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Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition
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Are you still designing web sites like it's 1999? If so, you're in for a surprise.
Since the last edition of this book appeared five years ago, there has been
a major climate change with regard to web standards. Designers are no longer
using (X)HTML as a design tool, but as a means of defining the meaning and structure
of content. Cascading Style Sheets are no longer just something interesting
to tinker with, but rather a reliable method for handling all matters of presentation,
from fonts and colors to the layout of the entire page. In fact, following the
standards is now a mandate of professional web design.
Our popular reference, Web Design in a Nutshell, is one of the first
books to capture this new web landscape with an edition that's been completely
rewritten and expanded to reflect the state of the art. In addition to being
an authoritative reference for (X)HTML and Cascading Style Sheets, this book
also provides an overview of the unique requirements of designing for the Web
and gets to the nitty-gritty of JavaScript and DOM Scripting, web graphics optimization,
and multimedia production. It is an indispensable tool for web designers and
developers of all levels.
The third edition covers these contemporary web design topics:
- Structural layer: HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 (9 chapters), including an alphabetical
reference of all elements, attributes and character entities
- Presentation layer: Ten all-new chapters on Cascading Style Sheets, Level
2.1, including an alphabetical reference of all properties and values.
- Behavior layer: JavaScript and scripting with the Document Object Model
(DOM)
- Web environment: New web standards, browsers, display devices, accessibility,
and internationalization
- Web graphics optimization: Producing lean and mean GIF, JPEG, PNG, and animated
GIFs
- Multimedia: Web audio, video, Flash, and PDF
Organized so that readers can find answers quickly, Web Design in a Nutshell,
Third Edition helps experienced designers come up to speed quickly on standards-based
web design, and serves as a quick reference for those already familiar with
the new standards and technology.
There are many books for web designers, but none that address such a wide
variety of topics. Find out why nearly half a million buyers have made this
the most popular web design book available.
About the Author
Jennifer Niederst Robbins was one of the
first designers for the Web. As the designer of O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator
(GNN), the first commercial web site, she has been designing for the Web since
1993. Since then, she has worked as the creative director of Songline Studios
(a former subsidiary of O'Reilly) and as a freelance designer and consultant since
1996. She is the author of the bestselling "Web Design in a Nutshell" and "Learning
Web Design (O'Reilly), and she has taught web design at the Massachusetts College
of Art in Boston and Johnson and Wales University in Providence. She has spoken
at major design and Internet events including SXSW Interactive, Seybold Seminars,
the GRAFILL conference (Geilo, Norway), and one of the first W3C International
Expos.
In addition to designing, Jennifer enjoys cooking,
travel, indie-rock, and making stuff. She maintains her own professional web
site at www.littlechair.comas well.
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