Sexy Web Design
Sexy Web Design

Author: Elliot Jay Stocks

Publisher: SitePoint Pty Ltd

Published: 2009-03-28

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1457191628

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Sexy Web Design is an easy-to-follow guide that reveals the secrets of how to build your own breathtaking web interfaces from scratch. You'll be guided through the entire process of creating a gorgeous, usable web site by applying the timeless principles of user-centered design. Even if you're short on design skills, with this book you'll be creating your own stunning web sites in no time at all. Throughout, the focus is on simple and practical techniques that anyone can use - you don't need to have gone to art school or have artistic flair to create stunning designs using the methods outlined in this book. The book's full-color layout and large format (8" x 10") make Sexy Web Design a pleasure to read. Master key web interface design principles Design amazing web interfaces from scratch Create beautiful, yet functional, web sites Unleash your artistic talents And much more Who should read this book? Whether you're completely new to web design, a seasoned pro looking for inspiration, or a developer wanting to improve your sites' aesthetics, there's something for everyone here. How? Because instead of trying to cover every possible area of creating a web site, we've focused purely on the design stage; that is, everything that happens before a single line of code is written. However, great design is more than just aesthetics. Long before we open our graphics program of choice, we'll be conducting research, dealing with clients, responding to briefs, sketching out sitemaps, planning information architecture, moving from doodles to diagrams, exploring different ways of interactivity, and building upon design traditions. But ultimately, you'll be finding out how to create web sites that look drop-dead gorgeous.

The Web Designer's Guide to iOS Apps
The Web Designer's Guide to iOS Apps

Author: Kristofer Layon

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 2010-12-02

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 0132562847

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If you are a designer who knows HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you can easily learn how to make native iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps—and distribute them worldwide via the App Store. When combined with an Objective-C framework, web standards can be used to format and style content for iOS, using native controls and behaviors for an authentic Apple user experience. The Web Designer’s Guide to iOS Apps shows how to create apps using NimbleKit, the Objective-C framework featured on the Apple Development Tools web site. With it you’ll learn how to: Download and install the free software for creating iOS apps Use Xcode to manage project assets, test apps, and package binary files Implement standard iOS elements and behaviors for familiar Apple mobile user experiences Enhance your app designs with HTML5 and CSS3 Build a foundation for designing web apps that can be delivered to other smartphones and mobile devices

Fresher Styles for Web Designers
Fresher Styles for Web Designers

Author: Curt Cloninger

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Published: 2008-12-18

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0132104431

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Fresher Styles for Web Designers surveys eight innovative, contemporary visual design styles that break the mold and offer creative solutions to a variety of interactive design challenges. Readers will learn practical ways to incorporate these design approaches into their commercial work, using specific online examples as illustration. In 2001, Cloninger wrote Fresh Styles for Web Designers, arguing that beauty actually enhances usability. Since then, styles and technologies have evolved, but clients still expect sites that both function well and visually entice. This book will inspire web designers and developers to deliver sites that do both. There are plenty of web design books that teach code. There are several books about contemporary print design that discuss visual aesthetics. This book stands out because it synthesizes experimental web design innovations with commercial marketing goals (without ignoring usability concerns).

Principles of Web Design
Principles of Web Design

Author: Brian D. Miller

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-04-12

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 1621537889

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Learn everything there is to know, from project planning through marketing and analytics, about Web design! Principles of Web Design is a book about the fundamentals of clear graphic communication within the context of Web design. Author Brian D. Miller is a sought-after expert in developing product and digital branding strategies for emerging startups and Fortune 500 organizations. In Principles of Web Design, he will teach the reader the tricks of the trade and everything one should know about web design through easy, step-by-step guides and with full-color illustrations. The book has three sections, which follow the cycle of a typical Web project: PLAN: This section focuses on the predesign phase of a Web project. Everything from project planning and brief writing to information architecture and responsive grid creation will be covered. DESIGN: The second section of Priciples of Web Design explores the enduring principles of design and the nuances that are specific to the field of Web design. OPTIMIZE: Finally, we close the loop and discover ways to enable your client to maximize the investment they’ve made in their Web site with marketing and analytics.

Creating Meaningful Websites
Creating Meaningful Websites

Author: Smashing Magazine & Various Authors

Publisher: Smashing Magazine

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 3944540379

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What is it that makes a website stand out from the crowd? What makes it memorable and meaningful? This eBook wants to approach these questions. It's in no means a step-by-step guide to follow, but rather a collection of thoughts to give you some general impulses and perspectives on creating meaningful websites. Starting with a comprehensive website planning guide to the question, "Which role does emotion play within the emotionless Web system?", our Smashing authors explored a variety of different aspects that all contribute to aesthetically beautiful and thoroughly thought-out user experience. TABLE OF CONTENTS - A Comprehensive Website Planning Guide - A Fun Approach To Creating More Successful Websites - Defending The Generalists In The Web Design Industry - Breaking Down Silos, Part 1: The Consequences Of Working In Isolation - MUD: Minimum Usable Design - A Craft Of Consequences: Reader, Writer And Emotional Design - Easier Is Better Than Better - Designing Engaging And Enjoyable Long-Form Reading Experiences - Symptoms Of An Epidemic: Web Design Trends

