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Design & Accessibility

Have you, as a web developer or designer ever been on sites where the site seems more of a puzzle then a tool to find the information you where looking for? Or are you looking to improve your web design skills? Then read on!

Design & Accessibility

This e-Book will teach you how to become a truly professional developer or designer. By taking usability and accessibility issues in account when designing your websites or applications you can make the difference and avoid a lot of (user) frustration.

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PHP Web Applications for Dreamweaver: Juicy Solutions for the Busy Developer

PHP Web Applications for Dreamweaver: Juicy solutions for the Busy Developer, is a collection of four frequently encountered web applications.

Written by PHP gurus Allan Kent and Gareth Downes-Powell these studies are suitable for web designers who are familiar with the basics of Dreamweaver, CSS, PHP and MySQL, and aren't scared of a little bit of hand-coding. This book will show you how to build:

• A Searchable Image Gallery
• A Registration and Confirmation E-mail System
• A Calendar Application
• A Custom Web Statistics Application

Not only will these case studies give you a ready-to-go solution, they'll also improve your ability to deliver effective CSS based database-driven web sites.

If you want to discuss any feature of this book, don't forget to use the forum specially dedicated to this release - either hit the Discuss button at the bottom of the page or follow this link.

The source code for each chapter is attached to the ebook PDF, and can be viewed in Acrobat 6 from the Document > File Attachments...  menu.

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Design for Web Developers: Color and Layout for the Artistically Overwhelmed

This e-Book is for anyone with an interest in developing their skills as a visual communicator, who wants to get to grips with the basics of graphical design, so they can develop their artistic skills and make more powerful and effective web sites.

In this book Linda firstly introduces the concepts of the elements and principles of design, and then looks at each of these aspects in detail, using real websites to provide good (and occasionally bad) examples of the points she's making. By constantly referring to actual websites Linda manages to show how theoretical considerations make practical sense.

This collection of articles from Linda Goin will help unwrap the mysteries of web design without the need of programming and help you to understand the rules of the game.

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Web Standards, CSS and Dreamweaver but were afraid to ask

That's the title of the first DMXzone ebook. It's a collection of the most popular articles by Molly Holzschlag and Rachel Andrew, re-edited into the first book in the Universe that teaches CSS design and development to people who are Dreamweaver fluent.

The best thing is that the book assumes no prior knowledge of CSS and doesn't baffle or bore you with theory, and throughout Rachel and Molly use Dreamweaver MX or MX 2004 to make the sites and teach you in the most natural way for a DMXzone member.

Throughout it, you'll learn how to remove presentational HTML and make a "hybrid layout", remove your presentational tables, create common layouts like two- and three- column sites, deal with old browsers, make print style-sheets, make a style-switcher so that your audience can choose their favourites from a range of styles. Your websites will be future compliant, easier to maintain, smaller to download and people will (probably) stop you on the street and ask to kiss you!

Sample Code: Each chapter in this PDF e-Book is a self-contained project, logically structured so that each builds on a previous project. The source code is attached to the ebook PDF, and can be viewed in Acrobat 6 from the Documents > File - Attachments menu. (This menu is unavailable in Acrobat 5).

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Flex Pirates, The Secret Of The New Gold

Arrrrr, welcome to the world of Flex matey! In this mighty shipment of articles, Sas Jacobs will introduce you to Flex and Flex Builder 2. Flex is an alternative to using Flash to create SWF files. It targets Flash Player 9 and works with ActionScript 3.0, which is a revision of the ActionScript language.

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Out of my mind: Flash 8 Power

With the release of Flash 8, DMXzone has collected a great selection of articles on the new software package. This is a fully interactive e-book with Flash movies and other quality content.

Out of my mind: Flash 8 Power

Macromedia Flash 8 is the most powerful animation and development software program in its class. In this e-book Sas Jacobs will show you how to harness the power of Flash 8.

The book will cover actionscripting, drawing, graphic filters, blend modes, animating, new scripting and text features, scripting filters and blends, new bitmap features, file uploads, video and a lot more interesting Flash 8 features and topics!

What this book does and who it's for.

The book will cover actionscripting, drawing, graphic filters, blend modes, animating, new scripting and text features, scripting filters and blends, new bitmap features, file uploads, video and a lot more interesting Flash 8 features and topics!

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Bring your website to life with DHTML and AJAX

This e-Book will teach you how to use DHTML and AJAX to create amazing new applications and interactive features for your website. Tom Dell'Aringa shows you how to create Popup Windows, Fly out menus, Filmstrips, advanced form features and much more!

AJAX enables you to write interactive applications while reducing the amount of data interchanged between the web browser and web server. This results in shorter processing times so you can give your user the ultimate web experience.

DHTML allows you to create amazing effects and allows you to enhance the interactivity of your webpage without using any Plug-ins. DHTML files are also smaller then HTML files thus speeding up your website even further.

What this book does, and who it's for.

This book is for anyone with an interest in developing their DHTML and AJAX skills. The writer uses very clear examples that will enable you to master the programming languages. It’s also a useful reference for developers.

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Learning How To Draw

When you learn how to draw, you'll see the world around you in a different perspective. Linda Goin takes you on a creative journey, where you'll discover the world on paper. Draw the human figure, motion, clothing, folds, shadings and last but not least learn all you need to know about composition.

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The Web 2.0 Factory

This book shows you how to create Web 2.0 applications that use innovative architectures and toolkits to build very responsive applications that are focused on users. Sas Jacobs explains which languages and technologies are used to build Web 2.0 applications. She will also show you how to build Web 2.0 applications.

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World-Class Coding with jQuery

Become a world-class coder in days with jQuery. This compact JavaScript library will save you tons of time as it allows you to  create user interfaces, animations and add Ajax interactions. jQuery will change the way you write JavaScript.

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Creative Porfolio

Creative Portfolio: From Caterpillar to Butterfly

You love to design, but your portfolio is like a caterpillar instead of a butterfly. Today it is time to stand out from the crowd by building a competitive and diverse portfolio. Linda guides you in your quest to create a visual representations that exemplifies your skills and knowledge through the use of hands-on tutorials that will shed new light on the way you design.

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Dreamweaver Crystal Gazer: The Power Of Dreamweaver 8

With the release of Dreamweaver 8, DMXzone has collected a great selection of articles on the new software package. This is a fully interactive e-book with Flash movies and other quality content.

Dreamweaver Crystal Gazer: The Power Of Dreamweaver 8

Written by Nancy Gill, this e-book will detail and teach you how to use the new features of Dreamweaver 8.  There is a whole lot to talk about with this amazing new product and Nancy will not only talk, but she'll create a site utilizing the power of the program to its fullest extent.  From the Unified CSS panel to the integration of XML to the quick and easy Code Collapse, Dreamweaver 8 is chock full of goodies to make the designer's life a whole lot easier and web sites a whole lot quicker to create.

What this book does and who it's for

This book is for anyone with an interest in developing their Dreamweaver 8 skills, the book uses very clear examples and Flash Movies that enable you to master the software.

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