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Web Design & Development

This department covers a wide range of topics all surrounding the "Web Design" topic. Note it has been split into several sub-topics. We encourage you to send in YOUR REVIEWS!

What's hot this month?

Web Design for ROI: Turning Browsers into Buyers & Prospects into Leads * Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML and CSS * Adobe Dreamweaver CS3: Video Training Book * Teach Yourself VISUALLY Flash CS3 Professional... Get'em while they're HOT
SEE: Web Design Tutorial: How to build tabbed navigation in CSS
Special Review: Web Design for ROI

The Art and Science of CSS

by Jonathan Snook, Steve Smith, Jina Bolton, Cameron Adams, David Johnson
CSS-based design doesn 't need to be boring. The Art & Science of CSS brings together a talented collection of designers who will show you how to take the building blocks of your web site's design (such as headings, navigation, forms, and more) and bring them to life with fully standards-compliant CSS. This full color book helps you to design web sites that not only work well across all browsers, are easy to maintain, and are highly accessible, but are also visually stunning
The Art and Science of CSS
Author: Jonathan Snook, Steve Smith, Jina Bolton, Cameron Adams, David Johnson
Regular price: $39.95 - our discounted price: $27.62
Published by: SitePoint; Paperback, Illustrated; 224 pages; web rating: 4.5; us
Department: Web Site Design, Software Development, HTML - General, Look Inside Computer Books
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Creating Web Pages For Dummies - This book goes a long way toward explaining Web publishing to newcomers to the field.
CSS Web Site Design Hands on Training - CSS essentials, effective navigation, typography, colors, backgrounds, and white space
HTML Dog: The Best-Practice Guide to XHTML and CSS - 10 easy-to-follow chapters such as Text, Images, Layout, Lists, and Forms, and more
1 Hour Web Site: 120 Professional Templates and Skins - This book brought some of the best fun we've seen in the web arena! Re-sell these templates with gusto!
Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design - In this groundbreaking book, you'll discover how to implement highly original designs through CSS
CSS, DHTML, and Ajax, Fourth Edition VQG - In these pages, readers will find friendly, step-by-step instructions for using CSS, DHTML
Six Apart's Movable Type - Editor Fred Showker shares his views on the most important books for those who have decided to get into the world of blogging using ...
Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours - includes updates to introduce Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in concert with HTML
Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML - The first turly fresh approach to teaching web construction in a long time
Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours - Easy, step-by-step learning
CSS Hacks and Filters : Making Cascading Stylesheets Work - Kick it up a step and dig into these CSS hacks and filters. Not for the beginner!
Access by Design : A Guide to Usability for Web Designers - Must reading for the serious web designer!
Hacking Movable Type - An Editor's Choice book... this takes you under the hood of Movable Type
Spring Into HTML and CSS - We love all the "Spring Into" books and this is one of the best
Adobe Photoshop CS2 for the Web Hands-On Training - Here comes Tanya with another blockbuster web graphics book
Web Site Design for Professional Photographers - Uniquely positioned for photography related web sites... a must for photo Galleries
HTML Complete Course - Author, Donna L. Baker chats about her latest book: HTML Complete Course; part of the Wiley/Seybold Complete Course series -- and discusses key issues of using HTML to build web sites...
Spring Into HTML and CSS - Need to build a web site? Or update one? Or just create some effective new web content? Maybe you just need to update your skills, do the job better -- this book's for you.
The CSS Anthology : 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks - A practical guide on CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for professionals and novices, that can be used both as a tutorial and read cover-to-cover or as a handy and practical reference book to common problems
Silence on the Wire - There are many ways that a potential attacker can intercept information, or learn more about the sender, as the information travels over a network -- this groundbreaking security book goes beyond the norm to examine computer vulnerabilities
Firefox Hacks: Tips & Tools for Next-Generation Web Browsing - Firefox Hacks is ideal for power users who want to take full advantage of Firefox from Mozilla, the next-generation web browser that is rapidly subverting Internet Explorer's once-dominant audience.
Flash Out of the Box - by Jr., Robert Hoekman: Learn how to design in Flash... and how NOT to!
Official SWiSHmax Bible - by Donna L. Baker: If you can dream it, you can build it with SWiSHmax . . . this book tells you how
Small Websites, Great Results - by Doug Addison: the perfect book for today because many businesses needing the wisdom of simplicity
ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide - the most complete, up-to-date reference available for the latest version of this language
Content Syndication with RSS - webloggers, developers, and programmers can learn syndication and RSS
Create Your Own Website (Using What you Already Know) - quickly and easily build a Web site using your personal computer
CSS Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition - indispensable CSS reference for web designers
Defensive Design for the Web - How to improve error messages, help, forms, and other crisis points
DHTML and CSS for the World Wide Web - Visual QuickStart Guide - Most recommended
Flash Hacks - Flash Hacks dives straight into all that's fun and creative
IT Ethics Handbook: Right and Wrong for IT Professionals - Know the laws and the ethics of computing.
MySQL Administrator's Guide - The only official guide to MySQL
SpamAssassin - a solution to the burgeoning crisis of spam proliferation
See our continuously updated CSS Bibliography, Flash Bibliography, and Web Design Bibliography
Not to be missed: Eric Meyer on CSS reviewed by Joyce Evans
Molly puts you on the Designers Edge reviewed by Joyce Evans
Flash Bibliography
Life Online: General Audience on the internet
Development: Java, CGI, Linux, Perl, Applescript, others
FLASH department

