Basic coverage of effective design and functionality helps students create Web pages and sites that offer the features of the most popular and best-known Web destinations. The book helps empower users to take control of their own Web messages and design rather than relying solely on software. By offering coverage of writing basic HTML, this book helps readers think critically about boilerplate designs. For anyone in fields of technical writing and web design.
Features Provides the information necessary for writing and designing a basic Web page.
Covers the basics of HTML in simplified form, showing students how to code their own pages, graphics, and links, and how to design pages using various layout grids. Considers the differences between writing for a Website and writing on paper. Chapter 9 provides an introduction to Cascading Style Sheets, the new version of HTML which is gaining increasing acceptance in professional Web design. Technical terms are fully explained in a reference glossary. An accompanying Website provides color versions of all illustrations in the book.