Web graphics and design Books

Book SynopsisWhether you're promoting your business or writing about your travel adventures, this title teaches you not only how to make your blog look unique and attention-grabbing, but also how to dig into the more complex functionality available on the WordPress platform.

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Book SynopsisThis book is written for product design, software development, graphic design, and UX professionals with a focus on creating measurably better user experiences. If you want to design solutions to meet business goals and delight your users, you can look to this resource which covers the following areas: Creating and documenting goals, strategies, objectives, and tactics Defining or refining personas based on your measurable objectives (OKRs) Creating and iterating on scenarios based your prioritized personas A team approach to defining the product and roadmap to address critical use cases Team based divergent ideation and solution exploration Team based convergent solution definition Wireframing potential solutions for rapid research and iteration Using quantitative and qualitative methods to understand usage and test with users Exploring approaches to taxonomy and information arTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Golden Butter Knife xv CH 1: Make It Useful 1 What are We Trying to Do and How Will We Know If We Did It? 1 CH 2: Make It Usable 31 Who are We Designing This For?—Personas/User Segments 31 What Do They Need?—Scenarios 38 When Will We Design and Build It?: The Product Roadmap 42 CH 3: Make It Beautiful 59 Scannability, Readability, Comprehension 62 Using the Inverted Pyramid Model for Content 63 Alignment and the Grid 65 Visual Hierarchy 67 Composition 69 Scope 74 The Golden Triangle 74 The F, Z, and Other Gaze Patterns 76 Gestalt Patterns 77 Color 86 Thematic Appropriateness 88 Data Visualization 90 Further Reading 94 CH 4: Make It Functional 95 Framework-itis and Code Bloat 98 Testing across Platforms, Browsers, and Devices 99 Accessibility 102 Further Reading 105 CH 5: Make It Measurable 107 FaUX 107 Analytics 110 Conversions and Micro Conversions 111 Be Curious and Analytical 113 Google Analytics 115 Mouseflow 115 Reverse Path Analysis to Understand Failure 117 Being Misled by Your Data 118 Fear of Change 119 Ease the Fear of Change with A/B Testing 120 Some Helpful Tools of the Trade 121 Further Reading 122 CH 6: Make It Better 123 Planning Your Iterations 123 Research 124 Analysis 125 Findings 126 Recommendations 128 Prioritization 130 Effort 132 Further Reading 133 CH 7: Make These Methods Work for You 135 Starting with a Greenfield Project or at a Startup 135 Understanding the Market 136 What Comes Next? 154 Working within an Established Company 168 Conclusion 176 Index 179

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Book SynopsisXOOPS (eXtensible Object Oriented Portal System) is an Open Source application platform written in PHP and database for developing small to large interactive dynamic community websites, company portals, intranets, weblogs, and much more.

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Book SynopsisBuild kickass websites and applications for all mobile (and non-mobile) platforms by adding HTML5 and CSS3 to your web development toolkit. With this hands-on book, you'll learn how to develop web apps that not only work on iOS, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Phone, but also perform well and provide good user experience.

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Book SynopsisWant to create animated graphics for iPhone, iPad, and the Web, using familiar Adobe features? You've come to the right guide. Adobe Edge Animate: The Missing Manual shows you how to build HTML5 graphics with Adobe visual tools. .

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Book SynopsisNearly everything you do with CSS involves units for determining the look and formatting of your web page elements. With this concise guide, you'll learn how to work with an array of units--including measurements and keywords--that help you define color, text, distance between elements, location of external files, and other values. This book contains chapters from the upcoming fourth edition of "CSS: The Definitive Guide." When you purchase either the print or the ebook edition of "Values, Units, and Colors," you'll receive a significant discount on the entire Definitive Guide when it's released. Why wait when you can learn how to use units and other key CSS3 features right away?Use RGB or HSL values to mix your own colors, and designate the degree of opacity Learn how to apply global keywords introduced in CSS3 Use string values to wrap a sequence of text characters in quotes Describe margins, letter spacing, and other properties, with either fixed or relative length units Understand how number, integer, and percentage values differ Explore CSS3 unit types for describing display resolution Use time values for transitions and animations

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Book SynopsisDiscover how easy it is to design killer interfaces and responsive websites with the Bootstrap framework. This practical book gets you started building pages with Bootstrap's HTML/CSS-based tools and design templates right away. You'll also learn how to extend your app with interactive features, using its suite of jQuery plugins.

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Book SynopsisWith this book, you'll learn how to use the tools, frameworks, and libraries for building 3D models and animations, mind-blowing visual effects, and advanced user interaction in both desktop and mobile browsers.

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Book SynopsisFrom custom fonts to ad-hoc font families you assemble out of a variety of individual faces, CSS 3 gives you more typographic options than ever before. This concise guide shows you how to use CSS properties to gain a fine-grained and wide-ranging influence over how you display fonts on the Web.

