Creating Killer Websites: The Art of Third-Generation Site Design

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Creating Killer Web Sites was the first true design book for the web. It shows, in practical terms, the fundamentals of design applied to the web. Now completely updated! Every chapter has new material! In this expanded second edition, you'll find the techniques and principles you need to build sites for today's 4.0 and the coming 5.0 browsers. Much of the book has been rewritten with new tips, new tools, updated HTML, and an emphasis on cross-browser compatibility. There are three new chapters on strategies ...
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Creating Killer Web Sites was the first true design book for the web. It shows, in practical terms, the fundamentals of design applied to the web. Now completely updated! Every chapter has new material! In this expanded second edition, you'll find the techniques and principles you need to build sites for today's 4.0 and the coming 5.0 browsers. Much of the book has been rewritten with new tips, new tools, updated HTML, and an emphasis on cross-browser compatibility. There are three new chapters on strategies designers will need to know going forward, including a detailed style-sheet tutorial.
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Explains the conception, design, and construction of third-generation Web sites, encouraging resistance to the urge to build sites with the latest technical gizmos. Part I covers basics of theory, structure, implementation, and tools, and Part II details case studies of four sites, showcasing real-life design solutions from the Web. Part III covers style sheets and strategies for use during the coming Web browser transitions. Includes color illustrations on every page. This revised edition of 1996's instant online classic contains some 100 new pages and 150 new illustrations, with a new chapter on style sheets.
Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Ray Duncan

Beyond the Valley of the HTMLs

By Siegel's criteria, a first-generation Web site is characterized by seemingly endless pages of wall-to-wall text and lists of hot-links. These sites were the norm two years ago and are unfortunately still quite common today. A second-generation Web site employs in-line graphics, background colors or tiled images, and tables, but is still based on a fairly simple top-down, hierarchical model. Second generation sites are the norm in 1996. A third-generation Web site, on the other hand,

"... uses typographic and visual layout principles to describe a page in two dimensions. Third-generation site designers carefully specify the position and relationships of all elements on the page, retaining fine control of the layout. Third-generation sites use metaphor and visual theme to entice and guide, creating a whole experience for surfers from the first splash screen to the exit."

This is not your mother's book on document tagging and setting up an http server. David Siegel, who approaches the World Wide Web as a medium for artistic expression from the viewpoint of a typographer and graphic designer, has little patience with HTML in its present form. In fact, his main approach to creating a web site is to mock up the pages in Adobe Photoshop, then draw from a hefty toolbox of GIF/JPEG tricks and HTML tweaks until he can exactly reproduce the look he got in the Photoshop documents.

Although I have been creating and administering web sites for a couple of years now, reading this sophisticated, challenging book was a real consciousness-raising experience. The book itself is beautifully designed, if a bit busy visually, and contains countless useful concepts and techniques that you can put to use immediately. The discussions of color cubes, palettes, animated GIFs, and PDF files are particularly unique and valuable.

The book is supported by a dedicated Web site, which contains examples from the book, supplementary materials, and links to award-winning "third-generation" sites elsewhere.--Dr. Dobb's Electronic Review of Computer Books

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781568302898
  • Publisher: New Riders
  • Publication date: 6/28/1996
  • Pages: 272
  • Product dimensions: 8.06 (w) x 10.02 (h) x 0.59 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
1 Form versus Function 2
2 Third-Generation Sites 10
3 Preparing Images 32
4 Laying Out Pages 62
5 Rendering Type 94
6 A Page Makeover 116
7 A Personal Site 136
8 A Storefront 150
9 A Gallery 178
10 Creative Design Solutions 206
11 A CSS Primer 234
12 Transitional Strategies 256
13 Looking Forward 276
Appendices 286
Index 298
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