World Wide Web Design Guide
by Stephen Wilson
Hayden Books, 1995, $39.99
A hands-on guide to creation of Web sites with a focus on
expanded design:
- Maximizing visual appeal and effectiveness
- Exploiting the opportunities of Web technology
- Interface and Information design
- Attention to the cultural context of the Web
Unique features of the book:
- Focus on expanded design approach to creating compelling sites
- Hands-on skills of HTML authoring
- Techniques for using image, sound, and video in site design
- Explanation of how to use advanced interactive features of forms and
imagemaps
- Full treatment of HTML 3.0 and Netscape extensions to maximize impact
- Design tips on creating strong sites
- Procedures for keeping up with future Web changes
- Investigation of research and art experimentation shaping the Web's
future
- Information on intellectual property issues related to Web design
- Guide to Web research tools such as indexes and spiders
- Description of methods of publicizing sites
- Integration of the perspectives of experimental arts, visual design,
interface design, and cognitve ergonomics
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Design Implications of the Web
- 2. HTML and Formatting Fundamentals
- 3. Creating Hyperlinks
- 4. Working with Images
- 5. Working with Sound on the Web
- 6. Working with Video
- 7. Advanced Interactive Capabilities: Imagemaps, CGI Scripts, and
Fill-in Forms
- 8. Experimenting on the Web
- 9. Challenge of Web Design: Design Guidelines
- 10.Web Research and Emerging Trends
- Appendix A Research and Publicizing Yourself on the Web
- Appendix B Preparing Servers to Respond to Imagemaps
- Appendix C Examples of Scripts Responding to Web Forms
About the Author:
Stephen Wilson is head of the Conceptual Design/Information Arts
Department at San Francisco State University. He is an internationally
recognized artist who creates interactive installations exploring
emerging technologies such as hypermedia, information design, artificial
intelligence, biological sensors, and robotics. He has published many
articles and several books including Using Computers to Create Art
and Multimedia Design with HyperCard. He has assisted schools,
organizations, museums and businesses to create Web sites and has been a
principal in National Science Foundation projects to explore the use of
the Web. The book resulted in part from work conducted as
artist-in-residence at Xerox PARC research center.
More details about the author's
writing and art can be obtained at
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~swilson.
Ordering Information
- Telephone # for ordering the book is 800-716-0044
- Web site for
ordering: http://www.hayden.com/bookstore/orderinfo.html