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Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics |  | Author: Jennifer Niederst Robbins
Creator: Aaron Gustafson
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
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Edition: 3
Pages: 480
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Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0596527527
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7
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Publication Date: June 15, 2007
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Product Description
Everything you need to know to create professional web sites is right here. Learning Web Design starts from the beginning -- defining how the Web and web pages work -- and builds from there. By the end of the book, you'll have the skills to create multi-column CSS layouts with optimized graphic files, and you'll know how to get your pages up on the Web.
This thoroughly revised edition teaches you how to build web sites according to modern design practices and professional standards. Learning Web Design explains: - How to create a simple (X)HTML page, how to add links and images
- Everything you need to know about web standards -- (X)HTML, DTDs, and more
- Cascading Style Sheets -- formatting text, colors and backgrounds, using the box model, page layout, and more
- All about web graphics, and how to make them lean and mean through optimization
- The site development process, from start to finish
- Getting your pages on the Web -- hosting, domain names, and FTP
The book includes exercises to help you to learn various techniques, and short quizzes to make sure you're up to speed with key concepts. If you're interested in web design, Learning Web Design is the place to start.
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 Excellent Book August 5, 2010
Kaushik Khajuria (PLAINSBORO, NJ, US)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent Book.
The content of this book is very easy to understand.
The perfect book for beginners! April 22, 2010
S. Boldt
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was actually quite terrified of web design before reading this book. It really changed my mind completely. It is easy to follow with full colored pages and the author puts some real personality into teaching web design. The tutorials are to the point and they don't drag on into boredom at all. It is especially good for those of us that are making the transition from print design to web.
I absolutely love this book and I actually feel like I have accomplished a lot just by reading it. I understand a lot about XHTML and CSS and I am ready to take my learning further. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to explore web design, especially if you want to do it correctly! You will not learn any poor techniques in this reading.
Do not pay attention to some of the negative reviews. Obviously you will not be an expert web designer after completing this book. That is not the point. Maybe the words "Learning" and "beginner" mentioned in the title were not specific enough to lead some people to the understanding that this book doesn't feature every single bit of code in existence for a reason! However, it does show readers enough material to confidently build great looking webpages with minimal and simple markup!
Over all, this book is exactly what the title claims to be. A starting point and a great one at that!
Exactly what I was looking for! March 27, 2010
David Bilberry (Colorado Springs, CO)
I wanted a book to show me how to design and build a website, and this book is exactly what I was looking for. With the hands on approach of the exercises and the quizzes at the end of each chapter, it felt almost like I was in a classroom. I tried to learn HTML and the like via online websites, but after reading this book, it seems like I was spinning my wheels before. Now, I feel like I have a good foundation to explore xHTML and CSS more in depth. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to get started in web designing. The topics are well thought out and understandable. The excises reinforce topics covered, and the sidebar information and additional links allows further investigation into certain aspects of web designs. Enjoy!
Excellent February 10, 2010
Maria Eugenia (Caracas, VE)
"I buy this book as an introduction to web design, I wanted to learn HTML, CSS, and a well-rounded knowledge about the subject. And the book provides that, plus a solid base of what is a good and accessible web site, setting your mind in a neat and professional style with good practices.
It has a lot of references to find help, knowledge and resources in the web. It is very easy to follow, and it presents good examples and practice exercises.
It is not an advanced book, but when you finish it, you will be ready to do many things and continue to learn by your own with the resources it mentions.
For me it was a solid start point."
This book deserves the 5-star rating it's been getting! February 4, 2010
K. Deonaraine (Lasalle, Quebec Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For a person who has been doing some web designing for not that long, this book was a real eye opener. I liked that the chapters got to the point and took you through the material without assuming *too* much, but also without sacrificing thoroughness.
Sections II (HTML) and III (CSS) were the most informative, for me. Clear explanations that take you step by step through some concepts that were new to me. Section III was the least useful, for me: designing web graphics using Photoshop seemed a bit daunting, I simply use GRSites for making all the graphics which works well, but I'm sure I'll come back to this part of the book go over it slowly eventually. Section I and IV were good too, in that they give useful overviews of web design in general, and the mechanics of getting your site hosted, and other details that I didn't realize initially were even relevant.
Well written!
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