Interact with Web Standards: A Holistic Approach to Web Design

Interact with Web Standards: A Holistic Approach to Web Design

Laying the foundation for a solid understanding of Web design, this book weaves together industry best practices and standards-based design techniques. It is built on practical examples and short exercises crafted to help readers learn quickly and retain information. Starting with the basics this bo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Anderson, Erin, author (author), Anderson, Erin Contributor (contributor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] New Riders Publishing 2010
Edición:1st edition
Materias:
Web sites > Design
Web sites > Standards > Design
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Engineering & Applied Sciences
Telecommunications
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629111706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Part I: Preparation and Background Knowledge
  • Chapter 1: InterACT
  • Who this book is for
  • How to use this book
  • About this book
  • Chapter 2: Tools
  • Knowing what you want to accomplish
  • Knowing your tools
  • Managing your work
  • Tool links and reviews at the book site
  • Chapter 3: Learning on the Web
  • About learning
  • Finding the answer
  • Taking notes
  • Staying up to date
  • Staying on task
  • Finding the answers from other people
  • Providing answers
  • Collaborating
  • Learning and inspiration
  • Summary
  • Chapter 4: Internet Fundamentals
  • A short history of computers, user interfaces, and computer communications
  • Internet core technology
  • Internet and web architecture
  • The web server
  • The web experience
  • Summary
  • Chapter 5: Writing for the Web
  • Writing for print vs. web: what's the difference?
  • Understanding the online user experience
  • Web writing that works (or doesn't)
  • Before you write, you need some tools. And a process. And a team.
  • Top 10 web writing tips
  • Keep web content fresh with routine updates
  • Summary
  • Part II: Planning a Website
  • Chapter 6: Information Architecture Intro
  • Planning process
  • Balanced design
  • Project roles
  • What is an information architect?
  • Summary
  • Ten major roles of an information architect
  • Chapter 7: Site Planning
  • Discover the project definition
  • Summary
  • Chapter 8: Content Analysis
  • Focus on the users
  • Summary
  • Chapter 9: Content Strategy
  • Chez Sous le Vent: the client
  • Content strategy statement
  • Approved content outline
  • Gap analysis and the content creation plan
  • Blueprints: information architecture diagrams
  • Summary
  • Part III: Implementation-HTML and CSS Fundamentals, and Accessibility
  • Chapter 10: HTML Intro
  • The history of HTML
  • What HTML is
  • The structure of an HTML document.
  • The syntax of HTML elements
  • Block level and inline elements
  • The importance of good semantics
  • HTML best practices
  • Character references
  • HTML5
  • Summary
  • Chapter 11: CSS Intro
  • CSS-a brief history
  • The anatomy of a CSS rule
  • How CSS is applied to HTML
  • CSS comments
  • CSS shorthand
  • CSS measurement units
  • Colors in CSS
  • CSS selectors guide
  • Resolving conflicts-inheritance and the cascade
  • Browser support for CSS
  • The future of CSS-CSS3
  • Summary
  • Chapter 12:
  • DOCTYPES
  • Setting the document's primary language
  • Giving your document a
  • Adding keywords and a description
  • Adding styles and script
  • Link elements
  • Summary
  • Chapter 13: Headings and Paragraphs
  • Recap! Headings and paragraphs
  • General styles for text
  • Other HTML elements for giving text meaning
  • Presentational elements-never use these
  • Summary
  • Chapter 14: Whitespace
  • Reiterating the importance of whitespace
  • The box model
  • Setting padding, border and margin via CSS
  • Controlling spacing within paragraphs
  • Centering content on a page
  • Summary
  • Chapter 15: Links
  • Link syntax
  • Different kinds of link target
  • Link best practices
  • Link styling
  • Link CSS
  • Adding icons to links
  • Summary
  • Chapter 16: Images
  • HTML syntax
  • CSS background image syntax
  • A crash course in image formats
  • Image best practices
  • Tiles and gradients
  • Image replacement
  • CSS "sprites"
  • The Chez Sous Le Vent case study
  • Summary
  • Chapter 17: Lists
  • The three list types
  • Choosing among list types
  • Nesting lists
  • List styling
  • Using lists for navigation menus
  • Summary
  • Chapter 18: Tables
  • Basic table elements
  • Advanced table elements
  • Styling tables
  • Summary
  • Chapter 19: Forms
  • Form best practices
  • HTML for forms
  • Styling forms
  • HTML5 forms
  • Summary.
  • Chapter 20: Floats
  • Floating elements around one another
  • Creating multiple column layouts with floats
  • Summary
  • Chapter 21: Positioning
  • Positioning basics
  • Relative positioning
  • Absolute positioning
  • Making positioning occur relative to elements other than
  • Fixed positioning
  • Summary
  • Chapter 22: Accessibility Intro
  • Understanding accessibility
  • What accessibility is
  • What accessibility isn't
  • Summary
  • Chapter 23: Accessibility Helps
  • People first
  • Assistive technology and tools
  • Summary
  • Chapter 24: Accessibility Testing
  • There's too much to know!
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0)
  • Guiding principles
  • Judgment day
  • Summary
  • Chapter 25: Bringing It Together
  • The project
  • Project requirements
  • Getting started
  • Working page by page
  • Quality assurance testing
  • Deployment
  • Testing
  • Getting the word out
  • Evaluate your results
  • Summary
  • Index.

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