Jennifer Niederst Robbins

Web Design in a Nutshell (eBook, ePUB)

A Desktop Quick Reference

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Are you still designing web sites like it's 1999? If so, you're in for a surprise. Since the last edition of this book appeared five years ago, there has been a major climate change with regard to web standards. Designers are no longer using (X)HTML as a design tool, but as a means of defining the meaning and structure of content. Cascading Style Sheets are no longer just something interesting to tinker with, but rather a reliable method for handling all matters of presentation, from fonts and colors to the layout of the entire page. In fact, following the standards is now a mandate of professional web design.Our popular reference, Web Design in a Nutshell, is one of the first books to capture this new web landscape with an edition that's been completely rewritten and expanded to reflect the state of the art. In addition to being an authoritative reference for (X)HTML and Cascading Style Sheets, this book also provides an overview of the unique requirements of designing for the Web and gets to the nitty-gritty of JavaScript and DOM Scripting, web graphics optimization, and multimedia production. It is an indispensable tool for web designers and developers of all levels.The third edition covers these contemporary web design topics:Structural layer: HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 (9 chapters), including an alphabetical reference of all elements, attributes and character entitiesPresentation layer: Ten all-new chapters on Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2.1, including an alphabetical reference of all properties and values.Behavior layer: JavaScript and scripting with the Document Object Model (DOM)Web environment: New web standards, browsers, display devices, accessibility, and internationalizationWeb graphics optimization: Producing lean and mean GIF, JPEG, PNG, and animated GIFsMultimedia: Web audio, video, Flash, and PDFOrganized so that readers can find answers quickly, Web Design in a Nutshell, Third Edition helps experienced designers come up to speed quickly on standards-based web design, and serves as a quick reference for those already familiar with the new standards and technology.There are many books for web designers, but none that address such a wide variety of topics. Find out why nearly half a million buyers have made this the most popular web design book available.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 830
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781449379094
• Artikelnr.: 52960096

