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Page One of TwoFlash for the Real World by Steve Street
Sams, July, 2001Trade Paperback, 289 pages
ISBN: 0672320797
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Flash for the Real World takes an
in-depth look at case studies where
Flash design is used for ecommerce websites.
The book includes six different Flash design
projects: a product demo using Flash,
a digital holiday card, design for a medical
engineering corporate website,
design for a web design company site, LEGO building blocks and
an interactive Flash-based room planner for
Furniture.com (which has since gone out of business).
The designs are from Flash designer Steve Street, who is an independent consultant for his own company, Hookimu Interactive Solutions. Each design describes the thought process, steps and presentations used to present each Flash design to the client and complete the final project. Street does an excellent job of presenting the business side of each project, including handling clients and budgets. These are subjects many designers would rather ignore, even when it is in their best interest to make the client's needs and wishes their top priority. Street also discusses the intricate Flash details and provides code and animation techniques. An enclosed CD-Rom includes the code for the case studies in the book. The book also provides links and descriptions of good Flash resources available online. This book provides an interesting study of Flash design projects that is helpful to professional Flash developers; beginners will also need to purchase an introductory book that covers the basics in order to have a full understanding of Flash.
How to Use Microsoft FrontPage 2002 by Paul Heltzel
Sams, May, 2001.Trade Paperback, 261 pages.
ISBN: 0672321408
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Here is a book that attempts to make web
publishing simple for beginners and
succeeds. The book helps beginners
learn to use FrontPage 2002, a
web publishing software tool from Microsoft.
The book devotes full-color illustrations and
instructions to each FrontPage task being
described. The illustrations make
it easy for novices to follow along
from their workstations. Some of the
web publishing tasks covered include
changing the style of a paragraph, changing
the look of links, inserting clip art,
inserting a search form, choosing and modifying
themes, importing a scanned image, adding text
to image, changing backgrounds and more.
Each task explanation is broken down into
several steps, and each step includes an illustration
and helpful text.
FrontPage pros should avoid this book, but
first time FrontPage users will love the
clear, full-color illustrations guiding them
through each step of website development.
This book is perfect for FrontPage beginners
who want an easy-to-use book that will
help them get a quick start in the world of web design.
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