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Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
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Although I have not plowed through this entire book yet, it is shaping up as one of the books I've been looking for to tie up all the different threads that now make up the task of creating a good website. I may never actually create my business website all on my own, but at least I will have familiarity with the various tools that are currently being used so I can intelligently discuss and understand what the professionals are recommending. One of the toughest parts of learning any new technology these days is the constant improvement and changes going on. It's impossible to guess what may become standard and what may be obsolete by the time I finish the book. Books like this at least give an average person like me a fighting chance to keep as current as possible without continuous formal education.
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I am a design student, and have not yet learned web design, or how to build a website.
I purchased this book to teach myself the basics of web design. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy the language was to understand. I have not yet finished the book, but will continue to use it in the future.
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LEARNING WEB DESIGN is an excellent start to an understanding of how html works and what building websites is all about. Without getting too much into the specifics, and stopping before diving into more complicated items such as forms, and book builds a get over-all picture. If you're looking to become a professional, self-taught web designer, you probably want another guide. But if you are simply trying to build a personal web page and get started on a road to web design as a hobby, then this book is great.
The book comes with a CD, complete with trial versions of software, but I found the WYSIWYG HTML editor NVU very handy. Best of all, it is a free-ware program. Additionally, I found GIMP, a image editing software also very handy. Both of these can be found by a simple Google search.
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Although the book is positioned as a Beginner's Guide you really need to have some basic understanding or feel for html coding to make the most of it. After using it for about 2 years I finally think I know what I'm looking at. Ms. Niederst explains some things really well, e.g., text, inserts, use of graphics, html limitations and tables. Her tie ins to FrontPage, Go Live and Dreamweaver are hard to follow (for me, anyway) because they do not match the Dreamweaver version I have. But, I've adjusted to these differences. I use the book every time I work on my website and I'm happy to have it.
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The best thing about this book is that it is very readable to someone who has little or no background in web design; it covers a lot of territory and lays the information out in layman's terms. The caveat is that, having been published in 2001, some of the info is a little dated -- for example, I understand that the FONT tag is an older standard that is being abandoned in favor of Cascading Style Sheets. But a beginner has to start somewhere, and I got a lot out of this book.
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