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Top 10 Web Site Design Books

From , former About.com Guide

Books to help you learn Web design. Design of a site is just as important as knowing the code itself. Find out what it takes to have a successful Web site.

1. Poor Richard's Web Site

Poor Richards Web Site
..how to get your site on the World Wide Web including where to host it, how to design it, how to make it work properly, how to get your domain name registered and how you can sell your stuff and take orders right from your site...

2. Web Design In A Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference 2nd edition

Web Design in a Nutshell
If you want one book that covers everything then this would be the one. It is not an HTML primer but it does cover the tags you need to perform the tasks needed to design a Web page...

3. Learning Web Design a Beginner's Guide To HTML Graphics and Beyond

If you want to design Web pages, but don't know anything about it, this book is for you. If you know a lot about Web design, but want to know more, this book is for you. No matter what level you are at, you will find something here for you...

4. Poor Richard's Building Online Communities

If you have a Web site that is about something you are interested in such as a hobby, passion or something you are creating or selling then you will benefit from an online community.

5. The Web Design CD Bookshelf version 1.0

This is really something special! Six books all on one CD-ROM and "Web Design in a Nutshell" for your desktop reference. With these 6 books you will have one great Web site.

6. Web Page Design: A Different Multimedia

With this book you will learn all the do's and dont's 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...

7. Dreamweaver 4 The Missing Manual

Learn to create your Web pages using Dreamweaver 4. Find out all the things this program can do. Fun and easy to read and follow along with.

8. Dreamweaver In A Nutshell - A Desktop Quick Reference

Dreamweaver is a great HTML based Web site editor that makes creating a Web site really easy. This book will help you learn how to use it whether you are a beginner or an advanced designer.

9. Designing Websites://For Every Audience

Make your Web site beautiful, outstanding, a Web site that makes your parents, or kids, proud. Then get this book. No matter what kind of Web site you are building this book has what you need.

10. Creating Cool Html 4 Web Pages

He starts out very basic and expands to more comples ideas by the end.

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