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Professional Web Design : Techniques and Templates

by: Eccher, Clint

Professional Web Design : Techniques and Templates

by: Eccher, Clint

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9781584500667
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1584500662
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 03/01/2002
Publisher: Charles River Media
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Through hands-on projects, examples, and case studies, this guide teaches both basic and sophisticated design concepts for creating professional Web sites. Covers the entire design process. Softcover. CD-ROM included.

Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Overview of Web Development Today	p. 1
Defining Web Design	p. 2
Knowing the Seven Rules of Web Design	p. 4
Understanding Three Web Design Philosophies	p. 6
Usability Philosophy	p. 7
Multimedia Philosophy	p. 10
Mortised Philosophy	p. 13
Summary	p. 16
Designing for the Past, Present, and Future	p. 17
Feeling Browser Pains	p. 18
Using Usage Statistics	p. 20
Branching Pages	p. 23
Understanding Bandwidth	p. 23
Building on Previous Design Weaknesses	p. 26
Frames	p. 27
Image Buttons	p. 28
Background Images	p. 29
Uncontrolled Color	p. 31
Uncompressed Images	p. 33
Thumbnails	p. 33
Summary	p. 36
What Is Needed to Build Mortised Sites	p. 37
Understanding the Concept of Mortising Images	p. 38
Understanding the Concept of Nesting Tables	p. 42
Satisfying Hardware Requirements	p. 45
Satisfying Software Requirements	p. 46
Understanding HTML	p. 48
Using a Limited Number of Tags	p. 49
Looking Toward the Future of HTML (XHTML)	p. 51
Understanding Graphics	p. 52
Understanding CSS	p. 52
Using Limited Amount of CSS	p. 56
Understanding Include Files	p. 57
Summary	p. 58
Understanding Graphics	p. 59
Learning About Vector and Bitmap Images	p. 59
Learning About JPGs and GIFs	p. 62
Using GIFs	p. 62
Using JPGs	p. 71
Misusing Image Formats	p. 77
Understanding Graphics/Compression Software	p. 85
Summary	p. 87
Things to Consider Before Beginning	p. 89
Using Requirements	p. 89
Collecting the Requirements	p. 91
Obtaining Front-End Requirements	p. 93
Creating a Flowchart	p. 94
Knowing Bandwidth Requirements	p. 96
Deciding on Resolution	p. 97
Designing Fixed vs. Relative Sites	p. 102
Creating Versions of a Site To Satisfy Differing Resolutions	p. 104
Deciding on Color Depth	p. 104
Designing for Scalability	p. 106
Using Nested Tables	p. 106
Using Include Files	p. 110
Creating a Flexible Design	p. 112
Summary	p. 115
Enhancing Usability	p. 117
Simplifying Architecture	p. 118
Use a Consistent Naming Convention	p. 119
Limit the Clicking	p. 119
Avoid Linking the User out of the Section	p. 119
Creating Cascading Architecture vs. Flat Architecture	p. 121
Creating Layout	p. 122
Scrolling vs. Nonscrolling	p. 122
Positioning Content	p. 123
Developing Navigation	p. 124
Creating Consistency	p. 124
Using Text for Menu Items	p. 126
Deciding Whether To Use a Horizontal or Vertical Structure	p. 126
Allowing Enough Width	p. 126
Understanding the Different Types of Menus	p. 127
Designing for Accessibility	p. 128
Designing for Content	p. 128
Summary	p. 131
Gathering Requirements and Creating A Comp	p. 133
Gathering and Basing a Site on Requirements	p. 135
Creating Comp(s) for the Client	p. 138
Creating a Source Directory	p. 140
Collecting and Documenting Stock Images	p. 141
Selecting Colors	p. 143
Deciding Layout	p. 143
Developing Layers	p. 147
Using Masks	p. 148
Receiving a Decision on the Chosen Comp and Making Edits	p. 149
Summary	p. 150
Breaking Up the Comp, Testing, and Uploading	p. 153
Breaking Up the Comp into HTML, Graphics, and CSS	p. 153
Placing Guides	p. 154
Adding Slices	p. 157
Saving and Compressing Images	p. 161
Creating the Parent Table	p. 162
Using CSS To Format Content	p. 165
Nesting Additional Tables	p. 165
Testing the Page in Both IE and Netscape	p. 167
Looking for Certain Issues	p. 168
Saving Components as Include Files	p. 169
Building Second- and Third-Level Pages from the Homepage Template	p. 171
Working with the Client as the Site Is Built	p. 171
