Author: Larry Ullman
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Keywords: visual, quickpro, guide, sites, web, mysql, dynamic, php
Number of Pages: 648
Published: 2007-12-29
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 032152599X
ISBN-13: 9780321525994

It hasn’t taken Web developers long to discover that when it comes to creating dynamic, database-driven Web sites, MySQL and PHP provide a winning open source combination. Add this book to the mix, and there’s no limit to the powerful, interactive Web sites that developers can create. With step-by-step instructions, complete scripts, and expert tips to guide readers, veteran author and database designer Larry Ullman gets right down to business: After grounding readers with separate discussions of first the scripting language (PHP) and then the database program (MySQL), he goes on t

Author: Shel Perkins
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Keywords: voices, designers, secrets, business, talent
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2006-03-25
List price: $34.99
ISBN-10: 0321278798
ISBN-13: 9780321278791

&> ?Frank Maddocks, President, Maddocks & Company This comprehensive guide includes everything designers need?besides talent?to turn their artistic success into business success. You’ll find information on key issues facing designers from freelancing to the management of established design firms. A strong visual focus and to-the-point text take the fear factor out of learning about thorny business realities like staffing, marketing, bookkeeping, intellectual property, and more. These smart business practices are essential to success in graphic, Web, and industrial design. Here are just

Author: Jim Heid
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Keywords: ilife, macintosh
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 2006-06-02
List price: $34.99
ISBN-10: 0321426541
ISBN-13: 9780321426543

The definitive iLife reference, completely updated and revised. The Macintosh iLife ’06 is the ultimate iLife learning experience, a lavishly illustrated handbook packed with easy-to-follow instructions, essential technical background, and tips for iLife users of all levels. • Shop ’til you drop at the iTunes Music Store • Take your iPod beyond music?watch videos, view photos, store contacts and calendars, and more • Improve your photography and video-shooting techniques • Create spectacular slide shows, photo books, calendars, and greeting cards • Refi

Authors:Kelly Goto, Emily Cotler,
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Keywords: voices, works, workflow, redesign, web
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2004-12-20
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0735714339
ISBN-13: 9780735714335

If anything, this volume’s premise--that the business of Web design is one of constant change-has only proven truer over time. So much so, in fact, that the 12-month design cycles cited in the last edition have shrunk to 6 or even 3 months today. Which is why, more than ever, you need a smart, practical guide that demonstrates how to plan, budget, organize, and manage your Web redesign - or even you initial design - projects from conceptualization to launch. This volume delivers! In these pages Web designer extraordinaire Kelly Goto and coauthor Emily Cotler have distilled their real-wor

Author: Christopher Breen
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Keywords: itunes, ipod, secrets
Number of Pages: 488
Published: 2004-12-30
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0321304594
ISBN-13: 9780321304599

With the addition of Character Studio 4 -- an advanced animation toolset previously available only as a $1,500 plug-in -- 3ds max 7 provides unparalleled character animation functionality. Here to ensure that you start taking advantage of it immediately is the first guide to focus on just that aspect of 3ds max 7. Simple step-by-step tutorials, glorious full-color examples, and an easy-to-understand approach to tricky concepts will have you creating and animating your own characters within hours! Author and award-winning animator Michele Bousquet answers all your questions about character mode

Authors:Dave Shea, Molly E. Holzschlag,
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Keywords: web, voices, matter, enlightenment, visual, css, design, zen
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2005-02-27
List price: $44.99
ISBN-10: 0321303474
ISBN-13: 9780321303479

Proving once and for all that standards-compliant design does not equal dull design, this inspiring tome uses examples from the landmark CSS Zen Garden site as the foundation for discussions on how to create beautiful, progressive CSS-based Web sites. By using the Zen Garden sites as examples of how CSS design techniques and approaches can be applied to specific Web challenges, authors Dave Shea and Molly Holzschlag provide an eye-opening look at the range of design methods made possible by CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). By the time you’ve finished perusing the volume, you’ll have a

Author: Robin Williams
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Keywords: book, design, designer, non
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2003-09-07
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0321193857
ISBN-13: 9780321193858

So you have a great concept and all the fancy digital tools you could possibly require—what’s stopping you from creating beautiful pages? Namely the training to pull all of these elements together into a cohesive design that effectively communicates your message. Not to worry: This book is the one place you can turn to find quick, non-intimidating, excellent design help. In The Non-Designer’s Design Book, 2nd Edition, best-selling author Robin Williams turns her attention to the basic principles of good design and typography. All you have to do is follow her clearly explained