Modular Web Design
Modular Web Design

Author: Nathan Curtis

Publisher: New Riders

Published: 2010-04-07

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 0132104865

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User experience design teams often suffer from a decentralized, blank canvas approach to creating and documenting a design solution for each new project. As teams repeatedly reinvent screen designs, inconsistency results, and IT teams scramble to pick up the pieces. Pattern libraries only go so far, suggesting general solutions to common problems instead of offering concrete, specific design treatments. At times, documented solutions turn into a costly mess of unclear expectations, unrealistic goals, and abandoned work. Enter components, each of which represents a chunk of a Web page. Designers can produce wireframes, mockups, or markup far more efficiently reusing components based on an established design system. Rather than limit innovation, components enable designers to render solved design frameworks quickly and to focus on the problem at hand, drastically improving the quality and rate of production. In addition, teams develop a deeper baseline for collaboration, a platform for governance, and a structure for useful and predictable documentation. This book defines the role of components and why they matter, maps out how to organize and build a component library, discusses how to use components in practice, and teaches a process for documenting and maintaining components.

The Web Designer's Roadmap
The Web Designer's Roadmap

Author: Giovanni DiFeterici

Publisher: SitePoint Pty Ltd

Published: 2012-08-29

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1457191989

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The Web Designer's Roadmap is a full-color book about the creative process and the underlying principles that govern that process. While other books cover the nuts 'n' bolts of how to design the elements that make up websites, this book outlines how effective designers go about their work, illustrating the complete creative process from start to finish. As well as how-to content, the book draws on interviews with a host of well-known design gurus, including Shaun Inman, Daniel Burka, Meagan Fisher, Donald Norman and Dan Rubin. A non-academic book, this is a fun and easy read packed with practical information.

From Boardbook to Facebook
From Boardbook to Facebook

Author: Adele M. Fasick

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-07-13

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1598844695

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Discover new approaches for extending children's library services beyond the library building and learn how to utilize technology to bring learning to children wherever they may be. The ways in which we communicate, learn, and interact have changed drastically in the last decade, and this worldwide revolution applies to the youngest members of society as well. Today's books and learning materials are being presented and used in new and different ways. From the toddler's first boardbooks to the young teen's conversations on Facebook, children are interacting with print and media rather than passively listening or viewing. Libraries can contribute to this interactive world by inviting children to take an active role in their library collection and library service experiences. This book examines the impact of new technologies on children's experiences of books and libraries, and demonstrates how librarians can adapt to new technologies and integrate library services into the lives of today's children. From Boardbook to Facebook: Children's Services in an Interactive Age draws on current research to illuminate how children's use of media has changed in recent years and suggests ways in which new technologies can be integrated into library services now and in the future.

Look at This
Look at This

Author: Adrian Shaughnessy

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Published: 2006-11-02

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9781856694698

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Printed brochures, catalogs, and multi-page documents form the bedrock of many graphic designers' daily practice. Most printed literature is disposable: todays hot communication document is tomorrow's landfill. But the best brochures, catalogs and documents have a permanence and organic completeness that has become essential in this ephemeral, and increasingly electronic, world of instant communications. This book features the best of contemporary printed literature design. It offers a critical survey of current work by leading practitioners from the U.S., Europe and the Far East. Arranged in a designer-by-designer format and accompanied by interviews, this book offers a complete and informative picture of this popular subject.

e-Business
e-Business

Author: Entrepreneur magazine

Publisher: Entrepreneur Press

Published: 2014-05-17

Total Pages: 1096

ISBN-13: 1613082916

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The experts at Entrepreneur provide a two-part guide to success. First, learn how to skillfully navigate the web and turn your e-business dream into an online reality. Then, master the fundamentals of business startup including defining your business structure, funding, staffing and more. This kit includes: • Essential industry-specific startup essentials including industry trends, best practices, important resources, possible pitfalls, marketing musts, and more • Entrepreneur Editors’ Start Your Own Business, a guide to starting any business and surviving the first three years • Interviews and advice from successful entrepreneurs in the industry • Worksheets, brainstorming sections, and checklists • Downloadable, customizable business letters, sales letters, and other sample documents • Entrepreneur’s Small Business Legal Toolkit More about Entrepreneur’s Startup Resource Kit Every small business is unique. Therefore, it’s essential to have tools that are customizable depending on your business’s needs. That’s why with Entrepreneur is also offering you access to our Startup Resource Kit. Get instant access to thousands of business letters, sales letters, sample documents and more – all at your fingertips! You’ll find the following: The Small Business Legal Toolkit When your business dreams go from idea to reality, you’re suddenly faced with laws and regulations governing nearly every move you make. Learn how to stay in compliance and protect your business from legal action. In this essential toolkit, you’ll get answers to the “how do I get started?” questions every business owner faces along with a thorough understanding of the legal and tax requirements of your business. Sample Business Letters 1000+ customizable business letters covering each type of written business communication you’re likely to encounter as you communicate with customers, suppliers, employees, and others. Plus a complete guide to business communication that covers every question you may have about developing your own business communication style. Sample Sales Letters The experts at Entrepreneur have compiled more than 1000 of the most effective sales letters covering introductions, prospecting, setting up appointments, cover letters, proposal letters, the all-important follow-up letter and letters covering all aspects of sales operations to help you make the sale, generate new customers and huge profits.