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Tables of Contents for Learning Web Design
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Part I: Getting Started
Where Do I Start?
3
10
Am I Too Late?
4
1
Where Do I Start?
4
1
What Do I Need to Learn?
4
3
Do I Need to Learn Java?
7
2
What Do I Need to Buy?
9
3
The Moral of the Story
12
1
How the Web Works
13
10
The Internet Versus the Web
13
1
Serving Up Your Information
14
1
Web Page Addresses (URLs)
14
4
The Anatomy of a Web Page
18
2
Browsers
20
1
Putting It All Together
21
2
Getting Your Pages on the Web
23
14
Putting Files Online (FTP)
23
9
Finding Server Space
32
3
www.``You''.com!
35
2
Why Web Design Isn't Like Print Design
37
12
Designing for the Unknown
37
9
Surviving the Unknown
46
1
Designing Democratically
46
1
Know Your Audience
47
1
Why Web Design Is Cool
48
1
The Web Design Process
49
10
Conceptualize and Research
49
2
Create and Organize Content
51
2
Develop the ``Look and Feel''
53
1
Produce Graphics and HTML Documents
54
1
Create a Prototype
54
1
Test, Test, Test!
54
1
Upload and Test Again
55
4
Part II: Learning HTML
Creating a Simple Page (HTML Overview)
59
18
Introducing...the HTML Tag
60
1
Assembling a Web Page
61
12
When Good Pages Go Bad
73
2
HTML Review--Structural Tags
75
2
Formatting Text
77
32
``Typesetting'' on the Web
77
2
Building Blocks: Headings and Paragraphs
79
5
Inline Styles
84
3
Text Size, Font, and Color
87
7
Lists
94
6
Aligning Text
100
6
Some Special Characters
106
2
HTML Review--Text Formatting Tags
108
1
Adding Graphic Elements
109
20
Adding Inline Images
109
13
Background Tiles
122
3
Horizontal Rules
125
3
HTML Review--Graphic Element Tags
128
1
Adding Links
129
20
The Anchor Tag Dissected
130
1
Linking to Pages on the Web
131
1
Linking Within Your Own Site
132
8
Linking Within a Page
140
3
Several Links in One Graphic (Imagemaps)
143
4
Mail Links
147
1
HTML Review--Link Tags
148
1
Tables
149
30
How Tables Are Used
150
1
How Tables Work
151
2
Designing Tables
153
10
HTML for Tables
163
9
Where Tables Go Wrong
172
3
Using Tables for Alignment
175
3
HTML Review--Table Tags
178
1
Frames
179
20
How Frames Work
180
2
Setting Up a Frameset Document
182
7
Frame Appearance and Function
189
4
Targeting Frames
193
3
Content for Users Without Frames
196
1
HTML Review--Frame Tags
197
2
Color on the Web
199
16
Specifying Colors by Name
199
2
Specifying Colors by Number
201
5
Elements You Can Color with HTML
206
2
The Web Palette
208
7
Part III: Creating Web Graphics
All About Web Graphics
215
14
File Formats
215
4
Image Resolution
219
3
File Size Matters
222
2
Tools of the Trade
224
1
Image Sources
225
2
Graphics Production Tips
227
1
Web Graphics Highlights
228
1
Creating GIFs
229
30
All About GIFs
229
4
Creating a Simple GIF, Step by Step
233
5
Adding Transparency
238
9
Optimizing GIFs
247
5
Designing with the Web Palette
252
6
Some Things to Remember About GIFs
258
1
Creating JPEGs
259
14
More About JPEGs
260
3
Making JPEGs, Step by Step
263
6
Optimizing JPEGs
269
3
Some Things to Remember About JPEGs
272
1
Animated GIFs
273
12
How They Work
273
1
GIF Animation Tools
274
1
Creating a Simple Animated GIF
274
6
A Cool Shortcut (Tweening)
280
2
Beyond Beginner
282
1
Some Things to Remember about Animated GIFs
282
3
Part IV: Form and Function
Web Design Techniques
285
28
Fancy Bulleted Lists
285
3
Fun with Boxes
288
5
Using 1-Pixel Square Graphics
293
5
Vertical Rules
298
2
Background Tile Tricks
300
2
Multipart (Sliced) Images
302
6
Pop-Up Windows
308
3
A Closing Word on Web Design Techniques
311
2
Building Usable Web Sites
313
30
Focus on the User
313
1
Information Design
314
8
Interface Design
322
9
Navigation Design
331
10
Bringing It All Home
341
1
Building Usable Web Sites: In Review
342
1
Web Design Dos and Don'ts
343
14
General Page Design Advice
343
3
Text Formatting Tips
346
4
Graphics Advice
350
6
Aesthetic Suggestions
356
1
Jen's Personal Pet Peeves
356
1
How'd They Do That: An Introduction to Advanced Techniques
357
18
Forms
357
1
Audio
358
2
Video
360
2
Cascading Style Sheets
362
5
JavaScript
367
2
DHTML
369
2
Flash
371
2
Advanced Techniques in Review
373
2
Glossary
375
4
Index
379