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Willard, Wendy. Web Design: A Beginner's Guide Second Edition. US: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2010.

Web Design: A Beginner's Guide Second Edition

Authors: Wendy Willard

Published:  April 2010

eISBN: 9780071701358 0071701354 | ISBN: 9780071701341
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  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Planning
  • 1 Asking the Right Questions
  • Who
  • Why
  • What
  • Where
  • When
  • How
  • Summary
  • 2 Formulating the Answers
  • Documentation
  • The Proposal
  • Site Map
  • Measuring Success
  • Summary
  • Part II: Designing
  • 3 Anticipating Web-Specific Design Issues
  • Deciding Which Design Tools to Use
  • Screen Design Considerations
  • Summary
  • 4 Laying the Groundwork for Good Design
  • Inspiration
  • Navigation
  • Layout
  • Transitions
  • Progress Check
  • Color
  • Finding Stock Media
  • Creating Design Mockups
  • Summary
  • 5 Preparing for Production
  • Identifying Individual Page Elements for Layout
  • Recognize Graphic File Formats for the Web
  • Adding Interactivity to Design Files
  • Slicing the Designs
  • Summary
  • 6 Producing the Design
  • Saving Images from Design Applications
  • Exporting Whole Designs
  • Using Flash
  • Summary
  • Part III: Coding
  • 7 Getting Started with the Code
  • Creating the File Structure
  • Basic HTML Page Code
  • Coding Etiquette
  • Summary
  • 8 Structuring Content
  • Setting Up Content Areas
  • Using HTML to Contain the Content
  • Adding Links
  • Using HTML to Add Images
  • Progress Check
  • Summary
  • 9 Styling Content
  • Setting the Style
  • Changing Font Characteristics
  • Styling Links
  • Styling Lists
  • Customizing Form Fields
  • Progress Check
  • Summary
  • 10 Positioning Content
  • Understanding Box Properties
  • Adjusting Basic Alignment
  • Using Floats
  • Using CSS Positioning
  • Layering
  • Centering
  • CSS Backgrounds
  • Progress Check
  • Summary
  • 11 Integrating Dynamic Content
  • Meeting the Site Goals
  • Adding Multimedia Content
  • Adding Scripts
  • Spreading the Word with RSS
  • Using Blog Templates
  • Adding Other Third-Party Content
  • Summary
  • Part IV: Going Live
  • 12 Publishing Content
  • Testing
  • Uploading to a Live Server
  • Updating the Documentation
  • Maintenance and Upgrades
  • Summary
  • 13 Advertising Your Site
  • Helping Searchers Find Your Site
  • Increasing Your Audience Through E-mail
  • Don’t Send Spam
  • Identify the Necessary Tools for the Task
  • Design and Code for E-mail Readers
  • Summary
  • A: HTML/CSS Reference Table
  • Generic Attributes
  • Group Type: Core
  • Group Type: Events
  • Group Type: Intl
  • HTML Tags
  • CSS Properties
  • Index