Creating flat design websites : design and develop your own flat design websites in HTML /: design and develop your own flat design websites in HTML. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: António Pratas.
• Authors: Pratas, António
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgment; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: What is Flat Design?; Defining flat design; History and evolution; Skeuomorphic versus flat; Exercise 1 -- skeuomorphic and flat button; The use of flat in the real world; Summary; Chapter 2: Designing in Flat; Design style; Working with limitations; Flat is not always the answer; Lose your ""crutches""; Photos or illustration?; Respecting the grid; Focusing on typography; Flat colors; Inspiration and references; Summary. Chapter 3: Creating a Flat and Usable InterfaceUnderstanding web usability; The importance of web usability; Achieving a good balance; Web forms usability; Creating a web form with regular browser styles; Recreating the form with flat style; Refining the form's usability; Flat readability; Summary; Chapter 4: Designing Your Own Flat Website; Planning our work; Defining your sections; Start designing your page; Using the Designmodo.com Flat UI; Designing in Photoshop; Summary; Chapter 5: Developing Your Site; Creating our folder tree; Prepping our images; Developing our page. Styling our page with CSSUsing jQuery for navigation; Summary; Chapter 6: Creating Your Own Flat UI Kit; Designing your components; Exporting and coding; Documentation is key; Summary; Index.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 006.7; COMPUTERS -- User Interfaces; Web site development industry; COMPUTERS -- General; Web site development industry; COMPUTERS -- Web -- Web Programming; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783980055; 1783980052; 1306708877; 9781306708876; 1783980044; 9781783980048
• Related ISBNs: 9781783980048
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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