Title:
Web design basics
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Publication Information:
Boston, Mass. : Thomson / Course Technology, 2003
ISBN:
9780619059644
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Summary
Summary
Offering essential preparation for using any Web design software, this text provides a common-sense approach to design fundamentals and emphasizes using different web sites to capture a particular audience. Each project gives students an opportunity to enhance their personal Web portfolio. This text includes critical analysis of Web site organization, development, design, testing, and functionality. It also includes an introduction to HTML programming.
Table of Contents
| How to Use This Book | p. iv |
| Preface | p. vi |
| Unit 1 Understanding Web Site Design and Development | |
| Lesson 1 What Is the World Wide Web? | p. 3 |
| How Does the Web Work? | p. 3 |
| Your Connection to the Web--The Browser | p. 7 |
| How Fast Is the Web? | p. 13 |
| Making a Simple Web Page | p. 14 |
| Summary | p. 16 |
| Lesson 2 Building a Web Site | p. 19 |
| Phase 1 Planning a Web Site | p. 20 |
| Phase 2 Constructing a Web Site | p. 25 |
| Phase 3 Testing a Web Site | p. 27 |
| Summary | p. 29 |
| Unit Review | p. 33 |
| Unit 2 Planning Your Web Site | |
| Lesson 3 Information Design | p. 39 |
| What Is a Design Document? | p. 39 |
| Information Design | p. 40 |
| Design Document Outline | p. 56 |
| Summary | p. 57 |
| Lesson 4 Interaction Design | p. 61 |
| Two Elements of Interaction Design | p. 61 |
| A Designer Tool: The Storyboard | p. 62 |
| Context Devices | p. 63 |
| Refining Your Navigation | p. 69 |
| Testing Your Design | p. 76 |
| Summary | p. 79 |
| Lesson 5 Presentation Design | p. 83 |
| Visualizing Your Web Site | p. 83 |
| Choosing a Visual Theme | p. 87 |
| Principles of Design | p. 93 |
| Testing Your "Look" | p. 96 |
| Summary | p. 97 |
| Unit Review | p. 101 |
| Unit 3 Producing Your Web Site | |
| Lesson 6 Preparing Your Text | p. 107 |
| Text Flows from the Design | p. 107 |
| The Importance of Text | p. 109 |
| Writing a Rough Draft | p. 109 |
| Organizing Your Text | p. 111 |
| Editing Your Text | p. 114 |
| A Sample Text Editing Activity | p. 118 |
| Summary | p. 119 |
| Lesson 7 The Whys and Wherefores of Web Graphics | p. 123 |
| Graphics Made the Web Popular | p. 123 |
| The Roles Graphics Play | p. 124 |
| Computer Graphic Fundamentals | p. 129 |
| Graphics Formats | p. 135 |
| Building and Testing Graphics | p. 140 |
| Summary | p. 141 |
| Lesson 8 Beginning HTML | p. 145 |
| What Is HTML? | p. 145 |
| Document Tags | p. 150 |
| Formatting Tags | p. 153 |
| Text Style Tags | p. 157 |
| Tags for Organizing and Lists | p. 159 |
| Tags to Insert Images | p. 162 |
| Tags for HyperLinks | p. 165 |
| Testing Your HTML | p. 166 |
| Summary | p. 167 |
| Lesson 9 From Beginning to End (and More...) | p. 171 |
| The Importance of Design--A Review | p. 171 |
| Getting It Built--A Review of Production | p. 175 |
| Testing Your Web Site--One Last Step | p. 178 |
| Summary | p. 180 |
| Unit Review | p. 183 |
| Appendix A Understanding RGB and Hexadecimal for Web-Safe Colors | p. 187 |
| Appendix B Glossary of HTML | p. 191 |
| Glossary | p. 197 |
| Index | p. 201 |
