Synopses & Reviews
Whether you are an intermediate Web designer looking to take your sites to the next level or a more experienced designer looking to improve your professional skills, you will find the tools to meet your needs in Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates, Second Edition. This completely updated version of the best-selling book features the 50 professional-quality, license-free Web design templates from the original, as well as 15 new templates, all of which can be easily customized and extended. Each ready-to-use design includes a homepage, and one second-level page, and the framework to build subsequent pages. All of the specific techniques that are required for building these and other highly usable sites have been updated to cover the latest technologies, including HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Photoshop CS, and PHP. Also included are five new HTML e-mail templates, an increasingly important marketing tool. Detailed tutorials and hands-on projects teach both basic and sophisticated design concepts, including how to create designs for low, medium, or high content sites and the strengths and weaknesses of each. The new edition also includes four new chapters on Cascading Style Sheets, using client-side scripting, creating dynamic sites, and an overview of the new Web designs. It covers important topics such as client- and server-side scripting, security, and using databases to update a site,s content.
Synopsis
This hands-on guide teaches the fundamentals of Web design, including multimedia, usability, and the new "mortising" approach. Detailed tutorials teach all of the specific techniques required for building highly usable sites, including the basics of HTML, Photoshop, and CSS. It also includes 50 license free, ready-to-use templates that illustrate the various techniques. This reference can be used by intermediate Web designers looking to take their sites to the next level or by more experienced designers wanting to add to their skills.
Synopsis
This hands-on guide teaches the fundamentals of Web design, including multimedia, usability, and the new "mortising" approach. Detailed tutorials teach all of the specific techniques required for building highly usable sites, including the basics of HTML Photoshop, and CSS. It also includes 50 license free, ready-to-use templates that illustrate the various techniques.
About the Author
Clint Eccher (Fort Collins, CO) is an award winning Web designer with more than 15 years of experience designing and developing professional Web sites. He is the owner of A5design, a Web design company that not only subcontracts to various marketing, advertising, and IT organizations, but also is commissioned by Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations, and small businesses for Web design and development. In addition to authoring the previous editions of Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates, which have been published in five different languages, he is also the author of Advanced Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates.Eric Hunley (Hampton, VA) is an instructor and Web Developer.He has taught and developed numerous courses including 25 different courses at the University of Arizona Extended University, including many on Macromedia and Web design. He is is the author of Web Design with Macromedia Studio MX 2004 and co-author of Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates, Second Edition.Erik Simmons (Oro Valley, AZ) is an independent designer and illustrator, and is the principal of the online creative studios Vividology.com and FullAfterburner.com. He has won multiple awards for his design work and has served clients such as Hewlett-Packard, UTI, the U.S. Government, as well as several national non-profit organizations.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Overview of Web Development Today Chapter 2 Designing for the Past, Present, and Future Chapter 3 What Is Needed to Build Mortised Sites? Chapter 4 Understanding Graphics Chapter 5 Things to Consider Before Beginning Chapter 6 Enhancing Usability Chapter 7 Using Cascading Style Sheets Chapter 8 Gathering Requirements and Creating a Comp Chapter 9 Breaking Up the Comp, Testing, and Uploading Chapter 10 Tips and Tricks Chapter 11 More Tips and Tricks Chapter 12 Case Study--Low Content Chapter 13 Case Study--Medium Content Chapter 14 Case Study--High Content Chapter 15 Using Client-Side Scripts Chapter 16 Exploring Server-Side Technologies with PHP Chapter 17 Customizing the Designs in This Book Chapter 18 New Designs, Second-Level Content, and Form Templates Chapter 19 Original Designs and Second-Level Content Templates Appendix: