Web Design Virtual Classroom [Paperback]

Laurie Ann Ulrich (Author)

Book Description

Series: Virtual Classroom | Publication Date: April 24, 2001

Get the classroom experience at home! Here is the revolutionary new way to learn to design Web sites and Web graphics. The book's casual writing style and easy-to-follow, step-by-step approach combine to teach you Web design essentials, including storyboarding your site, gathering content, using the latest software and tools, working with frames, adding multimedia, and much more. Pop in the CD-ROM and follow along as your own on-screen guru explains and demonstrates the techniques discussed in the text.

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Learn from an instructor-led classroom experience at home!

The Virtual Classroom is a revolutionary new way to learn Web design--and an essential first step if you're even thinking of putting up a Web site. This book's casual, non-technical writing style and easy-to-follow, step-by-step approach combine to teach you all the Web page authoring essentials. Pop in the CD-ROM and follow along as your own on-screen guru explains and demonstrates the techniques discussed in the text. With Web Design Virtual Classroom, you get the best of both worlds-solid hands-on lessons combined with the invaluable experience of watching and listening to an instructor. Work at your own speed and replay Virtual Classroom tutorials as often as needed to deepen your understanding of Web design essentials.

• Create attractive, easy-to-navigate Web sites that are useful and informative
• Grasp the big picture so you can create a site that is both attractive and functional
• Learn how to register a domain name, storyboard a Web site, and get your site onto the Web
• Understand the uses and strengths of various Web design tools and technologies, and choose the best software for your needs
• Discover how to integrate graphics and animation into your site
• Develop effective Web design skills for personal enjoyment or career advancement
• Follow 18 instructor-led demonstrations on the interactive multimedia CD that illustrate and amplify the lessons in the book

About the Author

Laurie Ann Ulrich (Philadelphia, PA) has run corporate training computer centers for two of the East Coast's largest computer resellers. In 1992, she started her own company, Limehat & Company, Inc., a training, consulting, and web design and hosting services to small businesses and non-profit organizations, and Laurie's consultancy work includes supporting clients in their use of the web to market and grow their organizations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (April 24, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007213111X
• ISBN-13: 978-0072131116
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,217,154 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Introduction to thoughtful web design, January 31, 2002

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Brian Foley "Magic and Learning" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Web Design Virtual Classroom (Paperback)

Laurie Ulrich has written a thoughtful introduction to web design.
This book covers the most popular methods of creating websites (Dreamweaver, GoLive, Frontpage, and hand-coding HTML) and helps you evaluate which might be best for you. It goes on to help you understand some of the basic ways each can accomplish specific tasks. Without going into extraneous details (which would require several books to cover), Ms. Ulrich gives a broad and lucid overview of how to make sense of these programs to create well-conceived website design.
This is actually her stong point in this book - the conception of how to create the kind of website which will best express and realize the goal you desire. She helps you visualize (with the help of many good examples) what might or might not work for you, and how to evaluate it for yourself.
After having read the excellent "Dreamweaver 4 -Virtual Classroom" which she co-authored with Robert Fuller, and several other Dreamweaver books, I had some of the technical abilities to create cool stuff. However I hadn't had any overview of design, and felt a little overwhelmed by the possibilities. "Web Design - Virtual Classroom" cleared a lot up for me, and I now feel a lot more confident about being able to create sites that won't look like a Jackson Pollock hangover.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Author lives up to her reputation for writing great books!, May 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Web Design Virtual Classroom (Paperback)

I bought Ms. Ulrich's Using Excel 2000 last year, and found her writing to be very readable, and her knowledge to be extensive. When I saw this book, Web Design Virtual Classroom, I was surprised to see she was writing about a creative topic, and had to check it out --- and I'm very glad I did. The book is great, again in her very friendly, readable style, and the CD is informative too. I would recommend this book to anyone who needs to design a web site for business or personal use, and to anyone trying to figure out which software to use and how to go about the whole web design process. Her insights and practical advice are terrific, and I really learned a lot about a subject I thought I already knew.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, yet creative advice and experience, September 12, 2001

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H. Gilmore (Benicia, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web Design Virtual Classroom (Paperback)

Just leafing through this book I got so many good ideas. The CD that comes with the book is good, and it helped to see some of the stuff in action. The advice on good composition and selecting colors was really helpful, because I'm not always sure if my designs are going to be OK with anyone but me. Now I know some of the "rules" and also know when it's OK to break them. The ideas for how different people and businesses can use web sites was also an eye-opener, and it's clear that this author really knows a lot about marketing and graphic design, not just about the web. It's an all-around great book, and I recommend it to everyone who has or wants a great web site.