HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions: A Web Standardistas' Approach by Christopher Murphy & Nicklas Persson (1-Dec-2008) Paperback

by Christopher Murphy

Even if you're an absolute beginner in web design, this book will teach you how to build future-proof web pages the right way, using easy to master tools which are all available for free. Regardless of your computing platform—Mac OS, Windows or Linux—it recommends the right tool for the job. Step-by-step it covers how to construct well-structured HTML pages and how to apply layout and style to these pages using CSS. Covers Web Standard (X)HTML and CSS. Move quickly for introductory material to getting Web things done. Make sites that look good and work anywhere.In this book book you will how to build Web pages and Web sites from scratch. how to make your sites look right in any browser with Web Standards. to use the right tool, regardless of platform, for the job. how to load your site using FTP and how to maintain it. more than the basics—real tools and techniques for building truly useful Web presences how to make your site look good and function dynamically.Who is this book for?This book is for web development students in Web design classes, SOHO businesses who want to put up and maintain their own sites, and anyone with the urge to create their own Web presence.

Genres: Website Design, Nonfiction, Web

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First published December 15, 2008

About the author

A writer, designer and educator based in Belfast, Christopher Murphy runs the Masters in Multidisciplinary Design at the University of Ulster, where he has championed an entrepreneurship focused curriculum for many years.

He is the author of a number of books and maintains a design consultancy, where he has worked for a variety of clients including The Royal Mail, Absolut Vodka and Queen's University, Belfast. An internationally respected digital artist, he was described by Creative Review as, "a William Morris for the digital age."

Christopher writes about design, standards and tweed at Web Standardistas.

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an excellent introduction to standards based web design. Written in a very accessible manner Murphy and Persson walk you through creating well structured XHTML pages then show you how to style them using CSS. With a dedicated website to help you along you can't go wrong.

As a designer I have always left the programing of my client sites up to someone who knows how, thinking it was way beyond me. This book has shown me just how easy it actually is to programme them yourself and what's more I don't have to buy any expensive software get me started!

I reckon this will quickly become a university standard introduction to web design and the first port of call for any aspiring designer. Well done guys!

[Sczeck · Rating 4 out of 5]

A decent quick book that stresses separating the context of data from the fancy styling of data. Don't read this book if your looking for a set of CSS tricks.

[Jaret Manuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!