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- Web Design for Programmers, Part 3: Graphics
- Oct 19, 2001
- Graphics can make or break your Web site. This third article in the series on Web design for programmers gives you a few simple techniques for making your graphics more compelling and less annoying.
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- One Process Fits All
- Oct 5, 2001
- A single, comprehensive workflow can be incorporated and adapted by all web development teams: a set of core steps that apply to all projects. One process -- the Core Process -- fits all, with a focused emphasis on the specific needs of redesign.
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- Elements of Experience Design
- Sep 14, 2001
- Great experiences can be deliberate and based upon some principles that have been proven. That applies to online as much as offline design. Nathan Shedroff explains in this article.
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- What's New in Flash 5
- Aug 13, 2001
- Peachpit Press author Katherine Ulrich lists some new features that beginning and intermediate users of Flash will especially appreciate.
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- Getting from A to B -- Web Site Navigation
- Jul 13, 2001
- Web designer David deBoer discusses the most important aspects of Web site navigation techniques.
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- Working with Flash: Intro Movies
- Jul 13, 2001
- Lights! Camera! Action! Web designer David deBoer discusses using Flash for intro movies.
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- The Elements of Table Styles
- Jun 15, 2001
- Programs like Adobe GoLive removed the need for hand-coding the HTML, but tables can still be time consuming to edit and tweak. GoLive 5 introduced Table styles, a tool for applying cell and row colors, text formatting, and other information.
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- Working with Smart Objects and Sliced Images
- Jun 15, 2001
- Creating Smart Objects and Sliced Images can save you time and headaches when updating or editing your web pages. Here Jeff Carlson and Glenn Fleishman show you how to take advantage of both features using Adobe GoLive 5.
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- Midcom: How an Intranet was Reborn
- May 4, 2001
- Expert Web designer Christie Caronis describes the ups and downs of creating her first intranet -- with multiple linked pages, for a company with more than 1,000 employees.
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- Applying a Tracing Image and Adding Layers in Dreamweaver
- Mar 30, 2001
- Dreamweaver allows web designers to move blocks of text and images on screen - something that HTML doesn't allow. These exercises by Lynda Weinman and Garo Green cover Dreamweaver's key features that will position elements anywhere on your Web page.
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- Navigation Design
- Mar 30, 2001
- The focus of good navigation design is organization, not graphics. In this article, authors Robin Williams and John Tollett provide some basic rules and examples to help you become a better interface designer.
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- Creating Colors
- Mar 23, 2001
- Katherine Ulrich, author of Flash 5 for Windows & Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, takes you through creating, defining, and selecting colors in Flash for Windows and Macintosh.
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- Designing the Perfect Web Site
- Feb 9, 2001
- Web designer David deBoer discusses the most important aspects of designing an efficient Web site, and explains which rules and guidelines should always be followed when designing your site.
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- Identity Template Files
- Jan 1, 1999
- by Robin Williams, from The Non-Designer's Guerrilla Marketing Guide
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- Tips on Designing Web Pages
- Jan 1, 1999
- by Robin Williams, from The Non-Designer's Guerrilla Marketing Guide
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