Web Design For Dummies, 2/e

Description

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

 

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I: The Web Design Kick-Off.

Chapter 1: So You Want to Be a Web Designer?

Chapter 2: From Concept to Execution.

Part II: User-Friendly Design.

Chapter 3: Designing the Right Site for the Right Crowd.

Chapter 4: Organizing and Navigating Web Content.

Chapter 5: Web User Interface Design.

Chapter 6: User Testing: Lab Coats Not Required.

Part III: Designing Web Graphics.

Chapter 7: Web Graphic Design 101.

Chapter 8: Letter-Perfect Type Design.

Chapter 9: Color on the Web.

Chapter 10: Building Web Graphics from the Ground Up.

Chapter 11: Presenting Your Design Masterpiece.

Chapter 12: Polishing Pixels to Perfection: Graphic Production.

Part IV: Producing the Final Web Site.

Chapter 13: Surveying the HTML Landscape.

Chapter 14: Controlling Page Layout.

Chapter 15: Web Sites on Steroids.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Managing Your Web Design Business.

Chapter 17: Ten Information and Interaction Design Tips.

Chapter 18: Ten Things That Can Go Wrong.

Index.