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From the Publisher: The mechanics of Web design made easy for visual learners. An effective Web site combines good graphic design principles with a functional user interface. This colorful, step-by-step guide shows visual learners how to plan, develop, and publish a site, all with easy-to-follow lessons. Each task is illustrated with screen shots accompanied by numbered steps. You'll learn all the tools and techniques for creating great-looking Web sites that users will love. -- Good Web design incorporates basic graphic design principles as well as the techniques required to make a site easy to navigate and user-friendly -- Those who learn best when someone shows them how will quickly get up to speed with the full-color screen shots and step-by-step illustrations in this visual guide -- Covers planning a site, creating eye-popping content with popular Adobe tools, building in functionality with HTML and CSS, testing the site, taking it live, and keeping it up to date -- Companion Web site features code and design examples for experimentation -- If you find learning easier when someone shows you how to do something, you'll quickly learn to build Web sites with Teach Yourself VISUALLY Web Design.