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March 27, 2006 0471781177 978-0471781172 2nd
How many times have you visited a Web site and thought that you could do a better job if only you had the knowledge and skills?   Or perhaps you have a great idea for a Web site but don’t know how to get started? What was once exclusively a task for professionals, Web designing, has become more accessible to amateurs, thanks to loads of handy software. With Web Design For Dummies, you will be able to design your own Web site like a pro.

Web design requires many programs to make a Website attractive and fun, including:

  • Using Web editors like Dreamweaver
  • Image editing tools like Photoshop elements
  • Drawing utensils like Illustrator
  • Background markup and scripting languages like HTML and CSS

This fun guide covers all of the topics that every aspiring Web designer should know.   This book offers advice on:

  • Designing for your audience
  • Building a solid framework for easy navigation
  • Creating appealing graphics that work with the site
  • Choosing the proper type and colors
  • Tweaking the HTML to make everything work correctly
  • Applying next-step technologies including JavaScript
  • Parlaying your skills into paid work

With expert guidance from Lisa Lopuck, a pioneer in interactive media design and the Senior Producer at Disney, you will be creating superb Web pages that will charm and impress all of your visitors!


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From the Back Cover

Build your own eye-popping site design

Create a user-friendly site, design great graphics, and make updating easy

It can take a flock of folks to build, design, and maintain an out-of-sight Web site. Whether you're designing a site on your own or are a member of a design team, this updated guide will be your best assistant. Here's the scoop on planning, producing, choosing colors and fonts, managing content — even understanding a dollop of HTML.

Discover how to

  • Assess the audience for your site
  • Create an effective workflow
  • Add sound, video, and animation
  • Test your site for ease of navigation
  • Build graphics that work
  • Use frames, tables, and CSS

About the Author

In 1988, Lisa Lopuck got her first glimpse of multimedia while still at UCLA pursuing her degree in design. She saw a tiny, black-and-white, interactive HyperCard stack designed by The Voyager Company and immediately knew her career path.
Her first job out of school was working at the Apple Multimedia Lab in San Francisco. She then moved on to Skywalker Ranch, working with George Lucas to design educational CD-ROMs. The rest has been interactive history — working with everyone from Kaleida to eBay, writing bestselling books, teaching, and speaking at conferences along the way.
In 1996, she co-founded Electravision, an award-winning Web design agency in San Francisco with clients such as Twentieth Century Fox, National Geographic, Microsoft, and Mall of America. Electravision’s work won awards, including Yahoo!’s Best of the Year, Site of the Day, and Best of the Web. Electravision also created the highly acclaimed online murder mystery series, Suspect, one of the Web’s first online entertainment series.
Recently, Lisa was an Associate Creative Director and Senior Producer at Disney where she managed the production of large-scale, large-budget, multilanguage Web sites for Disney’s theme parks and hotels around the world such as www.DisneyCruiseLine.com and www.HongKongDisneyland.com.
Lisa is now a design consultant helping companies shape their Web creative strategy. She is also an accomplished watercolor artist, and a signature member of the National Watercolor Society. You can see her paintings online at www.lopuck.com, and her Web portfolio at www.lopuck.com/portfolio.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: For Dummies; 2nd edition (March 27, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471781177
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471781172
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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94 of 96 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great depth, yet easy to read and use, May 2, 2001
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Web Design for Dummies packs an impressive amount of information in an easy-to-use format. The ample screen shots show you what to do, while the many tip/warning icons provide time-saving ideas.

But what I like best about it is that overall it helps break down the *process* of designing web sites. That way, you can see how the pros construct great sites, using a realistic workflow. It helps you focus on designing sites one piece at a time, which is quite empowering.

Whether you are simply browsing for ideas or you are working through a chapter in depth, this book will not disappoint!

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67 of 69 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Too Many for Me, January 22, 2006
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Most of the Dummies books I know of are pitched to the ordinary joe. I bought this book assuming that it would be too, so it would help me design my own web page. Not so. This is for people who want to make a career out of designing web pages. It assumes that you will be part of a team that includes marketing people, designers (in addition to you), media specialists, "HTML slingers," programmers, and a producer to pull the team together and bring the project in on time and on budget.

Well, okay. If you are the person it's written for, I suspect that you would give it five stars, like the other reviewers. Even with the disconnect, I got so much out of parts of it that I'll give it four. I will bet, however, that if your ambitions are as modest as mine are, there are other, better books.
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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected., February 26, 2006
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This book was very informative, but not what I expected. It isn't for the regular person wanting to learn how to design their own website, it is for professionals wanting to get into the business of designing web sites.
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