.

However, you can find all of the information that is here in print on the Internet or specifically on the Zen Garden website itself.

Nothing new here.

Outstanding Book!
As a dabbler in HTML for the last ten years, I have heard about CSS and it's many benefits, but had no hands-on experience with it.When I discovered the Zen of CSS site, I knew I had to get the book.It is a beautiful book, both physically and content-wise. There is a lot of effort put into this book and it shows.It melds the technical with the artistic in simple prose.I have learned much already, and would recommend this book to anyone who wishes to ride the wave of CSS in this exciting time of web design!Two thumbs up!- Mark Howell, Round Rock, Texas.

great book
Excellent assortment of examples on just how CSS can manipulate HTML.Not only does it teach Css basics and advanced markup, it explores just how versatile CSS really is.A good book for the elements of web design as well as how to. ... Read more

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The Ultimate Guide for Designing and Governing Web Service Contracts

For Web services to succeed as part of SOA, they require balanced, effective technical contracts that enable services to be evolved and repeatedly reused for years to come. Now, a team of industry experts presents the first end-to-end guide to designing and governing Web service contracts. Writing for developers, architects, governance specialists, and other IT professionals, the authors cover the following areas:

Understanding Web Service Contract Technologies

Initial chapters and ongoing supplementary content help even the most inexperienced professional get up to speed on how all of the different technologies and design considerations relate to the creation of Web service contracts. For example, a visual anatomy of a Web service contract documented from logical and physical perspectives is provided, along with a chapter dedicated to describing namespaces in plain English. The book is further equipped with numerous case study examples and many illustrations.

Fundamental and Advanced WSDL

Tutorial coverage of WSDL 1.1 and 2.0 and detailed descriptions of their differences is followed by numerous advanced WSDL topics and design techniques, including extreme loose coupling, modularization options, use of extensibility elements, asynchrony, message dispatch, service instance identification, non-SOAP HTTP binding, and WS-BPEL extensions. Also explained is how WSDL definitions are shaped by key SOA design patterns.

Fundamental and Advanced XML Schema

XML Schema basics are covered within the context of Web services and SOA, after which advanced XML Schema chapters delve into a variety of specialized message design considerations and techniques, including the use of wildcards, reusability of schemas and schema fragments, type inheritance and composition, CRUD-style message design, and combining industry and custom schemas.

Fundamental and Advanced WS-Policy

Topics, such as Policy Expression Structure, Composite Policies, Operator Composition Rules, and Policy Attachment establish a foundation upon which more advanced topics, such as policy reusability and centralization, nested, parameterized, and ignorable assertions are covered, along with an exploration of creating concurrent policy-enabled contracts and designing custom policy assertions and vocabularies.

Fundamental Message Design with SOAP
A broad range of message design-related topics are covered, including SOAP message structures, SOAP nodes and roles, SOAP faults, designing custom SOAP headers and working with industry-standard SOAP headers.

Advanced Message Design with WS-Addressing

The art of message design is taken to a new level with in-depth descriptions of WS-Addressing endpoint references (EPRs) and MAP headers and an exploration of how they are applied via SOA design patterns. Also covered are WSDL binding considerations, related MEP rules, WS-Addressing policy assertions, and detailed coverage of how WS-Addressing relates to SOAP Action values.

Advanced Message Design with MTOM, and SwA

Developing SOAP messages capable of transporting large documents or binary content is explored with a documentation of the MTOM packaging and serialization framework (including MTOM-related policy assertions), together with the SOAP with Attachments (SwA) standard and the related WS-I Attachments Profile.

Versioning Techniques and Strategies

Fundamental versioning theory starts off a series of chapters that dive into a variety of versioning techniques based on proven SOA design patterns including backward and forward compatibility, version identification strategies, service termination, policy versioning, validation by projection, concurrency control, partial understanding, and versioning with and without wildcards.

Web Service Contracts and SOA

The constant focus of this book is on the design and versioning of Web service contracts in support of SOA and service-orientation. Relevant SOA design principles and design patterns are periodically discussed to demonstrate how specific Web service technologies can be applied and further optimized. Furthermore, several of the advanced chapters provide expert techniques for designing Web service contracts while taking SOA governance considerations into account.

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Case Study Background

Part I: Fundamental Service Contract Design

Chapter 3: SOA Fundamentals and Web Service Contracts

Chapter 4: Anatomy of a Web Service Contract

Chapter 5: A Plain English Guide to Namespaces

Chapter 6: Fundamental XML Schema: Types and Message Structure Basics

Chapter 7: Fundamental WSDL Part I: Abstract Description Design

Chapter 8: Fundamental WSDL Part II: Concrete Description Design

Chapter 9: Fundamental WSDL 2.0: New Features, and Design Options

Chapter 10: Fundamental WS-Policy: Expression, Assertion, and Attachment

Chapter 11: Fundamental Message Design: SOAP Envelope Structure, and Header Block Processing

Part II: Advanced Service Contract Design

Chapter 12: Advanced XML Schema Part I: Message Flexibility, and Type Inheritance and Composition

Chapter 13: Advanced XML Schema Part II: Reusability, Derived Types, and Relational Design

Chapter 14: Advanced WSDL Part I: Modularization, Extensibility, MEPs, and Asynchrony

Chapter 15: Advanced WSDL Part II: Message Dispatch, Service Instance Identification, and Non-SOAP HTTP Binding

Chapter 16: Advanced WS-Policy Part I: Policy Centralization and Nested, Parameterized, and Ignorable Assertions

Chapter 17: Advanced WS-Policy Part II: Custom Policy Assertion Design, Runtime Representation, and Compatibility

Chapter 18: Advanced Message Design Part I: WS-Addressing Vocabularies

Chapter 19: Advanced Message Design Part II: WS-Addressing Rules and Design Techniques

Part III: Service Contract Versioning

Chapter 20: Versioning Fundamentals

Chapter 21: Versioning WSDL Definitions

Chapter 22: Versioning Message Schemas

Chapter 23: Advanced Versioning

Part IV: Appendices

Appendix A: Case Study Conclusion

Appendix B: A Comparison of Web Services and REST Services

Appendix C: How Technology Standards are Developed

Appendix D: Alphabetical Pseudo Schema Reference

Appendix E: SOA Design Patterns Related to This Book

Customer Reviews (13)

How much more theory are you going to sell me !
I hated this book. Noone has time read theory as you are not in school anymore. You want to be buy a book, understand and be able to use it rightaway. hundreds of page of theory and theory.

one of the worst books !

Good Book, Bad Kindle Edition
I just wanted to let other Kindle owners in the IT profession know that the content of this book is as good as the other reviews indicate, but you should buy the paper edition rather than the Kindle edition.

Most of the xml in the Kindle edition is unreadable, due to its being truncated at the left margin, and sometimes at the bottom of the page, as well.Some of the sidebar content has the same problem.

All in all, there's just too much content missing from the Kindle edition.With the hard copy being just ten dollars more, it's the better choice.

Must read for SOA Practitioners
A must read book for anyone who wants to gain knowledge about service design and web service contracts. I liked the case studies in each chapters, detailed chapters on web service specifications and the 3 chapters on versioning options and strategy is explained quite well. I hope the next version of the book include few chapters on RESTful service and address some of the concerns like design, use cases and versioning.

Helpful and educational
Read it front to back and learned a lot, needed more but at this price can't afford more.Only book on this usbject that helped with an overview, some detail yet need more..

A must have in a serious library
Someone once said: "he has an intelligent bookshelf"... Well, this book is not for a booshelf. It is for reading and having practical advantage in the confusing world of SOA. ... Read more

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Want to build a Web page for yourself, your family, club, committee, school, or small business, but don’t know where to start? This full-color, hands-on book takes the guess work out of Web design—from mastering writing for an online audience to understanding XML capabilities in Microsoft® Office Word 2003. Basic computer skills are all you need to master the concepts and mechanics of building and publishing attractive Web pages with the latest features of Microsoft® Office FrontPage®, Word, and Publisher. You get the guidance you need to plan, create, post, and maintain everything from simple Web pages to full-blown, professional-looking Web sites using familiar Microsoft Office 2003 programs. Complete with fun, easy-to-follow projects, checklists for all stages of your project, and a companion Web site from the author with plenty of online samples and examples, you'll build the skills to get your ideas online right away with this handy guide. What’s more, you will also discover expert writing, design, and information-organizing techniques used by Web professionals. ... Read more

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OK. it works to get you to understand the concepts.
It came quickly.It was a good book for learning the concepts of website design.

Not Too Shabby
I found this book to be extremely helpful, the chapters on the 'design' parts of making websites were great.Also the chapters on xhtml and css were very helpful too as the example site you build helps you get a great base knowledge for coding a web page.The only thing i didn't like was that a lot of the examples were done in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Publisher, 2 programs I don't have and would really never build websites in to the extent shown in their examples.However, overall I thought the book was great and would definitely recommend it to those who are just starting out learning web design or also just to get a different perspective on it, because I feel like this book really pulled everything together for me.

Common Sense and Down To Earth Ideas
This book was bought on a whim.It turns out to be one of the best books on Web Design I've ever read.Mary Millhollon's easy to read style and humor make this book a pleasure to read while learning a lot of details I've never thought about before.It's a down to earth, practical book on what you should consider before, during and after you design a web page.If you have a web page or like me, just starting to design one, this book is invaluable.It's an excellent reference to come back to.

Another superb book for creating websites!
I read Faster, Smarter Web Page Creation by the same authors and loved it, so I was happy to see an updated version come out. Easy Web Design is as good as the previous version, if not better, since it provides much more updated information and new projects. Like the previous version, it uses an easy to understand, friendly voice and gives great advice on how to organize your files, write, design and the addition of the 10+1 tips from professionals in the field was a nice touch. They cover XHTML and CSS which was new to me but one of the reasons I bought it. I highly recommend this book for creating a website and it's great for computer savvy first timers or those who are updating an existing website.

A very good book for creating a website
This is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to build their own website. There are three parts to the book. The first part covers internet and website basics, writing for the web, design and graphic formats. I found the chapter on good writing for the web the most useful. I learned more from this chapter than I think any other computer book I've read! In the second part of the book you build websites in various programs like Word, Publisher and Frontpage. There's a good chapter on XHTML and CSS and some info on Blogs and XML. They go through it fast at times but I found the writing very easy to follow and there's a lot of hints and tips from professionals such as how to take a good photo or create a logo. A lot of extra steps and additional content are also on their website creationguide.com so it was easy to get more info when I wanted it. The third part covers posting your website online, keeping it up to date and adding enhanced features like Javascript. The book is quite thorough and they cover a lot of material but I found it a very good introduction to creating a website. ... Read more

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With Robin Williams' guiding hand, non-professionals, artists, and designers alike have learned the principles behind elegant design. Now that much of this same audience is working on the Web, Robin has focused her attention on the specific needs of this medium with Robin Williams Web Design Workshop. John Tollett and Dave Rohr pitch in with their illustration and graphics experience to create a handsome and engaging instructional book. The ideas in this book tackle all aspects of Web design theory, including all the ways that color, fonts, clip art, photographs and so on contribute to creating a visual impression. Then the book takes the user through site planning and layout, navigability, and functionality, all in Robin Williams' clear and accessible style.Amazon.com Review
Because "there's more to Web design than Photoshop and HTML," Robin Williams Web Design Workshop covers everything for the working Web designer including "how to survive dealing with clients."

Although Dreamweaver, GoLive, Photoshop, and other applications are mentioned (Flash even gets its own chapter), the book covers the gamut of Web design and technology issues rather than focusing on an individual application.

Each chapter is divided into sections, often no more than a couple of pages long. The chapter on backgrounds, the area of a Web page that seems to attract the worst design crimes, shows you how to avoid "the heartbreak of bad background design" in no less than eight sections.

In many books this subject would be lucky to get eight paragraphs; Robin Williams Web Design Workshop uses a clear two-column layout and plenty of real-life example screen shots to get the message across. Some pages consist only of captioned screen shots providing a great source of visual ideas.

There's a good balance between purely design-related issues and the technical stuff. Subjects like search engines, embedded fonts, DHTML, and forms are given a thorough overview, highlighting the main issues, and links to sources of more in-depth information are often to be found at the end of the chapter.

If you like to learn by example and see yourself more as a designer than a programmer, but want a working knowledge of current Web technologies from a book that you can read away from your computer, this is it. --Ken McMahon, amazon.co.uk ... Read more

Customer Reviews (25)

Dated, but still useful
I love Robin Williams' books and this one was no exception when it came out. However, anyone doing web design in 2007/8 needs to have a companion book to counter the now incorrect suggestions in this book. Tables are not longer considered the only way, or really even "a" way to build web pages. Web standards have become essential if you want to comply with accessibility or just be able to make changes to your site. And if that sounds like only geeks would care, that's just not the case anymore. I would recommend finding this book used, look through it for some good ideas, and have a copy of one of Eric Meyers' books around for understanding CSS (an essential these days) and web standards in general.

I'm hoping Robin comes up with a new edition taking out nested tables and adding in more than the 4 pages of CSS. That's not to say it needs to be a CSS book (there are more than enough of those out there), but since we have to go in that direction, we could use a little more help in applying the principles she's advancing with the standards of the day. As soon as it comes out, I'll have my order in.

An outstanding, uniquely useful book
Because web sites are made with computers, somehow it seems that the vast majority of authors of "how to make a web site" books focus almost entirely on the technical aspects, as somehow devoid of relation to the practical art of making sites that work.

This book is remarkable, because it is written from the point of view of working, experienced web/graphic designers.

As the authors make clear, making a web site is a lot more than just using a computer and making pretty pictures. They clarify what you really need to know about the entire process. It covers everything about the development cycle, from clarifying the site requirements with the client, to making thumbnail sketches, to practical, nitty-gritty details of how to make an interesting, "non-boxy" site.

If you want to really understand the entire process of developing effective, beautiful web sites for people as a business, this is the best book I have ever seen on the subject.

Web Design guide
Robin Williams does an excellent job of providing clear suggestions, good rationales, and lots of examples to make her point.

Worn this one out
Several years ago I met with the main designer at company that created the web pages for several pharmaceutical distributors in Canada. At the time, I was well versed in creating web pages using several of the professional programs including Dreamweaver, as well as writing code. The designer, however,said that they did all of their designing in Photoshop and then used a slicing technique in ImageReady before editing the site in Dreamweaver.I hate to admit it, but I had never heard of creating web pages that way, so I went home and began looking through all of my web designing books to see if I could find a description of the technique.Yes, I found it in this book.

I don't want to give the impression that this book is all about Photoshop, it clearly isn't.But, at least for me, the Photoshop information has been extremely useful! Though I do not design the majority of my sites using Photoshop, there are some that I could not have created as easily with out it. I have not used other applications that supposedly are similar to Photoshop/ImageReady, so I can't say if they can or can not do the things that Photoshop/ImageReady can.