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Book SynopsisHelps you learn how to build and maintain high-traffic websites. Featuring essays from web engineers, this book shows you how to run your web operations as reliably and effectively as Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! run theirs. It lets you focus less on specific technologies and more on how the entire system works together.

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Book SynopsisWith the recipes in this book, you'll take full advantage of the vast collection of community-contributed modules that make the Drupal web framework useful and unique. Learn how to combine modules in interesting ways to develop a variety of community-driven websites.

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Book SynopsisWith this practical book, graphic designers, web designers, and front-end developers alike will learn the nuts and bolts of implementing web fonts well, especially how to get the best appearance from type without sacrificing performance on any device

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Book SynopsisYou can easily create a professional-looking website with nothing more than an ordinary computer and some raw ambition. Want to build a blog, sell products, create forums, or promote an event? No problem! This friendly, jargon-free book gives you the techniques, tools, and advice you need to build a site and get it up on the Web.

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Book SynopsisThis practical guide shows you many ways to use colors, backgrounds, and gradients to achieve some pretty awesome effects. Short and sweet, this book is an excerpt from the upcoming fourth edition of CSS: The Definitive Guide.

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Book SynopsisIf you want to convince your organization to conduct a web performance upgrade, this concise book will strengthen your case. Drawing upon her many years of web performance research, author Tammy Everts uses cases studies and other data to explain how web page speed and availability affect a host of business metrics.

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Book SynopsisIn this practical guide, author Eric Meyer reveals some interesting-and surprising-ways to use CSS floats in your web design, including the latest capability to flow content past non-rectangular float shapes.

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Book SynopsisWith hands-on tutorials and coverage of every feature, you'll learn to build, deploy, and manage sites whether you're an experienced designer or just getting started.

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Book SynopsisWritten by two leading developers in the JavaScript community, this book teaches front-end designers, front-end developers, web developers, and web designers how static site generators work, the benefits you can expect, and what options are available.

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Book SynopsisIn this fully updated second edition, you'll learn how to build custom plugins, themes, and services for just about any kind of web or mobile application.

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Book SynopsisXQuery is the best language for querying, manipulating, and transforming XML and JSON documents. Because XML is in many ways the lingua franca of the digital humanities, learning XQuery empowers humanists to discover and analyze their data in new ways. Until now, though, XQuery has been difficult to learn because there was no textbook designed for non- or beginner programmers. XQuery for Humanists fills this void with an approachable guidebook aimed directly at digital humanists. Clifford B. Anderson and Joseph C. Wicentowski introduce XQuery in terms accessible to humanities scholars and do not presuppose any prior background in programming. It provides an informed, opinionated overview and recommends the best implementations, libraries, and paradigms to empower those who need it most. Emphasizing practical applicability, the authors go beyond the XQuery language to include the basics of underlying standards like XPath, related standards like XQuery Full Text and XQuery Update, and explain the difference between XQuery and languages like Python and R. This book will afford readers the skills they need to build and analyze large-scale documentary corpora in XML. XQuery for Humanists is immeasurably valuable to instructors of digital humanities and library science courses alike and likewise is a ready reference for faculty, graduate students, and librarians who seek to master XQuery for their projects.

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Book SynopsisCombining theory and practice, Website Design and Development with HTML5 and CSS3 is aimed at both beginners who want to design their first website, and experienced developers who want to consolidate their technical skills. This book addresses the theoretical aspects of HTML5 and CSS3, including: HTML elements, semantic containers, semantic text formatting, multimedia elements, forms, tables, definition and integration of CSS styles, text formatting, and container and box styles. It also encompasses a practical section which presents the process of creating a website, as well as the key rules to apply in order to not only achieve project success, but also to meet user needs. Illustrated by numerous examples, this book includes corrected practical work, structured according to an evolutionary logic ranging from the design of a simple HTML5 page to the creation of a professional website.Table of ContentsForeword xiTeddy PAYET Preface xiii Chapter 1 The Web and its Future 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Phases of evolution of the Web 3 1.3 Web application architecture 7 Chapter 2 The Language of the Web: HTML5 13 2.1 Overview 13 2.2 Structure of an HTML5 document 18 2.3 Structuring the content of a web page 21 2.4 Text organization 28 2.5 Creating hyperlinks 52 2.6 Inserting images and multimedia objects 58 2.7 Tables 65 2.8 Forms 70 Chapter 3 Style Sheets: CSS3 101 3.1 Overview 101 3.2 Text formatting 121 3.3 List formatting 131 3.4 Backgrounds, borders and shadows 133 3.5 Table formatting 144 3.6 Layout of the site 148 Chapter 4 Design and Creation of a Website 167 4.1 Process of creating a website 167 4.2 Ergonomics of the website 175 4.3 Different website types 181 Chapter 5 Practical Exercises 185 5.1 PE1: structure of an HTML5 web page 185 5.2 PE2: simple forms 195 5.3 PE3: table formatting 211 5.4 TP 4: media (image, video and audio) 240 5.5 PE: element positioning 270 5.6 PE6: creating a template model 296 5.7 PE7: creating a website from A to Z 313 References 323 Index 325

