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Title: Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics
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| Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics by O'Reilly Media, Inc. excellent book | The book is in excellent condition. The shipment was quick.
Thank you very much for it | | Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics by O'Reilly Media, Inc. Some good information, but I'm not digging the "lecture" style | I found the first few chapters to be interesting, learning some of the different branches that a person can go into in web design, and some of the "working terminology" for the different work roles and so forth.
But after a few chapters, as I'm reading I feel like I'm sitting in a big university classroom being told the "only real right way" to be a web designer. The tone of the book and much of the terminology used to describe things leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
I'm an open-minded guy looking to get into freelance web design, and any time someone tries to present "the mould which must be fit", when speaking about any topic, it turns me off and I pretty much am not willing to learn from them.
I'm not looking to go out and work for some big corporate company and conform to the "official web design methods" as they seem to be being lain out in this book.
That said, there is a lot to learn in here, and it's a dense book. But I'd agree with a previous reviewer who said that the presentation of the ideas is a bit chaotic and disjointed.
If you're of a mind to be lectured to, this book could be worth taking bits and pieces from here and there, but if you're a free-thinking individual you too might notice that this book seems to be telling you the "only right way", instead of simply laying out the fundamentals of web design.
The author is a big time professor in some big universities, so if you're turned off by the sort of "teaching" that is oftentimes done in such places, you probably don't want to waste your time with this one.
I will check out the table of contents and pick out the best info, but this one isn't a keeper as far as I would say. | | Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics by O'Reilly Media, Inc. Not for beginners | | This book is not for beginners. I am a technology professional and am having trouble learning about web design using this book. One improvement would be to eliminate any definitions that contain a term that has not been defined and is completely unknown to the reader. Another would be to have a glossary. At least, one could then look up the unknown term. Found minor error in explaining how to do things on the PC; don't know about Apple. Structure of book was also too complicated. | | Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics by O'Reilly Media, Inc. great intro; why doesn't she mention css editors? | | This is a very easy intro to xhtml and css. It's got nice full-color pictures, the text is very easy to read and understand, it's well worth the 30 bucks. I'm really glad I read it. The one thing I can't understand is why she doesn't mention css editors, in the software part of the book. She mentions only wysiwyg editors like dreamweaver; since reading the book I've found a css editor that has really helped me both understand and work with css. Something to add in ed. 4? | | Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics by O'Reilly Media, Inc. Clear & Informative | Ms. Robbins has done a fantastic job of translating a technical language into easy to understand terms. If you're in the beginning stages and early intermediate stages of web design, this is an essential book to read from cover to cover. Her style is serious, yet offered with a dry wit that has caused me to chuckle out-loud more than once.
The few weaknesses that I found were the sections on integrating CSS style sheets with the XHTML markup and VERY minimal examples of layout. The first 3/4 of the manual were so thorough that I'm still taken aback at how thinly she scratched the surface of how to bring it all together in a functioning 1-4 column design.
All-in-all a solid and necessary book! | | Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics by O'Reilly Media, Inc. Product Description | 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. |
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