Web Design All-in-One For Dummies [Paperback]

Sue Jenkins (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 047041796X | ISBN-13: 978-0470417966 | Publication Date: May 11, 2009 | Edition: 1

Web designers must wear many hats. Among books on Web design, Web Design All-in-One For Dummies is the one that helps you successfully wear all those hats without losing your head.

Full-color illustrations and five self-contained minibooks show you how to be a graphic designer, creative organizer, visual communicator, markup language technologist, and cutting-edge trendsetter, all in one. This book helps you lay the groundwork, follow design rules, test your site, register a domain name, and much more.

• Getting Started covers planning, defining your target audience, choosing the right software, and more
• Designing For the Web acquaints you with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, plus how to choose a layout and optimize graphics
• Building Web Sites gets down to nuts and bolts: putting text, images, hyperlinks, and multimedia files together, organizing content, and building navigation systems
• Web Standards & Testing teaches you how to test and validate so everyone can enjoy your site
• Publishing & Site Maintenance helps you get your site online and keep it current

Web Design All-in-One For Dummies also helps you learn how to choose a Web editor and graphics program, how to make your site accessible to the widest possible audience, and when it’s time to call in a pro like author Sue Jenkins. It’s just what you need to start and manage a great site.

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From the Back Cover

Everything you need to know to create dazzling Web designs is in one of these minibooks

A Web designer is a graphic designer, creative organizer, visual communicator, markup language technologist, and cutting-edge trendsetter, all in one. This All-in-One guide helps you wear all those hats without losing your head! Learn to lay the groundwork, follow design rules, test your site, register a domain name, and more. Ready to get started?

• Start here — Book I covers planning, defining your target audience, choosing the right software, and more

• Design it — Book II acquaints you with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript®, plus how to choose a layout and optimize graphics

• Build it — Book III gets down to nuts and bolts: putting text, images, hyperlinks, and multimedia files together, organizing content, and building navigation systems

• Does it work? — Book IV teaches you how to test and validate so everyone can enjoy your site

• Maintenance and more — Book V helps you get your site online and keep it current

Open the book and find:

• How to choose a Web editor and graphics program

• Tips for attracting visitors

• Why and how to slice up graphics

• How to make your site accessible to the widest possible audience

• What a layers-based layout is

• How to use Dreamweaver® templates

• Ethical SEO techniques and how to use them

• When to ask for help from a pro

About the Author

Sue Jenkins is a professional designer with experience in Web sites, print media, logo design, and illustration. She is the author of several books and?teaches Adobe software; has created training videos on Dreamweaver, Illustrator,?and Photoshop; and operates Luckychair, a Web and graphic design studio (www.luckychair.com).

Product Details

• Paperback: 656 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (May 11, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 047041796X
• ISBN-13: 978-0470417966
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,253 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #54 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Introductory & Beginning

More About the Author

Sue Jenkins is a web and graphic designer, illustrator, fine art photographer, software instructor, and author. She is the owner and creative director of Luckychair.com, a full-service web and graphic design studio serving businesses across the U.S. since 1997. In addition, Sue is an Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor teaching 3-day courses in Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Illustrator at Noble Desktop in New York City.

Sue has written 7 instructional books on design including "Smashing Photoshop: 100 Professional Techniques", "Web Design For Dummies All-in-One Desk Reference", "Dreamweaver CS5 For Dummies All-in-One Desk Reference", and "How To Do Everything Illustrator CS4". Sue can also be seen in six award-winning Adobe Training DVDs by ClassOnDemand: "Complete Training for Adobe Dreamweaver CS5", "Complete Training for Adobe Photoshop CS5", "Dreamweaver For Designers", "Designer's Guide to Illustrator", "Designer's Guide to Photoshop", and "Fundamentals of Photoshop Elements".

To learn more about Luckychair's web and graphic design services, visit: http://www.luckychair.com

To view Sue's fine art photography portfolio, visit: http://www.suejenkinsphotography.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great emphasis on topics other books skip over!, July 12, 2009

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Jeff Noble (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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What I really loved about this book is the emphasis on topics most other web design books skip over such as planning, researching, getting content together to create a successful website. I'd recommend this to people just getting started learning web design or a seasoned professionals that just want to get more value out of their own website projects.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely helpful book for a website owner, December 20, 2009

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Barbara Nitke (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This book is perfect for someone like me. I'm a photographer, and have a website which was designed and built by someone else. I do my own updating, and would eventually like to be able to do more of the design tweaks by myself.

The last section on publishing and site maintenance is especially helpful for my needs. It's got step by step directions that easily walk me through how to upload new files to the site. In addition to the step by step directions, all of the background information - like how ftp programs work - is written in such an engaging manner that I keep wanting to know more.

I'm sure I'll end up reading every page - especially the section on designing for the web, which will be helpful in assessing whether the website is accomplishing all of my goals. I'll also be pouring over the section on search engine optimization.

I think Web Design All-in-One is a great book for anybody who owns a website.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for beginners, February 3, 2010

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K. Deonaraine (Lasalle, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
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I consider myself a beginner and this book really helped me get me up and running on designing web sites. Each section is to the point and doesn't assume too much, which is perfect for me. The chapters about HTML and CSS were invaluable. The parts about designing web graphics (Photoshop, etc...) were a bit above my head, I just use GRSites for that, but the search engine optimization tips were a real eye opener. I found going thru the book for hours, and learning new things in an enjoyable and organized way, the author definitely writes well. Great stuff!