The complete website kit

Web by Design: The Complete Guide
Learn All of the Practical Web Design Concepts and Techniques from a Widely Recognized Author, Columnist, and Instructor

The Complete Website Upgrade & Maintenance Guide
A Knowledgable Web Insider Teaches You Everything from Building a Powerful Backend to Choosing the Right Tools and Technologies

Two Totally Unique and Critical Books that Every Webmaster Needs Combine Basic Design Principles with Technical Expertise ? and Build a Compelling, Effective Web Site

Web by Design: The Complete Guide
Written by Molly E. Holzschlag

Learn practical design concepts and techniques from a well-known Web author, columnist, and instructor. This book is a resource like no other, offering design expertise and technical knowledge that will help you build a functional and attractive site. Whether you're just getting started, moving to the Web from another medium, or refining long-held skills, you'll benefit from this book's rational, holistic approach to Web design. Refer to the 32-page full-color insert on Web-safe colors and color combinations to make the best use of the Web's color palette.

Master the Five Key Elements of Web Design:

• Designing for the screen Learn to use space as a design element, and discover all the ways in which the computer screen differs from print media.
• Controlling layout Exert total control over one of the most frustrating aspects of Web design.
• Using color and graphics effectively Find out just how much you can accomplish using the Web's limited color palette.
• Making sound typography decisions Ensure readability and accessibility without sacrificing style.
• Taking advantage of multimedia and Internet programming Use Java, JavaScript, and Webcasting technologies to promote interactivity and enhance user experience.

Drop in at the Design Studio!
Web by Design's companion Web site, www.designstudio.net, is filled with additional instruction, exercises, and examples of successful Web design. The Design Studio is a place where you can go to chat with other designers and get up-to-date information on the issues that interest you the most.

The Complete Website Upgrade & Maintenance Guide
Written by Lisa Schmeiser

This book is the most complete and authoritative resource available, ready to help you turn an existing site into a long-lasting, sophisticated, dynamic, and effective tool. It's the single resource where Webmasters, project managers, and producers can learn about topics ranging from planning a dynamic foundation and building a powerful backend, to choosing the right technologies and adding leading-edge capabilities.

Four Website case studies complete with code, scripts, and server analyses, are presented to give you the real-world insight you need to make your most pressing design, server, and programming decisions. You will also find several useful references such as an HTML tags appendix, a JavaScript glossary, a Unix cheatsheet, a style sheet attribute list, a browser comparison checklist, and a UI checklist.

Here's a sample of the topics covered:

• Employing intelligent design
• Maximizing HTML and DHTML
• Ensuring usability, accessibility, and quality
• Moving from static to dynamic website production
• Exploring XML
• Choosing the right multimedia technologies
• Accomodating advertising
• Building and fine tuning a powerful backend
• Exploring intranet and extranet development
• And much more!

Featured on the CD:

The companion, cross-platform CD is loaded with demos of popular tools such as Adobe After Effects, Allaire HomeSite, and the Apache server, sample code for Web servers, HTML editing, and graphics, code for the case studies, and much more.