The ability to read becomes devalued when what one has learned to read adds nothing of importance to one’s life.
~~ Bruno Bettelheim
Here are some books on web design and web development that we highly recommend if you are interested in the web design industry.
The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web
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… … Read More
WordPress: The Missing Manual
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… … Read More
WordPress Theme Design
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… … Read More
WordPress 3 Ultimate Security
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… … Read More
Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works
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 … … Read More
The Web Designer’s Idea Book: The Ultimate Guide To Themes, Trends Styles In Website Design
<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… … Read More
The Web Designer’s Idea Book Volume 2: More of the Best Themes, Trends and Styles in Website Design
<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…. … Read More
Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design
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… … Read More
Stylin’ with CSS: A Designer’s Guide
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… … Read More
Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog
<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… … Read More
Sexy Web Design
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… … Read More
Professional WordPress: Design and Development
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… … Read More
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design
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… … Read More
A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web
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… … Read More
Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities
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 … … Read More
HTML, XHTML, and CSS (Visual Quickstart Guide)
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 … … Read More
Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design / Bulletproof Essentials
Handcrafted CSS: Video Edition: More Bulletproof Web Design… … Read More
Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design with Cascading Style Sheets
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…. … Read More
Digging Into WordPress
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… … Read More
Designing for the Social Web
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…. … Read More