Nevertheless, since the time I opened this book and took a real look, I have used this book more than any other web books on my shelf.Sometimes it is to simply look at the pictures to spark a new idea, sometimes it is to review a specific designing technique.

Honestly I do not think Robin can write a bad book.

Some great information but not worth purchasing
I borrowed this book from the library to see if it was worth purchasing. It has some great design tips and ideas but nothing that can't be found in other books in greater detail. The glossy color pages make it fun to browse through, but there isn't enough detailed information on the various design topics.

I skimmed through the book within two or three days and don't see it as an item I will bother to purchase for my personal Web design library. ... Read more

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According to a 2007 survey by Netcraft, there are more than 108 million Web sites worldwide. Every Web site needs to be designed. The Pricing & Ethical Guidelines Handbook published by the Graphic Arts Guild reports that the average cost of designing a Web site for a small corporation can range from $7,750 to $15,000. It is incredibly easy to see the enormous profit potential.

Web design businesses can be run part- or full-time and can easily be started in your own home. As such, they are one of the fastest growing segments of the Internet economy. This book will teach you all you need to know about getting your own Web site design business started in the minimum amount of time.

Here is the manual you need to cash in on this highly profitable segment of the industry. This book is a comprehensive and detailed study of the business side of Web site design. It should be studied by anyone investigating the opportunities of opening a Web design business and will arm you with everything you need, including sample business forms, contracts, worksheets and checklists for planning, opening, and running day-to-day operations, plans and layouts, and dozens of other valuable, time-saving tools that no entrepreneur should be without.

While providing detailed instructions and examples, the author leads you through finding a location that will bring success, drawing up a winning business plan (the Companion CD-ROM has the actual business plan that can be used in MS Word), buying (and selling) a Web design store, pricing formulas, sales planning, tracking competitors, bookkeeping, media planning, pricing, copy writing, hiring and firing employees, motivating workers, managing and training employees, accounting procedures, successful budgeting, and profit planning development.

By reading this book, you will become knowledgeable about basic cost control systems, retail math and pricing issues, Web site plans and diagrams, software and equipment layout and planning, legal concerns, sales and marketing techniques, IRS reporting requirements, customer service, direct sales, monthly profit and loss statements, tax preparation, public relations, general management skills, low and no cost ways to satisfy customers and build sales, and low cost internal marketing ideas, as well as thousands of great tips and useful guidelines.

The manual delivers literally hundreds of innovative ways to streamline your business. Learn new ways to make your operation run smoother and increase performance. Shut down waste, reduce costs, and increase profits. Business owners will appreciate this valuable resource and reference it in their daily activities as a source for ready-to-use forms, Web sites, operating and cost cutting ideas, and mathematical formulas that can be easily applied. The Companion CD-ROM contains all the forms in the book, as well as a sample business plan you can adapt for your own use. 

Customer Reviews (8)

Didnt read it all but spead read most of it.
Read about 50 pages of the book then skimmed over the rest. I was very unimpressed with the book. I'm a seasoned designer though with a deep background in Web Design so most of the information was common sense to me. I would recommend this book to beginners to design and business who are considering getting into this field. The Author i felt though wasn't very experienced and most likely doesn't run a studio with employees. So after a brief read i stopped.

Poor Quality Book All Around
I was extremely disappointed with this book. It is almost 400 pages and most of it is what I can best describe as "annoying fluff" that provides vague suggestions that provide no real value to the reader. Here is an example of a paragraph in the book:

P.210 "The success of your marketing is also going to depend, in part, on how well you deal with people who follow up on your ads. There is no point in creating and paying for good advertisements only to fall short in the follow up process. You can present whatever information you want about your business, but if you do not have good follow-up, your marketing efforts will be wasted."

The author constantly repeats themselves throughout the book across chapters and in the above case, within the same paragraph. The above paragraph could have been widdled down to 1 sentence or bullet point. It feels as though the author is babbling to make the book as long as possible (like I used to do in college to reach the minimum page requirement for my essays). The book was written by two different people and it feels very in-cohesive, as if they just divided up topics and started writing with poor organization. I doubt the author(s) has any special skill or training in teaching.

The book wanders off for chapters talking about general business topics that are not specific to web design businesses. For example, there are pages and pages about how to conduct yourself in an interview. The author is suggesting you are interviewing with your clients when it is actually more similar to a sales presentation. There is a paragraph just about the perfect handshake and the author stresses that it could be the key to whether you get your client or not. Pretty ridiculous to me.

Overall, the book provides some relevant information but not a lot of specific calls to action about web design-specific topics. Neither of the authors even have a web site of their own to show for. I don't think they are qualified to write a how-to book on web design. I have a little background in business and web design and this book was 90% useless. For some reason I decided I had to read some sort of how-to book to make myself feel prepared before I went on my own. This book was very painful to read and made me feel stupid for wasting my time on it. People who are really directionless and lost might find this book more useful, but it is probably a waste of money for people who are already savvy and don't need to be babied about the obvious. This book is ridiculously overpriced and wasn't even edited (several grammatical errors) and the printing and binding is even lopsided! This is an amateur book in all respects.

A Welcome Pleasure!
Simply - I thoroughly enjoyed this book.The content is well organized in a progression of information that makes sense when starting any business.There are relative and applicable links or references at the end of each chapter as well as questions to ask yourself before moving onto the next step in your business.

This book will help me greatly in my own endeavors to start a web design business.I recommend it highly!

Really helped me with HOW TO RUN my business
The title of this book is How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Web Site Design Business, but it contains so much more that can apply to any entrepreneur starting a new business. The first thing you want to know is this book will not teach you how to design websites, the book assumes that you are already good at that. This book tells you how to turn that skill into a viable business.

My favorite part of the book is the add-on services section. It makes perfect sense, you already have the skill and know-how to create great web sites, you have a list of businesses that trust (and more importantly pay) you for that service, so why not expand your business with complementary services like search engine optimization and pay-per-click marketing programs. You can tell that the authors of this book have already gone through the difficulties of starting and operating a web site design business. They have already had success and the failures in the business and they give the reader a roadmap to the success while avoiding the failures. It is like getting the answer to the test! This is one of those books that you will find yourself pulling off your shelf from time to time as you grow your business.

A 'must' for any who would turn a talent for web design into a business
How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Web Site Design Business is a 'must' for any who would turn a talent for web design into a business. Either a part-time or a full-time job can be started in your own home: this gives the nuts and bolts of building your own such design business quickly, offering a comprehensive study of the business side of web site design suitable for both business and general-interest collections.
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Web Design: Introductory Concepts and Techniques, Third Edition explains the connection between a detailed design plan that considers audience needs, site purpose, and various technical issues of a successful Web site. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Quick Course on Basic of Web Design
This book covers the basics of web design and goes into detail about what makes up a good website, how to write for the web, how the Internet and the world wide web work, and several other topics. It's perfect for those who are considering a degree or career in web design. The only problem is the book's resources. While it provides a lot of good online material, the review materials won't give you the right answers to the questions and can be tedious to work with.

Required Textbook
This is one of three textbooks required for a class that I'm taking. It was a last minute "add-on". The class is in its 5th week and we have yet to even open this book for the class. I would not have purchased this book had it not been required. And having read through it, I still would not have purchased it.

