Product Description

From basic concepts to more technical topics, CIW Site Designer Certification Bible serves not only as a must–have for those taking the Site Designer exam, but an invaluable resource for anyone working on designing Internet sites in today′s business world. The book covers design methodology, layout, graphics, multimedia, development, HTML structure, metadata, cascading style sheets, servers, cookies, plug–ins, 3rd party tools, and more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #468485 in Books
• Published on: 2001-12-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 800 pages

From the Back Cover
The only guide you need for CIW Site Designer exam success ... You′re holding in your hands the most comprehensive and effective guide available for the CIW Site Designer exam. Two veteran Web design trainers provide incisive, crystal–clear explanations of every topic covered, highlighting exam–critical concepts and offering hands–on tips that will help you in your real–world Web design career. Throughout, they provide pre–tests, exam–style assessment questions, scenario problems, and lab exercises – everything you need to master the material and pass the exam. Inside, get complete coverage of Site Designer exam objectives
∗ Understand the ins and outs of page layout, site navigation, graphics, multimedia, and the development process
∗ Get a handle on HTML standards and compliance, tables, page structure, frames, and metadata
∗ Delve into cascading style sheets, plug–ins, and downloadable files
∗ Discover what you need to know about FrontPage, Dreamweaver, HomeSite, and Flash
∗ Find out how to use JavaScript and other client–side scripting as well as Java applets
∗ Get in–depth explanations about XML authoring, HTTP servers, and cookies
∗ Explore Web site publishing and database technologies
Test–Prep Tools on CD–ROM
∗ Hungry Minds test engine powered by top–rated Boson Software
∗ Macromedia trial versions of Dreamweaver, Flash, and HomeSite
∗ Adobe Photoshop and Adobe GoLive tryout versions
∗ Plus, Paint Shop Pro evaluation version, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, XML Pro demo, and WS—FTP Pro trial version, and more!
Boson Software System Requirements: PC running Windows 9x/2000/Me/XP, Windows NT 4 or later; Power Macintosh running System 8.6 or later. See the About the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements. www.hungryminds.com

About the Author
About the Authors
Natanya Pitts is a lead instructional designer and XHTML/XML specialist at Powered, an online training company. She has also co–authored HTML 4 For Dummies, among others.

Chelsea Valentine is the lead markup language specialist at LANWrights, Inc., and a co–author of Mastering XHTML and other titles. She teaches XHTML and XML at Austin Community College as well as at NetWorld + InterOp and other conferences.

Ed Tittel is a 19–year computer industry veteran. He is currently the president of LANWrights, Inc., and Vice President of IT Certifications at Leaplt.com. Ed stays busy writing magazine articles and books (he has 110 titles to his credit), teaching, and consulting.

Customer Reviews

an excellent preparation for the exam
I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone taking the exam. Given the volume of the book I would buy it and tackle it BEFORE going on the course. You will easily pass then.

I found this book exceedingly useful. It is incredibly thorough, as are all the titles that I have read in the series.

The exercises and the tests were a useful alternative to the online tests available. Unless you have broadband of cheap/free access then these will serve instead of the online tests.

Tests and lab materials are available through the accompanying CD.

Not cheap at £45 retail, cheaper from someone like Amazon of course.

Unlike the Foundations Bible, I would say that this is a book that would serve as a good reference book beyond the exam, so you might want to buy and keep this one!

If anything, I found the tests in this book harder than the actual exam itself. Coupled with the exercises then this is an excellent preparation for the exam.

Site Designer
This book does prepare you for the exam and is very helpful if you do not know much about HTML before reading.
I found the book lacking in some aspects, particularly frames, which suprised me during the exam but was overall very detailed. The book goes into great depth about tables and emphasises their importance in web page structure.
Natanya Pitts ensures that the designer is aware of all elements of web design, especially from the users perspective with regards to loading time, different browsers and monitor configurations and how different elements will look in different environments.
I recommend the book not only as a study guide but as a reference book as it is extremely well structured and detailed beyond the knowledge required for the exam.