And code. And code. You build only to rebuild. You focus on making your site compatible with almost every browser or wireless device ever put out there. Then along comes a new device or a new browser, and you start all over again.You can get off the merry-go-round.It's time to stop living in the past and get away from the days of spaghetti code, insanely nested table layouts, tags, and other redundancies that double and triple the bandwidth of even the simplest sites. Instead, it's time for forward compatibility.Isn't it high time you started designing with web standards?Standards aren't about leaving users behind or adhering to inflexible rules. Standards are about building sophisticated, beautiful sites that will work as well tomorrow as they do today. You can't afford to design tomorrow's sites with yesterday's piecemeal methods.Jeffrey teaches you to:- Slash design, development, and quality assurance costs (or do great work in spite of constrained budgets)- Deliver superb design and sophisticated functionality without worrying about browser incompatibilities- Set up your site to work as well five years from now as it does today- Redesign in hours instead of days or weeks- Welcome new visitors and make your content more visible to search engines- Stay on the right side of accessibility laws and guidelines- Support wireless and PDA users without the hassle and expense of multiple versions- Improve user experience with faster load times and fewer compatibility headaches- Separate presentation from structure and behavior, facilitating advanced publishing workflows

    So where to begin? Where can you get design-focused instruction on CSS while learning the technical details? Cascading Style Sheets: The Designer's Edge is precisely the resource you've been looking for. Written by renowned web designer Molly Holzschlag, this book begins with an in-depth look at structured markup, both XHTML and CSS. It then explains how to use CSS to achieve specific design goals involving typography, color, layout, and more. Finally, it deconstructs a series of impressive designs, showing you how the authors used CSS to maximize their efficiency and get exactly the right effect. Key topics you'll learn about include: * Writing valid XHTML * Authoring effective CSS rules * Working with classes and IDs * Validating your CSS * Creating great typographical designs with CSS * Using CSS for backgrounds, borders, and color * Creating multiple link styles * Using absolute positioning * Working with relative positioning * Positioning with float * Creating great CSS layouts

    Cascading Styles Sheets provide both casual Web authors and professional Web developers with the tools necessary to precisely control such things as the size and appearance of fonts, positioning elements at exact locations on a page--even how a page should be printed or "sound" when played through a compatible browser. This new edition of the book incorporates the latest browser-specific extensions to CSS, as well as the CSS3 specification, providing the most up-to-date information on CSS currently available. Core CSS delivers practical techniques for integrating CSS into Web site development and expert insight into choosing the best style sheet code. Like all Core series books it features hundreds of professional-level code examples.

    His philosophy is based on four fundamentals: 1. YOUR WEB DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT SKILLS DON'T MATTER Your average client can't determine the difference between a good and a bad web site. They can't really look at your portfolio and say: "This person makes profitable web sites." Instead, they consider other factors when evaluating you for the job. For example: recommendations from other people, the quality of your brochure, the way you dress or simply your handshake. In the kit, Brendon shows how to make the client very confident that you are the best choice they can make. 2. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE, AND SHOULDN'T BE THE CHEAPEST BIDDER TO WIN Brendon's company is almost always several times more expensive than his competitors, but he still gets 90% of the jobs he pitches for. This is due to his customer service, his meeting approach, his proposals and, well, you'll have to read the kit to find out. 3. WHEN THE PROJECT FINISHES, YOUR INCOME SHOULD NOT Web development is very well adapted for selling extra services. Most of Brendon's income is from services bought by existing clients. Brendon is a big believer in keeping clients for life, and in this kit, he explains in great detail exactly how he does it. 4. YOUR CLIENTS ARE EVERYWHERE Brendon retells the story of how a 50 cent map of a conference floor with exhibitor names lead to over $100,000 in new business for his firm. The kit is chock-full of ideas for finding, and reaching new prospects for your services, including your competitor's clients. What does the kit contain? When you order The Web Design Business Kit 2.0, you will receive a rather large box delivered straight to your doorstep. The box will contain two folders and a CD-ROM. Folder 1: The Manual Folder 1 contains 509 8.5x11 letter-size pages divided into 5 major sections, each designed to walk you through Brendon's approach towards being successful in business.Proven techniques for building a successful web design business. Strategies to win more business and boost income. Overcome the fear of selling yourself and your business. Practical advice on organizing your business. Simple techniques to maximize revenue from existing and new clients. Template documents (including contracts) covering a wide range of business functions. How to sell yourself What should you charge? How to keep clients for life How to manage budgets How to hire and fire employees And so much more! Folder 2: The Documents Folder 2 contains 73 ready-to-use business documents, consisting of 182 8.5x11 letter-size pages, categorized into the following sections:Business Planning and Financial Documents Promotional Tools Client Contact Documents Surveys Employment Documents Office Documents These are the same documents Brendon uses himself, and have been tweaked for maximum effectiveness over the years. CD-ROM: Document Library You'll also receive a CD-ROM containing all the electronic versions of all the business documents represented in Folder 2. These are ready to use - just add your own logo and company name.

