December 2008
Beginner
500 pages
10h 27m
English
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How to Use This Book: Intro
In this section we answer the burning question: “So why DID they put that in a Web Design book?”
Who is this book for?
If you can answer “yes” to all of these:
Are you comfortable with XHTML & CSS but don’t have any experience with web design?
Do you consider yourself a web developer (working in a fun environment like PHP, Ruby on Rails, .NET) and want to become a better web designer?
Do you need to understand web design for a course, your line of work, or you simply want to impress people at parties with your vast knowledge of The Golden Ratio and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines?
this book is for you.
Who should probably back away from this book?
If you can answer “yes” to any of these:
Are you someone who doesn’t have any experience with HTML/XHTML & CSS?
Note
If this is the case, don’t worry. Go pick up Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML by Elisabeth Freeman and Eric Freeman, and then come back to this book.
Are you an accomplished web or graphic designer looking for a reference book?
Are you someone who likes to build webpages with tools like Frontpage and Dreamweaver, so you don’t ever have to look at code?
this book is not for you.
[Note from marketing: this book is for anyone with a credit card.]
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