web site development

Provides information and advice on Web usability, covering designing pages for scanning, text, navigation, accessibility, and other related topics.

Introduces the principles of Web page design; explains how to create a Web presence on such sites as MySpace and Blogger, how to create a full Web site using Google Pages Creator, and how to sell online through eBay; and looks at the features of various Web design programs and tools, including Expression Web, Dreamweaver, Cascading Style Sheets, HTML/XHTML code, JavaScript, and Flash.

Careers. Profiles more than eighty jobs in the Internet, video gaming, and multimedia industries, with information on job requirements, training, salary, and future outlook, as well as appendixes listing educational institutions, periodicals, directories, professional associations, and useful Internet sites.

Describes career opportunities in the Web hosting and Web site development fields.