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Niederst Robbins was one of the first designers for the Web. As the designer of O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator (GNN), the first commercial web site, she has been designing for the Web since 1993. Since then, she has worked as the creative director of Songline Studios (a former subsidiary of O'Reilly) and as a freelance designer and consultant since 1996. She is the author of the bestselling "Web Design in a Nutshell" and "Learning Web Design (O'Reilly), and she has taught web design at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and Johnson and Wales University in Providence. She has spoken at major design and Internet events including SXSW Interactive, Seybold Seminars, the GRAFILL conference (Geilo, Norway), and one of the first W3C International Expos. In addition to designing, Jennifer enjoys cooking, travel, indie-rock, and making stuff. She maintains her own professional web site at http://www.littlechair.com as well.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Contributors
Technical Reviewers
Lead Technical Editors
Technical Reviewers
Preface
What's in the Book
Using Code Examples
Conventions Used in This Book
CSS Property Conventions
How to Contact Us
Safari® Enabled
Acknowledgments
Part I: The Web Environment
Chapter 1: Web Standards
1.1 What Are Standards?
1.2 Current Web Standards
1.3 Standards-Driven Design
1.4 For Further Reading
Chapter 2: Designing for a Variety of Browsers
2.1 Browser History
2.2 Browser Roll-Call
2.3 Gathering Usage Statistics
2.4 Learning from Browser Statistics
2.5 Dealing with Browser Differences
2.6 Know Your Audience
2.7 Test!
Chapter 3: Designing for a Variety of Displays
3.1 Designing for Unknown Monitor Resolutions
3.2 Fixed Versus Liquid Web Pages
3.3 Designing "Above the Fold"
3.4 Mobile Devices
Chapter 4: A Beginner's Guide to the Server
4.1 Servers 101
4.2 Unix Directory Structures
4.3 File Naming Conventions
4.4 Uploading Documents (FTP)
4.5 File (MIME) Types
Chapter 5: Accessibility
5.1 Types of Disabilities
5.2 Overview of Assistive Technology
5.3 Who Is Responsible for Accessibility?
5.4 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
5.5 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0)
5.6 Standards Variations and Section 508
5.7 Web Accessibility Techniques
5.8 Testing for Accessibility
Chapter 6: Internationalization
6.1 Character Sets and Encoding
6.2 Character References
6.3 Language Features
6.4 Style Sheets Language Features
6.5 For Further Reading
Part II: The Structural Layer: XML and (X)HTML
Chapter 7: Introduction to XML
7.1 XML Basics
7.2 How It Works
7.3 XML Document Syntax
7.4 Well-Formed XML
7.5 Document Type Definition (DTD)
7.6 XML Namespaces
7.7 XML on the Web
7.8 Web-Related XML Applications
7.9 Where to Learn More
Chapter 8: HTML and XHTML Overview
8.1 The Role of HTML
8.2 Markup Basics
8.3 Introduction to XHTML
8.4 Which Standard Is Right for You?
8.5 Well-Formed XHTML
8.6 Web Authoring Tools
8.7 Good Authoring Practices
Chapter 9: Document Structure
9.1 Minimal Document Structure
9.2 Document Type Declaration
9.3 The Root Element
9.4 The Document Header
9.5 The Document Body
Chapter 10: Text Elements
10.1 Choosing Text Elements
10.2 The Building Blocks of Content
10.3 Inline Elements
10.4 Deleted and Inserted Text
10.5 Generic Elements (div and span)
10.6 Lists
10.7 Presentational Elements
10.8 Character Entity References
Chapter 11: Creating Links
11.1 Simple Hypertext Links
11.2 Linking Within a Document
11.3 Targeting Windows
11.4 Alternative Protocols
11.5 Linking Documents with link
Chapter 12: Images and Objects
12.1 Inline Images
12.2 Image Maps
12.3 Embedded Media
12.4 Java Applets
12.5 Inline (Floating) Frames
Chapter 13: Tables
13.1 Table Uses
13.2 Basic Table Structure
13.3 Row Groups
13.4 Columns and Column Groups
13.5 Table Presentation
13.6 Accessible Tables
13.7 Responsible Layout Tables
Chapter 14: Frames
14.1 Introduction to Frames
14.2 Basic Frameset Structure
14.3 Frame Function and Appearance
14.4 Targeting Frames
14.5 Frame Design Tips and Tricks
Chapter 15: Forms
15.1 The Basic Form Element
15.2 Form Controls
15.3 Accessibility Features
15.4 disabled and readonly
15.5 Affecting Form Appearance
Part III: The Presentation Layer: Cascading Style Sheets
Chapter 16: Cascading Style Sheets Fundamentals
16.1 CSS in a Nutshell
16.2 The Benefits of CSS
16.3 How CSS Works
16.4 Rule Syntax
16.5 Adding Styles to a Document
16.6 Key Concepts
16.7 Specifying Values
16.8 Browser Support
16.9 For Further Reading
Chapter 17: Selectors
17.1 Type (Element) Selector
17.2 Contextual Selectors
17.3 Class and ID Selectors
17.4 Attribute Selectors
17.5 Pseudoselectors