Testing the Entire Site	p. 172
Uploading the Site	p. 173
Uploading to an Internal Server Using File-Management Software	p. 173
Uploading to an External Server Using FTP Software	p. 173
Summary	p. 177
Tips and Tricks	p. 179
Creating Source Image Files That Can Be Easily Customized and Resaved	p. 180
Breaking Out Sections of Source Image Files	p. 181
Creating Smart Navigation	p. 183
Reusing Images	p. 183
Positioning with a Spacer GIF	p. 187
Turning on Tables To Troubleshoot Sites	p. 189
Indenting and Commenting Code	p. 191
Removing Spaces and Comments	p. 192
Layering a Transparent GIF over a JPG Background	p. 193
Summary	p. 197
More Tips and Tricks	p. 199
Controlling Backgrounds with "blankbg"	p. 199
Using an Image as the Background Color	p. 202
Naming Convention	p. 203
Limiting Gradations	p. 204
Closing Tables for Netscape	p. 206
Forcing the Background Color	p. 206
Using Black-and-White Images	p. 207
Building Flexible Designs	p. 207
Understanding Form Fields	p. 209
Placing Styles in Form Elements	p. 210
Designing Second-Level Titles	p. 211
Deciding Whether To Use a GIF or JPG	p. 212
Including [left angle bracket]IMG[right angle bracket] Attributes	p. 214
Using Addresses for E-mail Hyperlinks	p. 214
Using Counter Sites To Determine Site Usage and Statistics	p. 215
Taking Advantage of Include Files	p. 215
Changing Color Schemes and Images for Rebranding	p. 215
Controlling the Margin Spacing of the Main Body	p. 216
Summary	p. 216
Case Study--Low Content	p. 217
Creating the Design for a Low Amount of Content	p. 217
Understanding the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Chosen Design	p. 218
Adding Guides and Slices	p. 220
Saving and Compressing Images	p. 224
Creating the Parent Table	p. 225
Creating and Linking the Stylesheet	p. 227
Creating the Menu Table	p. 228
Adding an Image to the Center Column	p. 232
Creating the Content (Right-Area) Table	p. 233
Creating the Footer Information	p. 237
Creating the Second-Level Template	p. 239
Summary	p. 240
Case Study--Medium Content	p. 241
Adding Guides and Slices	p. 243
Creating the Parent Table	p. 245
Creating the Stylesheet	p. 246
Creating the Header Table	p. 247
Creating the Menu Table	p. 250
Creating the Content Table	p. 255
Creating the Bottom Row	p. 264
Creating the Footer Information	p. 264
Creating the Second-Level Template	p. 264
Summary	p. 268
Case Study--High Content	p. 269
Adding Guides and Slices	p. 271
Creating the Parent Table	p. 273
Creating the Stylesheet	p. 274
Creating the Top Header Table	p. 275
Creating the Bottom Header Table	p. 277
Creating the Menu Table	p. 280
Creating the Content Table	p. 282
Creating the Footer Information	p. 285
Creating the Templates for the Rest of the Site	p. 287
Summary	p. 289
Customizing the Designs in this Book	p. 291
Examples of Customized Designs	p. 292
Steps to Customizing a Design	p. 295
Steps to Customizing a Second-Level Content Template	p. 297
Tips to Customizing a Photoshop File	p. 297
Working with HTML and CSS	p. 302
Summary	p. 306
Designs and Second-Level Content Templates	p. 307
Design 1	p. 308
Design 2	p. 310
Design 3	p. 312
Design 4	p. 314
Design 5	p. 316
Design 6	p. 318
Design 7	p. 320
Design 8	p. 322
Design 9	p. 324
Design 10	p. 326
Design 11	p. 328
Design 12	p. 330
Design 13	p. 332
Design 14	p. 334
Design 15	p. 336
Design 16	p. 338
Design 17	p. 340
Design 18	p. 342
Design 19	p. 344
Design 20	p. 346
Design 21	p. 348
Design 22	p. 350
Design 23	p. 352
Design 24	p. 355
Design 25	p. 357
Design 26	p. 359
Design 27	p. 361
Design 28	p. 363
Design 29	p. 365
Design 30	p. 367
Design 31	p. 369
Design 32	p. 371
Design 33	p. 373
Design 34	p. 375
Design 35	p. 377
Design 36	p. 379
Design 37	p. 381
Design 38	p. 383
Design 39	p. 385
Design 40	p. 387
Design 41	p. 389
Design 42	p. 391
Design 43	p. 393
Design 44	p. 395
Design 45	p. 397
Design 46	p. 399
Design 47	p. 401
Design 48	p. 403
Design 49	p. 405
Design 50	p. 407
Second-Level Content Templates	p. 409
Summary	p. 414
About the CD-ROM	p. 415
System Requirements	p. 416
Installation	p. 417
Index	p. 419
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