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Everyone and everything has a web page these days. When another site is only a click away, Web designers need to make their pages stand out from the crowd. How? Good content is not enough. Flashy graphics are not enough. Web pages must be attractive and easy to navigate to draw an audience.
The Web Wizard's Guide to Web Design will show students how to keep an audience. From site planning to site building to site publishing, this book will help students create well-designed, user-friendly Web sites.
Features:
- Teaches the keys to smart Web design in an accessible, step-by-step writing style.
- Presents information on designing sites that look good and function well.
- Covers the principles of good Web design and how to put those principles into practice.
- Discusses how to make Web sites accessible to all users -- taking into account different browsers, platforms, bandwidths, etc.
- Includes coverage of ownership, permissions, and copyright issues.
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Chapter 1: Planning a Web Site
- Identifying the audience for the site
- Determining the purposes of the site
- Setting forth the structure of the site
- Understanding the possibilities of the Web
- Conclusion
Chapter 2: Designing Display and Navigation
- The display of information
- Navigation through the site
- Feedback and interaction
- The role of image, logo, and corporate identity
Chapter 3: Toward a Better Design
- Observing and critiquing existing sites
- Guidelines for site design
- More design issues
- Sketching, prototyping and testing the design
Chapter 4: Gathering and Preparing the Basic Elements
- Preparing the elements
- Preparing the elements: text
- Preparing the elements: numbers
- Preparing the elements: images
Chapter 5: Gathering and Preparing the Multimedia Elements
- Preparing the elements: animation
- Preparing the elements: sound
- Preparing the elements: video
- Preparing the elements: forms and databases
- Ownership, permission, and copyright issues
Chapter 6: Selecting the Tools and Organizing the Files
- Selecting the right tools
- Organizing the elements
Chapter 7: Assembling the Pages
- Placing the elements
- Linking the pages
Chapter 8: Testing and Posting the Site
- Testing the site
- Posting the site
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To order The Web Wizard's Guide to Web Design, ask your bookstore for ISBN 0-201-74562-3.
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