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Principles of Web Design: The Web Technologies Series

by Website Designer

Joel Sklar has written the definitive text for Web site design, PRINCIPLES OF WEB DESIGN, Fifth Edition guiding readers through the entire Web site creation process, while developing and enhancing your HTML, CSS, and visual design skills along the way. Now updated to include the latest Web design technologies and trends, this Fifth Edition features [...]

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CSS Artistry: A Web Design Master Class

by Website Designer

Product Description“Andy Clarke has an uncanny ability to make you reconsider what you know and wonder why you hadn’t always done it his way.” — Dave Shea, creator of the CSS Zen Garden And it’s those uncanny abilities that make this Master Class—one-on-one instruction from Andy Clarke on camera, coupled with his bestselling full-color book [...]

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Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow That Works (2nd Edition)

by Website Designer

If anything, this volume's premise--that the business of Web design is one of constant change-has only proven truer over time. So much so, in fact, that the 12-month design cycles cited in the last edition have shrunk to 6 or even 3 months today. Which is why, more than ever, you need a smart, practical [...]

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The Non-Designer's Web Book, 3rd Edition

by Website Designer

If you think web design is beyond your reach, or if you want your existing web site to look more professional, this thoroughly updated classic is the place to turn! In these pages, best-selling authors Robin Williams and John Tollett share the creative ideas, useful techniques, and basic design principles that are essential to great [...]

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Web Design Complete Reference

by Website Designer

Product DescriptionDesign, build, and maintain dynamic Web sites that balance form and function. You'll find thorough explanations of effective site architecture, layout, and navigational features, and discover how to add graphics, links, and multimedia. Also learn to handle privacy and security issues with respect to site design, and program dynamic Web applications. Amazon.com ReviewWith so [...]

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Designing With Web Standards (3rd Edition)

by Website Designer

Best-selling author, designer, and web standards evangelist Jeffrey Zeldman has revisited his classic, industry-shaking guidebook. Updated in collaboration with co-author Ethan Marcotte, this third edition covers improvements and challenges in the changing environment of standards-based design. Written in the same engaging and witty style, making even the most complex information easy to digest, Designing with [...]

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Layout Index: Brochure, Web Design, Poster, Flyer, Advertising, Page Layout, Newsletter, Stationery Index

by Website Designer

ISBN13: 9781581801460 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionIdea Index kick-started a revolution in graphic design books, unique in size, feel--and most important--wealth of ideas. Layout Index is the next step, a compendium of layout idea-generators that will help designers explore multiple possibilities for visual treatments each time they turn [...]

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How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Web Site Design

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According to a 2007 survey by Netcraft, there are more than 108 million Web sites worldwide. Every Web site needs to be designed. The Pricing & Ethical Guidelines Handbook published by the Graphic Arts Guild reports that the average cost of designing a Web site for a small corporation can range from $7,750 to $15,000. [...]

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Selling Graphic and Web Design

by Website Designer

Product DescriptionExpert guidance on selling graphic design, in print and online * New edition of a classic * Up-to-the-minute advice on selling to Internet clients * Get top clients and keep them Attract today’s savvy design clients! A veteran designer who turned his small business into a multimillion-dollar new-media company shares his strategies for success [...]

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Web Analytics: An Hour a Day

by Website Designer

Written by an in-the-trenches practitioner, this step-by-step guide shows you how to implement a successful Web analytics strategy. Web analytics expert Avinash Kaushik, in his thought-provoking style, debunks leading myths and leads you on a path to gaining actionable insights from your analytics efforts. Discover how to move beyond clickstream analysis, why qualitative data should [...]

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Above the Fold: Understanding the Principles of Successful Web

by Website Designer

Above the Fold is a book about the fundamentals of effective graphic communication set in the context of Web design. Unlike other books that focus on the intersection of design and technology, Above the Fold explores the relationship between the stakeholders of a Web project-- the designer, the user and the client -- and how [...]

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A Project Guide to UX Design: For User Experience Designers In

by Website Designer

“If you are a young designer entering or contemplating entering the UX field this is a canonical book. If you are an organization that really needs to start grokking UX this book is also for you. "  -- Chris Bernard, User Experience Evangelist, Microsoft User experience design is the discipline of creating a useful and [...]

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Web Design in Easy Steps

by Website Designer

Product DescriptionAmong the millions of websites on the Internet, there are few that truly stand out as both aesthetically pleasing and financially successful. Web Design in Easy Steps guides the reader through the steps necessary to execute an attractive and well-visited website. Beginning from the initial planning and setup, and moving on to the basics of [...]

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How to Start a Home-Based Web Design Business, 3rd (Home-Based

by Website Designer

Look here for advice and practical suggestions on how to turn an interest in Web design into a thriving, home-based business. This guide offers suggestions for making crucial decisions about the content and format of Web pages, setting rates, obtaining (and keeping!) clients, and much more.       How to Start a Home-Based Web Design Business, 3rd (Home-Based Business [...]

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Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content That Works

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"Redish has done her homework and created a thorough overview of the issues in writing for the Web. Ironically, I must recommend that you read her every word so that you can find out why your customers won't read very many words on your website -- and what to do about it." -- Jakob Nielsen, [...]

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Building Web Sites All-in-One for Dummies

by Website Designer

Want to launch a Web site but don’t know where to begin? Information on Web design, page building software, using HTML, site planning, and everything else you need to know can be found easily in Building Web Sites All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition. So you can easily find what you’re looking for, this plain-English guide [...]

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Exploring Web Design

by Website Designer

Product DescriptionExploring Web Design provides a valuable introduction to the design fundamentals at work in all Web sites—layout, typography, color theory, and usability. The result of an award-winning Web designer’s mission to teach these building blocks in clear, direct, and non-technical language, this book delivers a solid design foundation for the novice Web designer. While [...]

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Content Strategy for the Web

by Website Designer

If your website content is out of date, off-brand, and out of control, you're missing a huge opportunity to engage, convert, and retain customers online. Redesigning your home page won't help. Investing in a new content management system won't fix it, either. So, where do you start?  Without meaningful content, your website isn't worth much [...]

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CSS: The Missing Manual

by Website Designer

Cascading Style Sheets can turn humdrum websites into highly-functional, professional-looking destinations, but many designers merely treat CSS as window-dressing to spruce up their site's appearance. You can tap into the real power of this tool with CSS: The Missing Manual. This second edition combines crystal-clear explanations, real-world examples, and dozens of step-by-step tutorials to show [...]

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Designing Web Interfaces: Principles and Patterns for Rich

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Want to learn how to create great user experiences on today's Web? In this book, UI experts Bill Scott and Theresa Neil present more than 75 design patterns for building web interfaces that provide rich interaction. Distilled from the authors' years of experience at Sabre, Yahoo!, and Netflix, these best practices are grouped into six [...]

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