Designing Websites for Every Audience

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Summary: Tremendously useful book!
Review: This 144-page paperback is tremendously useful for web designers looking for both inspiration and instruction. The before-and-after redesigns of 25 different real-world web sites are examined in depth, with the design goals, user profiles, thoughtful observations, and unexpected discoveries enhanced through the use of full color screen shots. The chapters are organized by six different audience profiles, so no matter what type of site you're developing--commercial, community, educational, entertainment--you're bound to find tons of applicable ideas and expert knowledge upon which to draw.

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Summary: The visual side of Web marketing
Review: This is a solid book on Web site design and online marketing, but of course there are many solid books on these topics already published. What distinguishes Ilise's book is its emphasis on the visual. Oversize pages and four-color printing on glossy stock allow you to really see what the Web sites she is analyzing look like much better than a conventional black and white book. Each site review presents the inside story on the strategy of the site plus tips you can glean from the sites and apply to your own Web work. A+.