High Price / Low Value
This books is WAY too general in it's discussion of Web Design.If you're looking for something that's focused 100% on the theory of web design, this book might be for you.If you're looking for any sort of how-to at all, this book is NOT for you.I purchased this book as a textbook for a Web Site Administration class and I'm wondering why it was even required. ... Read more

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It’s easy to design, build, and post a Web page with Google Page Creator or CoffeeCup HTML Editor, but a friendly guide still comes in handy. Creating Web Pages For Dummies®, 9th Edition introduces you to Web design software and online page-building tools, and walks you through the process in record time.

Like its previous editions, this book gives you the skinny on getting Web pages up and running with the least amount of hassle. But not just ho-hum Web pages! Yours will look fantastic and be easy to build, and you’ll even get a trial version of CoffeeCup HTML Editor and visual design tools on the bonus CD. You’ll learn to:

• Get a simple page designed and online by the end of Chapter 3
• Optimize photos, video, and audio for the Web and get them onto your page
• Register for a Google account and use the versatile Google Page Creator
• Build pages using basic HTML or CoffeeCup HTML Editor
• Identify and apply elements of design, avoid common errors, and create pages that get noticed
• Maintain control by creating and editing pages in HTML with a text editor
• Understand how image file size affects your pages, how to upload photos to Flickr, and how to add sound and video files to your Web pages
• Develop your pages into a site with CoffeeCup HTML Editor and Visual Editor

You’ll even find out more about blogging and Blogger.com. The trial software on the CD is for Windows, but the instructions for building great Web pages work on any system!

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.Amazon.com Review
Ideal for novices, Creating Web Pages for Dummiesstarts off with discussion of some key design topics and shows the wayto publishing well designed Web sites. The authors have you writingHTML and getting a feel for the basic process by the thirdchapter. Once you're hooked, they show you how to build a home page ina single day and offer advice on how to get online with an InternetService Provider (ISP).

The book gradually gets more serious inscope, presenting sites for business use and implementing graphics andmultimedia. It shows you how easy it is to publish photos, toimplement sound and video clips, and introduces hot technologies likeJava, ActiveX and XML.

Finally, the guide introduces you to variousauthoring tools, browsers, and the special considerations ofpublishing for WebTV. In the usual Dummies style, the author offers 10dos and 10 don'ts for Web publishing. The book wraps up withappendices of ISPs, a guide to HTML tags, and a CD-ROM with tools andan excellent set of links for useful Web resources. --StephenW. Plain ... Read more

Customer Reviews (41)

Happy to receive
The product appeared to be in excellent condition. It even retained its cd. I have yet to fully view its contents. The product was also delivered within a timely manner.

Very Informative, a great tool
I have recently started working with a team that has been developing Web Sites for years. The Book helped me, the Dummy, understand the process, some of their lingo, and, the best of all, develop new project management and budgeting tools. Easy to read and understand, Creating Web Pages is great for Dummies, that can surf but haven't ever developed a single page.

A great start if you are making your own website
Even though I am a bit above average in computer knowledge i found this book very helpful with making my web page.
I found it to be a great reference

At Least The Title Is Right!
This was my first "for Dummies" book purchase and it will be the last (unfortunately, I also purchased "Web Sites for Dummies" at the same time. A How-To book this not....you get no step-by-step instructions, what you do get is a lot of information that is generally available on the internet with a dose of new-age you can do anything you want if you try.........well, at least the title is right..........only a DUMMY would buy this book.

This is for someone who does notwant to purchase any software over 20 bucks. It leans heavily on Yahoo.
I was hoping for something that would help me get started on building my own site. This book is for someone who just wants any site, and is looking for someone else to do for them. ... Read more

Product Description
This is an explicit and detailed guide, an intelligent "how-to" book for professionals. It lays the groundwork and creates context by exploring essential concepts, defines terms that may be new or unfamiliar, and then moves forward with practical software techniques. All the while it is building on the existing knowledge and experience of its professional design audience. Taking Your Talent to the Web is based on the Populi Curriculum in Web Communications Design, developed by Jeffrey Zeldman in cooperation with Populi, Inc.The book's purpose is to guide traditional art directors and print designers as they expand their existing careers to include the new field of professional Web Design. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (32)

A few chapters in and loving what Zeldman has to say!
As my title states, I am only a few chapters into this book, but so far it is excellent. Zeldman is witty yet technical when he needs to be. I have already purchased another copy of the book for my bosses!

Dated but still very valuable
It's now over 6 years since this book came out and it still has a tremendous amount of relevance. I am rereading it again and stop by every now and then in hopes that a new edition will come out. I have all the other Zeldman books and they are all useful, but nothing approaches how much I learned from this book. It amazes me how much of the content is still applicable. Anyone who's been doing this since the book came out can make mental notes about what has changed. A proponent of CSS before it was practical (really), Jeffrey seems to have planned a long shelf life for this book.

If you're a graphic designer who is entering web development (which is a large segment), it's still a must read, but beware the 4.x browser version suggestions, and don't bother to try and support tables any more. It's not necessary, and it's bad form for oh, so many reasons. Everything else in the book is absolutely essential for the transition. Your best bet would be to read it and ask questions from someone who's been developing websites for a long time (and is open to web standards).

And if you've been building these things for a long time, it's still a great book to revisit at least yearly.

You can't really go wrong with a Zeldman book, imho, at least so far. If he writes something on knitting, I can't guarantee it...

Good overview of Web Design Roots
This book gives a good overview of Web Design till 2001.
People who are interested in where the web is coming from will like this book. If your are looking for how web design is done today anno 2005 I would like to recommend Jeffrey Zeldman book "Designing with web standards".

Helpful Guidance for Newbies or Veterans
Even though some of the content in this book is outdated (such is the nature of a book based on the internet, which evolves daily), it is still a mainstay in my collection.I would recommend this book to anyone even remotely interested in web design.

Jefferey Zeldman teaches basic, foundation building principles that you will use almost daily during your tenure as a web designer.If your looking for a book to hold you by the hand and teach you how to perform specific actions with step by step coding, this isn't your book.Instead, it touches upon ideas and methods.Zeldman covers topics from designing good navigation tofundamental steps in working with a potential client.

I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars.It would have received a perfect score if it wasn't for some outdated material.Purchase this book, it should be a part of any collection.

this book changed my website forever
This book opened my eyes to issues such as accesibilty, css and xhtml, I now have a site that is fast to load and easy to update. I found this book to be an easy read,[ I am neither a graphic designer nor a trained web designer] I really like Zeldman's writng style and will use some of his points in my classes web design for photographers. The mix of code and ideas was great and for once I just read the book rather than being tempted into turning on my computer and starting work. ... Read more

Product Description
Design, build, and maintain dynamic Web sites that balance form and function. You'll find thorough explanations of effective site architecture, layout, and navigational features, and discover how to add graphics, links, and multimedia. Also learn to handle privacy and security issues with respect to site design, and program dynamic Web applications. Amazon.com Review
With so many books out on particular development tools and languages, it's refreshing to see one that tackles the overarching topic of Web design and implementation techniques. Web Design: The Complete Reference is a rare combination of design theory and detailed information on implementation. Author Thomas A Powell, who also wrote HTML: The Complete Reference, has produced an impressive sequel in this hefty title.

Powell addresses topics like navigation theory and user profiling, backing up high-level discussion with excellent, practical technique. He goes beyond your garden-variety explanation of what particular features are and how to code them by specifying the problems you might face and offering solutions. You get insight you can use: how to handle those pesky frames by understanding UI consequences, keep frames from opening within themselves, and offer your users the ability to print framed pages reliably.

