... “Skencil.’’
Figure 1-17:
Using Mayura Draw for vector-based design.
tip
Web designers and developers using Linux platform and open source
software for designing graphics should check out LinuxArtist.Org, ... screen
and capture menus, dialogs, and toolbars with ease. This can be very helpful and
save a lot of time—instead of cropping full-screen images, you can instantly get
what you need and, in ... and change the suffix
globally to .php. To do this directly on an open-source operating system from the
command line is very simple, but for Windows and Macintosh (except if you use the
command...
... signif-
icantly reducing bandwidth and increasing revenue.
Most likely you are a person who is working on public or private Web sites and is
somewhat experienced with HTML andWeb graphic designand are interested ... streamlining the design process and management, and increasing
awareness and promotion of the sites you designand develop. Your primary job
might not even be that of a Web designer—perhaps you ... for
self-expression via Weblogs, social networks, and special interest groups.
250 HTML andWebDesign Secrets looks into the detailed work required to create
successful Web sites and provides extremely...
... the
Designs Included
in This Book
There are 230 templates included with this book, which contain both pure CSS
and table-based XHTML Web designs, email signatures, e-newsletters, and
Photoshop designs, ... on the DVD included with the
book: Designs—First Edition and Designs—Third Edition. The 50 templates in
the Designs—First Edition folder are XHTML-based and designed for 800 Â 600
resolution with ... file names: Designs—Fourth Edition/161-180-css /design_ 170/
main.psd, bg-main.psd
XHTML pages: index.htm, menu-item-2.htm, menu-item-3.htm
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Homepage design.
Chapter...
... produce such sites, though, a Web designer needs to have a thor-
ough understanding of the basics of Web design.
Defining WebDesign
Web design is an ambiguous term. Web professionals define it ... xv
Chapter 1 Overview of Web Development Today 1
Defining WebDesign 2
Knowing the Seven Rules of WebDesign 5
Understanding Three Web- Design Philosophies 6
Usability Philosophy 7
Pros and Cons 8
Multimedia ... Language) pages, graphics, and CSS (Cascading
Style Sheets).
A well-rounded Web designer, therefore, needs to understand many of the
technical and artistic aspects of Web design, although not necessarily...
... taking
the client’s concerns into mind, and designing for scalability and flexibility.
While contemplating the design in depth beforehand requires more initial time
and forethought, doing so can save ... provide the designer with enough
information to enable him to create a design that supports the look and feel,
architecture, and future possibilities of a site. Here are 13 questions a designer
should ... positioning. No site is perfect, and nearly all sites are in constant
evolution. If Web designs became too similar and predictable, the user’s eye
would become lazy and less controllable.
Users,...
... tempting.
Understanding XHTML
XHTML used to be more involved with Webdesign when table-based designs
were the standard and tables had to be nested within each other to mortise Web
page elements ... it should. The designer must understand how to best
create, use, save, and compress images; and the first place to start is by under-
standing the two types of images used on the Web.
Learning ... collect and document
stock images, and select colors.
After the first draft of a comp is completed, the designer works with the client to
edit and finalize the site’s functionality, appearance, and...
... does.
Knowing How PNG and GIF Compression Work
It is helpful for a designer to understand how PNG and GIF compression work.
By creating and saving images a certain way, the designer can drastically ... more bugs and thus more workarounds and hacks that a
designer must be familiar with to fix the bugs.
Web design always seems to be evolving. While it is not a perfect solution, CSS
design is ... less code to accomplish the same
look and feel. This makes it easier for the designer to understand nested
elements and how they relate to other content and containers. While nesting
is still...