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[...]... networks, and so on Coding the designs to display in web browsers Most people—myself included—consider coding and web design to go handin-hand Even if a web designer isn’t the one coding the pages, he needs to have a firm understanding of how the code works in order to create an appropriate web design A large portion of this book will be spent discussing how to translate your designs into code Even so,... animation, it’s best to add a team member experienced with animation design When web design was still in its infancy, designers often created static images as well as animated ones But the level of design and complexity in web animation has grown such that animation design is truly a specialty Tasks left to web animators might include: Designing key sections/pages/screens of the animation Developing the... Effective Project Management for Web Geeks (http://articles.sitepoint com/article/project-management -web- geeks) Project management, collaboration, and task software: Basecamp (www basecamphq.com) Web Design: An Introduction to Project Management from Wikiversity (http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki /Web_ Design/ An_introduction_to_ Project_Management) Information Architecture In web design, information architecture... Cheat in Adobe Flash: The Art of Design and Animation by Chris Georgenes (Focal Press, 2010) Inspiring Flash Design (http://naldzgraphics.net/inspirations/45-excellentexamples-of-flash-websites -design) Flash Kit: A Flash developer resource site (http:/www.flashkit.com) Smashing Magazine: Flash (http:/www.smashingmagazine.com/tag/flash) About.com Flash Web Design (http://webdesign.about.com/od/flash/ Macromedia_Flash.htm)... affects a user’s perception of the website UX specialists often have experience in psychology, as well as design and computer science Design The design tasks of the site… it’s what you’re reading this book for, right? The overarching topic of design covers everything in this chapter, but the more specific design- related tasks typically include: Creating comprehensive designs (comps or mockups) for key... out: A Project Guide to UX Design: For User Experience Designers in the Field or in the Making by Russ Unger and Carolyn Chandler (New Riders Press, 2009) Content Strategy for the Web by Kristina Halvorson (New Riders Press, 2009) Jakob Nielsen on Usability and Web Design (www.useit.com) User Interface Engineering (www.uie.com) UX is an acronym for “user experience.” In web design, UX is often used to... Marketing Your Website by Dan Furman (Self Counsel Press, 2009) The Web Developer’s Copywriting Guide (http://articles.sitepoint.com/ article/developers-writing-guide) Web Content and Writing for Web Sites (http://websitetips.com/ webcontent) Copywriting 101: An Introduction to Effective Copy (http://www copyblogger.com/copywriting-101) Testing The technical term for the process of testing a web project... Translating those comprehensive designs into working prototypes WEB DESIGN Developing supplementary graphic content as needed Identifying the transitions between sections/screens/pages Coding the designs to display in web browsers I cover more details about these tasks in the following chapters, so I won’t discuss those in depth here In addition to these tasks, the designer may or may not also be involved... animation tool Second, the Flash program WEB DESIGN includes its own scripting language, so you really can build fully functional websites with it Plus, as of this writing, Flash doesn’t really have a whole lot of competition, although that may change as HTML5 and Microsoft’s Silverlight (www.silverlight.net) gain support among web designers and browsers alike Web browsers must have a Flash player installed... intentionally left blank WEB DESIGN If you can’t answer in the affirmative to at least two of the preceding questions, you can still use this book as an introduction to web design, but you’ll want to pay special attention to the tips, hints, and notes throughout the book Many of these list resources where you can find additional information about a particular topic, such as graphic design How to Use This . and web design to go hand- in-hand. Even if a web designer isn’t the one coding the pages, he needs to have a firm understanding of how the code works in order to create an appropriate web design. . h0" alt="" mk^ WEB DESIGN 9ZBNHI^;^Z9 If you can’t answer in the affirmative to at least two of the preceding questions, you can still use this book as an introduction to web design, but you’ll. Management for Web Geeks (http://articles.sitepoint s .com/article/project-management -web- geeks) Project management, collaboration, and task software: Basecamp (www s .basecamphq.com) Web Design: