Web Design in a Nutshell

Posted on 10 March 2017 by Jennifer Niederst Robbins

Are you still designing web sites like it s 1999 If so, you re in for a surprise Since the last edition of this book appeared five years ago, there has been a major climate change with regard to web standards Designers are no longer using X HTML as a design tool, but as a means of defining the meaning and structure of content Cascading Style Sheets are no longer just something interesting to tinker with, but rather a reliable method for handling all matters of presentation, from fonts and colors to the layout of the entire page In fact, following the standards is now a mandate of professional web design.Our popular reference, Web Design in a Nutshell, is one of the first books to capture this new web landscape with an edition that s been completely rewritten and expanded to reflect the state of the art In addition to being an authoritative reference for X HTML and Cascading Style Sheets, this book also provides an overview of the unique requirements of designing for the Web and gets to the nitty gritty of JavaScript and DOM Scripting, web graphics optimization, and multimedia production It is an indispensable tool for web designers and developers of all levels.The third edition covers these contemporary web design topics Structural layer HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 9 chapters , including an alphabetical reference of all elements, attributes and character entities Presentation layer Ten all new chapters on Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2.1, including an alphabetical reference of all properties and values Behavior layer JavaScript and scripting with the Document Object Model DOM Web environment New web standards, browsers, display devices, accessibility, and internationalization Web graphics optimization Producing lean and mean GIF, JPEG, PNG, and animated GIFs Multimedia Web audio, video, Flash, and PDFOrganized so that readers can find answers quickly, Web Design in a Nutshell, Third Edition helps experienced designers come up to speed quickly on standards based web design, and serves as a quick reference for those already familiar with the new standards and technology There are many books for web designers, but none that address such a wide variety of topics Find out why nearly half a million buyers have made this the most popular web design book available. Free Read [ Web Design in a Nutshell ] By [ Jennifer Niederst Robbins ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Web Design in a Nutshell is not merely an updated edition of the previous book 2001 of the same title Extremely quick substantial changes in the web design systems over these past few years simply wouldn t allow for such an update Instead, the author has composed this book from the ground up to address the issues and concerns of web designers in 2006 This reference covers all the basics of web design how tos from basics like choosing text elements and creating links throughchallenging Web Design in a Nutshell is not merely an updated edition of the previous book 2001 of the same title Extremely quick substantial changes in the web design systems over these past few years simply wouldn t allow for such an update Instead, the author has composed this book from the ground up to address the issues and concerns of web designers in 2006 This reference covers all the basics of web design how tos from basics like choosing text elements a...The book gives quick introductions to most of the tools and technologies needed for starting out in web design The book does not go too in depth on anything, but provides resources for further exploration I m not sure how much of a reference this book is, but acts as a great introduction Most of the book would be great as recommended texts for students who might want to see a littleThe biggest problem I had with it is that it s alreadyy out of date and doesn t cover HTML 5 or CSS3 One The book gives quick...This is the book I used to get started when I opened up shop It introduced me to the world of CSS which was to me, at that time, a different planet Most importantly, it gave me the latest version of HTML and CSS as an integrated system I still refer to this book oft...Specifically a book on how to design good web pages, using CSS and separation of display logic from document markup Also contains a very comprehensive X HTML CSS reference and a list of known CSS rendering bugs for recent versions o...This book is very helpful for introduction in study and learning web design for beginner like me It s very simple and easy to understand Generally applicable and to the point explanation, but not in details because if y...This is a great book for people new to web development It gives you what you need to know and tells you how it works It s not just telling you the rule and the properties For example, the chapter on CSS box model is very helpful to understanding how CSS works.This was one of my textbooks for class It was not an easy read but it s going to be a great reference.The 1998 version of this book pinpoints the exact start of what has become a long and amazing career for me I will be forever grateful to its authors.this is a reference book.lent from kama

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10 March 2017

Jennifer Niederst Robbins