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Table of Contents

Please see below for links applicable to each chapter.

Introduction

  1. Getting Started
    Training Advice
    Skills Assessment
    Portfolio
    Pricing
    Hardware and Software
  2. Web Aesthetics
    Color
    Type
    Layout
    Animation
  3. Planning Web Projects
    Project Profiles
    Clients
    Contracts
    Working with Teams
  4. Establishing Goals
    Goals
    Accomplishments
    Audiences
    User-Centered Design
  5. Comping & Prototyping
    Creative Ideas
    Look & Feel
    Prototype to Web Page
    Style Guides
  6. Information Architecture
    What is it?
    The Process
    Categories & Labels
    Case Studies
  7. Navigation
    Purpose
    Planning & Issues
    Graphics & Indicators
    Good & Bad Practices
  8. Accessibility Issues
    What is Accessibility?
    Government Mandates
    W3C Guidelines
    Cascading Style Sheets
    Checkpoints & Ratings
    Accessibility Applications
  9. HTML & XHTML
    Why Learn It?
    WYSIWYG Editors
    Terminology
    Choosing and Editor
  10. Web File Formats
    Bitmap or Vector?
    Lossy or Lossless?
    GIF, JEPG, and PNG
    Gamma Correction
    Digital Watermarks
    Scalable Vector Graphics
    SWF, WBMP, & Imode
  11. Speedy Graphics
    File Size & Download Speed
  12. Color Issues
    RGB versus CYMK
    sRGB
    ICC Profiles
    Gamma Issues
    Web Color Solutions
  13. Browser-Safe Color
    Browser-Safe Color Defined
    Browser-Safe Color Use
    Browser-Safe Color Swatches
    Flat-Color Images
    JEPGs-Never Browser-Safe
  14. HTML Color Tags
    Hexadecimal Color
    HTML Color Attributes
    BODY, LINK, and FONT Colors
    Color Names
    Coloring Table Cells
  15. Background Tiles
    Tiling
    Pattern Sizes
    Full-Screen Patterns
    Code
    Seamless Tiles
  16. Transparent GIFs
    What is Transparency?
    Faking Transparency
    GIF Transparency
    Special Effects
    Tools & Techniques
  17. Rules and Bullets
    HTML/XHTML Rules
    Graphic Rules
    Clip Art Rules
    HTML/XHTML Bullets
    Graphic Bullets
    Using Layer Effects & Clip Art
  18. JavaScript: Rollovers & More
    Learning JavaScript
    Creating Rollover Artwork
    Pointing Rollovers
    Multiple Rollovers
    Fireworks Pop-up Menus
    Browser & Window Sizing
  19. ImageMaps
    What are ImageMaps?
    Client-Side ImageMaps
    Fireworks
    ImageReady
  20. HTML Type
    HTML-Based Typography
    HTML-Based Tags
    FONT Tag Deprecated
    Code for FONT Tag
    What about PDF?
  21. Alignment & Tables
    Web page size
    HTML for Alignment
    Text & Image Alignment Tags
    Spaces
    Tables for Data & Images
    Table Tip & Tricks
  22. Frames
    What are Frames? Pro & Cons
    Programming
    Frames Targets
    No Frames Targets
  23. Cascading Style Sheets
    What is a Style Sheet? Declarations & Selectors
    Using Comment Tags
    Classes & IDs
    Pseudo Classes & Pseudo Elements
    Typography
    Absolute Positioning
    Layering Text & Images
    WYSIWYG Editors
  24. Animation & Audio
    Animation Terminology
    File Formats
    Tech Notes
    Flash & Shockwave
    QuickTime
    Digital Video
    Sound
  25. Creating Community
    What is It? Pros & Cons
    Scripting
    Guest Books & Newsletters
    Lists, Forums, & Blogs
  26. Adding Programming Features
    CGI
    Personalization
    Cookies
    Databases
    Shopping Carts
    Privacy & Security
  27. Usability
    User-Centered Design
    Easy is Good
    Jakob Nielsen
    Related Terminology
    User Testing
  28. Browser Standards
    Standards Organization
    HTML/XHTML Standards
    Style Sheets
    Document Object Model
    JavaScript
    Compatibility Links
  29. Hosting
    What is Web Hosting?
    Domain Names
    Servers
    Hosting Needs
    Uploading Your Site
  30. Getting Listed
    Directories
    Search Engines
    META Tags
    Trading Links

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