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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
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Pages: 480
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Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0596527527
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7
EAN: 9780596527525
ASIN: 0596527527
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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 The perfect book for beginners! April 22, 2010
S. Boldt
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!
Best HTML & CSS book by far. February 4, 2010
J. Pelagides (Melbourne)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've spent time reading through several other popular books that cover HTML & CSS and this book gives just the right level of detail. I chose this book above all others. You want to learn XHTML & CSS? This book does it beautifully. While other books assume you're an absolute beginner and painstakingly cover off topics that are way to basic; others go off tangent and describe SEO & web marketing. These are totally separate subjects that have no place in a book about HTML. I had unanswered questions about the HTML Div tag for example. This was the one & only book that covered off how ID & Class attributes worked when assigned to Div tags. I was struggling to grasp the difference between these two attributes. This book finally cleared this up for me. Now when I look at my XHTML code in Dreamweaver CS4 I know exactly what's going on.
I never really understood which settings were best when optimizing images for the web. Usually I'd just play around with the settings and have an educated guess. This was the only book that explained what dithering actually does while preparing photos in photoshop. Most other tutorials teach you to simply "play around" and see what happens when saving images for the web. Here you're given an absolute clear explanation of exactly when & where to use dithering along with all the other image optimization settings. The entire subject of XHTML & CSS is covered exactly the way a professional web developer needs. The visuals are perfectly spot on too. While getting my head around HTML elements had been a little confusing, the chapter here included the exact right diagram to help with the explanation. I was absolutely clear how tags are written as an element and how they get nested together. It's one of the few books that's written in a concise manner.
It's clear that this author has worked closely with students and taught classes. She's covered off the key subjects perfectly with just the right amount of professionalism. I felt as if I was being taught in her own class. The first book that gets it absolutely right!
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