... source drawing program for Linux,with a Windows port version called “Skencil.’’Figure 1-17:Using Mayura Draw for vector-based design. tip Web designers and developers using Linux platform and open ... vector drawing program for Windows, at$39.00 per license. Used mostly by scientists and engineers for technicalillustrations, Mayura Draw can be an invaluable and inexpensive tool in your design ... issues in compression is cross-platform compatibility. In thepast, most UNIX and related operating systems used certain compression formats,Macintosh used others, and Windows still others. Sending...
... keeping content fresh, improving site ranking and promotions, and managingredesigns.Using This BookFocusing on theory, standards, and rigid practices is, in a word, dry. 250 HTML and WebDesign ... with HTML andWeb graphic designand are interested in ramping up to the next level of expertise. If you’re like me, you want to make yourlife easier by streamlining the design process and management, ... long term, and improve the financial bottom line by signif-icantly reducing bandwidth and increasing revenue.Most likely you are a person who is working on public or private Web sites and issomewhat...
... techniques a designer or developer willusually need to know in order to customize a design. They include replacingphotos, resizing photos, changing colors, and undoing or redoing actions.Replacing ... Developing GWXGame Developing GWXchapter 19Customizing theDesigns Included in This BookThere are 230 templates included with this book, which contain both pure CSS and table-based XHTML Web designs, ... 19.20) in the toolbar and click and drag the imagerather than the handles.Figure 19.18The photo after it has been activated in the window.Chapter 19■Customizing the Designs Included in This...
... introduce new design concerns.WebTVWebTV, a device that turns an ordinary television and phone line into a web browser, hit the market in 1996 and is experiencing a slow but steady growth in market ... 8—Creating Links 130Summary of Tags Related to Linking 130Simple Hypertext Links 133Linking Within a Document 134Affecting the Appearance of Links 135Preface xviiPreface Web Designin a ... window is resized. This approach to webdesign isbased on design principles learned in print, such as maintaining a constant grid,the relationship of elements on the page, and comfortable line...
... agent in this setting. An optimal contract involves a credit line, debt and equity. Debt, outside equity, and possibly the credit line provide the funds for start-up capital and the agent’s initial ... is determined by the specific features of the project. Also, termination is needed, and thus the credit line expands and debt shrinks). Though not visible in the figure, the compensating balance ... always start with a draw on the credit line. Indeed, the initial leverage of the firm increases with investors’ bargaining power. Comparing Figure 2 and Figure 3, while higher volatility decreases...
... 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 differently ... 103Understanding the Concept of Mortising Images 104Understanding XHTML 113Using a Limited Number of Tags. 114Understanding Graphics . . . 114Understanding CSS 114Understanding CSS Terminology ... 116CSS Used in This Book 117Block- and Line-Level Tags. . 118Understanding the DocType Declaration 118Linking to CSS Style Sheets 118Including Print Style Sheets 121Understanding Include Files...
... client’s concerns into mind, and designing for scalability and flexibility.While contemplating the designin depth beforehand requires more initial time and forethought, doing so can save many ... Objectives: It is easy for a designer to lose focus when getting into a project.Being able to revisit the objectives of a site can be helpful in regaining and clarifying that focus.10. Action ... down Internet. One hour the Internet could be pumping thebits like wildfire, and the next it could be spitting bits one at a time. Acommon example of slowing down of data transfer is when, during...
... dtd">Linking to CSS Style SheetsWhile there are different ways to include a style sheet (such as linking, embed-ding, and including in- line), imported style sheets offer one thing the others ... values that could be broken up into other properties.Block- and Line-Level TagsBlock- and inline-level tags are at the core of positioning and styling content in a Web site. The most common block-level ... mortising images, using at least one background image cansometimes be tempting.Understanding XHTMLXHTML used to be more involved with Webdesign when table-based designswere the standard and...