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By Wendy Willard

Crucial Skills--Made effortless! Create professional-quality websites very quickly with support from hands-on tutorials. totally up to date to hide the most recent applied sciences and methods, website design: A Beginner's advisor, moment version, explains the right way to learn web site standards and create a web-development suggestion to plot and rfile your undertaking. you are going to tips on how to layout an enticing, easy-to-use website, concentrating on key concerns equivalent to colour, format, navigation, typography, and photographs. notice how you can comprise JavaScript, cascading variety sheets (CSS), HTML/XHTML, Flash, and extra to take your layout from mockup to code. Boosting website site visitors via search engine optimisation, email layout, and web advertising can also be lined during this fast paced consultant. Designed for simple studying Key abilities & Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of particular abilities coated within the bankruptcy Ask the Expert--Q&A sections jam-packed with bonus info and worthy advice Notes--Extra details on the topic of the subject being lined Tips--Helpful reminders or exchange methods of doing issues Annotated Syntax--Example code with observation that describes the programming concepts being illustrated Ready-to-use code at www.mhprofessional.com/computingdownload Wendy Willard is a dressmaker, advisor, author, and educator who has been thinking about website design for greater than thirteen years. She is the writer of HTML: A Beginner's advisor, Fourth variation, and different books.

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Describe a typical web development proposal. ● Understand the technical aspects of the target audience as they relate to the web project. ● Explain the purpose and use of a site map. A sking the right questions is only half the battle. To plan and prepare for a successful web site, you need to be able to formulate the best answers to those questions. At this point in the process, formulating the best answers typically involves a lot of research and networking to identify the most efficient and effective team and technologies.

This means web developers must keep up-to-date on the latest features of the new browsers, but we must also know how to create pages that are backward-compatible for the older browsers many people may still be using. As with the rest of these conditions of use, the key is to identify the most common types of browsers used among your target audience. Then you can design for and test on those browsers. Because browser support of HTML tags, CSS properties, JavaScript functions, and other things is integral to the development process, I discuss the differences between the most popular browsers in many places throughout the book.

Chapter 1: Asking the Right Questions Since the web’s inception, millions of new web sites have been created. To compete in such a large market, you and the company must set clear goals for its site. This may mean you have a direct conversation with a client to discuss the site’s purpose. At this point in the process, you need to find answers to a few key questions. For example, before you can understand the goals of the web site, you need to understand the mission and purpose of the company. If the project’s RFP doesn’t provide the answers to your satisfaction, it’s probably best to schedule an information-gathering session with the client.

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