All the bases are covered, including adding GUI interactivity, solid page layout and formatting techniques, and a look at the various Web technologies and their effect on site design. The entire work exudes the confidence of a well-seasoned writer, and the discussions leave you feeling well informed. This book bridges the gap between knowing how to build Web sites and having a holistic knowledge of all of the intricacies and pitfalls of coding for the Web. --Stephen W. Plain

Topics covered:

• Web-design methodologies
• Usability
• Types of Web sites
• Navigation theory and practice
• Linking text/buttons/icons/graphics
• Search facilities
• Text handling
• Colors and images
• Building interactivity
• Web technologies (XML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Cookies
• Server-side scripting
• Multimedia
• Site delivery and management
• The future of Web design
• Site evaluation procedures

Customer Reviews (12)

Big on pages, and small in useful content.
I bought this book under the impression that it would be the "Complete reference for web design" and at the length of 901 pages thought it should do the trick. The trouble started when I realized the book was seriously lacking in examples of code. I have found myself on numerous occasions, unable to find simple things in this book.

The author dislikes the use of popup's and talks down to you if you would like to know how to make one. He goes as far as leaving the proper way to make one, completely out of the book.
This in my humble opinion is not the way to make a complete reference to web design. It's big on pages, and small in useful content.

Nice Desk Reference for any Web Designer
A fundamental knowledge of HTML and familiarity with a web authoring tool such as Dreamweaver or FrontPage will significantly increase the value you derive from studying this book.For the beginning/aspiring Web Designer this book offers essential information for going professional and becoming recognized in the field of web design.Whatever your caliber is as a designer, the book is awesome to have as a desk reference.After you've finished studying this book, I recommend also studying "Professional Web Site Design " by Anne-Marie Concepcion.This second book shows readers how to effectively manage a web design business!

Invaluable!
This book is absolutely wonderful! Anyone truely interested in web design will benefit greatly!

The author is very knowlegable in the web medium and gives extensive detail into some of the most important and least looked at areas of design... the design itself! That's right, this book won't serve as a complete HTML guide. The book does talk a lot about HTML, it's stucture and propoer use and functure as well as gives lots of code examples. Same for javascript. But this book is mostly geared towards design issues. Where do you but the navigation bar on a website? How big to make your buttons? How should you organize the site? What are the steps to creating a web project? What kind of site models could you use? How to best use the web technologies available to create usable content.

The book emphasises a balance between form and function and talks a lot about usabillity, something that is of utmost importance in making interactive media. This book will guide you through the thinking behind interface desing concepts and aesthetic issues as well.

Easy to read and superbly written, this book is great! Some other reviews have displayed a dislike for it's focus on design principles and concepts instead of code the underworkings. While the book will infact give you good examples of use of HTML and Javascript as well as tons of info about these technologies (and brief intros) it was not meant to be a code manual. The name is "web DESIGN: the complete refrence"... if you want a code primer or refrence or beginners guide to making simple web pages get a different book. This book however gets you thinking about the issues of desinging usable websites that you probably never considered and that up until now, many books have been completely ignoring.

Comprehensive but common sense
This book does not lack in details or volume.It is highly recommended for someone that is a beginner to novice in the website world.Don't expect it to teach you HTML or JavaScript.It concerns itself more with information architecture and GUI / design principles.For an experienced webmaster, it is common sense stuff that you already live by.

Great Reference with lots of topics
I wasn't sure what to expect with this book, but frankly it's turned out to be one of the best purchases I've made lately. I've been the most happy looking at the huge number of topics it covers.It is true that at times it is much more theory based than how-to, but it covers just about everything a Web designer encounters from usability to technology to project planning issues. For a small designer like me it tied a lot of loose ends together. After having used it for a few months I'd say it tends to be the strongest in site design and usability and the weakest in how to make buttons in Fireworks or more mundane tasks that my boggle a beginner Webmaster.Yet I use it all the time because I can pretty much look up information on any topic a client hits me with like search engines, JavaScript pro-cons, usability, servers, etc.I won't get 100 pages on each subject but I get more than enough to help me answer my questions.I can't say that's why I bought it but its turned out to be probably my most dog eared book.If you are going to buy a Web Design book to have around once you know the ropes and you are beyond the how to stuff, I can't say there is any other choice on the market.In that sense I guess I really have to give it 5 stars.If there were other choices maybe 4 since I will say that I would have liked some color stuff actually in color and some more graphics stuff, but fortunately the Lynda Weinmmen books I had covered that very well. ... Read more

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Combining viewpoints from a Department of Computer Science (Paul Wang) and a School of Visual Communication Design (Sanda Katila), this innovative book covers the design and technology aspects of Web site development in an integrated manner. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

Good for what it is
I've been doing software development since the mid 90's; but mostly targeting the Windows desktop.In the past couple of years, I've begun working on my web development skills, so I picked up this book to try to go back and pick up some of the things I may have missed along the way.

On the whole, the book delivers fairly well.It gives a solid introduction to basic HTML and web / graphic design principles -- material that tends to be lacking in most "programming" books.The book is fairly content-dense, making it a relatively slow read -- in particular the last chapter, covering CGI scripting in PERL, was fairly tedious.

If the book has a major short-coming, it's that it assumes that the reader will be doing his/her programming on the Unix OS, ignoring that the vast majority of people will be using some flavor of Windows.In fact, the author references a number of Unix commands (such as "ls") without explaining what that command does or what the Windows equivalent is.Fortunately for me, I had to work with Unix when I was in college (20 years ago).

If you're just learning the basics of web development and design, and you're running Unix or Linux, this will be a very good book.If you've only ever run on the Windows platform, much of the material will be useful, but you won't have a clue what some of the examples do without doing some additional research on your own (not that this would be a bad thing).If you're looking to learn to develop applications for the Web, keep looking.While you can get the basics of CGI scripting from this book (assuming you want to learn Perl), no attention is given to ASP or the .Net platform.

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The knowledge to fulfill your imagination.
The book is well written and concise with many wonderful examples to support the text.The combination of both web design and web programming into a single resource is inspired.

An excellent book spanning all aspects of web design.
This is an excellent book that covers all aspects of web development. To often are programmers unconcerned with the aesthetics representing the code they create. However it does not matter how functional your site is if the user cannot enjoy it, understand it and navigate it. That is where this book fits in. It is the perfect medium between the programming world and the design world. If read cover to cover this book can give even the most inexperienced reader the skills needed for professional web development. It is well organized and laid out in a manor perfect for the classroom environment. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in web development.

An excellent book spanning all aspects of web design.
This is an excellent book that covers all aspects of web development. To often are programmers unconcerned with the aesthetics representing the code they create. However it does not matter how functional your site is if the user cannot enjoy it, understand it and navigate it. That is where this book fits in. It is the perfect medium between the programming world and the design world. If read cover to cover this book can give even the most inexperienced reader the skills needed for professional web development. It is well organized and laid out in a manor perfect for the classroom environment. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in web development. ... Read more

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Would you like an overview of the state of the art in web design in a specific field? WEB DESIGN INDEX BY CONTENT provides exactly that: every year, 500 new designs are selected and grouped in more than 20 categories, such as architecture, art, fashion, food, IT, music, photography, product catalogues, etc. Two pages from each site are included: an opening page and a page representative of the nature of the site. The accompanying CD-ROM allows you to view the designs on screen and to access the entire sites online. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Inspirational
At the time i need a book of just different site design. And this was the one is was very Inspirational in helping get starting with sketches and layout just to get a fill for different concepts for sites.

