Here, author Jennifer Niederst shares the knowledge she's gained from years of web design experience, both as a designer and a teacher. This book starts from the beginning - defining the Internet, the Web, browsers, and URLs - so you don't need to have any previous knowledge about how the Web works. After reading this book, you'll have a solid foundation in HTML, graphics, and design principles that you can immediately put to use in creating effective Web pages. In this second edition, Jennifer has updated the book to cover style sheets and reflect current Web standards. She has also added exercises that help you to learn various techniques and short quizzes that make sure you're up to speed with key concepts. The companion CD-ROM contains material for all the exercises in the book, as well as trial versions of Fireworks MX, and HomeSite 5; Adobe Photoshop 7, ImageReady 7, and BBEdit 7. The book: covers the nuts and bolts of basic HTML and style sheets, with detailed examples of formatting text, adding graphic elements, making links, creating tables and frames, and using colour on the Web. Explains whether to use GIFs or JPEGs for different types of images, and includes important tips on optimizing graphics for Web delivery.It provides dozens of Web design do and don'ts, to help you make good Web design decisions and avoid common beginner traps and contains hands-on exercises throughout the book that allow you to try out new techniques along the way. Learning Web Design should gives you everything you need to create basic Web sites and will prepare you for more advanced Web work. If you are interested in Web design, this book is the place to start. After finishing it, you'll be ready for the author's bestselling companion reference, Web Design in a Nutshell.