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Smashing HTML5

rleir — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:23:09 +0000

Smashing HTML5, William B. Sanders, (- 2011)

Web designers will like this introduction to the new world of HTML5. The book itself is nicely designed. 300 pages.

Rocket Surgery Usability

rleir — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:45:50 +0000

Rocket Surgery Made Easy The Do-it-yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems, Steve Krug, – 2010

For web site designers, this book is quick and practical. 150 pages.

Neuro Web Design

rleir — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:55:04 +0000

Neuro Web Design – What Makes Them Click?, Susan Weinschenk, New Riders, 2009

Well written, 150 pages.

Web Design

rleir — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:07:55 +0000

Web Design – A Beginner’s Guide, Wendy Willard, McGraw-Hill, 2010

Well written. 350 pages.

Website Owner’s Manual

rleir — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:52:09 +0000

Website 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

rleir — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:42:26 +0000

Adobe 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

rleir — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:44:27 +0000

The 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

rleir — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:54:25 +0000

Forms 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

rleir — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:48:09 +0000

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 … Continue reading →

Web Design all-in-one for Dummies

rleir — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:18:07 +0000

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.