Teach Yourself VISUALLYTM Web Design (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech)) - Softcover

Huddleston, Rob

 
9780470881019: Teach Yourself VISUALLYTM Web Design (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech))

Synopsis

The mechanics of Web design made easy for visual learners An effective Web site combines good graphic design principles with a functional user interface. This colorful, step–by–step guide shows visual learners how to plan, develop, and publish a site, all with easy–to–follow lessons. Each task is illustrated with screen shots accompanied by numbered steps. You’ll learn all the tools and techniques for creating great–looking Web sites that users will love. Good Web design incorporates basic graphic design principles as well as the techniques required to make a site easy to navigate and user–friendly Those who learn best when someone shows them how will quickly get up to speed with the full–color screen shots and step–by–step illustrations in this visual guide Covers planning a site, creating eye–popping content with popular Adobe tools, building in functionality with HTML and CSS, testing the site, taking it live, and keeping it up to date Companion Web site features code and design examples for experimentation If you find learning easier when someone shows you how to do something, you’ll quickly learn to build Web sites with Teach Yourself VISUALLY Web Design .

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From the Back Cover

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something and skip the long–winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you′ll find clear, step–by–step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 150 Web design tasks. Each task–based spread covers a single technique, sure to help you get up and running with Web design in no time. You′ll learn to: Start using HTML and build links Download, crop, and resize images Create embedded style sheets Set up a page in Dreamweaver Add interactivity and multimedia Two–page lessons break big topics into bite–sized modules Succinct explanations walk you through step by step Full–color screen shots demonstrate each task Helpful sidebars offer practical tips and tricks Step–by–step instructions Hundreds of color photos

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