Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary. ~~ Jim Rohn
The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web
Dave Shea — 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…
WordPress: The Missing Manual
Matthew MacDonald — Whether you’re a budding blogger or web development professional, WordPress is a brilliant tool for creating websites—if you know how to tap its impressive features. This jargon-free Missing Manua…
WordPress Theme Design
Tessa Blakeley Silver — This book walks through clear, step-by-step instructions to build a custom theme for the WordPress open-source blog engine. The author provides design tips and suggestions and covers setting up your W…
WordPress 3 Ultimate Security
Olly Connelly — This is a comprehensive essential guide to WordPress security written in a light style, which converts learning a really serious topic to an enjoyable read. It is packed with copy-paste solutions to s…
Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works
Kelly Goto — If anything, this volume’s premise–<i>that the business of Web design is one of constant change</i>-has only proven truer over time. So much so, in fact, that the 12-month design cycles cited in the …
The Web Designer’s Idea Book: The Ultimate Guide To Themes, Trends Styles In Website Design
Patrick McNeil — <b>Inspiring Web Design at a Glance</b><br /><br /><i>The Web Designer’s Idea Book</i> includes more than 700 websites arranged thematically, so you can find inspiration for layout, color, style and m…
The Web Designer’s Idea Book Volume 2: More of the Best Themes, Trends and Styles in Website Design
Patrick McNeil — <b>Web Design Inspiration at a Glance</b><p>Volume 2 of <i>The Web Designer’s Idea Book</i> includes more than 650 new websites arranged thematically, so you can easily find inspiration for your work….
Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design
Andy Clarke — As the Web evolves to incorporate new standards and the latest browsers offer new possibilities for creative design, the art of creating Web sites is also changing. Few Web designers are experiences p…
Stylin’ with CSS: A Designer’s Guide
Charles Wyke-Smith — Cascading Style Sheets enable you to rapidly create web designs that can be shared by hundreds of web pages, accelerating development times and centralizing text and layout information for easy editin…
Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog
Thord Daniel Hedengren — <b>GO BEYOND THE BLOG</b> <b>Smashing WordPress</b> shows you how to utilize the power of the WordPress platform, and provides a creative spark to help you build WordPress-powered sites that go beyond…
Sexy Web Design
Elliott Jay Stocks — Sexy Web Design is an easy-to-follow guide that reveals the secrets of how to build your own breathtaking web interfaces from scratch. You’ll be guided through the entire process of creating a gorgeou…
Professional WordPress: Design and Development
Brad Williams — An in-depth look at the internals of the WordPress system. As the most popular blogging and content management platform available today, WordPress is a powerful tool. This exciting book goes beyond th…
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design
Jason Beaird — Tired of making web sites that work absolutely perfectly but just don’t look nice?<br /><br />If so, then <i>The Principles of Beautiful Web Design</i> is for you. A simple, easy-to-follow guide, illu…
A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web
Mark Boulton — A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web aims to teach you techniques for designing your website using the principles of graphic design. Featuring five sections, each covering a core aspect of graph…
One Plus One Equals Three: A Masterclass in Creative Thinking
Dave Trott — <p>
<b>How do you make something out of nothing?</b>
</p><p>Up your game with this masterclass in creative thinking. Combining Dave Trott’s distinctive, almost Zen-like storytelling, humour and prac…
Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities
David Airey — There are a lot of books out there that show collections of logos. But David Airey’s “Logo Design Love” is something different: it’s a guide for designers (and clients) who want to understand …
Innovation by Design
Thomas Lockwood — Why are some organizations more innovative than others? How can we tap into, empower, and leverage the natural innovation within our organizations that is so vital to our future success? Now more than…
HTML, XHTML, and CSS (Visual Quickstart Guide)
Elizabeth Castro — Need to learn HTML fast? This best-selling reference’s visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with HTML in no time. In this completely updated edition of …
Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design / Bulletproof Essentials
Dan Cederholm — Handcrafted CSS: Video Edition: More Bulletproof Web Design…
Gutenberg Guide: An introduction to the new editor for WordPress
William Clarkson — Big changes are coming to WordPress with the Gutenberg editor. This book will walk you through the features of the new editor and show you some tricks, tips, and techniques that will give you the powe…
Genesis Explained: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Genesis (The Explained Series)
Nick Croft — <b>Key Features</b>
<b>Up to date:</b> Genesis Explained is completely updated for Genesis 2.9. <br />
<b>Clear instruction:</b> Learn how to work with the Genesis Framework by following plain…
Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design with Cascading Style Sheets
Eric A. Meyer — Provides a variety of projects that teach you how to use CSS and why particular methods were chosen. This work also features a web site which includes all the files needed to complete the tutorials….
Digging Into WordPress
Jeff Starr — There is much to learn about the World’s most popular publishing platform. From your first steps of learning about WordPress all the way through maintaining a site throughout the years, this book is…
Designing for the Social Web
Joshua Porter — With tons of examples from real-world interfaces and a touch of the underlying social psychology theory, Joshua Porter shows you how to design your next great social web application….
Design Thinking: Integrating Innovation, Customer Experience, and Brand Value
Thomas Lockwood — <b><i>Design Thinking </i>is packed with intriguing case studies and practical advice from industry experts. This anthology is organized into three sections that focus on the use of design for innovat…
The Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles, and Proceses for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience
Douglas K. van Duyne — — Improve your Web site step-by-step – and boost customer satisfaction and retention.– Patterns for e-commerce, internationalization, site-branding, education, and more.<br /><br />– Optimize home …
CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions
Andy Budd — This book is your indispensable guide to cutting-edge CSS developmentall you need to work your way up to CSS professional. You’ll learn how to: <br />- Plan, organize, and maintain your stylesheets mo…
The Copywriter’s Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells
Robert W. Bly — <b>The classic guide to copywriting, now in an entirely updated third edition</b><br /><br />This is a book for everyone who writes or approves copy: copywriters, account executives, creative director…
CMS Made Simple Development Cookbook
Samuel Goldstein — This is a cookbook, with practical recipes providing tips and tricks to the most common problems and scenarios faced with CMS Made Simple Development. If you are a CMS Made Simple user wanting to expa…
Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web
Hakon Wium Lie — We’ll be partnering in this important new venture with DevelopMentor, a leading resource for developer information and education. DevelopMentor boasts a prestigious technical staff that includes some …