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Web style guide:

basic design principles for creating web sites
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YALE University Press, 2008 - Computers - 338 pages

Consistently praised in earlier editions as the best volume on classic elements of web site design, Web Style Guide, now in its Third Edition, continues its tradition of emphasis on fundamentals. Focusing on the needs of web site designers in corporations, government, nonprofit organizations, and academic institutions, the book explains established design principles and how they apply in web design projects in which information design, interface design, and efficient search and navigation are of primary concern.

New in this edition:

?a full chapter devoted to Universal Usability

?guidelines and techniques for creating universally usable designs

?a full chapter on Information Architecture and how best to promote its robust development

?information on Search Engine Optimization and the designs that improve it

?techniques for using Cascading Style Sheets for layouts and typographic design

?185 illustrations, all in full color

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Review: Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites

User Review  - Torben - Goodreads

An excellent primer for basic web site design. Most of the principles still apply today, even with modern "Web 2.0" techniques. Read full review

Review: Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites

User Review  - Eric Phetteplace - Goodreads

Web Style Guide is not a bad book by any means but there's little reason to read anything over a decade old on web design. While some pieces are timeless–I found the opening chapter on project ... Read full review

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About the author (2008)

Patrick J. Lynch is director, Special Technology Projects, Office of the Director, Information Technology Services, Yale University. He lives in North Haven, CT. Sarah Horton is director, Web Strategy, Design and Infrastructure, Dartmouth College. She lives in Hanover, NH.

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