Making your Web Design Better...

HTML Complete - enables users to design and employ current and emerging Web technologies in the right way
Return on Design: Smarter Web Design That Works - Editor's Choice: information design essentials that can determine a Web site's success or failure
The Unusually Useful Web Book - If ever there were an author who could make web standards exciting, it's Jeffrey Zeldman.
Designing Web Site Interface Elements - The second title in the new DesignWhys series
Designing With Web Standards - Stop being an "html terrorist" and start styling with CSS
Search Engine Visibility - teaches developers, designers, programmers, and online marketers what pitfalls to avoid
Speed Up Your Site: Web Site Optimization - speed is critical to online success and happy users... you need it!
Web Graphics for Non-Designers - takes you through the basics of web design, looking at using color effectively on sites
Designing web graphics.4, Fourth Edition - The most influential web design book ever written for the web
HTTP Developer's Handbook - written specifically for Web developers
Web Design on a Shoestring - how each phase in site development can be trimmed back without losing control, quality, or beauty

Web Software Specific...

ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition - the most complete, up-to-date reference available for the latest version of this language
JavaScript for the World Wide Web: VQG - real-world JavaScript usage, and a language reference
Macromedia MX: Building Rich Internet Applications - ... the title says it all
Macromedia Studio MX Bible - definitive guide to Macromedia Studio MX
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed - get the most out of Windows Server 2003
Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX: Strategic Solutions for Online Interaction - shows how to develop practical and usable Macromedia Flash Communication (FlashCom) applications
Roadmap to Macromedia Contribute - unlocks the power of word processing for the web so that anyone can manage web content.

Macromedia & Dreamweaver

Building Dynamic Web Sites with Macromedia Studio MX 2004 - conquer the world with your dynamic, data-driven sites!
Dreamweaver MX Bible with CD-ROM - the definitive guide to Dreamweaver MX
Dreamweaver MX: Design and Technique (With CD-ROM) - how to make your web pages look their best and perform even better
Macromedia ColdFusion MX Development with Dreamweaver MX: VQP - The best beginners guide out there!
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 : Training from the Source (3rd Edition) - shows you how to transform your dream projects into real-life success stories
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Advanced VQP - Written for designers who don't want to have to learn SQL
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Dynamic Applications: Advanced Training from the Source - everything you need to enter the world of object-oriented programming
Special Edition Using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX - addresses issues in Web design and development from an extremely contemporary standpoint
Certified Macromedia ColdFusion MX Developer Study Guide - the popular study guide has become the de facto desk reference of choice for ColdFusion pros

NOTABLE

See our special FLASH department

Flash Magic by David J. Emberton J. Scott Hamlin (Reviewed by Joyce Evans)

Photoshop 911

is where Photoshop users ask questions and get help! It's also a warehouse of excellent Photoshop tips, tricks and tutorials. Check it out in the : Photoshop 911 FAQ department

