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Web Design Before & After Makeovers (Before & After Makeovers) Review by Niki M.
Okay for a basic introduction to web design.
I just came from Borders after having flipped through this book and I absolutely agree with a previous reviewer who said the author doesn't provide much, if any, detailed descriptions. For example, he will tell you that fonts are important to web design. But does not goes into code details about size, spacing, color, etc, other than showing that tweaking them can make a difference in the overall look of a webpage. Hence, the "before/after" approach.
Well, duh! Tweaking anything will make a difference but as a reader I want to know not only what to tweak, but how (and how much) to tweak it. It's the "how much" part he often leaves out. When he touched upon a topic of interest I often needed to look through other books to get more information on how to implement it.
This is definitely not a how-to book. Echoing the other reviewer, this book is for inspiration and is targeted to fairly novice users who might not realize that spacing between paragraphs is a good thing. Having had my own blog for two years, I am pretty familiar with the basics and have tweaked them at one time or another. I need a book that will tell me in detail HOW to do things I wouldn't ordinarily think off doing.
Not to knock this book too much. It did point out a few things I could have designed better so I do think it is useful to gather some design ideas.