Deliver First Class Web Sites: 101 Essential Checklistsis the only organized and easy-to-use compilation of guidelines, checklists and tips for building modern, best-practice Websites.

Drawing on dozens of books, studies, and research papers, this book distills not-so-common wisdom into 500 digestible guidelines & checkpoints that can be quickly applied to any Web Development project. Organized by chapter, the guidelines cover everything from color usage & navigation, to accessibility, usability and webpage architecture.

By following all the guidelines, you will develop 100% best-practice Websites, ensuring their projects are built "the right way" from the start. This means the final Website will be:

• Cross-browser & Cross-platform compatible

• Easy to update & maintain

• Usable by even novice Internet Users

• Accessible to disabled visitors

• Search-engine friendly

As a bonus, all the checklists are downloadable in PDF format, so you can print them out and use them over and over again in all your Web Development projects.

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 10 Ratings

Deliver First Class Web Sites: 101 Essential Checklists - 2007-07-18
Reviewer Rating:
Deliver First Class Websites is one of hundreds of books on website design. Like the majority of these books (the good ones anyway), Deliver First Class Websites takes the reader step by step through web design from planning and preparing content through design and creating clean code to testing and launching the website. In each section, the author even includes handy checklists so that the web designer can assure that he or she has completed each step in the process.

Although I have read and reviewed countless books on web design, Deliver First Class Websites stood out. Most books of this type approach web design from a purely technological point of view and focus mainly on the code needed to create a good website. I found that this book took a slightly different approach. The goal of a good website as defined by this author was one with good accessibility and flow. Often website designers, and writers of website design books, completely forget that websites are made for people. If these people get frustrated when they can't access information, they will simply leave your site. Thus, good flow and accessibility is vital to a successful website.

Waste of Money - 2007-01-31
Reviewer Rating:
Really-if you know nothing about web design, then maybe this is an okay book to get, but for the rest of us it is a waste of money. I am a web designer, and I was looking for something to help me streamline the process and even teach me some things I did not know-BOY was I disappointed! With in 5 minutes of reading this book I found my self saying-great, there's $40 down the tube. I own 5 other books published by site point, and I really do like them, but this one isn't worth the paper its printed on. Anyone who says they respect this author's work should really try raising their standards!

In a nutshell-pass on this waste of paper!!!

Useful Resource & Easy Read - 2008-03-29
Reviewer Rating:
This book is an easy read that covers many topics that many other web design books fail to mention or emphasize. This book definitely targets both technical and non-technical readers. Therefore, the first couple of chapters may turn off developers; however, the rest of the book is full of tips and reminders that web developers should be doing to create professional web sites.

Pass these arguments to your buildSuccessfulWebsite() method! - 2007-09-05
Reviewer Rating:
"Deliver First Class Websites: 101 Essential Checklists", by Shirley Kaiser, is a book that provides a complete overview of the many arguments to pass to your buildSuccessfulWebsite() method. Kaiser lists and explains the best practices in the three major components that must coalesce to produce web sites: management, content, and technology. Her management how-to's highlight project fundamentals -- research, logistics of budgeting, marketing, and testing -- and project leadership -- goal definition, scheduling, communication. Websites exist for their content and functionality, and Kaiser instructs on the elements of good website style: making sites usable through proper information architecture, concise writing style, and effective color and graphics. Technology makes websites happen, and Shirley details the requisite knowledge in this area. She covers the best types of code to use, and the best ways to use it. She explains content management systems, accessibility for the disabled, file optimization, and search engine optimization. If you're a webmaster, "Deliver First Class Web Sites" is a must-read.

Checklist Checkout - 2009-09-23
Reviewer Rating:
The book contains a bunch of checklists that are convenient for web design and management. It would be better as a book for complete beginners in the field of CSS design web development, but the approach seems too basic for higher-level developers. If taken at the same level as an HTML/CSS beginning developer, this book will be a great help. If you know CSS, quite a bit about web accessibility and web structure, this book isn't worth your time. Sitepoint generally has plenty of other options that would probably fit an advanced need better.

Browse Similar Topics

Top Level Categories:
Internet/Online

Sub-Categories:
Internet/Online > Web Development
Internet/Online > World Wide Web