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Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to HTML, CSS, Graphics, and Beyond

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Everything you need to know to create professional web sites is right here.

Learning Web Design starts from the beginning -- defining how the Web and web

pages work -- and builds from there. By the end of the book, you'll have the

skills to create multi-column CSS layouts with optimized graphic files, and

you'll know how to get your pages up on the Web.



Everything you need to know to create professional web sites is right here.

Learning Web Design starts from the beginning -- defining how the Web and web

pages work -- and builds from there. By the end of the book, you'll have the

skills to create multi-column CSS layouts with optimized graphic files, and

you'll know how to get your pages up on the Web.



This thoroughly revised edition teaches you how to build web sites according to

modern design practices and professional standards. Learning Web Design

explains:



* How to create a simple (X)HTML page, how to add links and images

* Everything you need to know about web standards -- (X)HTML, DTDs, and more

* Cascading Style Sheets -- formatting text, colors and backgrounds, using the

box model, page layout, and more

* All about web graphics, and how to make them lean and mean through

optimization

* The site development process, from start to finish

* Getting your pages on the Web -- hosting, domain names, and FTP



The book includes exercises to help you to learn various techniques, and short

quizzes to make sure you're up to speed with key concepts. If you're interested

in web design, Learning Web Design is the place to start.



Table Of Contents



Preface xiii

Part I Getting Started

Chapter 1 Where Do I Start? 3

Chapter 2 How the Web Works 19

Chapter 3 The Nature of Web Design 29

Part II HTML Markup for Structure

Chapter 4 Creating a Simple Page 51

Chapter 5 Marking up Tex 71

Chapter 6 Adding Links 95

Chapter 7 Adding Images 115

Chapter 8 Basic Table Markup 129

Chapter 9 Forms 143

Chapter 10 Understanding the Standards 165

Part III CSS For Presentation

Chapter 11 Cascading Style Sheets Orientation 187

Chapter 12 Formatting Text 203

Chapter 13 Colors and Backgrounds 233

Chapter 14 Thinking Inside the Box 261

Chapter 15 Floating and Positioning 285

Chapter 16 Page Layout with CSS 311

Chapter 17 CSS Techniques 337

Part IV Creating Web Graphics

Chapter 18 Web Graphics Basics 359

Chapter 19 Lean and Mean Web Graphics 387

Part V From Start to Finish

Chapter 20 The Site Development Process 405

Chapter 21 Getting Your Pages on the Web 415

Appendix A Answers 427

Appendix B CSS 2.1 Selectors 451

Index 453



Product Details



* ISBN: 0596527527

* ISBN-13: 9780596527525

* Format: Paperback, 464pp

* Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated

* Pub. Date: June 2007

* Edition Description: Revised Edition



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