Adobe Master Class: Web Site Redesigns

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Features

• Nine Prominent Case Studies with Before-and-After Examples—A close look at nine web sites (Brainpop.com, Adobe.com, ChronicleBooks.com, ePinions.com, Glide.org, IBM.com, SchwabLearning.com, TRIP.com, and RefDesk.com), discussing how and why they were overhauled in some way. Lots of before-and-after pictures, lots of internal planning documents, and even mentions of the things that didn't go so well the first time.

  • Gives students insight into the nuts-and-bolts design and redesign process of nine talented teams focusing on user-centered design. Ex.___

• Gorgeous four-color layout.

  • Illustrates the redesign elements as it provides students with visual interest and inspiration for their own Web design projects. Ex.___

• Industry-leading Author—Darcy DiNucci has written on design and computers for more than fifteen years. She has covered Web design from its earliest stages as a columnist for MacWEEK and Publish, and as a Peachpit author (Elements of Web Design). As a publishing consultant based in the San Francisco Bay area, she has helped clients such as Netscape Communications, Macromedia, and Peachpit Press devise content and management strategies for publications in print and on the Web.

  • Provides students with expert, professional training. Ex.___

Description

You may have a great idea, compelling information, and dazzling images--but without a good design to pull them all together, you may find yourself without the one thing that matters most: visitors. Uncover the design secrets behind some of the most successful sites on the Web in Adobe Master Class: Web Site Redesigns. All you need is a grasp of the basics of Web design; this full-color collection of before-and-after case studies provides all the inspiration you need to create your own distinctive site.

Unlike other books that take an instructive, step-by-step approach, Adobe Master Class: Web Site Redesigns shows you how some of the biggest and most cutting-edge names in Web design are applying the latest trends and technologies to real-world sites. Each case study takes you behind the scenes of a single site redesign, complete with before and after examples that illustrate the concepts of motion, interactivity, user-generated content, database publishing, interface design, user research, and more.

Sample Content

Table of Contents

Introduction.


BrainPOP.com.

Education. Multimedia. Design for Kids.

Travel. User Profiling. Site Architecture.

E-commerce. Database Back End. Animation.

Interaction Design. Shopping. Research.

Nonprofit. Content Management System.

Online Applications. Animations. Marketing.

Nonprofit. User Research. Community.

Portal. One-man Web Team. Reference.

Long-term planning. Navigation Design. Internationalization.

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