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Teresa A. Martin, Project Cool Guide to XML for Web Designers, London-New York: John Wiley, pp.298, ISBN 047134401X.
XML allows users to define the structure of documents, so that data can be displayed in whatever way you choose. Covers the differences between SGML, HTML, XML, and CSS, as well as information design and architecture. Also outlines some of the next developments - XPointer and XLink.
Full review HERE







David McFarland, Dreamweaver 8: The Missing Manual, Sebastopol (CA): Pogue Press/O'Reilly, 2007, pp.952, ISBN 0596100566
Complete guide, reference manual, and tutorial for the popular web editor. Covers all features, with examples, from text editing, through frames, forms, and style sheets, to site management, XML, and multimedia such as Flash and Shockwave.
Full review HERE








Eric A. Meyer, Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide, Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, 2000, pp.453, ISBN 1565926226.
Another classic from O'Reilly Associates - a clear and well-articulated guide to the latest cascading style sheet specifications. Add colour, depth, and font-decoration to your pages. Necessary for those who wish to move beyond HTML. Can be used as a tutorial or a reference guide. Full review HERE








Brendan Murphy, Building a Website on the Internet, Plymouth: Internet Handbooks, 2000, pp.192, ISBN 1840253142
An illustrated beginner's guide which provides an overview, enough to get started, and a minimum of technicalities. How to format pages using bulleted lists, tables, and graphics. Clear and simple explanation of how to get your pages up onto the Web. Also offers guides to web design using four popular web editors - Front Page, Coffee Cup, Hotdog, 1st Page, and Netscape Composer. Full review HERE






Chuck Musciano and Bill Kennedy, HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, 2000, pp.587, ISBN 1565924924.
The very best of HTML, and an introduction to XHTML. Detailed explanations of all aspects of coding, well illustrated with examples. Forms, frames, tables, and even Java scripts, fully illustrated with screenshots and understandable code. Appendices on HTML grammar, Style Sheets, character entities, and browser compatibility notes. Best of its kind. Full review HERE







Jennifer Niederst, Web Design in a Nutshell, Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, 1996, pp.560, ISBN 1565925157.
Fully comprehensive reference and guide to all aspects of web page design. Covers HTML code, tables, frames, style sheets, graphics, audio, video, and JavaScripts. Combines the best of intermediate and advanced worlds, and features a compressed mixture of instruction and reference which cuts out all dross.
Full review HERE







Jennifer Niederst, Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to HTML, Graphics, and Beyond, Sebastopol (CA): O'Reilly, 2001, pp.388 ISBN 0596000367
Elegantly produced and well illustrated introduction to web site design. Includes all the basics - and shows you how coding affects page layout. Also includes examples worked in popular Web editors Dreamweaver, Front Page, and GoLive. Recommended. Full review HERE







Jakob Nielsen, Designing Web Usability, Indianapolis, Ind: New Riders, 2000, pp.420, ISBN: 156205810X
Masterclasses on the construction of functional web sites from a leading guru in the field of usability and information design. Major sites analysed and criticised. Robust advice on designing for maximum speed and simplicity. Well illustrated, bracingly opinionated - and riveting. Full review HERE








Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Sebastopol (CA): O'Reilly, 1998, ISBN 1565922824.
Advanced level web design. Explains information architecture as a concept, then efficient labelling, searching, and navigational systems. Converts readers from old hierarchical systems towards the exploitation of hypertext. Takes a systematic approach to gathering information, conceptualising and defining, then building the site. This book has become a classic.
Full review HERE






David Siegel, Creating Killer Web Sites, (2nd edn) Indianapolis: Hayden, 1997, pp.306, ISBN 1568304331.
Glamorous best-selling guide to graphic effects and maximising screen drama, but with some very simple, useful tips thrown in. Deals with basic page layout, and illustrates the HTML techniques needed. Coding tips, URLs, and bibliographic recommendations.
Full review HERE








Dave Taylor, Creating Cool HTML 4 Web Pages, IDG Books, 1998, pp.433, ISBN 0764532014.
Fully comprehensive, but written in a friendly manner, with good illustrations and examples of HTML code. Strong on graphics and useful design tips. Takes the lessons as far as image maps, Java script, plug-ins, cgi scripts, cascading style sheets, and layers - then a quick view of the novelties in the HTML standard 4.0.
Full review HERE








Edward Tufte, Visual explanations. Images and quantities, evidence and narrative, Cheshire (CT): Graphics Press. ISBN: 0961392126
Tufte is a guru of information design. If you are interested in how data can be presented, do yourself a favour and see one of his beautiful self-produced books. There is nothing here about Web design or HTML - but you will never look at data in the same way again!
Full review HERE









Chelsea Valentine and Chris Minnick, XHTML, Indianapolis (IN) New Riders, 2001, pp,408, ISBN: 0735710341
Full coverage of how to make the transition from HTML to XHTML. Also covers how to work with XHTML web development tools such as Mozquito and HTML-Kit, as well as working with style sheets, forms, scripts, graphics, and multimedia. Explanations of XLink, XPointer, and XPath, plus a CD with ready-to-use examples and free versions of software.
Full review HERE






Nick Vandome, Dreamweaver in Easy Steps, Warwickshire: Computer Step, 2001, pp.192, ISBN 1840781173.
Cheap and cheerful guide to using an HTML editor which is popular with amateurs and professionals. Deals with inputting text, images, forms, tables, and lists, and frames. Dreamweaver also checks your links and even creates a site map. Covers everything you need, from the concept to the launch of your own site. Full review HERE







Jeffrey Veen, The Art & Science of Web Design, Indianapolis (IN): New Riders, 2001, pp.259, ISBN 0789723700.
Thoughtful insights on how and why the Web works as it does - with analyses of successful sites and tips on how to design pages which are user-friendly and quick downloading. Written in an engaging, accessible style. You can try out his ideas immediately, and he gives an account of the way modern web technology works which is inspiring and enthusiastic. Full review HERE







Marcia Yudkin, Poor Richard's Web Site Marketing Makeover, Lakewood CO: TopFloor Publishing, 2001, pp.249, ISBN 1930082169
Advice for people who want to improve an existing web site. Starts from the name of the site, the appearance of the home page, and the number and size of the items on it. Covers forms, payments, subscription systems, and how to build the confidence and trust of the customer. Pointers towards free content, software, services, graphics, fonts, and e-commerce trolleys.
Full review HERE






Jeffrey Zeldman, Taking Your Talent to the Web, Indianapolis (IN) : New Riders, 2001, pp.426, ISBN 0735710732
For people who want to improve their sites; designers who want to offer more functionality; and anybody who wants to use advanced techniques. He explains designs which can flow to fit any browser and screen size. Clear guide to style sheets and font control. He finishes off with a quick review of Java, scaled vector graphics (SGV) and Flash. Full review HERE







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