InterACT with Web Standards (eBook)

This book bridges the gap between what colleges are teaching and what the Web design industry needs. It takes a holistic approach to Web design and includes everything from Internet fundamentals, information architecture, and web site planning to implementation using HTML and CSS, semantics, and accessibility. Web Design with Web Standards draws upon a portion of the WaSP (Web Standards Project) InterAct curriculum and provides a complete learning resource. The book gives readers a solid grounding in Web design theory and practical techniques on implementation. It relates to the following courses from WaSP InterAct:Internet FundamentalsWriting for the WebFoundation HTML and CSS (Web Design 1, Web Design 2, and some of Findability)AccessibilityInformation Architecture 1

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Laying the foundation for a solid understanding of Web design, this book weaves together industry best practices and standards-based design techniques. It is built on practical examples and short exercises crafted to help readers learn quickly and retain information. Starting with the basics this book teaches: Internet fundamentals Planning, content strategy, and information architecture HTML and CSS Accessibility Created by the education luminaries that brought you the revolutionary InterACT curriculum (http://interact.webstandards.org) and the Opera Web Standards Curriculum (http://opera.com/wsc), and the experts that power The Web Standards Project, this book is the definitive guide to learning the basics of web design. Its emphasis on practical and proven techniques make it the go-to guide that every aspiring web professional needs to succeed in their career. 25% of all author proceeds from this book will be donated to The Open Web Education Alliance (http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/owea/) to help advance web education around the world.