So you need to design a web site. Sure, you learned a little HTML way back when, but now you need to get down with the kids and learn what makes the web sites of today so darn cool. This book describes every step of the web design process, from asking for (and getting!) a full creative brief, to layout types and decisions, to corporate branding, to publishing your site. If you want to learn what web design can do to fill your life with stunning Internet eye-candy (that you can leave on screen with your boss standing right behind you), start here with "Head First Web Design"!

There is no single definition of web design. It can utilize many different skills - graphic design, information architecture, editing, programming - to create a single web page, or a whole web site that is great to look at and easy to maintain. On a very basic level, it incorporates any skills needed to design a web site's look and feel, layout, navigation, and functionality. This book will focus on creating (X)HTML and CSS web pages; color and font selection; image creation, manipulation, compression and optimization; animated image creation; accessibility; usability; layout decisions; content optimization; and navigation design.