    But many small business owners and free agents don't have the budget to hire a Web designer or the know-how to go it alone. This guide aims to make it possible for professionals with no design experience to create websites customized to their company's unique needs, both easily and inexpensively. This step-by-step guide goes beyond the nuts and bolts of Web design to provide the actual templates and tools for creating an outstanding site.

    Mastering Dreamweaver MX Databases equips you with all the coding and database skills you need. You'll find focused coverage of key Dreamweaver MX features, plus highly practical instruction relating to the most important scripting languages and databases supported by Dreamweaver MX.Topics include: Creating ASP, JSP, ColdFusion, ASP.NET, and PHP pages Connecting to SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Access, and other ODBC databases Capturing, storing, retrieving, and updating data Choosing the language and database combination that's right for your purpose Mastering the Dreamweaver MX data view, insert, and update features Creating recordsets and queries in Dreamweaver MX-supported languages and databases Securing your site and database using Dreamweaver MX features and best practices Designing pages using live data from your database with Dreamweaver's Live Data view Saving time using master/detail forms and templates Creating search pages for your database Using the extensions available to Dreamweaver MX to aid database development Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

    It includes a combination of project-based lessons, guided exercises (the files for which are included on the companion CD-ROM), and Quick Time tutorials. It features topics such as Macromedia Flash (SWF) export, conditional actions, rollover palette, and others.

    In such a fast-paced environment, seasoned graphic artists need constant inspiration. But just as important, they need timely information that helps them make the right software application choices and avoid costly technical mistakes. How Did They Do That? provides both of these essential needs -- using stunning screen shots that visually profile top broadcast and film work internationally. With examples from well-known companies like MTV, Yu + Co and R!OT Design -- as well as projects from talented independent film makers -- the book explores each program from the inspiration that fueled each work to the software programs and nontraditional techniques used to achieve the end result.Focusing not on step-by-step details, but on the more advanced information experienced designers need most, this valuable reference shows how the best motion graphics artists break the mold using innovative methods.

    What is Web Design? develops design principles that will be as relevant to future technological developments as they are today. While Web design is the most celebrated area of design it draws on many other areas, and by putting it in context this book makes Web design easier to understand. Technical platforms are lucidly discussed and illustrated, and the component elements of Web design are explained and contextualised. The book looks objectively at the relationship between the designer, the client and the other people whose skills and input are key to the design process, and stresses the need for designers to understand and collaborate with these partners in the pursuit of a common goal. A good idea is only as good as its final implementation and getting to this point requires mastering many processes. This book establishes basic principles and a step-by-step approach that should increase the chances of a project being successful. The book concludes by telling the stories of ten design projects from the perspectives of the people involved in their commissioning, designing and engineering. Among the material includes are idea maps, sketches, flow charts, wireframes, design treatments, design ideas in development (and those that were rejected). Work by Trilogy, MetaDesign, Cooper, Visual I|O, Xymbio, Contempt and Organic.

    The day you get to show off what you know about Apache Web server, MySQL database, and PHP scripting. The problem is, you're not really up to speed. Maybe it's been a while since you installed all three of these technologies. Perhaps you've never used Apache, MySQL, and PHP together. Or maybe you just like a challenge. In any event, we've got a solution for you - Apache, MySQL, and PHP Weekend Crash Course. Open the book Friday evening and on Sunday afternoon, after completing 30 fast, focused sessions, you'll be able to dive right in and begin building dynamic, data-driven sites on either Windows or Linux with all three integrated technologies. The Curriculum Friday Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours * Installing Apache * Installing PHP * Installing MySQL * Apache Basics Saturday Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours * Configuring Apache * Apache Security Concerns * The Basics of MySQL * MySQL Security * Working with Data * Queries Afternoon: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours * Troubleshooting MySQL Commands and Queries * Advanced MySQL Concepts * PHP Basics * Program Flow * PHP Functions Saturday, cont. Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours * Working with Files * HTML Constructs * Working with Forms * Multiple-User Considerations in PHP Sunday Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours * Good Coding Practices * Debugging and Troubleshooting PHP * MySQL Through PHP * Debugging and Troubleshooting MySQL in PHP * Odds and Ends * Project: Calendar I Afternoon: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours * Project: Calendar II * Project: Content Publishing I * Project: Content Publishing II * Project: Building an RSS Feed