... space. Layout tables,
particularly the complex nested table arrangements that were once standard
web design fare, are no longer necessary and are strongly discouraged. See the
sidebar, Using Layout ... tables, and we won’t be concerned
with how the tables look. Like any web content, the appearance (or presenta-
tion, as we say in the web development world) of tables should be handl...
... on the rack. This principle applies to web
design as well.
Web designers have adopted the term “above the fold” to
refer to the first screenful of a web page. It’s what users will
see without ... of Web Design
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Go with the flow
Let’s take a look at what happens to text content on web pages when the
window is resized. Unlike print pages, web pages are fluid. Take a look at...
... type designer, Matthew Carter, has this to say about his
profession:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Our alphabet hasn't changed in eons; there isn't much latitude in
what a designer ...
about the importance of meaningful (semantic) and well-structured markup.
In the early years of web design, it was common to choose elements based on
how they looked in the browser. Do...
... it. If you have any notion of
doing web development professionally, you’ll be required to know it. Even if
you don’t, it’s important stuff.
Professional web designers know that the best way to ...
fieldset
with the
legend
“Custom Shoe Design. ”
<h2> ;Design your custom Forcefields:</h2>
<fieldset>
<legend>Custom Shoe Design& lt;/legend>
Color
Feature...
... provided on the web site for this book (Figure 13-4).
Between the Color Names chart (www.learningwebdesign.com/colornames.
html) and the Web Palette Colors chart (www.learningwebdesign.com/webpal-
ette.html), ...
•
•
The Web Palette
You will certainly come across the
Web Palette or Web Safe Colors
while reading about web design or
using such web production tools as
Dreamw...
... location of the .css file.
Design with
Embedded Styles;
Finish with an
External Style Sheet
It is common web development
practice to use an embedded style
sheet while you are designing the
page ... D U c t I O n t I P
Design with
Embedded Styles;
Finish with an
External Style Sheet
It is common web development
practice to use an embedded style
sheet while you are designing...
... the various approaches to CSS-
based web design and provides some simple templates that will get you on
your way to building basic two- and three-column web pages.
Before we get started, it ... to addi-
tional samples and tutorials on the Web. New techniques turn up regularly.
Page Layout Strategies
Way back in Chapter 3, The Nature of Web Design, we established the fact
that the...
... refresh, you’ll find that your page
looks just like Design A in Figure 17-1. That wasn’t too bad, was
it?
Design B is essentially the same as Design A, except it uses as
subtle image swap (the ... various inline list item applications.
Image Replacement Techniques
Web designers frustrated with typography limitations on the Web have been
using inline images for prettier text sinc...
... writing (X)HTML documents manually.
Chapter 2: How the Web Works
1. c, 2. i, 3. g, 4. h, 5. f, 6. b, 7. a, 8. d, 9. e
Chapter 3: The Nature of Web Design
You need to be aware that your page may look ... </a>
<a href=" /index.html"> </a>
<a href="http://www.learningwebdesign.com"> </a>
<a href=" /instructions.html"> </...