Hard to use in an organized way
The color screen shots are great and I've been able to use this book to get some ideas and inspiration for sites I've built.That being said, here's my beef:

1) Why organize by color scheme?There have been lots of complaints that these books come with little explanation as to why the chosen sites were selected.An easy way to remedy this would be to organize chapters in such a way that focuses on key aspects: navigation, layout, use of graphics/photos, color schemes, interactivity, etc.

2) The disk that came with it doesn't work much of the time, and none of the Flash sites worked.

3) For sites that have dynamic elements, like rollovers, etc., it would have been nice had they shown an example of the behavior in the screen shot.

4) The websites featured weren't that great.Hey, everyone has his/her own taste, but when I got it (which was before Index 6 came out), it didn't represent some of the more interesting things happening in web design (in my opinion).

5) The pages are thick and due to its shape, the book won't stay open to a page and is kind of a pain to handle.This may seem silly, but it was an irritant for me with a desk full of papers.

In using this book, I often found myself endlessly flipping through pages, flagging certain ones with coded post-its, reading "nav" or "photos." Because of this impracticality, I mostly ended up going back to the growing number of websites devoted to collecting and presenting (with screenshots!) contemporary, well-styled websites.These frequently include discussions of certain trends, like color choice, web logos, layout configurations, etc.

This book is nice to have around, in spite of its problems.Its limitations may be a good thing, in that it forces you to narrow your likes and dislikes within a limited collection of ideas.The Internet, in its infinitude, can be paralyzing.This helps you step back for a second and just consider the visual elements of a home page.

I have not looked at Index 6, but its likely to repeat some of what I think are errors.One that's inherent: very soon these books become outdated.I'm not sure they're useful enough to keep buying them.

Inspirational
Sometimes you need a book that has nothing but art in order to be inspired.
By looking at this book I can see the many ways that my sites can be formatted and changed...as well as see new ways for me to display my sites...it is an A+++++
Too much review shows an arrogance that all other artwork is under you..this shows that all art is different and catered to many different types of people...its the web folks

broad scope of content, but little depth
A large listing of 1002 websites that the publishers deem to be the best designed for 2004. A page of each site is shown. Typically, it is often the home page. While the book's CD shows these as actual webpages, so that you can best appreciate them in their intrinsic environment, instead of the printed page.

Commendably, the book covers websites from all over the globe. But the drawback is that there is no commentary on what distinguishes a site. Broad scope of content, but little depth. The book might be far improved if the authors had also offered some analysis. ... Read more

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The best business websites serve their readers with strong content, well-architected design, and a focus on usability, readability, and accessibility. This book covers the fundamental aspects of building a website that works for the company, not against it. It covers the essentials of strong copywriting, and then dedicates several chapters to designing user-centric About, Products and Services, and Support sections.

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very good!
very useful, very simple, very objective. If you are a web designer that had never draw a e-commerce site you should read it!

Packed with useful information in a concise manner
Kevin Potts has done an incredible job of presenting the logical steps to make your site usable, accessible, and marketable. The web industry is a noisy one. Everyone has a website, and with the help of some text editors, anyone can theoretically create a website. There is, however, a big difference between simply creating a website and creating a usable website. I found the key to reading this book is to let yourself step outside of your projects. Take a look from the outside in and truly think about how to create value. Too many times we get attached to our projects and can become very narrow minded. The journey to creating a successful website isn't always an easy one. There are many decisions that need to be made before designs are created or markup is crafted. This book starts us at the beginning of that journey, and walks us through some necessary steps to creating a successful website that meets our business goals as well as connects and interacts with those around us.

The decision making process
The beauty of the web is that things can constantly shift and change. We are not working within a static environment. We have the ability to change on the fly and monitor and respond to our needs. The first 4 chapters set the foundation for creating a marketable site. Addressing your goals, visions, and needs, and setting up the proper building blocks to give you the solid foundation you need. These things include redesigning your site and your objectives, planning your platform and content management, gathering up your content, addressing accessibility issues to give your site maximum visibility, and setting up your site architecture and navigation. Within these items you find a way to tell your story. Chances are there are many other's out there with similar stories, so you need to take the time to plan properly.

Craft your words wisely. Understand the technology and the constraints. Ultimately, you need to understand your target audience and how they use the web. Without users, your beautifully designed site will be nothing more than decoration. Take the time to plan your architecture and navigation to match your user's mental models. You need to first realize that, in most cases, you are not your target audience. Step back and empathize with your users and their browsing habits. These chapters give you all of the little details you need to build a solid foundation. You now understand your goals, you have designed to the needs of your users, and you are aware of the proper tools to use (and to avoid) to let your story be heard.

It's all about the content
Now that we have the foundation, the next 6 chapters will walk use through some of the more common pieces of content found within an array of different websites. Pieces of content such as the homepage, an about us section, products and services - whichever it is that you happen to offer, harnessing the words that others have said about you, engaging your users through blogging features, and ultimately supporting your story and communicating with your audience. These pieces of content need to be structured wisely. No one piece should exist without the others. When done well, you will find ways to inter-weave your content between each of the different sections. Your homepage is a prime example of a page that has valuable real-estate and can be used to direct your visitors when you want them to go. The goal here is to not create your content in small islands, but to craft your content in a way that encourages scanability, readability, and interaction from your users.

Now we have build a solid foundation, and added our content on top of that foundation. Things are starting to fill out nicely and you are becoming proud of the the work you have accomplished. Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves, though. While things may look great, you still need to find a way to make your story known to others. That is, after all, the goal of this book, to market your website. Let's now look at some ways to get in the game.

Shout it to the hills
You have a solid foundation. You have a well crafted architecture and quality content. Now the time has come to release your site into the wild. The next 5 chapters walk through some steps you can take to become more visible. The first of these steps involve planning your server to respond to an array of different request from your users such as proper redirects, searching both outside and within your website, gracefully handling errors and respectfully guiding the users, and understanding the different contexts users may be accessing your content (online, print, devices, etc). Next up you want to cover your bases with the legalese. This can be useful in many cases to protect your business, your content, and your users. Having this in place comforts both you, the owner of the website, and the user visiting your website.

The next section compresses what could have taken an entire book. This is the process of SEO: optimizing your architecture, your content, and your requests to give you maximum visibility. This chapter gives you some very useful tips for understanding how search engines find your content, and how you can let them freely crawl your newly built website or a re-worked existing website. Careful considerations need to be taken in both instances. This leads into the last 2 chapters that discuss outbound marketing and online marketing. All of these come under the umbrella of telling your story inside of a very crowded Internet. These chapters give way to very powerful techniques to getting into the community and interacting within it. It is the art of building relationships with those around you - both websites and users.

Now what?
Building a successful website takes time. You need to allow time nurture your website and watch it grow. As we recognized in the beginning, the beauty of the web is that we can constantly shift and change to fit our needs and goals. While this book covers a broad array of topics, it covers them in a very concise and readable manner. Whether you are a site owner with little understanding of how the web works, or you are a seasoned web developer trying to find the next steps, this book will be able to point you in the right direction.

Kevin shows the very value of connecting with those around you, by providing a very useful appendix of useful resources such as books, websites, and articles that expand on each of the topics found within the book. If you do any marketing on the web, then this book will prove to be an extremely valuable resource both now and in the future.

too technical
When I purchased this book, I thought I was getting a step-by-step guide for beginners who build websites.Unfortunately, it turns out this book is for the experienced web designer whose looking for more ideas.I found a better book for beginners through the "Dummies" series.Oh yeah, if you can afford it, hire someone to build your website!

Excellent Guide!
This book is an excellent guide to Web design. It is very well written with practical information. The reading is easy and very interesting. I reccommend it very much.

