Principles of Web Design
The ultimate guide to Web site design, Principles of Web Design, Fourth Edition leads you through the entire Web site creation process, from start to finish, while developing and enhancing your HTML, CSS, and visual design skills along the way. You’ll begin by learning about the Web design environment and the principles of sound Web design, continue to planning site layout and navigation, and progress to Web typography, colors and images, working with CSS, and more. Updated to include the latest
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August 18th, 2010 on 4:08 pm
Review by Jerry Deutschendorf for Principles of Web Design
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I’m a full-time web development instructor with both high-school and returning adult students. I am using this book in my web design class. I liked the introductory chapter and the chapter on tables. However my students and I have run into a number of code errors (especially in the frames chapter) that are unacceptable. So I will continue looking for an excellent instructional book on web design. This book doesn’t fit that criteria and I will not force it upon future students.
August 18th, 2010 on 4:40 pm
Review by S. Aviles for Principles of Web Design
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Clearly written/explained for the beginner or for an easy-to- follow review of HTML. Pages are well laid out and easy to read. It’s important to me to be able to read the text while sitting in front of the monitor, therefore a book should be legible at “lap height”. My only complaint is that “figure” examples should printed on the same page as the text explaining them.
August 18th, 2010 on 5:19 pm
Review by JVUE05 for Principles of Web Design
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This book is a bit outdated but it was required for my Web Development and Design class for college. If you have NEVER been exposed to HTML or CSS then you will find it helpful. If you already know HTML and only need to learn CSS, you are better off learning CSS off the web or a book dedicated to CSS. With this book we had to use the Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 book by Shelly Cashman Wells Freund. For the brand new price of this book, it would be wiser to spend that extra money elsewhere. But if you really need this book you should rent the book for class from Chegg (that’s what I did).
I started HTML in 1998, the only thing I saw useful was using CSS to make your pages uniform. The book doesn’t really teach how to make re-usable templates which would have been useful. You’re better off getting a reference book if you want to learn HTML & CSS tags and how to use them.
August 18th, 2010 on 5:36 pm
Review by T. Carpenter for Principles of Web Design
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My beginning web design class uses this (along with a “Master VISUALLY Dreamweaver CS4 and Flash CS4 Professional”) to define and teach the princles for correct web design. This book is definitely good for understanding the principles involved in web site creation and implementation. Specifically, how to build a web site to your individual audience and concerns to have when organizing, creating, and designing the content of the site. It’s very thorough for this means. I understand that there are some ‘coding’ issues with some of the examples shown in the book. I have not actually followed any of the examples but use it as a learning point of what to do/not to do for my own web site.
August 18th, 2010 on 5:50 pm
Review by ZBrushArtist for Principles of Web Design
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This textbook was a requirement for web design. An intermediate course. This book is just way tooooo basic and a little confusing with items that should not be confusing. The moment I bought it, I returned it immediately as I knew it would not teach me anything. I was right and got a B+ in the class.
You can probably learn more by viewing the HTML of any website of your choosing.