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Web Design for Dummies [Illustrated] (Paperback)

by Lisa Lopuck (Author) "The Internet industry seems to have exploded overnight ..." (more)

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Paperback: 360 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; illustrated edition edition (15 April 2001)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0764508237
ISBN-13: 978-0764508233
Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.8 x 2.3 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Anyone can throw up a Web page, but Web Design for Dummies shows how to organise, illustrate and lay out Web sites that really work. The main themes are planning, colours and graphics, navigation and usability and optimising HTML code. The focus is on professional rather than personal Web sites, and the book is best suited to those who have already mastered basic Web concepts.

Divided into five parts, the book begins by explaining the Web design process, from assembling a team to planning and sketching out a Web site map. Part two is the core of the book, and covers the nitty-gritty of graphic design. Subjects include how to choose fonts, creating balanced layouts that draw the user to the most important elements, and smart use of colours. There is an explanation of bit map versus vector images, image transparency, slicing graphics, and how to use techniques like anti-aliasing and drop shadows. The third part puts the focus on navigation and usability, including a valuable chapter on testing. Part four peeks into the underlying HTML code, explaining how to control positioning and page margins and sets out the pros and cons of frames versus tables. Finally, there are four chapters of tips, on diverse topics ranging from how to add background music, to what to charge for your work. The bundled CD is disappointing, consisting mostly of product demos.

The strength of Web Design for Dummies is its designer's perspective, right down to the author's affection for the Apple Macintosh. This makes it ideal for techies who need to pick up some design expertise, or for print designers looking to move into Web design. The illustrations are clear and well chosen and the book benefits from the friendly, informal style typical of the Dummies series. --Tim Anderson

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Get the inside secrets for great looking Web sites that keep customers coming back. Web Design For Dummies covers all the latest Web technologies and tools such as Dreamweaver, Flash, XML, and SMIL. Site design is crucial to attracting and keeping Web visitors to your site. Turn to this friendly guide to discover what makes an attractive Web site. Discover the traps to avoid in Web site design and the keys to a successful Web site.

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2.0 out of 5 stars For a web dummy who wants to start his own web business?, 30 Aug 2006

By	T. A. Stoddart - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Very difficult to identify who this book is actually for...a web dummy who wants to start his own web design business is my best shot. Well, if you are such a dummy then I'm afraid a dummy you will remain after reading this book. I found the 'Help' pages in Fireworks and Dreamweaver sufficed; this book added nothing. It will however insult your intelligence.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not for dummies - or anyone else, 1 Mar 2009

By	Felix Valencia "thebigfellow" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web Design for Dummies (Paperback)

Whilst I normally steer clear of this kind of book, I saw it in a local library and thought I'd have a look, thinking there might at least be a few useful tips. Unfortunately, I was not only disappointed on the tips front, but in the general presentation of this book. Like a previous viewer, I was left rather perplexed as to exactly who the book is aimed at. The blurb suggests it is designed for people planning to build professional, rather than personal websites, and yet the content never quite seems to match up. At once Lopuck suggests that when providing designs for clients you should delegate to members of your team (also dummies, presumably?) so that the designs reflect different interpretations of the requirements, and a few pages later, something as mundane as copying and pasting images will be covered.

The book is so riddled with such strange juxtapositions that it really ends up being of very little use to anyone. Real beginners will be sorely disappointed by many of the chapters, which assume either a background in print design, or that the reader is already a member of a web design team (begging the question, why they should be reading a book purportedly for dummies), or perhaps that the reader already owns software such as Dreamweaver, Fireworks or Photoshop. More experienced readers may find a few useful tips, but I should imagine have already covered the key sections of this book elsewhere, and will only be insulted by the more mundane chapters on the vagaries of web adaptive palettes or font types.

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5.0 out of 5 stars All-round information for constructing web sites, 2 Oct 2001

By	"langdell-gifts" - See all my reviews

Excellent book for information about all apects of web site construction. Although not much on HTML. Also excellent guide to running your own web site development business.

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