Beginning HTML5 and CSS3: Next Generation Web Standards, by Christopher Murphy

December 19, 2009 by Nekkidblogger · Leave a Comment
Filed under: CSS, CSS3, HTML5, Non-fiction, book review, web design

This is a new and very exciting book on modern use of HTML5 and the new CSS3 techniques. If you are a web developer, then Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 is a great introduction to the new features and elements of HTML5; all the leaner, cleaner, and more efficient code you’ve hoped for is available now with HTML5. Aslo, you will find new tools that will allow you to create more meaningful and richer content. For everyone involved in web design, this book also introduces the new structural integrity and styling flexibility of CSS 3. This means better-looking pages and smarter content in your website projects with less work than before.

Beginning HTML-5 and CSS3 provides an in-depth look the new capabilities—including audio and video—that are new to web standards. It also addresses the new HTML5 structural sections, plus HTML5 and CSS3 layouts. You see how to create transitions and animations with new technologies.

Cutting-edge web development techniques with HTML5 and CSS3
The new features of HTML5 and how to work with HTML5 and CSS3
The new web standards being implemented by all the major web browsers
How to work with the new HTML5 structural sections
How to create HTML5 and CSS3 layouts
How to create transitions and animations without using Flash
New web typography solutions
A new vision of web development with HTML5 and CSS3

This book is for web developers and anyone involved in web design who wants to embrace the new web standards and cutting-edge features of HTML5 and CSS3. With a practical, accessible approach, this book is for anyone who wants to push their websites forwards with the latest technologies.

Links to this book at Amazon US, Amazon UK, and Amazon CAN.

Tags: book review, Christopher Murphy, CSS, CSS3, HTML5, useful

Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML, by Eric Freeman and Elisabeth Freeman

April 30, 2009 by Nekkidblogger · Leave a Comment
Filed under: International bestseller, Non-fiction, book review, web design

This is currently the #1 book on the amazon bestseller list for computer and internet books under the headings CSS and HTML. And deservedly so! The “Head First” series by O’Reilly has a lot of good books. And with this books, they have managed yet again to create a great book for people wanting to learn CSS, Web design and HTML the right way!

Head First HTML with CSS & XHTM breaks down elements of HTML, XHTML, and CSS so that it beomes possible figure out what is going on and what needs to be done in web page design using these technologies. Also, this is a great choice for a textbook if you need to upgrade your skills!

This book covers the basics of HTML, putting your webpage on the Internet and linking to other web resources. It also tackles XHTML. Next, it introduces CSS along with the properties that can be controlled via CSS. And it does it all in a plain, nice way with lots of illustrations.

The authors show you how to do pretty advanced layouts using the tools available to you without you even noticing that you’ve been “studying”.

The book’s final chapter is appropriately entitled “The Top Ten Topics We Didn’t Cover”, and thus acknowledges that this is not an advanced book on webpage design.

Links to this book at Amazon US and amazon UK.

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Syndicating Web Sites with RSS Feeds for Dummies, by Ellen Finkelstein

March 23, 2009 by Nekkidblogger · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Non-fiction, blogging, book review, web design

RSS or “Real Simple Syndication” is a great way to publizise content from Web sites and blogs. Syndicating Web Sites with RSS Feeds for Dummies by Ellen Finkelstein tells you how to do it and how to use it to stay informed about what’s going on on the net. Find out how to:

Use RSS to drive traffic to your Web site and build brand awareness
Choose and install the right software, set up RSS feeds, and decide on the format that meets your needs
Create RSS feeds from scratch, or put a news reader on your Web site
Improve your site’s ranking in search engines and build customer loyalty
Enable your customers to choose when and how they receive updated information
Tailor information for your audience and publish all your updates quickly and easily
Promote your RSS feed and explain to your customers how to use it
Provide added value for your customers

Making the most of RSS can make life easier for both you and those who do business with you. Syndicating Web Sites With RSS Feeds For Dummies will help you maintain fresh content for your Web site, blog, or e-zine, promote your site and establish links to it, and even update vital documents like employee guides, price lists, and procedures manuals, quickly and easily.

Tags: blogging, feed, Non-fiction, RSS, syndicate

The Non-Designer’s Web Book, 3rd Edition, by Robin Williams

February 14, 2009 by Nekkidblogger · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Non-fiction, book review, web design

While the second edition of The Non-Designer’s Web Book won’t answer all of your technical questions about the inner workings of the Web, it explains most of what a beginning designer needs to know: what the Web is, how it gets to your computer, how to use it, and, most of all, how to design for it.
Any artist can tell you that you have to know how a medium works to get the most impact from working in it.

A basic understanding of how the Web works enables the good designer to create the most effective sites. This book thoroughly discusses the different kinds of graphics that are used on the Web, when to use one over another, how to make the most of text styles, and how to design navigation systems.

The comparisons are the best stuff here–good design vs. bad design, why designing Web pages is different from designing printed pages, and why a site looks terrific on one monitor but terrible on another. Two chapters on properly preparing graphics and setting typography for use on a Web site describe how to avoid obvious mistakes that would make your work look amateurish.

Not limited to design, the Non-Designer’s Web Book shows how to get a site up and running, register the domain name, and add it to search engines. After the design is finished and implemented, the site has to be uploaded and updated; this is explained, too.

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