Designing web graphics .2 : how to prepare images and media for the web / Lynda Weinman.

Contents

1: Getting Started in Web Design
Web Design as a Career Path
How to Charge for Web Design
Learn to Use Search Engines
How to List Your Site with Search Engines
Choose Your Tools
Etc.

2: Understanding the Web Environment
Welcome to the Weird World of Web Graphics
Designing for the Computer Screen, Not the Printed Page
Browser Differences
HTML for Different Browsers
Cross- Platform Hell!
Etc.

3: Web File Formats
Compression File Formats
HTML for Embedding Images
GIF File Formats
GIFs for Illustration-Style Imagery
GIFs for Photographic Imagery
Etc.

4: Low-Band Width Graphics
Low-Band Width Graphics
How to know what Size Your File Really is
Making Small GIFs
Aliased Artwork
Dithering and Banding
Etc.

5: Hexadecimal Color
Hexadecimal Shmexadecimal
Hexadecimal Resources
Color- Related HMTL Tags
Adding Color Using HTML
Using Color Names Instead of Hex
Etc.

6: Browser-Safe Color
Computer Color
RGB versus CMYK
Introduction to Browser-Safe Specs
Why Work within a Limited Palette?
What does a Browser –Safe Palette Look Like?
Etc.

7: Transparent Artwork
Transparency
Creating Background Color the Hexadecimal Way
Creating Background Color Using Solid Patterns
Transparent GIFs
When to Use Transparent Artwork
Etc.

8: Background Tiles
Making Background Tiles
Tiling Background
Determining Tiled Pattern Sizes
File Formats for Patterned Background Tiles
The Code Please!
Etc.

9: Rules, Bullets, and Buttons
Rules, Bullets, and Buttons
Horizontal Rules
Horizontal Rules the HTML Way
Fancier Horizontal Rule Tags
Horizontal Rules the Do-it-Yourself Way
Etc.

10: Navigating-Based Graphics
Navigating Issues in Web Design
Storyboarding
Hot Images and Text
Identifying Hot Images
Creating Kinked Images and Text
Etc.

11: Web-Based Typography
Web-Based Typography
Short Glossary of Key Typographic Terms
Glossary of Terms Not Possible with HTML
Interesting Typography-Based URLs
Aesthetic Considerations
Etc.

12: Scanning Techniques for the Web
Scanning for the Web
Scanner Equipment
For Scanner Comparisons, Check Out the Following
Dictionary of Scanning Terms
Resolution
Etc.

13: Layout and Alignment Techniques
Alignment Hell
Defining the Size of a Web Page
JavaScript for Establishing Page Size
Using HTML For For Alignment
Text Alignment Tags
Etc.

14: Animation
Web Animation
The Aesthetic of Animation
Web Animation Technologies
Animated GIFs
Plug-Ins
Java
Etc.

15: Sound
Sound on the Web
Sound Aesthetics
How to Get Sound Source Files into Your Computer
Digital Audio Terminology
To Stream or Not to Stream?
Etc.

16: Interactivity
Interactivity
Interactivity Role Models
Interactivity Versus Difficulty
Counters
Forms
Guest-books
Etc.

17: HTML For Visual Designers
HTML for Visual Designers
Naming Protocols
Common File Extensions
Relative Versus Absolute Path Names
Troubleshooting
Etc.

Glossary : p. 418-423 . _ Index. p. 436-447