Chapter 18: Font and Text Properties
18.1 Typography on the Web
18.2 Font Family
18.3 Font Size
18.4 Other Font Settings
18.5 Text Transformation (Capitalization)
18.6 Text Decoration
18.7 Line Height
18.8 Text Alignment Properties
18.9 Text Spacing
18.10 Text Direction
Chapter 19: Basic Box Properties
19.1 The Box Model, Revisited
19.2 Width and Height
19.3 Margins
19.4 Borders
19.5 Padding
Chapter 20: Color and Backgrounds
20.1 Foreground Color
20.2 Background Color
20.3 Background Images
Chapter 21: Floating and Positioning
21.1 Normal Flow
21.2 Floating
21.3 Positioning Basics
21.4 Absolute Positioning
21.5 Fixed Positioning
21.6 Relative Positioning
Chapter 22: CSS for Tables
22.1 The Essence of Tables
22.2 Styling Tables
22.3 Borders
22.4 Table Layout (Width and Height)
22.5 Table Display Values
Chapter 23: Lists and Generated Content
23.1 CSS for Lists
23.2 Generated Content
Chapter 24: CSS Techniques
24.1 Centering a Page
24.2 Two-Column Layouts
24.3 Three-Column Layouts
24.4 Boxes with Rounded Corners
24.5 Image Replacement
24.6 CSS Rollovers
24.7 List-Based Navigation Bars
24.8 CSS Techniques Resources
Chapter 25: Managing Browser Bugs: Workarounds, Hacks, and Filters
25.1 Working with "Troubled" Browsers
25.2 The Browsers
25.3 Hack and Workaround Management 101
Part IV: The Behavioral Layer: JavaScript and the DOM
Chapter 26: Introduction to JavaScript
26.1 A Little Background
26.2 Using JavaScript
26.3 JavaScript Syntax
26.4 Event Handling
26.5 The Browser Object
26.6 Where to Learn More
Chapter 27: DOM Scripting
27.1 A Sordid Past
27.2 Out of the Dark Ages
27.3 The DOM
27.4 Manipulating Documents with the DOM
27.5 Working with Style
27.6 DOM Scripting in Action
27.7 Supplement: Getting Started with Ajax
Part V: Web Graphics
Chapter 28: Web Graphics Overview
28.1 Web Graphic File Formats
28.2 Image Resolution
28.3 Color on the Web
28.4 Web Graphics Production Tips
Chapter 29: GIF Format
29.1 8-Bit Indexed Color
29.2 LZW Compression
29.3 Interlacing
29.4 Transparency
29.5 Minimizing GIF File Sizes
29.6 Designing GIFs with the Web Palette
Chapter 30: JPEG Format
30.1 24-Bit Color
30.2 JPEG Compression
30.3 Progressive JPEGs
30.4 Creating JPEGs
30.5 Minimizing JPEG File Size
Chapter 31: PNG Format
31.1 When to Use PNGs
31.2 PNG Features
31.3 Platform/Browser Support
31.4 Creating PNG Files
31.5 PNG Optimization Strategies
31.6 For Further Reading
Chapter 32: Animated GIFs
32.1 How They Work
32.2 Using Animated GIFs
32.3 Tools
32.4 Creating Animated GIFs
32.5 Optimizing Animated GIFs
Part VI: Media
Chapter 33: Audio on the Web
33.1 Basic Digital Audio Concepts
33.2 Using Existing Audio
33.3 Preparing Your Own Audio
33.4 Streaming Audio
33.5 Audio Formats
33.6 Choosing an Audio Format
33.7 Adding Audio to a Web Page
Chapter 34: Video on the Web
34.1 Basic Digital Video Concepts
34.2 Compression
34.3 Video File Formats
34.4 Adding Video to an HTML Document
Chapter 35: The Flash Platform
35.1 Using Flash on Web Pages
35.2 Creating Flash Movies
35.3 ActionScript
35.4 Adding Flash to a Web Page
35.5 Integrating Flash with Other Technologies
35.6 The Flash Player
35.7 Flash Resources
Chapter 36: Printing from the Web
36.1 Browser Print Mechanisms
36.2 Cascading Style Sheets for Print
36.3 Portable Document Format (PDF)
36.4 Flash Printing
Part VII: Appendixes
Appendix A: HTML Elements and Attributes
A.1 Common Attributes and Events
Appendix B: CSS 2.1 Properties
B.1 Visual Media
B.2 Paged Media
B.3 Aural Styles
Appendix C: Character Entities
C.1 ASCII Character Set
C.2 Nonstandard Entities (,-Y)
C.3 Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1)
C.4 Latin Extended-A
C.5 Latin Extended-B
C.6 Spacing Modifier Letters
C.7 Greek
C.8 General Punctuation
C.9 Letter-like Symbols
C.10 Arrows
C.11 Mathematical Operators
C.12 Miscellaneous Technical Symbols
C.13 Geometric Shapes
C.14 Miscellaneous Symbols
Appendix D: Specifying Color
D.1 Specifying Color by RGB Values
D.2 Specifying Colors by Name
Appendix E: Microformats: Extending (X)HTML
E.1 Extending HTML 4 and XHTML
E.2 Semantic Class Names
E.3 Link Relationships
E.4 More Microformats
Glossary
Colophon

Rezensionen

"Webdesign in an Nutshell war schon immer meine Web-Bibel, mein bevorzugtes Standardwerk für Webentwicklung. Mit dieser dritten Auflage bin ich noch begeisterter, als ich es früher war [...]. Das Buch ist reifer, kompletter, interessanter als zuvor. Noch immer ist es eine beeindruckend umfangreiche Referenz. Noch mehr beeindruckt mich hingegen, wie kompakt und lesbar sie diese große Menge an Wissen transportieren kann. Ich kann dieses Buch jedem Fortgeschrittenen und erst recht jedem Profi nur wärmstens empfehlen. Es sollte bei keinem Entwickler fehlen." -- Jens Grochtdreis, April 2006