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Offering essential preparation for using any Web design software, this text provides a common-sense approach to design fundamentals and emphasizes using different web sites to capture a particular audience. Each project gives users an opportunity to enhance their personal Web portfolio. The book includes critical analysis of Web site organization, development, design, testing, and functionality. It also includes an introduction to HTML programming.

How to Use This Book

iv

Preface

vi

UNIT 1 Understanding Web Site Design and Development

What Is the World Wide Web?

3

(16)

How Does the Web Work?

3

(4)

Your Connection to the Web---The Browser

7

(6)

How Fast Is the Web?

13

(1)

Making a Simple Web Page

14

(2)

Summary

16

(3)

Building a Web Site

19

(20)

Phase 1: Planning a Web Site

20

(5)

Phase 2: Constructing a Web Site

25

(2)

Phase 3: Testing a Web Site

27

(2)

Summary

29

(4)

Unit Review

33

(6)

UNIT 2 Planning Your Web Site

Information Design

39

(22)

What Is a Design Document?

39

(1)

Information Design

40

(16)

Design Document Outline

56

(1)

Summary

57

(4)

Interaction Design

61

(22)

Two Elements of Interaction Design

61

(1)

A Designer Tool: The Storyboard

62

(1)

Context Devices

63

(6)

Refining Your Navigation

69

(7)

Testing Your Design

76

(3)

Summary

79

(4)

Presentation Design

83

(24)

Visualizing Your Web Site

83

(4)

Choosing a Visual Theme

87

(6)

Principles of Design

93

(3)

Testing Your ``Look''

96

(1)

Summary

97

(4)

Unit Review

101

(6)

UNIT 3 Producing Your Web Site

Preparing Your Text

107

(16)

Text Flows from the Design

107

(2)

The Importance of Text

109

(1)

Writing a Rough Draft

109

(2)

Organizing Your Text

111

(3)

Editing Your Text

114

(4)

A Sample Text Editing Activity

118

(1)

Summary

119

(4)

The Whys and Wherefores of Web Graphics

123

(22)

Graphics Made the Web Popular

123

(1)

The Roles Graphics Play

124

(5)

Computer Graphic Fundamentals

129

(6)

Graphic Formats

135

(5)

Building and Testing Graphics

140

(1)

Summary

141

(4)

Beginning HTML

145

(26)

What Is HTML?

145

(5)

Document Tags

150

(3)

Formatting Tags

153

(4)

Text Style Tags

157

(2)

Tags for Organizing and Lists

159

(3)

Tags to Insert Images

162

(3)

Tags for HyperLinks

165

(1)

Testing Your HTML

166

(1)

Summary

167

(4)

From Beginning to End (and More...)

171

(16)

The Importance of Design---A Review

171

(4)

Getting It Built---A Review of Production

175

(3)

Testing Your Web Site---One Last Step

178

(2)

Summary

180

(3)

Unit Review

183

(4)

Appendix A Understanding RGB and Hexadecimal for Web-Safe Colors

187

(4)

Appendix B Glossary of HTML

191

(6)

Glossary

197

(4)

Index

201

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