Foundation Web Design: Essential HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Photoshop, Fireworks, and Flash [Paperback]

Sham Bhangal (Author), Tomasz Jankowski (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 11, 2003

This book covers everything you need to know when youíre starting out in web design: the best workflow processes you can follow, the best tools and technologies for the job you want to do, and the best way to combine process and tools to achieve great web site results. The book sets out to establish an understanding of Web design by providing a set of practical walk-throughs and tutorials that show how modern web sites are constructed, and the techniques and processes involved. It gives specific instructions to promote familiarity with the tools used in web design, while still concentrating on the underlying HTML and JavaScript as far as practicable. Who's the book for? Existing Foundation readers who want to gain a more rounded view on web design Graphic designers with little or no knowledge of either web design or programming Computer literate users who have no experience of any web design or graphic design Students in directed education Individuals looking to teach themselves web design out of personal interest. After successfully completing the book the you will: Understand the general principles of web design Understand how the main technologies that it uses fit together Know the standard applications used Have created a traditional HTML website that includes HTML, JavaScript and web optimised graphics Have an insight into the relative uses of static and Motion Graphics design, and know how to integrate the two About the Author Sham Bhangal has worked on a number of friends of ED's best-selling books, including Foundation Flash (both versions), Foundation Flash ActionScript (both versions), New Masters of Flash, and Flash MX Designerís ActionScript Reference. Shamís greatest strengths are his analytical and structuring approaches and his accessible and highly effective teaching skills.

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About the Author

Sham Bhangal has worked on books in new media for five years, during which time he has authored and co-authored numerous friends of ED books, including critically acclaimed, award-winning, and bestselling titles like Foundation Flash, New Masters of Flash, Flash MX Upgrade Essentials, Flash MX Most Wanted, and the Flash MX Designer's ActionScript Reference. He has considerable working experience with Macromedia and Adobe products, as well as other general web design technologies (such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.). In addition to speaking appearances at FlashForward, the biggest Macromedia Flash developer conference, Sham has also been a beta tester for Macromedia and Discreet products for a number of years.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: friendsofED; 1 edition (July 11, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590591526
• ISBN-13: 978-1590591529
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,976,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Noooo! Please revise this book!, April 9, 2005

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A. J. Liptak "Tommy's Dad" (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Foundation Web Design: Essential HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Photoshop, Fireworks, and Flash (Paperback)

I must concur with the prior review, the final product, the result of very bad editing, is a disappointing mess.

I am completely new to web design, and had bought Foundation Web Design because it covered not just HTML, but all the other essential elements of web design: javascript, cascading style sheets, Flash, etc.

The editing is atrocious. What the reader is subjected to are elements of code introduced too early, only to be explained later, references to examples never given, incorrect code (when checked against other books describing the same code), screenshots which do not match what the code actually produces, etc.

I looked forward to its "dumbed down" presentation, to paraphrase the other Reveiwer, but the flaws in it's final presentation just get too much in the way of learning. For whatever reason, unfamiliarity with the coding, pressure to get the book to press by a certain time, the final product is a very sad disappointment.

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars very disappointing for many reasons, July 11, 2003

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Joe Garris (SF Bay Area, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Foundation Web Design: Essential HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Photoshop, Fireworks, and Flash (Paperback)

I was expecting a book that would more or less take the reader through the process of putting together a "top-level" website. It tries, but fails miserably.

First of all the book is written not only for the absolute newbie, but for people who are AFRAID to write code. The entire book is dumbed down to the granny level. The book could have been subtitled, "Overcoming your fear of Javascript," but it would have failed at that as well!

I happen to have some knowhow, but I wanted a reinforcement of the process at the beginner level. This book was a confusing, muddled, badly written disappointment.

The concept of the book and the outline in the table of contents looked very promising, but the content itself was haphazard and inadequate.

The last straw is that not all the files are available for download so the reader can't follow the examples in the expected manner. It seems to me that unless the author is incarcerated or otherwise unable, he should provide the chapter files for download to the suckers who bought the book.