Synopses & Reviews
Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition contains the nitty-gritty on everything you need to know to design web pages. It's the good stuff, without the fluff, written and organized so that answers can be found quickly. This completely revised and expanded 2nd edition is chock-full of information about the wide range of front-end technologies and techniques from which web designers and authors must draw.
Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition is an excellent reference for HTML 4.01 tags (including tables, frames, forms, color, and cascading style sheets) with special attention given to browser support, platform idiosyncrasies, and standards. You'll also find lots of updated information on using graphics, multimedia, audio and video, and advanced technologies such Dynamic HTML, Javascript, and XML, as well as new chapters on XHTML, WML, and SMIL. This book is an indispensable tool for web designers and authors of all levels.
Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition includes:
- Discussions of the web environment including monitors and browsers, printing from the Web, accessibility, and internationalization
- A complete reference to HTML and Server Side Includes, including up-to-date browser support (Netscape 6, IE 6.0, and Opera 5) for every tag and attribute
- Updated chapters on creating GIF, animated GIF, JPEG, and PNG graphics, including designing with the Web Palette
- Information on multimedia and interactivity, including audio, video, Flash 5 and Shockwave, and a new chapter on SMIL
- A revised tutorial and reference on Cascading Style Sheets
- Appendixes detailing HTML tags, attributes, deprecated tags, proprietary tags, CSS compatibility and support, and character entities
Synopsis
Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition contains the nitty-gritty on everything you need to know to design web pages. It's the good stuff, without the fluff, written and organized so that answers can be found quickly. This completely revised and expanded 2nd edition is chock-full of information about the wide range of front-end technologies and techniques from which web designers and authors must draw.
Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition is an excellent reference for HTML 4.01 tags (including tables, frames, forms, color, and cascading style sheets) with special attention given to browser support, platform idiosyncrasies, and standards. You'll also find lots of updated information on using graphics, multimedia, audio and video, and advanced technologies such Dynamic HTML, Javascript, and XML, as well as new chapters on XHTML, WML, and SMIL. This book is an indispensable tool for web designers and authors of all levels.
Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition includes: Discussions of the web environment including monitors and browsers, printing from the Web, accessibility, and internationalizationA complete reference to HTML and Server Side Includes, including up-to-date browser support (Netscape 6, IE 6.0, and Opera 5) for every tag and attributeUpdated chapters on creating GIF, animated GIF, JPEG, and PNG graphics, including designing with the Web PaletteInformation on multimedia and interactivity, including audio, video, Flash 5 and Shockwave, and a new chapter on SMILA revised tutorial and reference on Cascading Style SheetsAppendixes detailing HTML tags, attributes, deprecated tags, proprietary tags, CSS compatibility and support, and character entities
Synopsis
This guide contains the nitty-gritty on everything users need to know to design web pages. It's the good stuff, without the fluff, written and organized so that answers can be found quickly. This completely revised and expanded second edition is chock-full of information about the wide range of front-end technologies and techniques from which Web designers and authors must draw.
About the Author
Jennifer Niederst Robbins was one of the first designers for the Web. As the designer of O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator (GNN), the first commercial web site, she has been designing for the Web since 1993. She is the author of the bestselling "Web Design in a Nutshell" (O'Reilly), and has taught web design at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and Johnson and Wales University in Providence. She has spoken at major design and Internet events including SXSW Interactive, Seybold Seminars, the GRAFILL conference (Geilo, Norway), and one of the first W3C International Expos.
Table of Contents
Preface; Contents; Conventions Used in This Book; Request for Comments; Acknowledgments; The Web Environment; Chapter 1: Designing for a Variety of Browsers; 1.1 Browsers; 1.2 Browser Usage Statistics; 1.3 Design Strategies; 1.4 Knowing Your Audience; 1.5 Test, Test, Test!; 1.6 The Importance of Standards; Chapter 2: Designing for a Variety of Displays; 2.1 Dealing with Unknown Monitor Resolutions; 2.2 Fixed Versus Flexible Web Page Design; 2.3 Designing "Above the Fold"; 2.4 Monitor Color Issues; 2.5 Alternative Displays; Chapter 3: Web Design Principles for Print Designers; 3.1 The Web Is Not Like Print; 3.2 Typography on the Web; 3.3 Color on the Web; 3.4 Graphics on the Web; Chapter 4: A Beginner's Guide to the Server; 4.1 Servers 101; 4.2 Unix Directory Structures; 4.3 File Naming Conventions; 4.4 Uploading Documents (FTP); 4.5 File (MIME) Types; Chapter 5: Printing from the Web; 5.1 Browser Print Mechanisms; 5.2 Printer-Friendly HTML Pages; 5.3 Cascading Style Sheets for Printouts; 5.4 Portable Document Format (PDF); 5.5 Flash Printing; Chapter 6: Accessibility; 6.1 The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI); 6.2 Accessibility in Web Technologies; 6.3 Accessibility in Tools; Chapter 7: Internationalization; 7.1 Character Sets; 7.2 HTML 4.01 Language Features; 7.3 Style Sheets Language Features; 7.4 For More Information; Authoring; Chapter 8: HTML Overview; 8.1 The HTML Standard; 8.2 HTML Tags; 8.3 Information Browsers Ignore; 8.4 Document Structure; 8.5 Tips on Good HTML Style; 8.6 HTML Tools; 8.7 HTML Resources in This Book; Chapter 9: Structural HTML Tags; 9.1 Summary of Structural Tags; 9.2 Setting Up an HTML Document; 9.3 Global Settings with the Tag; 9.4 Using
Tags; Chapter 10: Formatting Text; 10.1 Summary of Text Tags; 10.2 Working with HTML Text; 10.3 Inline Type Styles; 10.4 and
; 10.5 The Tag; 10.6 Lists; 10.7 Text Layout Techniques with HTML; 10.8 Character Entity References; Chapter 11: Creating Links; 11.1 Summary of Tags Related to Linking; 11.2 Simple Hypertext Links; 11.3 Linking Within a Document; 11.4 Affecting the Appearance of Links; 11.5 Targeting Windows; 11.6 Imagemaps; 11.7 Non-Web Links and Protocols; 11.8 Linking Documents with ; Chapter 12: Adding Images and Other Page Elements; 12.1 Summary of Object Placement Tags; 12.2 Image Basics; 12.3 The Tag and Its Attributes; 12.4 Horizontal Rules; 12.5 Embedded Media Files; 12.6 Java Applets; Chapter 13: Tables; 13.1 Summary of Table Tags; 13.2 Introduction to Tables; 13.3 Basic Table Structure; 13.4 Affecting Table Appearance; 13.5 Table Troubleshooting; 13.6 Tips and Tricks; 13.7 Standard Table Templates; 13.8 Multipart Images in Tables; Chapter 14: Frames; 14.1 Summary of Frame Tags; 14.2 Introduction to Frames; 14.3 Basic Frameset Structure; 14.4 Frame Function and Appearance; 14.5 Targeting Frames; 14.6 Inline (Floating) Frames; 14.7 Frame Design Tips and Tricks; Chapter 15: Forms; 15.1 Summary of Form Tags; 15.2 Introduction to Forms; 15.3 The Basic Form (