Year: 2007
Author: Cameron Adams, Mark Boulton, Andy Clarke, Simon Collison, Jeff Croft, Derek Featherstone, Ian Lloyd, Ethan Marcotte, Dan Rubin, Rob Weychert
Publisher: Apress
ISBN: 978-1-59059-803-0, 1-59059-803-2
Language: English
Format: PDF
- Be inspired by 10 web design lessons from 10 of the worlds best web designers
- Get creative with cutting-edge XHTML, CSS, and DOM scripting techniques
- Learn breathtaking design skills while remaining standards-compliant
Here at friends of ED, we know that as a web designer or developer, your work involves more than just working to pay the bills. We know that each day, you strive to push the boundaries of your medium, unleashing your creativity in new ways to make your websites more engaging and attractive to behold, while still maintaining cross-browser support, standards compliance, and accessibility. That's why we got together ten of the world's most talented web designers to share their secrets with you. Web Standards Creativity is jam-packed with fresh, innovative design ideas. The topics range from essential CSS typography and grid design, effective styling for CMS-driven sites, and astonishing PNG transparency techniques, to DOM scripting magic for creating layouts that change depending on browser resolution and user preference, and better print layouts for web pages. We're sure you will find something here to inspire you! This full-color book's examples are not just stunning to look at, but also fully standards-compliant, up-to-date, and tested in current browsers including Internet Explorer 7. Playing by the rules doesn't have to mean drab or dull websites—Web Standards can be fun!
PART 1: LAYOUT MAGIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1: Semantic Structure, Dirty Pretty Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2: Taming a Wild CMS with CSS, Flash, and JavaScript . . . . . . 24
Chapter 3: New York Magazine: My, What a Classy . . . . . . . . . 50
Chapter 4: Designing for Outside the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Chapter 5: Creative Use of PNG Transparency in Web Design. . . . . . . 108
PART 2: EFFECTIVE PRINT TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO CSS DESIGN . . . . . 129
Chapter 6: Grid Design for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Chapter 7: Bridging the Type Divide: Classic Typography with CSS . . . 156
PART 3: DOM SCRIPTING GEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Chapter 8: Print Magic: Using the DOM and CSS to Save the Planet. . 182
Chapter 9: Creating Dynamic Interfaces Using JavaScript. . . . . . . . . . 208
Chapter 10: Accessible Sliding Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

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