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Usable Shopping Carts

This book is for any web professional who wants to implement a shopping site, or add e-commerce functionality to an existing site. HTML knowledge, as well as knowledge of one of the backend combinations (ASP/SQL Server or PHP/MySQL) is essential to get the most use out of this book.
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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

In a world of ever expanding web technologies, some web sites get cluttered with flashy  animations, unnecessary sounds and high bandwidth graphics. Steve Krug takes us back to basics and applies common sense to creating web usability.

"Don't Make Me Think! is for the people in the trenches - the designers, the programmers, the webmasters, the project managers, the marketing people, and the folks who sign the checks."

 

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Web Redesign: Workflow that Works

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Whether you are a designer, a site producer, an in-house webmaster, or a company owner trying to move your web presence to the next level, this book is for you. If you've ever lived through a redesign that was fraught with confusion, mixed messages, and ever-changing parameters, you'll want this book at your fingertips.

The authors present you with a framework for a cohesive web workflow plan that will help you save time, money and headaches. The web is ever-changing; this Core Process applies to all design and redesign projects, from the simplest to the most complex.

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Usable Forms for the Web

Forms are an integral part of many web sites, whether they are registration forms, feedback forms, or order forms. However, forms are time consuming for the site user to fill out, and need to be implemented to be as usable as possible, otherwise they can be frustrating and annoying, spoiling the user experience.

This book takes all the hassle out of implementing forms in whatever way you wish, dealing with client-side forms in HTML and Flash, client- and server-side form validation, and server-side data processing. It provides code samples fully adaptable to your own needs, along with walkthrough tutorials on how they work, and an HTML form element reference.
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Usability: The Site Speaks for Itself

 This book features case studies in usability and information architecture from the makers of eBay, SynFonts (a Flash-driven font foundry e-commerce site), the BBC News Online site, Economist.com web site, evolt.org (a peer-to-peer web professional site) and MetaFilter.

There are no hard-and-fast rules for usability on the Web, which is why this book steers away from the rigid prescriptions of gurus. Instead, it looks at six very different, but highly usable sites. The web professionals behind these sites discuss the design of each from their inception to today, how they solicited and responded to feedback, how they identified and dealt with problems, and how they met the audience's needs and expectations.

This book is edited by Molly E. Holzschlag, a member of Web Standards Project (WaSP) and author of a dozen books on web technologies, and Bruce Lawson, glasshaus brand manager. 

 

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Accessible Web Sites

'Accessible Web Sites'  will enable web professionals to create and retrofit accessible websites. The main body of the book is devoted to the business of making websites and their content accessible: testing techniques, web development tools, and advanced techniques. Then there's a quick reference checklist to check section 508 compliance, and a complete list of accessibility testing and approval sites. Read More

Usable Web Menus

New book from glasshaus: 'Usable Web Menus'

Aimed at intermediate to advanced web professionals, this book will take all the hassle out of implementing web menus, in whatever style and technology you wish. It provides full code samples, along with walkthrough tutorials on how they work to allow easy customisation for your own needs. Extensive free web support includes fully adaptable downloadable code for your own use, and a gallery of working menu examples. Out now, only $19.99

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The Visual Learner's Guide to Managing Web Projects

124 diagrams and photos illustrate the principles behind effective Web sites.

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