Operation Manual

92 Web Design from Scratch

Suggested Resources

 Nielsen, J., and Tahir, M. 2001. Homepage usability: 50 Websites

deconstructed. Indianapolis, IN: New Riders Publishing. Critical

analysis of popular Web home pages, with well-researched design

insights.

 Siegel, D. 2002. Creating killer web sites. 3rd ed. Indianapolis, IN:

New Riders Publishing. Proven resource; past editions graphically

over the top, but technically rich.

 Strunk, W., and White, E.B. 1999. The elements of style. 4th ed.

Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Classic writer’s handbook.

 Rosenfeld, L., and Morville, P. Information architecture for the

World Wide Web. 1998. Cambridge, MA: O’Reilly & Associates.

Highly regarded overview of information design concepts.

 Tufte, E.R. 1990. Envisioning information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics

Press. Superb textbook on visual literacy.

 University of Chicago Press. 1993. The Chicago manual of style.

14th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Definitive

reference source.

 Weinman, L. 1996. Designing Web graphics.3. 3rd ed.

Indianapolis, IN: New Riders Publishing. Excellent introduction to

Web graphic issues.

 Zinsser, W. K. 2001. On writing well. 25th anniversary ed. New

York: Harper Resource. Tips for nonfiction writers.

Links

 www.desktopPublishing.com/open.htm Thousands of pages,

including sections on Design, Graphic Sites, Web Designer’s

Paradise. Extensive links to DTP resources.

 www.efuse.com/Start/

Attractively presented sequence of

informational pages on planning, design, building, publishing.

 www.ippa.org/main.html

Internet Professional Publisher’s

Association site, “saluting the finest examples of design for

commercial applications through the Internet.” Elegant example of

site design, with interesting Essays section.