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Web Design All-In-One for Dummies (For Dummies)

by Sue Jenkins

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Everything you need to know to create dazzling Web designs is in one of these minibooks

A Web designer is a graphic designer, creative organizer, visual communicator, markup language technologist, and cutting-edge trendsetter, all in one. This All-in-One guide helps you wear all those hats without losing your head! Learn to lay the groundwork, follow design rules, test your site, register a domain name, and more. Ready to get started?

  • Start here — Book I covers planning, defining your target audience, choosing the right software, and more
  • Design it — Book II acquaints you with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript®, plus how to choose a layout and optimize graphics

  • Build it — Book III gets down to nuts and bolts: putting text, images, hyperlinks, and multimedia files together, organizing content, and building navigation systems

  • Does it work? — Book IV teaches you how to test and validate so everyone can enjoy your site

  • Maintenance and more — Book V helps you get your site online and keep it current

Open the book and find:

  • How to choose a Web editor and graphics program
  • Tips for attracting visitors

  • Why and how to slice up graphics

  • How to make your site accessible to the widest possible audience

  • What a layers-based layout is

  • How to use Dreamweaver® templates

  • Ethical SEO techniques and how to use them

  • When to ask for help from a pro

Synopsis:

This All-in-One Desk Reference is designed for Web builders who need help with the most basic part of the building process - making the site look how they want it to look. Sue Jenkins offers reference on all parts of the design process. Minibooks cover:
  • Putting Ideas on Paper: The first step in the process, including creating a checklist of what your design needs to include, identifying your audience, gathering content, and building your toolbox
  • Crafting the Elements of Design: covers establishing look and feel, mocking up graphics, and getting your content Web ready
  • Putting the Plan to Work: the nuts & bolts of the design process. Includes reference on HTML, tables, lists, forms, templates, interactive features, and style sheets
  • Standards and Testing: introduces the concepts and methods of building to Web standards and testing for usability
  • Publishing & Site Maintenance: no site should live unchanged. This section shows how to get the site online, keep it updated, and enhance SEO

Synopsis:

  • Written by a professional designer, this full-color book walks readers through designing a site for a specific audience, building the look of a site, adding navigation elements, testing for usability, and keeping a site updated
  • Covers creating a checklist of what a design needs to include, identifying an audience, gathering content, and building a toolbox
  • Addresses crafting the look and feel of a site and getting content ready for the Web
  • Reviews search engine optimization

About the Author

Sue Jenkins is a professional designer with experience in Web sites, print media, logo design, and illustration. She is the author of several books and?teaches Adobe software; has created training videos on Dreamweaver, Illustrator,?and Photoshop; and operates Luckychair, a Web and graphic design studio (www.luckychair.com).

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Book I: Getting Started.

Chapter 1: Starting with a Plan.

Chapter 2: Defining the Audience.

Chapter 3: Gathering Content.

Chapter 4: Choosing the Right Tools.

Book II: Designing for the Web.

Chapter 1: Defining the Look and Feel.

Chapter 2: Mocking Up the Design.

Chapter 3: Slicing and Optimizing Web Graphics.

Book III: Building Web Sites.

Chapter 1: Adding Text, Images, and Links.

Chapter 2: Organizing Content with Tables and Lists.

Chapter 3: Styling with Cascading Style Sheets.

Chapter 4: Understanding CSS Style Properties.

Chapter 5: Creating Web Layouts.

Chapter 6: Constructing Navigation Systems.

Chapter 7: Designing Web Forms.

Chapter 8: Making Your Pages Interactive.

Chapter 9: Building Web Sites.

Book IV: Web Standards and Testing.

Chapter 1: Following Web Standards.

Chapter 2: Testing, Accessibility, Compliance, and Validation.

Book V: Publishing and Site Maintenance.

Chapter 1: Domain Registration and Hosting.

Chapter 2: Publishing Your Site.

Chapter 3: Search Engine Optimization and Site Maintenance.

Index.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780470417966
Author:
Jenkins, Sue
Publisher:
For Dummies
Subject:
Web - Page Design
Subject:
Internet - Web Site Design
Subject:
Web sites -- Design.
Subject:
Web site development
Subject:
Internet - General
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Subject:
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Copyright:
Edition Description:
Computers
Series:
For Dummies
Publication Date:
April 2009
Binding:
Electronic book text in proprietary or open standard format
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
640
Dimensions:
9.16x7.40x1.28 in. 3.25 lbs.

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"Synopsis" by , This All-in-One Desk Reference is designed for Web builders who need help with the most basic part of the building process - making the site look how they want it to look. Sue Jenkins offers reference on all parts of the design process. Minibooks cover:
  • Putting Ideas on Paper: The first step in the process, including creating a checklist of what your design needs to include, identifying your audience, gathering content, and building your toolbox
  • Crafting the Elements of Design: covers establishing look and feel, mocking up graphics, and getting your content Web ready
  • Putting the Plan to Work: the nuts & bolts of the design process. Includes reference on HTML, tables, lists, forms, templates, interactive features, and style sheets
  • Standards and Testing: introduces the concepts and methods of building to Web standards and testing for usability
  • Publishing & Site Maintenance: no site should live unchanged. This section shows how to get the site online, keep it updated, and enhance SEO
"Synopsis" by ,
  • Written by a professional designer, this full-color book walks readers through designing a site for a specific audience, building the look of a site, adding navigation elements, testing for usability, and keeping a site updated
  • Covers creating a checklist of what a design needs to include, identifying an audience, gathering content, and building a toolbox
  • Addresses crafting the look and feel of a site and getting content ready for the Web
  • Reviews search engine optimization
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