This book contains everything you need to know to design great web sites, and eschews unnecessary theory and obscure details. It is designed so that any level of web designer or developer will find it an essential guide.
* Practically orientated―teaches via a real website design. Reader will leave book with knowledge and a self-created website. All examples are useful in real-world web applications, source code will be available for download, and a case study runs throughout the book bringing together all the concepts learned along the way, demonstrating how it can be applied to the construction of a complete dynamic website. * Starts off at a low level, accessible to novices and ultimately achieves a much deeper understanding than many other beginner books, maintaining the essential "designer-to-designer" philosophy throughout, but covering both design and development (front- and back-end) of a website. * Many books in one! Along with Dreamweaver MX 2004, we introduce and use a variety of the best web technologies, like CSS, PHP, Apache, and mySQL. Also includes the all-important compliancy with (and background info on) web standards throughout.