Practical Web Design for Absolute Beginners

Adrian resigned as a chartered design engineer and has been teaching in one form or another since 1982. He introduced computers into his work place in 1989 and taught the staff how to use them. In his present location, Colyton, Devon, UK, he has designed and produced websites for UK businesses and charities. He served as a computer technician to about 100 locals. He stopped visiting and teaching IT five years ago so that he could concentrate on his favorite occupation, designing websites. To avoid disappointing his former clients, he launched his free computer help website, Coly Computer Help. He also writes a monthly computer help page in a local magazine.Adrian has produced and maintained websites for 15 years through his website-design business, AM Web Design.Adrian produces an on-line course for students who wish to learn how to design their own websites from scratch. The work sheets from that course and the helpful feedback from the students form the basis of this book.  Adrian is the author of: Practical HTML5 Projects; Apress May 2012; ISBN-13: 978-1-4302-4275-8Practical PHP and MySQL for Website Databases; Apress Dec 2013; ISBN-13: 978-1-4302-6076-9

• 1. Start Creating Websites.- 2. Create Your First Website and Add Hyperlinks.- 3. Styling Your Website with CSS.- 4. Create Web Pages with Three Columns using CSS.- 5. Create Web Pages with Four Columns using CSS.- 6. Add Pictures to Websites.- 7. Enhance the Website.- 8. Roll-over Menu Buttons.- 9. Using Color Effectively.- 10. Screen Size and Resolution, Templates, Rounded Corners.- 11. A Vertical Menu with a Picture Gallery.- 12. A Horizontal Menu with an Enlarged Picture Gallery.- 13. More about Website Images: Create a New Appearance with Tiles.- 14. Vertical and Horizontal Menus on the Same Page: Colored Columns.- 15. Create Tiles: Use Two New Tiles: Float-drop and the Box Model.- 16. Create Tables for Data.- 17. The Secret of Attractive and Useful Websites.- 18. Design a Feedback Form.- 19. Search Engine Optimization.- 20. Positioning Elements on a Web Page.- 21. Save Time and Reduce Tedium.- 22. More on Using the PHP include.- 23. Receive Emails from a "Contact Us" Page-24. Add Slideshows and Videos.- 25. Create a Tab Menu.- 26. Design a Drop-down Menu.- 27. Drop Shadows.- 28. Username and Password for a Members' Page.- 29. Create a Printable Order Form.- 30. Add a Search Field to Your Website.- 31. Styled Bullet Points.- 32. Indicate Which Horizontal Menu Button has been Clicked.- 33. Indicate Which Vertical Menu Button has been Clicked.- 34. Creating Multi-Row Menus and Picture Galleries.- 35. Building Responsive Websites for Mobile Devices: Part 1.- 36. Building Responsive Websites for Mobile Devices: Part 2.- 37. Building Responsive Websites for Mobile Devices: Part 3.- 38. Building Responsive Websites for Mobile Devices: Part 4.- 39. Avoiding Some of the Pitfalls of a CMS website.- 40. Going Live and Validating your Website.- 41. Quick Reference, Resources, Graphics Programs.- 42. Installing and Using Text Editors.

“This work focuses on teaching coding and effective web design through HTML5, CSS, and PHP, with minimal use of JavaScript functions. … Clear language and an easy pace make learning both understandable and economical. … A helpful index and detailed table of contents provide quick access to individual segments…. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.” (S. G. Almquist, Choice, Vol. 54 (10), June, 2017)