Book description
Macaw is drawing wild cheers from the web community for its
simple and elegant tools for web design. According to Jeffrey
Zeldman, founder of Happy Cog, Macaw is “the superhot web
design tool of the future."
This essential book lays a solid foundation for using Macaw and
walks readers through the the basics of the application before
moving on to how to set up styles, handle text and images, create
responsive designs, and publish pages.
Filled with full-color images accompanying step-by-step
instructions, this invaluable book give readers a solid footing to
start creating beautiful and responsive web sites in Macaw.
Readers will learn how to:
Create elements with Macaw’s drawing tools
Apply styles to elements
Style text
Work with images
Build reusable groups of elements
Apply global styles
Create and publish a website.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Contents
- 1. Why Are You Here?
- 2. What Is Macaw?
- 3. Unique Tools
- 4. The Rest of the Tools
- 5. Consider Your Workflow
- 6. Let’s Build a Prototype
- 7. Building a Website: Part 1
- 8. Building a Website: Part 2
- 9. Building a Website: Part 3
- 10. Building a Website: Part 4
- 11. Preview and Publish
- 12. The Possible Future of Macaw
- A. Helpful Shortcuts
- B. Further Reading
- C. Troubleshooting
- D. Custom Integrations
- Index
- Code Snippets
Product information
- Title: Getting Started with Macaw: Build responsive websites with a cutting-edge application
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2014
- Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 9780133995923
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