Principles of Web Design [Paperback]

Joel Sklar (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 25, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1423901940 | ISBN-13: 978-1423901945 | Edition: 4

The ultimate guide to Web site design, Principles of Web Design, Fourth Edition leads you through the entire Web site creation process, from start to finish, while developing and enhancing your HTML, CSS, and visual design skills along the way. You'll begin by learning about the Web design environment and the principles of sound Web design, continue to planning site layout and navigation, and progress to Web typography, colors and images, working with CSS, and more. Updated to include the latest Web design technologies and trends, this Fourth Edition features all-new sections on Web accessibility, standards-based coding, and CSS positioning, as well as technical updates and new screen shots throughout. Armed with valuable knowledge and plenty of hands-on activities, you will gain a solid understanding of designing successful, standards-based Web sites that are portable across different operating systems, browsers, and connection speeds.

Editorial Reviews

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"I have used this book in the past, (3rd edition), and found it to be an excellent teaching source."

"The approach in this proposal (user-centric web design) is something that I strongly agree with. It is why I have chosen this book over other web design books in my courses. I am excited about the new material about CSS positioning."

About the Author

Joel Sklar is an instructional designer and technical trainer specializing in HTML, XML, and web technologies. He has taught markup languages and web design to thousands of technical professionals in the New England area. Joel's consulting business offers a range of technical and design classes as well as customized courseware development. In addition, Joel is the author of Principles of Web Design and Designing Web Pages with Cascading Style Sheets, both published by Course Technology. Known for his lively hands-on demonstrations, Joel has presented at technical communication conferences throughout the United States. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology; 4 edition (March 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1423901940
• ISBN-13: 978-1423901945
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #237,556 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Code errors confuse my students, September 6, 2000

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Jerry Deutschendorf (Oklahoma City, OK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Principles of Web Design (Paperback)

I'm a full-time web development instructor with both high-school and returning adult students. I am using this book in my web design class. I liked the introductory chapter and the chapter on tables. However my students and I have run into a number of code errors (especially in the frames chapter) that are unacceptable. So I will continue looking for an excellent instructional book on web design. This book doesn't fit that criteria and I will not force it upon future students.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Principles of Web Design, February 11, 2005

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S. Aviles - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Principles of Web Design, Second Edition (Paperback)

Clearly written/explained for the beginner or for an easy-to- follow review of HTML. Pages are well laid out and easy to read. It's important to me to be able to read the text while sitting in front of the monitor, therefore a book should be legible at "lap height". My only complaint is that "figure" examples should printed on the same page as the text explaining them.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too Basic, only useful part of the book is the CSS but it's very limited, February 2, 2009

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JVUE05 (Sunny California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Principles of Web Design, Third Edition (Web Warrior Series) (Paperback)

This book is a bit outdated but it was required for my Web Development and Design class for college. If you have NEVER been exposed to HTML or CSS then you will find it helpful. If you already know HTML and only need to learn CSS, you are better off learning CSS off the web or a book dedicated to CSS. With this book we had to use the Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 book by Shelly Cashman Wells Freund. For the brand new price of this book, it would be wiser to spend that extra money elsewhere. But if you really need this book you should rent the book for class from Chegg (that's what I did).

I started HTML in 1998, the only thing I saw useful was using CSS to make your pages uniform. The book doesn't really teach how to make re-usable templates which would have been useful. You're better off getting a reference book if you want to learn HTML & CSS tags and how to use them.