The Principles of Beautiful Web Design (2007)

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# Author: Jason Beaird
# Paperback: 180 pages
# Publisher: SitePoint (January 31, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0975841963
# ISBN-13: 978-0975841969

Book Description
Tired of making web sites that work absolutely perfectly but just don't look nice? If so, then The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is for you. A simple, easy-to-follow guide, illustrated with plenty of full-color examples, this book will lead you through the process of creating great designs from start to finish. Good design principles are not rocket science, and using the information contained in this book will help you create stunning web sites.

# Understand the design process, from discovery to implementation
# Understand what makes "good design"
# Developing pleasing layouts using grids, the rule of thirds, balance and symmetry
# Use color effectively, develop color schemes and create a palette
# Use textures, lines, points, shapes, volumes and depth
# Learn how good typography can make ordinary designs look great
# Effective imagery: choosing, editing and placing images
# And much more

Throughout the book, you'll follow an example design, from concept to completion, learning along the way.

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Beginning CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design

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Author: Richard York
ISBN: 0764576429
ISBN-13: 9780764576423
Pub. Date: December 2004
Format: Paperback, 648pp
Publisher: Wrox Press, Inc.

Book Description
Using cascading style sheets (CSS) is one of the signs that programmers know what they are doing when building web sites, Freelance designer and enthusiastic open source community member York guides novices through the practical steps of a project using CSS, including the mental steps needed to decide to use CSS in the first place, document standards (HTML, XML, XHTML), basics of CSS anatomy and syntax, data types, key words, color, length, the URI, CSS selectors, including pseudo-element and pseudo-class selectors, inheritance and the cascade, text and font manipulation, liquid design and the CSS box model, collapsing margins, floating, vertical alignment, styling lists and the user interface, backgrounds, positioning, styling for handheld devices and print, styling tables, styling XML, and cross-browser compatibility. York includes a quick- reference summary and exercises in each chapter, as well as exercise answers, CSS reference, CSS colors and browser rendering modes in appendices.

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250 HTML and WEB Design Secrets

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Author: Molly E. Holzschlag
ISBN: 0764568450
ISBN-13: 9780764568459
Pub. Date: June 2004
Format: Paperback, 432pp
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

Book Description
* This value-priced guide by one of the Top 25 Most Influential Women on the Web delivers 250 solutions, workarounds, tips, and annoyance-busters that Web designers won't find anywhere else
* Offers 500 pages of insider techniques to improve workflow and efficiency, save development time and money, and increase search engine rankings and site traffic, whether designers want to enhance an existing Web site or build a state-of-the-art site from scratch
* Covers topics such as HTML, XHTML, CSS, graphics and multimedia, cell phone and PDA accessibility, content development, tools, usability, information architecture, globalization, and site redesign
* Molly Holzschlag is a steering committee member of the Web Standards Project (WaSP) and spokesperson for the World Organization of Webmasters, as well as a frequent lecturer at industry conferences and the author of twenty-five previous books

Synopsis
Do more than you ever thought possible with HTML, the most commonly used language of the Web! Packed with insider tips, tricks, timesavers, and workarounds, this unique guide shows you how to make the most of the methods and techniques you need to make fun and exciting Web pages. From streamlining the design process to improving a site's ranking through its dynamic content, it delivers all the secrets you need to get more done in less time, save money, and become a successful Web designer.

