Web Page Design
by Mary E. Morris & Randy J. Hinrichs

Publisher:  Prentice Hall, 1996
ISBN:  013239880X

If you already know HTML and have created Web pages then Web Page Design by Mary E. Morris & Randy J. Hinrichs will take your site to the next level. You will not learn any HTML or coding of any sort here, but what you will learn is how to design your Web pages so that they are easy to read and navigate. This is a really important attribute for Web sites. If your Web page takes too long to load or is displeasing to the eye of the viewer then they will never come back to your site or recommend your site to anyone else, thus your site will die a quick and painful death.

With this book you will learn all the do's and don'ts of Web page design including how to add backgrounds tastefully, organizing your site for the best effect and how to use graphics and image maps so as not to make your page look too tacky. You will also get some tips on adding VRML (Virtual Reality Markup Language) to your site.

Learn to make your site interactive. By doing this your users will have a reason to stay and to come back later. Add charts, tables and questionnaires to your site to get people to join in the fun. Learn to use the right color schemes, how to publish material to your site on a regular basis and update old material so your viewers won't get bored, leave and never come back. Always work for what the viewer wants and you will see them come back over and over.

Linda Roeder, your Guide for Personal Web Pages