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Web Design for ROI: Turning Browsers into Buyers & Prospects into Leads * Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML and CSS * Adobe Dreamweaver CS3: Video Training Book * Teach Yourself VISUALLY Flash CS3 Professional... Get'em while they're HOT SEE: Web Design Tutorial: How to build tabbed navigation in CSS Special Review: Web Design for ROI The Art and Science of CSS by Jonathan Snook, Steve Smith, Jina Bolton, Cameron Adams, David Johnson CSS-based design doesn 't need to be boring. The Art & Science of CSS brings together a talented collection of designers who will show you how to take the building blocks of your web site's design (such as headings, navigation, forms, and more) and bring them to life with fully standards-compliant CSS. This full color book helps you to design web sites that not only work well across all browsers, are easy to maintain, and are highly accessible, but are also visually stunning The Art and Science of CSS Author: Jonathan Snook, Steve Smith, Jina Bolton, Cameron Adams, David Johnson Regular price: $39.95 - our discounted price: $27.62 Published by: SitePoint; Paperback, Illustrated; 224 pages; web rating: 4.5; us Department: Web Site Design, Software Development, HTML - General, Look Inside Computer Books See more like this at the Designer's Bookshelf Special Events: Creating Web Pages For Dummies - This book goes a long way toward explaining Web publishing to newcomers to the field. CSS Web Site Design Hands on Training - CSS essentials, effective navigation, typography, colors, backgrounds, and white space HTML Dog: The Best-Practice Guide to XHTML and CSS - 10 easy-to-follow chapters such as Text, Images, Layout, Lists, and Forms, and more 1 Hour Web Site: 120 Professional Templates and Skins - This book brought some of the best fun we've seen in the web arena! Re-sell these templates with gusto! Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design - In this groundbreaking book, you'll discover how to implement highly original designs through CSS CSS, DHTML, and Ajax, Fourth Edition VQG - In these pages, readers will find friendly, step-by-step instructions for using CSS, DHTML Six Apart's Movable Type - Editor Fred Showker shares his views on the most important books for those who have decided to get into the world of blogging using ... Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours - includes updates to introduce Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in concert with HTML Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML - The first turly fresh approach to teaching web construction in a long time Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours - Easy, step-by-step learning CSS Hacks and Filters : Making Cascading Stylesheets Work - Kick it up a step and dig into these CSS hacks and filters. Not for the beginner! Access by Design : A Guide to Usability for Web Designers - Must reading for the serious web designer! Hacking Movable Type - An Editor's Choice book... this takes you under the hood of Movable Type Spring Into HTML and CSS - We love all the "Spring Into" books and this is one of the best Adobe Photoshop CS2 for the Web Hands-On Training - Here comes Tanya with another blockbuster web graphics book Web Site Design for Professional Photographers - Uniquely positioned for photography related web sites... a must for photo Galleries HTML Complete Course - Author, Donna L. Baker chats about her latest book: HTML Complete Course; part of the Wiley/Seybold Complete Course series -- and discusses key issues of using HTML to build web sites... Spring Into HTML and CSS - Need to build a web site? Or update one? Or just create some effective new web content? Maybe you just need to update your skills, do the job better -- this book's for you. The CSS Anthology : 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks - A practical guide on CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for professionals and novices, that can be used both as a tutorial and read cover-to-cover or as a handy and practical reference book to common problems Silence on the Wire - There are many ways that a potential attacker can intercept information, or learn more about the sender, as the information travels over a network -- this groundbreaking security book goes beyond the norm to examine computer vulnerabilities Firefox Hacks: Tips & Tools for Next-Generation Web Browsing - Firefox Hacks is ideal for power users who want to take full advantage of Firefox from Mozilla, the next-generation web browser that is rapidly subverting Internet Explorer's once-dominant audience. Flash Out of the Box - by Jr., Robert Hoekman: Learn how to design in Flash... and how NOT to! Official SWiSHmax Bible - by Donna L. Baker: If you can dream it, you can build it with SWiSHmax . . . this book tells you how Small Websites, Great Results - by Doug Addison: the perfect book for today because many businesses needing the wisdom of simplicity ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide - the most complete, up-to-date reference available for the latest version of this language Content Syndication with RSS - webloggers, developers, and programmers can learn syndication and RSS Create Your Own Website (Using What you Already Know) - quickly and easily build a Web site using your personal computer CSS Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition - indispensable CSS reference for web designers Defensive Design for the Web - How to improve error messages, help, forms, and other crisis points DHTML and CSS for the World Wide Web - Visual QuickStart Guide - Most recommended Flash Hacks - Flash Hacks dives straight into all that's fun and creative IT Ethics Handbook: Right and Wrong for IT Professionals - Know the laws and the ethics of computing. MySQL Administrator's Guide - The only official guide to MySQL SpamAssassin - a solution to the burgeoning crisis of spam proliferation See our continuously updated CSS Bibliography, Flash Bibliography, and Web Design Bibliography Not to be missed: Eric Meyer on CSS reviewed by Joyce Evans Molly puts you on the Designers Edge reviewed by Joyce Evans Flash Bibliography Life Online: General Audience on the internet Development: Java, CGI, Linux, Perl, Applescript, others FLASH department Making your Web Design Better... HTML Complete - enables users to design and employ current and emerging Web technologies in the right way Return on Design: Smarter Web Design That Works - Editor's