Web Design for Dummies 2nd Edition by Lisa Lopuck (PDF)

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How many times have you visited a Web site and thought that you could do a better job if only you had the knowledge and skills? Or perhaps you have a great idea for a Web site but don’t know how to get started? What was once exclusively a task for professionals, Web designing, has become more accessible to amateurs, thanks to loads of handy software. With Web Design For Dummies, you will be able to design your own Web site like a pro. Web design requires many programs to make a Website attractive and fun, including:Using Web editors like DreamweaverImage editing tools like Photoshop elementsDrawing utensils like IllustratorBackground markup and scripting languages like HTML and CSSThis fun guide covers all of the topics that every aspiring Web designer should know. This book offers advice on:Designing for your audienceBuilding a solid framework for easy navigationCreating appealing graphics that work with the siteChoosing the proper type and colorsTweaking the HTML to make everything work correctlyApplying next-step technologies including JavaScriptParlaying your skills into paid workWith expert guidance from Lisa Lopuck, a pioneer in interactive media design and the Senior Producer at Disney, you will be creating superb Web pages that will charm and impress all of your visitors!

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Editorial Reviews: From the Back Cover Build your own eye-popping site designCreate a user-friendly site, design great graphics, and make updating easyIt can take a flock of folks to build, design, and maintain an out-of-sight Web site. Whether you’re designing a site on your own or are a member of a design team, this updated guide will be your best assistant. Here’s the scoop on planning, producing, choosing colors and fonts, managing content — even understanding a dollop of HTML.Discover how toAssess the audience for your siteCreate an effective workflowAdd sound, video, and animationTest your site for ease of navigationBuild graphics that workUse frames, tables, and CSS About the Author In 1988, Lisa Lopuck got her first glimpse of multimedia while still at UCLA pursuing her degree in design. She saw a tiny, black-and-white, interactive HyperCard stack designed by The Voyager Company and immediately knew her career path. Her first job out of school was working at the Apple Multimedia Lab in San Francisco. She then moved on to Skywalker Ranch, working with George Lucas to design educational CD-ROMs. The rest has been interactive history — working with everyone from Kaleida to eBay, writing bestselling books, teaching, and speaking at conferences along the way. In 1996, she co-founded Electravision, an award-winning Web design agency in San Francisco with clients such as Twentieth Century Fox, National Geographic, Microsoft, and Mall of America. Electravision’s work won awards, including Yahoo!’s Best of the Year, Site of the Day, and Best of the Web. Electravision also created the highly acclaimed online murder mystery series, Suspect, one of the Web’s first online entertainment series. Recently, Lisa was an Associate Creative Director and Senior Producer at Disney where she managed the production of large-scale, large-budget, multilanguage Web sites for Disney’s theme parks and hotels around the world such as www.DisneyCruiseLine.com and www.HongKongDisneyland.com. Lisa is now a design consultant helping companies shape their Web creative strategy. She is also an accomplished watercolor artist, and a signature member of the National Watercolor Society. You can see her paintings online at www.lopuck.com, and her Web portfolio at www.lopuck.com/portfolio.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐This book is pretty good for someone who wants to learn the basics of the process of web design as well as plenty of useful tidbits of information.However, the main problem is that this book is in sore need of an updating. For example, the author uses Internet Explorer for Mac which was discontinued over five years ago. Or there are references to Macromedia software programs (which are currently owned by Adobe) and so there will be some differences in current versions. Also, in this day and age when open source software like Inkscape and the GIMP are options, they should at least have some mention. The status of current Mac OS X-available software, as well as other modern tools and software programs for that matter, are also outdated. Other basic info, such as the support level for PNG, the existence of SVG, common screen sizes, current Mac screen resolutions, new HTML technologies, current printer prices and features, etc., are outdated, so take everything with a grain of salt, and make sure that you already have some basic knowledge of modern technology.Nevertheless, although I have bought several Dummies books relating to building websites, this is my favorite. It’s fun to read, very understandable, and is IMO indispensable for someone who wants to design a really good website.For coding, though, there is only limited information. The W3Schools website or special books for HTML/CSS/PHP/Java are needed for that.And a note to the author: “Lorem ipsum” is not Greek. It is written in a non-classical form of Latin used for what is called “Greeking”. Let’s hope for a 3rd Edition, huh?

⭐Let’s face it, if you’ve chosen this book, you admit to having little to no knowledge about web design. In other words, you admit you are “dumb” when it comes to the topic, and hope that the author understands you need to start from point zero and go to one-million by the end of the book. This author did a pretty good job in the first half of the book. I actually started a little website on my computer and was learning the “html” language feeling good about my brain accepting the new in-load of material. Then suddenly, half-way through the book the “basics” seemed to turn into the “real” material as if the reader should know by now what “1 + 1” was and that now it was time to move to quadratic equations. I tried to read over and over what she was attempting to convey, and do what I was supposed to on my little website. Something about the type of software use and the multi-dimensions in cyberspace that I was to grasp didn’t grasp me at all (or I didn’t grasp it but it slipped out of my hands). If you don’t get the concept on page 1, you should not proceed to page 2. So when I encountered this “block” I never got passed it. The book is still waiting for me to figure out the second half…..like I’ll need a face-to-face class to get to that point, and the reason why I bought the book was to avoid an expensive class. I would re-name this book, “….for Intermediates” instead of “Dummies”.

⭐I didn’t realize how non-technical this book would be when I ordered it – I was looking for something that would take me hands-on into creating a web page. I am a seasoned program manager of software and graphics projects, but nonetheless found this book instructive. Projects all have some commonality in their management, and then some specific expertise according to the type of project. This book covers the web design aspects very well. It is also a good foundation for anybody starting out on a web design project, the more so if there are more people involved in the project.I’d strongly recommend this to project managers embarking on a web-related project. If your project involves many contributors, and you’re not experienced in project management, you should train up on project management generalities too.

⭐Most of the Dummies books I know of are pitched to the ordinary joe. I bought this book assuming that it would be too, so it would help me design my own web page. Not so. This is for people who want to make a career out of designing web pages. It assumes that you will be part of a team that includes marketing people, designers (in addition to you), media specialists, “HTML slingers,” programmers, and a producer to pull the team together and bring the project in on time and on budget.Well, okay. If you are the person it’s written for, I suspect that you would give it five stars, like the other reviewers. Even with the disconnect, I got so much out of parts of it that I’ll give it four. I will bet, however, that if your ambitions are as modest as mine are, there are other, better books.

⭐Great book for beginners.

⭐This book it helpful learning about basic web design. It’s more informational than hands on. I had a hard time understanding some of the practices but I am a visual person.

⭐4 stars because I was expecting more technical information out of it. Which I later did order what I needed. But everything went without a hitch. Will buy from vendor again.

⭐This book is very solid. It does not emphasize HTML, etc., but is good for more general ideas about what makes sense for layout of pages, etc.

⭐Sometimes a Dummies book is just what one needs. If you know nothing about a subject and you need to led step by step so that after a while you can comprehend what the subject is about then go for a dummy. This one taught me that I simply do not have the time to devote to this subject. That is very valuable knowledge.Alan Lovegreen

⭐This is a good and very interesting book. It has taught a novice a lot about the Internet and what it can do.

⭐Great condition thanks

⭐I was looking for a book that was for absolute beginners for someone who had no one to teach them and this helped allot.

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