Free Books from Issuu.com
I would like to share with you one of my favorite websites. If you are like me and enjoy learning I am confident you will enjoy this. It simply provides great books and magazines online for free. Many of these publications are the same ones you would purchase from the book store. The site can be found at http://issuu.com
Below are a list of recommended publications.
Stylin with CSS A Designer's Guide Second Edition
by Charles Wykes-Smith
This is an excellent book, a solid foundation covering the basics of cascading style sheets (CSS). After reading this book you will have a thorough understading of how CSS works, how to style fonts, how to layout your entire site using css, and much, much more.
HTML Dog - The Best-Practice Guide to XTHML & CSS
by Patrick Griffiths
This is another excellent book, covering all the nuts and bolts of both html and cascading style sheets. This book is chock full of tips that will help you design your site just like the pros.
PHP Solutions Dynamic Web Design Made Easy
by David Powers
This is book truly demonstrates how easy it is to make an interactive website by using the programing language PHP. Understand how this language works by following this author as he progressed from setting up a local test environment to making online forms that can be password protected. This is a good book that will help someone acquire the basic skills of PHP.
Learning PHP & MySQL, Second Edition
by Michele E. Davis & John A. Phillips
This is a step by step guide to creating dynamic database-driven websites. This book will show you how to build sophisticated websites that can grow and interact with users.
Designing, coding & delivering HTML email - A beginner's survival guide
From Mail chimp
This is an instruction manual on how to implement a simple and effective newsletter through using an online service known as Mail Chimp. This service will automatically take care of your sign-ups, un-subscribes, and clean out any email addresses that are no longer active. Design snazzy signup forms with your own colors and logos, then embed them into your website or blog.
Changing Minds - Internet Marketing Psychotactics
by Sean D'Souza
This is a short read that gives some excellent pointers on internet marketing. This simple publication also looks at the pychology of selling your product online.
Social Media and Marketing
by Kelly Page
This publication provides an excellent overview of social networking. It details powerful illustrations that help the reader gain a better understanding of what social media is.
Magazines
Blender Art Magazine
This is good magazine that provides really good tutorials for learning how to use the powerful program known as Blender. It also has some tips on how to use another powerful program known as GIMP.
Free Books from Google Books
Another excellent tool for finding quality books for free is Google Books. Many of these book have several pages missing to encourage the reader to purchase the book. However, plenty of information is presented in thes publications. This site can be found at http://books.google.com/
Below are a list of recommended publications.
Head First Web Design
by Ethan Watrall & Jeff Siarto
Want to know how to make your pages look beautiful, communicate your message effectively, guide visitors through your website with ease, and get everything approved by the accessibility and usability police at the same time? Head First Web Design is your ticket to mastering all of these complex topics, and understanding what's really going on in the world of web design.
Head first HTML with CSS & XHTML
by Elisabeth Freeman & Eric Freeman
Tired of reading HTML books that only make sense after you're an expert? Then it's about time you picked up Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML and really learned HTML. You want to learn HTML so you can finally create those web pages you've always wanted. Learn the real secrets of creating Web pages, and why everything your boss told you about HTML tables is probably wrong (and what to do instead).
Head First PHP & MySQL
by Lynn Beighley & Michael Morrison
If you're ready to create web pages more complex than those you can build with HTML and CSS, Head First PHP & MySQL is the ultimate learning guide to building dynamic, database-driven websites using PHP and MySQL. Packed with real-world examples, this book teaches you all the essentials of server-side programming, from the fundamentals of PHP and MySQL coding to advanced topics such as form validation, session IDs, cookies, database queries and joins, file I/O operations, content management, and more.
CSS Web Design for Dummies
by Richard Mansfield
This book is the perfect beginner reference, showing those new to CSS how to design Web pages and implement numerous useful CSS effects available. Author Richard Mansfield explains how CSS can streamline and speed up Web development. Learn how to take control of the many elements in a Web page, integrate CSS into new or existing sites, choose the best coding techniques, and execute advanced visual effects such as transitions.
Web Design in a Nutshell
by Jennifer Niederst Robbins
In addition to being an authoritative reference for (X)HTML and Cascading Style Sheets, this book also provides an overview of the unique requirements of designing for the Web and gets to the nitty-gritty of JavaScript and DOM Scripting, web graphics optimization, and multimedia production. It is an indispensable tool for web designers and developers of all levels.
Gimp pocket reference
by Sven Neumann
The "GIMP Pocket Reference" explains the numerous features of the GNU Image Manipulation Program--more affectionately known as "The GIMP"
Beginning Gimp From Novice to Professional - Second Edition
by Akkana Peck
This is a very comprehensive guide that explores the many options of Gimp. Once understanding the layout of this program you can design images that will help give your website a professional look.
