Effective Web Design: Master the Essentials
Product Description
A skills-based guide to Web design based on current W3 Consortium HTML 4 standards, “browser-safe” graphics techniques, and advanced multi-media features in site designs, this text will appeal to all levels of Web users who are looking for design techniques based on the newest standard of HTML (version 4). The CD-ROM is loaded with the most valuable Web design tools. .
I needed to learn about web terminology and technology. This is the first book I have purchased on the subject (and read). I found it very helpful, containing broad topics and well organized. (I also found typos and some mistakes.) I did like the book and have recommended it to others at work. The topics covered can be of interest to anyone interested in learning about WEB publishing.
Rating: 4 / 5
I’d recommend this book: The author clearly explained the topics and provided many examples of the work. I also liked this book for its focus on cross-platform / web browser compatibility. There were some basic typos that should have been easily caught though… Overall, this was a good resource to help with my beginning web development projects.
Rating: 4 / 5
An ambitious work. The authors succeed in an all-encompassing presentation, suited for the neophyte and the veteran. I did find a lack of proofreading: inaccurate references to the books’ resources, missing words.
On balance, though, the book is a wholesome work: A well-defined perspective of all the “essential” skills (all those plates us designers keep spinning simultaneously) one need master to publish for the Internet.
Rating: 4 / 5
I have only read the first seven chapters (skills) in this book and found it to be pretty good. It’s not a colour book, but does have a CD with the sample code on it. In some places I found typos. This is not a complete reference, some important things (I think) are missed out, like being able to put an * in place of a measurement for width tags. Overall though it gives you a good idea of how to write in HTML 4.0.
Rating: 4 / 5
Ann runs an online class using this book at the HTML Writer’s Guild site. I found the book to be highly informative and I especially appreciate the cross-browser compatibility info. Buy the book and take the class!
Rating: 5 / 5