Designing interactive Web sites / James L. Mohler and Jon M. Duff

This comprehensive book provides an in-depth look at the fundamentals of effective web design and site construction. The novice web designer learns the process of creating an interactive web site step by step, using real-world examples along the way. Users discover the fundamentals of web site codin...

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Main Author: Mohler, James L
Other Authors: Duff, Jon M. 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany, NY Delmar/Thomson Learning 1999
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Table of Contents:
  • Before You Crank That Code or Push Those Pixels
  • Taking Web Page Design to the Next Level
  • Understand Today's Web Pages
  • Look at Current Design Trends
  • Look at What Makes Great Content
  • Task: Analyzing Content, Graphics, and Audience
  • Understand Web Design Application Programs
  • Task: Choosing a Web Design Application
  • Acquire Necessary Skills and Equipment
  • Understanding the Process
  • Task: Plan a Web Site
  • Individuals Involved with Development
  • Raising the Web to the Second Power
  • Understanding What Multimedia Is
  • Realize That Interactivity Is Important
  • Task: Designing Interactive Nonlinear Structure
  • Use a Site Map
  • Designing for Effective Content and Efficient Delivery
  • Your Connection Is Everything
  • Understanding Connections and Speeds
  • Task: Understanding Data Rate Versus Bandwidth
  • Task: Determining Your Best Connection
  • Take Time to Contemplate Reasonable Delivery
  • Designing for Your Audience
  • Surfing a Cyber-Mile in Their Shoes
  • Task: Determining Your Audience
  • Questions to Ask Yourself
  • Task: Designing Around the Audience
  • Looking at the Curse of the Web Browser
  • HTML Version What?
  • Browser Considerations
  • Task: Comparing Fonts Across Platforms
  • HTML Primer: Tags and Formatting
  • Origins of HTML
  • Cranking HTML Pages
  • Learning to Speak HTML
  • The Basics of a Document
  • Block- Versus Text-Level Tags
  • Headings
  • Paragraphs, Center, and Divisions
  • Using Lists
  • Important Block Elements
  • Text-Level Tags
  • Physical and Logical Text Styles.