The Insider's Guide to:
* Setting up a master Web designer's ultimate toolbox, necessary to effectively manage a site (see Chapter 1)
* Defining the scope of a project and putting a process in place to manage it efficiently (see Chapter 2)
* Creating and managing spectacular content—the most influential aspect of a site (see Chapter 5)
* Crafting Web pages with HTML while discovering how to use HTML in such a way that it will make numerous other Web design aspects smoother (see Chapter 6)
* The real story behind using XHTML's and why it's so important (see Chapter 7)
* Maximizing the abilities of Cascading Style Sheets to eliminate problems, improve workflow, and add visual effects (see Chapter 8)
* Constructing exciting designs that work in a global environment (see Chapter 11)
* Keeping content fresh and engaging so that visitors come back and spread the word (see Chapter 13)
* Improving a site's ranking and managing its promotions (see Chapter 14)

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Hacking Photoshop CS2

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Author: Shangara Singh
ISBN: 0764597884
ISBN-13: 9780764597886
Pub. Date: October 2005
Format: Paperback, 480pp
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

Book Description
This is absolutely the ultimate guide to hacking Adobe’s wildly popular graphics software, written by an Adobe Certified professional photographer and designer.

This is serious, down and dirty, tweaking – blowing away the default settings, customizing appearance, optimizing performance, customizing tools and offering readers total control over Photoshop like never before. With these 300+ hacks, readers will find their work with Photoshop faster and easier than ever.

Roll up your sleeves, and dive into these hacks including:
* Faster Photoshop startup
* Customizing the Photoshop interface
* Hacking Photoshop’s Tools
* Access hidden dialog buttons
* Hacks for Masks, Layers, Paths, Curves and Selections
* Camera Raw tricks


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PHP Template Programming and Applications

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Authors: Hasin Hayder, J. P. Maia, L. Gheorge
ISBN: 190481140X
ISBN-13: 9781904811404
Pub. Date: March 2006
Format: Paperback, 248pp
Publisher: Packt Publishing, Limited

Book Description:
A step-by-step guide to building PHP web sites and applications using the Smarty templating engine
- Bring the benefits of Smarty to your PHP programming
-Give your designers the power to modify content and layout without PHP programming
-Produce code that is easier to debug, maintain, and modify
-Useful for both Smarty developers and users

Smarty is a templating engine for PHP. Designers who are used to working with HTML files can work with Smarty templates, which are HTML files with simple tags while programmers work with the underlying PHP code. The Smarty engine brings the code and templates together. The result of all this is that designers can concentrate on designing, programmers can concentrate on programming, and they don't need to get in each others way so much. Even if you are developing a site on your own, Smarty is a powerful way to make your code clearer to you and others, as well as easier to debug and modify later.

This book is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of using Smarty. It will help you to:
-Install and configure Smarty on your Web server
- Understand how Smarty affects your web site architecture, and build site foundations that make the most of what Smarty offers
- Designers will learn to work with templates that contain variables and logic, to modify layouts or content of Smarty web sites
- See how Smarty caching can improve the performance of your sites
- Develop custom Smarty functions and plug-ins to incorporate into your templates

Using a step-by-step approach based on realistic examples, the expert authors show you how to use Smarty in your own PHP development. The book is ideal for PHP developers who are new to Smarty, and for web designers who are working with PHP developers who are using Smarty.

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Dan Brown's Novels (4 novels)

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Angels and Demons (ISBN: 037543318X)
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati...the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy -- the Catholic Church.

DaVinci Code (ISBN: 0743490304)
Robert Langdon is a Harvard professor of symbology who can't stay out of trouble. Last seen in Angels and Demons (2000), this mild-mannered academic finds himself entangled in a deadly conspiracy that stretches back centuries. Visiting Paris on business, he is awakened at 2:00 a.m. by a call from the police: An elderly curator has been murdered inside the Louvre, and a baffling cipher has been found near the body. Aided by the victim's cryptologist granddaughter, Langdon begins a danger-filled quest for the culprit; but the deeper he searches, the more he becomes convinced that long-festering conspiracies hold the answer to the art lover's death.

Deception Point (ISBN: 0312335164)
When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory -- a victory with profound implications for NASA policy and the impending presidential election.

Digital Fortress (ISBN: 0375432302)
When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage--not by guns or bombs--but by a code so complex that if released would cripple U.S. intelligence. Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Fletcher battles to save the agency she believes in. Betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her country but for her life, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves.

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