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Essential Reading for anyone running
a small business. The author owns a leading business consultancy
that specialises in reengineering small businesses to make them
work properly. I've always avoided the idea of running my own business
simply because of the pain I've seen almost everyone I know go through
when they started one. Every time things get tough, they have only
one solution: work harder and put in more hours. Many of those that
survive do so only because the owners simply refuse to give up.
As a result they, and their families suffer. So many people seem
to get swallowed by their business, as if Jaws had come out of the
sea and pulled them from their inflatible. Those of us standing
at the edge of the water tut tut and think "no way I'm going
in there". This book has changed my thinking about all that.. |
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I have built many websites and
I am very familiar with HTML, XHTML and CSS. Looking to my right
I see 17 books on my shelf relating to web design. This book however
sits just to my left on the desk next to me. I have only had it
for 3 weeks and the corners are already thumbed. This is probably
the only book you need to learn how to build a website, and even
if you already think you know what your doing, it is a brilliant
reference guide and filled with little gems of knowledge you won't
even realise you didn't know. |
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At last, an author who follows
his own advice! This book is short and easy to read (at 200 pages,
I read it in a day), but surprisingly deep. The book is peppered
with colour screenshots, black and white cartoons and pithy quotes
and headings. A pleasure, not a chore, to read.
The basic premise is simple; people don't like hard choices or stopping
to think, they just want to get something done. The more self-evident
a web site is, the easier it is to use. Implementing it, and being
sure you've got it right, is tricky, though. Krug covers site and
page layout, navigation design, usability testing on a shoestring
as well as a broad and engaging model of how people really use the
web.
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Excellent! This is just the book
if you need to make the most of your web site, improve its search
rankings, increase its traffic, and generally made the most of what
you want it to do. This applies to a single person business, small,
medium, large or multinational firm. Whatever your circumstances,
commercial, private or charitable, you will make more of your web
site if you follow this guide.
Excellently written, in clear English, Search Engine Optimisation
- An Hour A Day, will quickly and easily lead you to a greater understanding
of how to carry out an SEO Plan. You are given the correct information
in order to be able to do this and you are not given anything superfluous,
saving you time and allowing you to concentrate on the actions that
will get you to where you want to be. You can even choose to concentrate
on only those matters which are absolutely essential thereby saving
you even more time. |
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The content will take you from
zero knowledge of PHP and MySQL (even not having it installed!)
to a point where you can feel confident approaching the development
of a fully functioning dynamic website. The examples cover ecommerce,
user registration and content management. There are consistent references
to other sources and alternative functions which could be used.
For me it took me from a very limited knowledge of PHP/MySQL (gained
from a few days searching the web) to this point of confidence where
I'm now designing my own ecommerce website. I would agree with another
reviewer that a prior knowledge of HTML is important although I
think you could scrape by without, you should learn HTML seperately
before starting this book... |
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As a novice programmer I very
much enjoyed Beginning Programming with Java for Dummies.Everything
was explained in detail with step by step explanations as to how
to download software from Sun Microsystems and how to write and
compile Java Programs. If you get stuck you can e-mail the author.
I certainly got a prompt reply when I did this. There are a number
of pre-written programs on the author's own website which you can
use to practise running programs and which help you to see how the
Java code works in practice. The author gives a clear explanation
of what object oriented programming means and gives practical help
in understanding error messages and using the Java API documentation.
An easy to read book which I am happy to recommend. |
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was not new to eBay when I read
this book, but wanted to build a business and work from home. After
reading Robert Pugh's personal diary, I was convinced that this
was achievable. Having taken his advice on where to locate stock,
the benefits of using HTML codes and how to use several photographs
at no additional cost, I now sell on eBay for a living. This book
is a must for anyone wanting to start their own business, whether
they are new to eBay or are an established user. It is full of hints,
tips and recommendations, is written in plain English and you really
will not be disappointed!... |
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After recently starting a new
job as a software tester, I had no formal experience of the theory
and principles of testing and bought this book to help me pass the
ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing exam. Unlike many
text books, I found this book was easy to just sit down and read
and the example questions at the end of each section/chapter were
spot-on for helping me re-cap on what had been learnt in the previous
pages.
My employer put me through an intesive 3-day course for the cerficate
in which the knowledge I had already learnt was cemented in my head!
After each day at home I used the book as a revision guide, topping
up knowledge in those areas I wasn't too confident on. I passed
the exam with a Distinction (88%) and would recommend this book
to anyone thinking of, or currently working towards this qualification.
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| Which Digital Camera
One of the best and most comprehensive guides available...Each section
includes examples with before and after images; we found some of
the ideas really inspiring...If you are a photographer using CS2,
this book is a must buy
Advanced Photoshop
This one book excellently covers all aspects of Photoshop CS2 and
presents them clearly from the photographer's point of view. |
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Anyone who has ever seen Andy
present will probably have already bought this book, so this review
is for everyone else. The book is inspirational. Just like the stage
show. Last year we were treated to some great CSS books for beginners
and it was cool to finish the year off with a book for the rest
of us. Not to say this book isn't for beginners but it's emphasis
is more on getting out of the inevitable comfort zones we settle
into as CSS developers rather than covering the basics of syntax
and how to make an unordered list go across the page.
Divided into four sections, Andy first talks up his transcendent
CSS philosophy with its "content-out" approach, use of
a greater range of CSS selectors including CSS3, using JavaScript
and the DOM to plug the gaps in CSS and generally not working to
the lowest common denominator but adding progressive enhancement
for those users of modern browsers... |
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In my opinion, Budd, Moll and Collison
have produced a very valuable reference for any web designer who wishes
to go forward from the outdated "tables" method of web page
presentation to CSS.
I am a web designer who wishes to design accesible sites to current
standards, I have purchased several books on CSS and have searched
and searched online for ways of producing a three column CSS layout
only to end up totally frustrated by the complexity of it all.
Within an hour of reading this book I had created a fixed width two
column layout and (the holy grail) a fixed width three column layout.
It was so easy I couldn't believe it.
While some designers who consider themselves "masters of CSS"
might find this book of little value, anyone who wishes to convert
their old table based layouts to current accessible standards using
CSS will find it invaluable... |
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