Web Design: The Complete Reference - Softcover

Thomas A. Powell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072122978 ISBN 13: 9780072122978

Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2000

Synopsis

Get complete coverage of Web site design, including theories, techniques, and the latest technologies. Learn to design, build, and maintain a site and handle e-commerce and security. The author, Thomas Powell, developed the Web Design Certificate Program at the University of California, San Diego.

About this title

About the Author

Thomas Powell (San Diego, CA) is the founder and principal of Powell Internet Consulting, Inc. a San Diego-based web design firm that specializes in Web research and development and site construction for high-tech companies. He developed the Web Design Certificate Program at UCSD, teaches web publishing classes and serves as senior instructor and faculty advisor in the University's Information Technology Program. He holds a Bachelor of Science from UCLA and a Master's degree in Computer Science from UCSD. Powell is the author of three books: HTML: The Complete Reference and HTML Programmer's Reference for Osborne and Web Site Engineering: Beyond Web Page Design for Prentice Hall.

From the Back Cover

The Ultimate Resource on Web Site Design Theory and Practice.

Plan, build, and maintain dynamic Web sites that balance form and function. Web design expert Thomas Powell provides thorough explanations of effective site architecture, layout, and navigational features, and describes how to add graphics, links, interface widgets, and multimedia. You'll also get complete details on enabling search and e-commerce capabilities, handling privacy and security issues with respect to site design, and programming dynamic Web applications. The companion Web site, www.webdesignref.com, is loaded with live examples you can apply to your own site, along with links to other useful sites and downloadable tools.

• Gain a solid background in Web design theories and techniques
• Plan site architecture with respect to user-centered design and navigation
• Learn how to plan, specify, and build large web sites
• Format text and add links, icons, and imagemaps
• Integrate Web GUI widgets, such as windows, forms and pull-down menus
• Add images--GIFs, JPEGs, PNGs--animation, audio, and video
• Learn core Web technologies, including HTML, CSS, and XML
• Optimize for global search engines and design for local search engines
• Program Web applications using JavaScript
• Select appropriate hosting environment for fast site delivery

Edition details

• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072122978
• ISBN 13: 9780072122978
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 872