Web Concept & Design [Paperback]

Crystal Waters (Author)

Book Description

Series: Web Concept and Design | Publication Date: August 1996

This book shows users how to add life to dull, complicated, and confusing Web page design using step-by-step techniques from professional Web designer Crystal Waters.
-- Hands-on instruction guides readers through the planning, development, and creation of Web pages
-- Includes a comprehensive checklist for test-driving Web sites before going live
-- Includes strategies for displaying advertising on a Web site

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From the Publisher

This book shows users how to add life to dull, complicated, and confusing Web page design using step-by-step techniques from professional Web designer Crystal Waters. - Discusses topics such as what belongs on a page and how to arrange content for maximum readability

- Provides tips and tricks from top Web experts

- Includes strategies for displaying advertising on a Web site

Product Details

• Paperback: 277 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Pub (August 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562056484
• ISBN-13: 978-1562056483
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,169,935 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Web design not page design, May 29, 2000

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This review is from: Web Concept & Design (Paperback)

You will see in one of the reviews that someone says that "Siegel's book is better". I strongly disagree. Siegel wrote a book called "Creating Killer Web Sites", which was concerned principally with the details of creating great web pages. WC&D contains very little of the technical details of how to create web pages (you can pick those details straight off the web and they will be more up to date than any book) but instead the author teaches how to create a web site that does something. She tells you how to focus on your audience and concentrate on serving them, rather than focussing on your own creative needs and serving yourself. I read the book and found that my site hits went from a couple of hundred to 12,000 a day. IMHO this book is a classic of web design, and unlike the many huge books on HTML tag usage, it will not go out of date.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For me this book is an excellent introduction to Web Design, February 13, 2001

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Eddie Johnson Jr. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web Concept & Design (Paperback)

After reading Jakob Nielson book I literally searched for all his recommendations of must reads. Dynamic Concept & Design is one of them. After reading the first page I knew this was a prized possesion. I work within Information Systems and this is my next step in my evolution of this career. After atttending school what seems like my whole life I personally welcome the traditional, non-traditional approach to learning about Web concepts and design. If anyone can find a copy of this book I recommend it as a permanant reference and introduction source. Wondering if she is going to publish another edition of this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide to building sites that work, June 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Web Concept & Design (Paperback)

From the wild variation in star ratings, I was initially reluctant to make such an expensive purchase. But I have found this book to be an investment; a clear guide to what works on the web and why. Most refreshingly, it lacks the condescending tone of other books in the genre.