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Web Design |
This list of resources is directed toward people who have an interest in how to structure a website, and how to design a user friendly experience. I have also added some resources for technical writers and how to specifically write for the web. |
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| Web Design Books | ||||
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| Designing Web Usability | ||||
| Author: Jakob Nielsen | ||||
| ISBN:1-56205-810-X | ||||
| This book is all about how to create simplicity into your website. Nielson focuses on sites that are text intensive as opposed to sites that are graphic intensive. | ||||
| Don't Make Me Think | ||||
| Author: Steve Krug | ||||
| ISBN: 0-7897-2310-7 | ||||
| An excellent book about usability and especially navigational concepts. | ||||
| Graphic Design Cookbook | ||||
| Author: Leonard Koren & R. Meckler | ||||
| ISBN:0-8118-3180-9 | ||||
| If you are stuck for a design layout, consult this book for shapes, type treatments and spatial treatments. | ||||
| Information Architecture for the World Wide Web | ||||
| Author: Louis Rosenfield and Peter Morville | ||||
| ISBN:1-56592-282-4 | ||||
| Web Design Workshop | ||||
| Author: Robin Williams | ||||
| ISBN:0-201-74867-3 | ||||
| A good introduction to the web process. I especially enjoyed the rational of how to slice photoshop compositions and integrate them into HTML using Dreamweaver. | ||||
| Web Redesign/Workflow that Works | ||||
| Author:Kelly Goto & Emily Cotler | ||||
| ISBN:0-7357-1062-7 | ||||
| An excellent book about project management. This book describes how to plan, design, and launch your website. It includes sections on budgeting, scheduling, testing, and client relations. | ||||
| Web Style Guide | ||||
| Patrick Lynch and Sarah Horton | ||||
| ISBN: 0-3000-07675-4 | ||||
| A book about how to design a web site using basic design principles. The best thing I learned from this book was how to layout a table so that it will print on a standard letter size page. | ||||
| www.photoshop.imageready | ||||
| Author: Greg Simsic | ||||
| ISBN: 0-7897-2551-7 | ||||
| A detailed book explaining how to use photoshop and imageready. Lots of pictures and easy to understand. (Yes, this really is the title of the book.) | ||||
| Web Design Sites | ||||
| symbols to use for logos | ||||
| Technical Writing Books | ||||
| back to top | Web Word Wizardry | |||
| Author:Rachel McAlpine | ||||
| The best explanation I have read about how to write for the web and how to write meta tags. | ||||
| Technical Writing Sites | ||||
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| how to write for the web | ||||
| Affiliations | ||||
| back to top | STC (Society for Technical Communications is for writers and web developers) | |||
| STC San Francisco | ||||
| STC Berkeley Chapter | ||||
| STC East Bay Chapter | ||||
