Posts Tagged ‘web-design’

Website Owner’s Manual

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

book coverWebsite Owner’s Manual, Paul Boag, Manning, 2010

This book for managers in charge of a company’s website. It is well written and informal. 250 pages.

Contents:
Chapter 1 The secret to a successful website
Chapter 2 Stress-free planning
Chapter 3 The perfect team
Chapter 4 Differences over design
Chapter 5 Creating killer content
Chapter 6 User-centric design
Chapter 7 Ensuring access for all
Chapter 8 Taking control
Chapter 9 Decoding technobabble
Chapter 10 Driving traffic
Chapter 11 Engaging your visitors
Chapter 12 Planning for the future

Adobe After Effects CS4

Monday, February 8th, 2010

book coverAdobe After Effects CS4 classroom in a book, Adobe, 2009

Web designers will want to read this tutorial for Adobe’s excellent tools. The plain cover does not do justice to this book. 350 pages, with a DVD containing sample files.

The CSS Anthology

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

book coverThe CSS Anthology : 101 essential tips, tricks & hacks / by Rachel Andrew, SitePoint, 2007

A practical book for web designers with lots of examples. 350 pages.

Web Forms for Usability

Friday, November 13th, 2009

book coverForms That Work : designing Web Forms for Usability / Caroline Jarrett, Morgan Kaufmann, 2009

Usability is important, and too often it is an afterthought. This book is well written, 200 pages.

Drupal 6 Themes

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Drupal 6 Themes : create new themes for your Drupal 6 site with clean layout and powerful CSS styling / Ric Shreves, Packt, 2008

This book is more for web designers than programmers, though some knowledge of PHP will be useful. 250 pages.

Web Design all-in-one for Dummies

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Web Design all-in-one for Dummies / by Sue Jenkins, Wiley, c2009

This book not so much about web graphical design. It is more about planning the site and HTML/CSS coding. 600 pages.

How to Do Everything : Microsoft Expression Web 2

Friday, August 28th, 2009

How to Do Everything : Microsoft Expression Web 2 / Donna L. Baker, McGraw-Hill, 2009

For web designers who want to move on from FrontPage. 300 pages

Designing the moment

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Designing the moment : Web interface design concepts in action / Robert Hoekman, New Riders, 2008

This is well written, well designed, and concise. 200 pages.

Search engine optimization all-in-one for dummies

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Search engine optimization all-in-one for dummies / by Bruce Clay, Wiley, 2009

750 pages: the largest dummies book ever! You will find much of this book basic if you are already the webmaster for a site. However, keep reading past the basics; you have much to learn from this book.

Microsoft Expression Web step by step

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

Microsoft Expression Web step by step / Chris Leeds, Microsoft Press, 2008

If you used Frontpage, you now will be using Expression. Here is a friendly users guide that shows you all the dialogs. 308 pages. Oops, it looks as if the OPL did not get the most recent edition.