Choice: information design essentials that can determine a Web site's success or failure The Unusually Useful Web Book - If ever there were an author who could make web standards exciting, it's Jeffrey Zeldman. Designing Web Site Interface Elements - The second title in the new DesignWhys series Designing With Web Standards - Stop being an "html terrorist" and start styling with CSS Search Engine Visibility - teaches developers, designers, programmers, and online marketers what pitfalls to avoid Speed Up Your Site: Web Site Optimization - speed is critical to online success and happy users... you need it! Web Graphics for Non-Designers - takes you through the basics of web design, looking at using color effectively on sites Designing web graphics.4, Fourth Edition - The most influential web design book ever written for the web HTTP Developer's Handbook - written specifically for Web developers Web Design on a Shoestring - how each phase in site development can be trimmed back without losing control, quality, or beauty Web Software Specific... ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition - the most complete, up-to-date reference available for the latest version of this language JavaScript for the World Wide Web: VQG - real-world JavaScript usage, and a language reference Macromedia MX: Building Rich Internet Applications - ... the title says it all Macromedia Studio MX Bible - definitive guide to Macromedia Studio MX Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed - get the most out of Windows Server 2003 Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX: Strategic Solutions for Online Interaction - shows how to develop practical and usable Macromedia Flash Communication (FlashCom) applications Roadmap to Macromedia Contribute - unlocks the power of word processing for the web so that anyone can manage web content. Macromedia & Dreamweaver Building Dynamic Web Sites with Macromedia Studio MX 2004 - conquer the world with your dynamic, data-driven sites! Dreamweaver MX Bible with CD-ROM - the definitive guide to Dreamweaver MX Dreamweaver MX: Design and Technique (With CD-ROM) - how to make your web pages look their best and perform even better Macromedia ColdFusion MX Development with Dreamweaver MX: VQP - The best beginners guide out there! Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 : Training from the Source (3rd Edition) - shows you how to transform your dream projects into real-life success stories Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Advanced VQP - Written for designers who don't want to have to learn SQL Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Dynamic Applications: Advanced Training from the Source - everything you need to enter the world of object-oriented programming Special Edition Using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX - addresses issues in Web design and development from an extremely contemporary standpoint Certified Macromedia ColdFusion MX Developer Study Guide - the popular study guide has become the de facto desk reference of choice for ColdFusion pros Featured Books: Cascading Style Sheets bibliography Designing Web Sites for Every Audience Integrated Web Design: Building the New Breed of Designer Son of Web Sites that SUCK Favorites Adobe GoLive 6.0 Classroom in a Book (With CD-ROM) ColdFusion MX Web Application Construction Kit Dreamweaver MX: Design and Technique Dreamweaver MX / Fireworks MX Savvy Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Macromedia MX eLearning Reality ColdFusion MX: Flash MX Integration Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver MX in 24 Hours Sams Teach Yourself Dreamweaver MX in 21 Days Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Visual Quickstart Previously XML and Web Services Unleashed Macromedia Sitespring Visual Quickstart TCP/IP Unleashed Apache Administrator's Handbook Professional Web Site Design from Start to Finish The Designer's Guide to Web Type: Best Fonts Online Sams Teach Yourself ColdFusion in 21 Days Dreamweaver in a Nutshell Dreamweaver UltraDev 4: Training from the Source Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Unleashed Special Edition Using Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Web Design in a Nutshell Web Design Tools and Techniques Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion 5 App Dev Editors' Choice Adobe Golive 5 Bible Learning Web Design Real World Adobe GoLive 5: Industrial Strength Adobe LiveMotion f/x and Design Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Development The WebWorks Publisher Cookbook with FrameMaker Web Project Management: Successful Web Sites Professional Web Site Design from Start to Finish Web ReDesign: Workflow That Works Inside Dreamweaver UltraDEV 4 Design for Community: Connecting Real People Online Communities: Designing Usability NOTABLE Web Design Tools and Techniques Web Site Design Goodies Teach Yourself FrontPage 2002 in 24 Hours Dreamweaver UltraDev 4: Training from the Source Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio Web Design Workshop The Art and Science of Web Design Adobe GoLive 5 for Macintosh and Windows Visual Quickstart Guide Dreamweaver 4 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide How to Use Dreamweaver 4 and Fireworks 4 Sams Teach Yourself Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 in 21 Days Search Engines for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide Creative HTML Design 2 Learning Web Design: Beginner's Guide to HTML, Graphics, and Beyond See our special FLASH department Flash Magic by David J. Emberton J. Scott Hamlin (Reviewed by Joyce Evans) Photoshop 911 is where Photoshop users ask questions and get help! It's also a warehouse of excellent Photoshop tips, tricks and tutorials. Check it out in the : Photoshop 911 FAQ department Participate in your Design Booksehlf Lots of fun and information for all... don't forget, any community is only as good as the participation of its members. We invite your book reviews, comments, suggestions and camaraderie. Make a Difference Your donations help keep this site alive ... Become a friend of the Design Center and Design-Bookshelf! Advertise on this site promote your products or services among these pages! Call: 540-433-8402 for details.	FAVORITES: Interviews: Katrin Eismann on Photoshop Retouching Bert Monroy READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY? If you have, we want to hear how you liked (or disliked) it! 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