This book will show you how to combine the power of Adobe Photoshop 7
and Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, both the premier applications in their
fields.
The book's core purpose is to teach the fundamentals of designing for
the web using Photoshop and Dreamweaver, through a combination of theory
and practical examples. We will start with a brief look at the history
of the Internet and some design theory, to lay the groundwork for what
follows. We do not aim to bore you with theory! Projects and
step-by-step examples will form a large part of this bookso that you can
see the theory and good advice put into practice.
The end goal of this book is to enable the reader to create a visually
stunning, fully functional and aesthetically pleasing website. The
combination of web design theory and clearly worked examples will allow
you to go away and experiment for yourselfmore aware of the potential
complexities involved in building a website and better positioned to do
it more efficiently than before. The outcome: a great visual and
well-designed site.
Creating an aesthetically pleasing website that is also universally
functional is no easy task. Through the initial concept stages and into
implementation a web designer must be aware of the fundamentals involved
in taking a flat and lifeless graphic and converting it into a dynamic
entity. For an uninitiated artist or potential web designer the traps
and pitfalls in creating such a site are plentiful. Walking our reader
through this in the simplest and most informed manner possible is the
goal of this publication.
Respecting the Internet as a flexible medium as rich in personality as
those who use it is the message that were trying to get across. But at
the same time we want to make the site design and development process
accessible by explaining to the reader the fundamentals in clear and
concise language and providing relevant screen shots and graphics."