An invaluable checklist of essential tools & techniques for business web design
"Web Design and Marketing Solutions for Business Websites" is the first book on web design to focus on integrating marketing, customer service, accessibility, and web standards into the design process.It's an accessible, clear, and up-to-date resource on best practices for modern business- and service-oriented websites.

Kevin Potts begins the book by pointing out that the internet is now an essential medium for businesses of all shapes and sizes; at the same time, customers are more sophisticated than in the early days of the internet, and have little patience for poorly designed websites. In order for a company to present an effective presence on the web, it "must deliver beyond customer expectations; better content, sharper design, smarter architecture, and more proactive communication and interaction are all components of websites that produce exceptional results for corporations."

In the first chapter, the author begins by outlining what a company's website should be doing:

* Marketing, selling products, & promoting services
* Providing customer support & company information
* Creating branding & market awareness

He then covers planning, researching, and selling the design (or redesign) within the company, then moves on to a brief overview of platforms and technologies.

The rest of the book proceeds to show the designer how to create an effective and compelling site for his or her client. He covers content creation, accessibility, architecture & navigation; essential sections of a company website such as the Homepage, About page, Products, and Support pages; error pages, print-friendly pages, legal considerations, and SEO; email marketing, RSS, and advertising campaigns and metrics.

This book is an amazing collection of diverse information presented in a clear and concise fashion. It's not intended as an in-depth treatment of any of the subjects he covers--rather it's an invaluable checklist of essential tools and considerations for designing a top-notch company website.

"Web Design and Marketing Solutions for Business Websites" has become a valuable addition to my reference library, and it is one that I know I will reach for first when I am planning a new or redesigned business or service website.
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Think you have to be a technical wizard to build a great web site? Think again. If you want to create an engaging web site, this thoroughly revised, completely updated edition of Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual demystifies the process and provides tools, techniques, and expert guidance for developing a professional and reliable web presence.

Whether you want to build a personal web site, an e-commerce site, a blog, or a web site for a specific occasion or promotion, this book gives you detailed instructions and clear-headed advice for:

• Everything from planning to launching. From picking and buying a domain name, choosing a Web hosting firm, building your site, and uploading the files to a web server, this book teaches you the nitty-gritty of creating your home on the Web.



• Ready-to-use building blocks. Creating your own web site doesn't mean you have to build everything from scratch. You'll learn how to incorporate loads of pre-built and freely available tools like interactive menus, PayPal shopping carts, Google ads, and Google Analytics.



• The modern Web. Today's best looking sites use powerful tools like Cascading Style Sheets (for sophisticated page layout), JavaScript (for rollover buttons and cascading menus), and video. This book doesn't treat these topics as fancy frills. From step one, you'll learn easy ways to create a powerful site with these tools.



• Blogs. Learn the basics behind the Web's most popular form of self-expression. And take a step-by-step tour through Blogger, the Google-run blogging service that will have you blogging before you close this book.

This isn't just another dry, uninspired book on how to create a web site. Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual is a witty and intelligent guide you need to make your ideas and vision a web reality.

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easy-reading and good
What you'd certainly like there:
- good writing style, friendly with catchy details which at the same time do not distruct you from the main idea.
- focus on all aspects around the core subject - Your WebSite design and functionality - adding things as necessary yet with nothing that would be boring

I'd say it's great for those people looking for a well-structured approach to the topic and also those who need first advice (beginners in Web design and intermediate ones)

I'm now looking for more stuff from The Missing Manual series to entertain myself with more (hopefully) good books

Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual
Book is great...simple and easy to understand especially for beginners like me in website development.

If I'd Opern The Book ..........
Dummy me. I buy books and never crack the cover. Then one day, in search of reading material, I pick up a book that's collected dust for some time and I find the surprise of my life. So it happened with this book. I had already started a website and 2 blogs but I was totally in the dark about a great number of things. The answers to my questions were always right there on my bookshelp in this book. If only I'd read this book first. In chapter 1, I was delighted to find a beginner's description of HTML that was written in understandable baby steps. Not only did I finally understand HTML, I was comfortable with writing the short lessons. From that point, I could barely put the book down. I was discovering an easy way to create and manage a website and blog, that up to now, I had been muddling on my own. It cleared up a lot of mystery on java Script, audio and video.

I'm not going to go through the book, chapter by chapter because there are already some very good reviews on all of this. I'm ready to begin my second reading of this book so all the information will cement in my mind. Sometimes reviewer's give a book a lessor review because it's for beginners, but thank god, there are books, like this for those of us who get a late start in this fun and wonderful geeky world.

good info
I think the missing manual has hit the nail on the head with this and the other offerings. As it states it's not a book for the internet guru but those of us who aren't experts and are at the beginner/ early intermediate level of experience with this tuff. There are many tips and general info you might not even know you need to know.

Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual
I liked the layout and the instuctional style of this author. I was able to retain quite a bit during the first pass. The vendor sent this book quickly and in even better condition than I had expected. ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (76)

Great for Beginners!
I knew nothing about designing web sites and now I do - if you want to make super fancy sites - you will need more training - but this is great to get a solid foundation!

Great book
I am a total neophyte when it comes to building websites. This book has given all the tools I need to get started and provided an excellent source of information. Highly recommended for those who have an interest in web design.

Very good begginer's book
This is absolutely the best way of learning HTML/CSS if you are a beginner. As the title says, it teaches you to code the right way, explaining very carefully every process in making the web site that you are building in the book. The style adopted by the author is very familiar, and even if i'm not a native English speaker i managed to understand all the techniques described in the book. There are plenty of screenshots and full code examples, this is very good for a beginner. Before reading this book i didn't manged to understand css positioning, and believe me, i tried hard!
All in all i strongly recommend this book if you are a beginner in html/css and you want to learn it "the right way".

Good Intro, Some Flaws
I'm planning on using this book as a text for an intro to web design course.Overall, it is a great introduction.

What I like about the book are:

It's generally got a great flow [one exception below - ch.8] and has very good explanations for how HTML & CSS are used together to make well designed web pages. The text easily moves from the basic (html tags) to novice (basic CSS) and then more advanced topics like adding graphics, positioning, using tables, and implementing forms. The content is provided in a very accessible way that builds upon previous learnings. And the information is presented in a fashion that most newcomers to web design/publishing can easily understand.

The main caveats I have with the book are:

The book propounds using XHTML, which is still a hotly debated topic whether it should even be used for making public web pages. XHTML is arguably a dead standard as of Dec. 2009. It's also problematic since XHTML STILL is not properly parsed by the most widely used browser in the marketplace (MSIE) - esp. when served as "text/html" as recommended in this book. XHTML pages often "just break" or refuse to properly work with IE, and using XHMTL can break typical usage of some scripting languages, esp. JavaScript.There's even a Sitepoint XHTML vs. HTML FAQ (the publishers of this book) suggesting NEVER to use XHTML unless you have a very specific application that NEEDS to use it. Just because XHTML is popular, doesn't mean it's proper, and it can cause more headaches than it's worth. Kind of like using OOPHP - sure it has its place, but I wouldn't call it obligatory.

I would have moved the content of Chapter 8 into Chapter 1.It would be helpful for readers to know about web hosting and connecting to said host before attempting to publish their pages. To my mind this is definitely a "Setting Up Shop" activity - in fact I'd have these tasks prerequisite to those in Chapter 1. What's the point of creating web pages if you have no where to post them for others to see?

A possibly bigger issue is that Chapter 9 "Adding a Blog..." is nearly useless now that Blogger no longer supports FTP publishing (announced in Feb 2010 and unsupported as of May 2010). Including an entire chapter that has a "single point of failure," such as relying on a singular service that's avail. today to be around tomorrow doesn't seem like very good planning to me. It would've been nice if another, more generic alternative were presented (such as just linking to one's Blogger or Wordpress blog and how to configure them so they at least look similar, if not integrated).

It's still a pretty good book, and I'm going to use it for the class, with strong warnings about the fallability of XHTML.In class, we're going to use HTML 4.01 Strict.

Good Intro and Reference to CSS
Before purchasing this book I had a thorough understanding of HTML. I also knew how to create websites with tables in Dreamweaver, which is how my college course taught me (ugh). I did use CSS, but only in Dreamweaver to manipulate text, background, and header styles. So I bought this book with the intention of creating websites in a more efficient way. I wasn't exactly excited to learn and write scripting languages due to my tendency to be more of a designer than a developer, but this book made the process enjoyable.

The book provides the underlying principles of HTML and CSS, and then guides the reader through the development of a simple scuba diving site. After completing the book and the site I felt I had a good grasp on the basics of CSS and HTML. It was simple to understand and the author does a good job of teaching how to think about how things interact, instead of just copying code. He also teaches how to stay organized in the process. Perhaps one of the most useful parts of the book is how many references he provides. The scuba site was simple, and in my opinion, a horrible design, but he gives enough to go on for more advanced stuff.

A month after completing the book I began designing and developing my first website for a local massage business, and after that a site for a political organization. I was staying up late into the wee hours trying to figure out how to get things to work the way I wanted on both of these sites, and this book didn't provide all the answers, but it gave me the foundation to build upon and understand what other web designers/developers were talking about on other forums, sites, blogs, etc.

Overall, a good book to get started.

Tyler ... Read more

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As Web designers become more HTML savvy, many turn to Photoshop as their maindesign tool. And if you're like most other designers who use multipleproducts to create a finished site, Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Web Design is writtenjust for you. In this gorgeous four-color book, Web designer MichaelBaumgardt shows you how to use Adobe'ssuite of toolsfor professional Webdesign. Covering Photoshop, GoLive and ImageReady, this new edition is fullyupdated to reflect the changes in GoLive 5, Photoshop 6, and ImageReady 3.

The book starts out with the basics of using Adobe tools to create the mostimportant elements of a Web site. Then it demonstrates how to use the newestfeatures, including image compression, creating GIF animations, buildingdynamic Web content, designing navigational elements, managing Web-safecolors and more.Amazon.com Review
While it may not show 100 ways of creating buttons, or how to get slick chrome effects, Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Web Design does offer a thoughtful and image-packed look at using Photoshop to design for the Web.

The first of four sections gives an overview of Web basics--how all the elements work and what the main issues are (e.g., browser problems; Web palettes; the differences between image formats like GIFs, JPEGs, and PNGs). The second section covers the basics of Photoshop with a focus on creating Web content (for example, fixing digital photos for Web display or making smooth GIF animations). There's also a section on when it might be better to use ImageReady. (This coverage has been beefed up since the previous edition.)

Anyone can make GIFs and JPEGs, but the real pros know how make images look good with not much bandwidth. So, the third section details optimizing image sizes, for which both Photoshop and ImageReady offer ample tools. The last section deals with basic GoLive tools--fitting the pieces together to create Web pages. Little tutorials appear throughout to walk readers through pivotal scenarios like "Creating Slices and Rollovers" and "HTML Authoring."

It's appropriate that this book, aimed at visually inclined designers, is filled with images: each page features full-color illustrations and screen shots--it's beautifully designed. The opening chapters make this an excellent choice for readers new to the topic (defining terms, exploring the design concepts behind planning a good site, and interviews with successful Web designers). Later sections, which discuss compression algorithms, cascading style sheets (CSS), and preparing and embedding video and audio, make this a good choice for intermediate users. But the main audience will be designers who have used Photoshop in their print work and now want to start designing Web sites.

Besides Photoshop, ImageReady, and GoLive, the book also touches on other useful applications, like Alien Skin's Xenofex and Eye Candy 4000; Apple's QuickTime VR and Final Cut Pro; RealProducer; and SoundJam. Here, as throughout, the author may not show all the details, but he does provide the fundamental principles that ensure a sound foundation of knowledge to build on. --Angelynn Grant

Topics covered: Introduction to Web design using the tools of Adobe Photoshop 6, ImageReady 3, and GoLive 5, including

• An overview of Web design-related issues
• Creating images for the Web
• Working with layers, actions and filters
• Comparing image formats and discussing compression algorithms
• Optimizing file sizes
• Creating rollovers, animations, and background images
• Going from ImageReady to GoLive to assemble elements into a Web page

Customer Reviews (10)

Design and even more design
There are many books about HTML and Web Design. But not many of those books give you an overview of the different design approaches that you can take to create a web site.
This book is the perfect guide for your web design. It contains even some parts on the different image formats and why to use them. It explains in detail the JPEG, TIFF and GIFF image formats.
The basics of Photoshop and GoLive are explained. With this knowledge you can greatly improve your productivity.
Further more it contains a impressive collection of screenshots which will give you the inspiration you need to create attractive web sites.
This book is a must have for every web designer, hobbyist or pro!

Design and even more design
There are many books about HTML and Web Design. But not many of those books give you an overview of the different design approaches that you can take to create a web site.
This book is the perfect guide for your web design. It contains even some parts on the different image formats and why to use them. It explains in detail the JPEG, TIFF and GIFF image formats.
The basics of Photoshop and GoLive are explained. With this knowledge you can greatly improve your productivity.
Further more it contains a impressive collection of screenshots which will give you the inspiration you need to create attractive web sites.
This book is a must have for every web designer, hobbyist or pro!

A good read but get a new proof-reader!
I got a fair bit from this book even after 7 years of web design and Photoshop experience. It does tend to lean rather heavily on graphic-intensive designs (as you would expect given that Photoshop is one of the 2 tools in the title) and gives less focus to designing tight HTML and small sites than I would have liked. That said, the sections on graphic optimisation are pretty useful and the overall book is a good read.

Photoshop features heavily but the GoLive information is fairly short and I get the impression this was probably hastily bolted on to an existing Photoshop-only text.

My only real complaint (which is a nit-pick) would be that this must be the worst proof-read book I have ever come across. Not only are there typos and spelling errors on pretty much every page but I actually found at least one editor's comment in the text too!

must have for all web designers
This is a fantastic book. Probably the best book in my collection. This isn't just a book full of tutorials for people to rip off. It provides a great deal of insight on web design. After reading this book you will always be able to come up with just the right look for your site. This book not only provides insight on how to come up with just the right look for your site but an in-depth look at file types, file sizes, vector graphics, web safe colors, and modem transfer speeds. This is a must have book for any serious web designer. Nice job Michael Baumgardt.

Pretty but impractical in its 'coding' suggestions
The graphics are inspiring and it is a pleasure to leaf through; the information on web graphic formats and the LZW compression algorithm, as well as web-safe colour and other graphical considerations when designing for the web, are very useful. You must actually want to know this stuff, though, or it'll seem extremely dry.

However, it is obvious why this book is printed by Adobe Press: although Photoshop is the Holy Grail of the digital graphics world, GoLive is not so great, and one should take Baumgardt's raving enthusiasm for designing entire layouts of sites in Photoshop, ImageReady and GoLive with several grains of salt. ... Read more