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Book SynopsisDo you need a website to support your freelance business or entrepreneurial venture? Or are you considering a career in web design? Maybe you're looking for your next career pivot, or you're simply seeking skills to give your CV that competitive edge? Wherever you are in your career, Confident Web Design can help. The ultimate beginner's guide to designing, building and publishing basic websites, this book features exclusive online exercises to help you practice your new skills in context. Covering the basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript, as well as giving you a thorough grounding in the real-life application of these principles, this book provides helpful examples, explanations of technical terms, and clear, easy-to-understand language - meaning your first website is only a few chapters away. Taking you on a practical journey to publish a basic website from scratch, the book's structure is designed to break down each skill into manageable chunks. Wherever you are in your career, let Confident Web Design give you that cutting edge with vital programming and design skills. About the Confident series... From coding and web design to data, digital content and cyber security, the Confident books are the perfect beginner's resource for enhancing your professional life, whatever your career path.Trade Review"A refreshing, myth-busting read that needs to be on hand for anybody who takes their web presence seriously." * Gerry Griffin, Founder, Skill Pill *"Everything you need to know to create an amazing website - simply. With this as book as your guide, anyone can create themselves a website." * Anna Cleland, Founder and Director, Ixia Consultancy *"This book is a thorough guide to web design, with a thoughtful balance between theory and practical exercises. It will leave you feeling extremely confident about developing your own high-quality website." * Elliott Mould, Founder and Director, MindZone *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: How the web works and the tools and languages of web design; Section - ONE: HTML; Chapter - 02: HTML part 1; Chapter - 03: HTML part 2; Section - TWO: CSS; Chapter - 04: CSS part 1; Chapter - 05: CSS part 2; Chapter - 06: CSS part 3; Section - THREE: JavaScript; Chapter - 07: JavaScript part 1; Chapter - 08: JavaScript part 2; Chapter - 09: JavaScript part 3; Chapter - 10: JavaScript part 4; Section - FOUR: Putting everything into practice; Chapter - 11: Creating the website; Chapter - 12: Getting your website online; Chapter - 13: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisDiscover user experience and user interface design best practices while mastering a wide array of tools across Figma and FigJam with this full-color guide Key Features Learn the basics of user experience research, result organization, and analysis in FigJam Create mockups, interactive animations, and high-fidelity prototypes using this platform-independent web application tool Collaborate with a team in real-time and create, share, and test your designs Book DescriptionA driving force of the design tools market, Figma makes it easy to work with classic design features while enabling unique innovations and opening up real-time collaboration possibilities. It comes as no surprise that many designers decide to switch from other tools to Figma. In this book, you'll be challenged to design a user interface for a responsive mobile application having researched and understood user needs. You'll become well-versed with the process in a step-by-step manner by exploring the theory first and gradually moving on to practice. You'll begin your learning journey by covering the basics of user experience research with FigJam and the process of creating a complete design using Figma tools such as Components, Variants, Auto Layout, and much more. You'll also learn how to prototype your design and explore the potential of community resources such as templates and plugins. By the end of this Figma book, you'll have a solid understanding of the user interface workflow, managing essential Figma tools, and organizing your workflow.What you will learn Explore FigJam and how to use it to collect data in the research phase Wireframe the future interface with shape tools and vectors Define grids, typography, colors, and effect styles that can be reused in your work Get to grips with Auto Layout and the constraints to create complex layouts Create flexible components using styles and variants Make your user interface interactive with prototyping and smart animate Share your work with others by exporting assets and preparing development resources Discover templates and plugins from the community Who this book is forThis book is for aspiring UX/UI designers who want to get started with Figma as well as established designers who want to migrate to Figma from other design tools. This guide will take you through the entire process of creating a full-fledged prototype for a responsive interface using all the tools and features that Figma has to offer. As a result, this Figma design book is suitable for both UX and UI designers, product and graphic designers, and anyone who wants to explore the complete design process from scratch.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Exploring Figma and Transitioning from Other Tools Structuring Moodboards, Personas, and User Flows within FigJam Getting to Know Your Design Environment Wireframing a Mobile-First Experience Using Vector Shapes Designing Consistently Using Grids, Colors, and Typography Creating a Responsive Mobile Interface Using Auto Layout Building Components and Variants in a Collaborative Workspace User Interface Design on Tablet, Desktop, and the Web Prototyping with Transitions, Smart Animate, and Interactive Components Testing and Sharing your Prototype on Browsers and Real Devices Exporting Assets and Managing the Handover Process Discovering Plugins and Resources in the Figma Community

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