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Review categories > Website Design Books > How the Web Was Won
By: Jim Moran Review for 'How the Web Was Won'
Rating: 6 of out 6
Written By: Cerise Vablais & Tony Leininge
Page Count: 400
Cover Type: Softcover
Published By: Microsoft Press
Date Published: 07/1998
List Price: $29.99
Author's Site: http://www.webreviewer.com/...
Students of
American history may recall learning of the exploits of
the men and women who blazed the trails across the
Northern America frontier in search of gold and a home
they could call their own. Many became well known. Many
started their own businesses. Camps, houses, and towns
sprang up. Statehood for many was just around the
corner. America was growing. Likewise, many Web
developers have blazed the early paths of the World Wide
Web. Many of them have become successful. The World Wide
Web has grown as well!
Cerise Vablais and Tony Leininger have edited How the
Web Was Won to offer Website developers and online
business people real life tips, strategies, case
studies, and some of the war stories experienced along
the Web development trail. Couched in the language of
the Wild West, How the Web Was Won provides Website
designers and business professionals with the insight
they need to best adapt their time, talent, and
resources to achieve favorable results in today's
fast-growing online world.
The authors provide a rich blend of Web history, Web
design concepts, and business principles creatively
woven together to inspire their readers to blaze new
trails of successful online business. Readers learn from
the past and will be encouraged to forge into new
territory themselves. To help them along the book
features a corral full of professionals in the fields of
Web development, business, communications, marketing,
consulting, public relations, multimedia, and computer
programming. Their significant contributions throughout
the book provide a goldmine of learning opportunities
intended to spur further involvement of their readers.
Highlights from the book includes advice on putting
together an effective team of Website designers who know
computers, graphics, and marketing strategies. Planning
a site is important. Keep up on the latest trends in
technology. Know your audience and set your goals before
Website construction begins. Know what browser or
browsers you are designing for. Keep Website design
simple, quick-loading, and accessible to a wide number
of online community members. Keep up on business and
legal issues as well.
The World Wide Web presents many challenges to
Website designers and business people today. This
concise and clearly written book will help them face the
issues they need to know about. Learn from the online
success stories featured in the book and then saddle-up
and start blazing your own trails today. Happy Web
trails to you!
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