Creating Dynamic Web Sites [Paperback]

Scott Fisher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997

This text aims to show the reader how to get beyond the world of HTML by adding sound, video and 3-D images to their site. It contains canned solutions in the form of Java applets, Shockware movies, CGI scripts and enables the reader to implement these new technologies. In addition an overview of the challenges, solutions and design issues involved in developing interactive Web sites is provided. No programming experience is required or assumed.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This is an excellent follow-up to Snell's book (below). Fisher combines low-level considerations that all web developers face, such as the need for scanners and the integration of sound and video, with three exceptional chapters on interaction with animation, story, and real human beings. The story chapter is worth the price of the book. People tend to forget about story in the mad rush for interaction; Fisher reminds us that buttons that blink are no substitute for narrative.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Back Cover

Fisher's innovative approach first considers the audience -- the human being on the other side of the screen -- before he guides you through the bewildering array of technical and design issues that confront every Webmaster. An understanding of the psychology of user interaction enables you to plan graphics-intensive, highly interactive Web pages that are right for your audience and for your product or service.

Creating Dynamic Web Sites highlights include: Graphics: Principles for layouts that guide users through the complete site. Animation: Using the latest technologies such as Java™ and Shockwave™ for game-quality response to on-screen interaction. Sound: Tips for synchronizing sound and motion; looping to minimize load time and maximize effectiveness; capturing sound for the best blend of performance and fidelity. Digital Video: Shooting video that digitizes into sharp images -- at a variety of price and performance levels. Resources: A list of tools and technologies destined to become standards; on-line addresses with the latest on new products, tools, and possibilities.

By following test cases and samples, walking through a simple Java applet, and viewing a demonstration of turning a Macromedia Director title into a Shockwave movie, you'll discover how to make audio and video look and sound the best on most platforms, which 3D graphics to buy, which technologies are the best bets for the future, and -- most important -- how to design pages that will draw viewers back again and again.

Product Details

• Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman; 1st edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201442078
• ISBN-13: 978-0201442076
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,448,783 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Obsolete - Outdated Links, Non functioning site. Phantom App, March 29, 2002

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This review is from: Creating Dynamic Web Sites (Paperback)

It is like reading the instructional manual for a six year old computer. Out dated. The companion site, from which many of the tutorials and examples are drawn from, no longer exists. The Section on VRML requires you to down load an App that is no longer available.

It was a great book, and very well written, but technical neglect has taken its toll.

5.0 out of 5 stars Bridging the gap between education and technology, August 9, 2000

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This review is from: Creating Dynamic Web Sites (Paperback)

Scott Fisher's book is the only guide to building web sites I have found that worries about meaning as well as technology. It provides clear guides to those working in education as to how they can build web sites that will have content that is powerful both in terms of the technology it uses and in terms of providing learns with genuinely rich learning experiences. It is an excellent book for teachers new to technology and for web masters new to education.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Average, March 31, 2000

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This review is from: Creating Dynamic Web Sites (Paperback)

This book is good for the person that knows nothing at all about building web pages. I would think thear are better books about it.