Essential Design for Web Professionals (The Prentice Hall Essential Web Professionals Series) - Softcover

Lyons, Charles J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130321613 ISBN 13: 9780130321619

Publisher: Pearson P T R, 2000

Synopsis

Offers case studies and practical techniques outlining the principles of Web design, including user's needs, navigation systems, graphics, usability, accessibility, and interactivity.

About this title

About the Author

CHARLES J. LYONS is President and Founder of Tektrain, Inc., a leading provider of technical training. He was previously a Member of Technical Staff at Lucent Technologies' Learning & Performance Center, responsible for the development and delivering of training in human factors and usability, Web development and HTML, rapid prototyping, and effective technical documentation development. Lyons was also responsible for developing and maintaining the Center's internal Human Factors Curriculum Web site.

From the Back Cover

• Architect and design any Web site for maximum effectiveness!
• Build an entire site, step by step using a real-world case study
• Work with practical techniques for testing usability
• Explore site accessibility, use of XML, and more
• Learn from a leading expert in information design and usability
• Endorsed by WOW (The World Organization of Web Masters).

Don't just build Web sites: architect them for maximum usability and effectiveness! In this book, leading usability and information design specialist Charles J. Lyons shows you how. Discover easy, practical ways to identify your users' requirements, translate their needs into superb content and navigation, and avoid user confusion and expensive site retrofitting. Using a hands-on case study, this book walks you through every stage: site analysis, design, and delivery. Better yet, you can recreate the case study using images and files from a fully integrated Web site that even gives you the final solution. But no peeking!

You'll master all this, and much more!

• Understanding your users' needs and requirements
• Building sites that can evolve and grow
• Defining logical, clear, easy-to-use navigation systems
• Using graphics more effectively
• Testing usability with real users
• Making your site accessible to the physically challenged
• Leveraging the power of XML in your site and Web applications

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• And more to come!

From the Inside Flap

Introduction

When I decided to write this book, it was my intention to provide to Web professionals a cogent and defendable methodology for developing Web sites. For years, I have seen both systems and Web sites developed in an undisciplined manner. What results is a system or Web site for which a great deal of retrofitting and reengineering is necessary. Retrofitting is expensive and its necessity is the result of not taking a thorough and disciplined approach to developing the Web site.

The methodology suggested herein is based upon sound systems engineering principles. The approach is to perform a thorough and complete requirements analysis up front. A solid analysis provides the foundation for designing a Web site that will meet the usersÕ needs each and every time. A successful Web site will also be easy to maintain, since major blocks of thought are not left out. While revisions are needed, they will be more related to the business needs and exigencies than to faulty, premature design.

Throughout this book, there are images that are worth viewing in color. At various points in the text, you will be prompted to visit a Web site, where color versions of the images are shown.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson P T R
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130321613
• ISBN 13: 9780130321619
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 237