| Running title |
Multimedia Web design |
| Contents |
1. Web design basics -- Introduction to the World Wide Web -- Web pages and web browsers -- Hypertext markup language (HTML) -- Uniform resource locator (URL) -- HTML page construction -- The doctype declaration -- Adding a title -- Adding content -- Adding a hyperlink -- Page testing -- Principles of web design -- Page layout and real estate -- Purpose and audience consideration -- typography and font selection -- Color choice -- Evaluating existing design for tone -- 2. Site planning and production -- Web site planning -- the design and development process -- Initial client communication -- Establishing audience and purpose -- Emphasizing and showcasing content -- Creating a design set -- The case project -- Professional HTML authoring tools -- Adobe Dreamweaver -- Microsoft Expression Web -- Notepad++ -- 3. Introduction to HTML -- Creating an initial site layout -- Decomposing a design -- Structuring a page -- Creating layouts in HTML -- Images -- Image formats -- Image creation software -- Creating site images -- Inserting images -- 4. CSS3 -- Introduction to cascading style sheets -- Invoking styles in HTML -- CSS classes and tags -- CSS ids -- Pseudo-classes -- Inheritance -- Positioning and layering -- Element position -- Layers -- Height and width -- Margins and padding -- Display properties -- Background images -- Colors -- Borders -- Shadows -- Content alignment -- Text modification -- Reusing CSS styles -- 5. HTML5 -- Branding a site -- Planning for content -- Creating a site map -- Hyperlinks -- Image links/hotspots -- Meta tags -- Cloning pages -- Adding a site icon -- Adding content -- Using paragraphs and line breaks -- Ampersand commands -- Adding tables -- Adding forms -- Audio and video -- Embedded code -- 6. JavaScript and jQuery -- JavaScript basics -- Variable declarations -- Assigning values -- Function cells -- Defining functions -- Conditional statements -- Looping -- Using JavaScript -- Using the alert () function -- String parsing and form validation -- Dynamic content -- Events -- External JavaScript -- jQuery -- Installing jQuery -- jQuery code and use -- 7. PHP and PERL -- Hosting a web site -- PHP -- PHP basics -- Form processing -- E-mailing with PHP -- Perl -- Perl basics -- Form processing -- E-mailing with Perl -- 8. MySQL -- MySQL data types -- Creating a MySQL database -- Structured query language (SQL) -- Select queries -- Update queries -- Insert queries -- Using MySQL with PHP -- Accessing a MySQL database with PHP -- Storing data in a MySQL database -- Retrieving data from a MySQL database. |
| General note | Companion website has video tutorials and additional project samples and videos. |
| Bibliography note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012952664 |
| ISBN | 9781936420384 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1936420384 (pbk.) |
| Stock number | Intl Pub Marketing, 22841 Quicksilver Dr, Dulles, VA, USA, 20166, (703)6611531 |
