The Project Cool Guide to Enhancing Your Web Site [Paperback]

Teresa A. Martin (Author), Glenn Davis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 28, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0471194573 | ISBN-13: 978-0471194576 | Edition: 1

In their previous book, The Project Cool Guide to HTML, Glenn Davis and Teresa A. Martin showed you how to create a Web site with basic HTML techniques. With this follow-up, they show you how to make your site cutting edge--with animation, sound, video, JavaScript, PDF, stylesheets, Metatags, and more. Companion Web site features an interactive section containing stylesheets, sample sound files and examples from the book, as well as support material on new technologies.

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Directed at Web-site designers who want to spruce up their sites with interactivity, animation, and more, The Project Cool Guide covers the gamut of Web technologies: JavaScript, style sheets, Dynamic HTML, motion, and sound. First, you learn how to perform the following functions: improve the performance of your site by optimizing graphics and understanding Web-compliant color palettes; use meta tags to add automated functions and identify your site to search engines; and add a useful search feature that allows users to look up topics on your site. Next, the book teaches you how to add interactivity via JavaScript (several sample scripts are included for you to use or customize) and how to use cascading style sheets and Dynamic HTML to define styles, create reusable layouts, and program your pages to change on the fly. The authors instruct you on how to add animations via HTML tags, JavaScript, Animated GIFs, and plug-ins such as Macromedia Flash and Shockwave. You also learn about the authoring, distribution, and playback of sound and video files.

Throughout the book the authors address design considerations and deal with the differences between Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer and how they'll display your pages, a topic that's more thoroughly discussed in the final chapter. A related Web site offers sample files and editable JavaScript scripts. If you're already a Web designer and want an introduction to advanced technologies in order to dress up a static Web site, give this book a close look.

From the Publisher

In their previous book, The Project Cool Guide to HTML, Glenn Davis and Teresa A. Martin showed you how to create a Web site with basic HTML techniques. With this follow-up, they show you how to make your site cutting edge--with animation, sound, video, JavaScript, PDF, stylesheets, Metatags, and more. Companion Web site features an interactive section containing stylesheets, sample sound files and examples from the book, as well as support material on new technologies.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (January 28, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471194573
• ISBN-13: 978-0471194576
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,360 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars ENCORE! ENCORE! ENCORE!, June 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Project Cool Guide to Enhancing Your Web Site (Paperback)

I first got taste of ProjectCool through their HTML Guide and bought this one too. All I can say is: Simply the best!

Their treatment of enhancing your HTML is first rate: explanations in a style that can be understood by anyone who can understand english. And this expertise isn't limited just to HTML.

For instance, I've read entire books just on JavaScript and have gotten lost trying to understand the "why's" of the whole thing. Reading just the few opening paragraphs of the JavaScript chapter in ProjectCool brought me up to speed in many areas. (Ofcourse the authors do mention that JavaScript is covered elsewhere--this is not a book about JavaScript.)

Having said that, I hope the authors are considering writing an introductory book on JavaScript ;-)

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book of tips for a beginner going on to advanced, February 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Project Cool Guide to Enhancing Your Web Site (Paperback)

The best part about this book is the part about CSS. (cascading style sheets) Since this is a pretty new concept as compared to HTML, there are hardly any books on it. Also, instead of clumpy lengthy explainations, the book provides quick reference to what you need. Though the part about DHTML and java was a bit of a letdown, it is good book if you wish for little tips on enhancing your page

4.0 out of 5 stars good book with an unfortunate name, November 22, 1998

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This review is from: The Project Cool Guide to Enhancing Your Web Site (Paperback)

I saw this book at the local library, but passed it by (because of its title) several times before finally picking it up - and I liked it well enough to order a copy from Amazon. It includes tips (such as image pre-loading) and using cascading style sheets, and is written in an easy-to-follow format. It's not a GREAT book, but certainly is useful.