Web by Design: The Complete Guide

At first I thought making a website is easy as typing in stuffs that you wanna say and put all sorts of pics that you fancy, but after I have read this book which I happened to have borrowed first from a friend, I learned that there's something else in it (I wasn't really satisfied in just borrowing it so I did bought a copy!). The author really knows her way on how to make even the simplest webpage have its own value to the point that it can make it to the market level. It's like teaching a neophyte in webdesigning to be a real pro! From colors to fonts and graphics and more, I think there's nothing else that you'd miss out on this great book! a must-have for every serious web designer.

I read a lot of books about web design. None of them ever taught me as much as Web by Design did. Actually they even distracted me from reading books on this subject. Web by Design is completely different... by reading this book you get to feel like a *real* designer feels. Following the rules Molly E. Holzschlag gives you page by page, you will surely have an attractive website up soon; well, an attractive website with clean HTML :)

After perusing and reading a multitude of books covering the various aspects of web design, I can confidently argue that this book presents the best overview of web design theory and practice. Molly Holzchlag synthesizes web technologies and basic publishing theory. The book is an excellent place to start learning about web design. After reading this book, the next step would be to buy one book covering HTML 4.0 in depth, one covering JavaScript, one covering Cascading Style Sheets, and so on. The book provides a strong foundation, unlike any other book I've read on web design. No book can cover all the design material exhaustively, although they often claim to. Molly Holzschlag's Web Design: the Complete Guide, fills the holistic gap in the published literature, in an easy to follow way. This book is a great textbook for web design, if you are a novice or possess extensive experience. For the beginner, the book covers all the web technologies and organizes and structures them based on basic publishing theory. For the advanced user, the book keys into details that are often overlooked, yet make a difference in terms of web design quality.

Ok, I admit, I bought the book because of the cover, but afterwards I was glad I did. Web by Design is different from most of the (generally substandard) books available. It doesn't teach you HTML, CGI, Java, JavaScript, or the latest stupid tricks and gimmicks. Instead, it focusses on the fundamentals of EFFECTIVE DEISGN. It contains a whopping 901 pages filled with quality advice from a professional web designer. You learn how to use graphics effectively, the principals of layout, the science of typography, how color and shape can be used, how to write and structure content, and much, much more. The well-written Web by Design also comes with a 32 page full-color insert on the 216 Web-safe colors and color combinations, as well as reviews, quizes, and its very own website. Overall, Web By Design is a fabulous book that is perfect for those who have at least some HTML background, as well as experts in graphic design, advertising, and printing who wish to expand their skills into web design. It's not subtitled "The Complete Guide" without reason.

I'm a grafik designer myself and I enjoyed reading this book. I hope a lot of web designers will read it, so there'll be more attractive websites. You should have this book! It's cool! Luvly greetz to Molly...