Publication Catalog 2013

PUBLICATIONS CATALOG
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SMASHING MEDIA GMBH PUBLICATIONS CATALOG
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ABOUT SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

Smashing Media GmbH is one of the worlds leading online publishing companies in the eld of Web design. Founded in 2009 by Sven Lennartz and Vitaly Friedman, the companys headquarters is situated in southern Germany, in the sunny city of Freiburg im Breisgau. Smashing Medias lead publication, Smashing Magazine, has gained worldwide attention since its emergence back in 2006, and is supported by the vast, global Smashing community and readership. Smashing Magazine had proven to be a trustworthy online source containing high quality articles on progressive design and coding techniques as well as recent developments in the Web design industry.
www.smashing-media.com
ABOUT SMASHING MAGAZINE

Smashing Magazine is an online magazine dedicated to Web designers and developers worldwide. Its rigorous quality control and thorough editorial work has gathered a devoted community exceeding half a million subscribers, followers and fans. Each and every published article is carefully prepared, edited, reviewed and curated according to the high quality standards set in Smashing Magazines own publishing policy. Smashing Magazine publishes articles on a daily basis with topics ranging from business, visual design, typography, front-end as well as back-end development, all the way to usability and user experience design. The magazine is and always has been a professional and independent online publication neither controlled nor inuenced by any third parties, delivering content in the best interest of its readers. These guidelines are continually revised and updated to assure that the quality of the published content is never compromised.
www.smashingmagazine.com
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BRANDING
Are you an author with high standards and expert knowledge on Web-related topics? Would you would like to publish using Smashing Magazines branding, and benet from valuable worldwide brand recognition? Smashing Media is always on the lookout for interesting, future-oriented literature that is ready to investigate the latest trends and topics in Web design and development. Our extensive social media coverage (and highly qualied audience) are keen to get their hands on the latest publications. A well thought-out marketing strategy may actually bring your publication the kind of attention you have been expecting. We welcome any submissions for consideration purposes, and will do our best to provide you with a custom offer tailored to your audience and your needs. Please contact us for further information on collaboration opportunities.
LICENSING
Are you interested in spreading knowledge of Web design and Web development around the globe? Interested in acquiring translation licenses, educational licenses or corporate licenses for particular Smashing Media publications such as eBooks, print books or bundle offers? TRANSLATION LICENSES The much lauded Smashing eBook series and Book series have not yet reached every corner of the globe. We offer the opportunity for publishing companies around the world to acquire translation licenses for all of our publications. This would cover the exclusive publishing rights throughout that respective language region. Please get in touch with us to receive an up-to-date list of the available translation licenses. EDUCATIONAL LICENSES Smashing Media strongly supports and encourages the highest international standard for educating Web design and Web development. Our eBook and printed book series present a unique work of reference on the development and the latest trends in Web technologies, techniques and tendencies. Please contact us to receive a custom offer for the titles of your choice, which may be used in lectures or in addition to your university library. Our eBooks are DRM-free, and we invite students to use these vast resources within the scope of their curricular activities. This would ensure current, topical perspectives in Web techniques and developments. CORPORATE LICENSES Are you part of a large team of developers or Web designers? Is your company constantly on the lookout for good literature on the latest in Web technologies? We publish additions to our Smashing eBook series on a regular basis and are ready to offer you a subscription deal for our complete eBook series. You would be free to use and distribute all of the titles (to the extent of your companys business) and would be quick to learn and appreciate the uncontested value and outstanding quality of our publications. Interested in receiving an offer? Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us we look forward to your enquiries.
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Smashing Books
The Mobile Book Smashing Books #3 and #3 The Smashing Book #2 The Smashing Book #1 Smashing Books | eBook Editions 07 08 11 12 13
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Smashing Books
The Mobile Book Smashing Books #3 and #3 The Smashing Book #3: Redesign The Web The Smashing Book #3: The Extension The Smashing Book #2 The Smashing Book #1 Smashing Books I eBook Editions
Smashing Books
We care about quality content and work hard to support and spread best practices, innovative techniques and forward-thinking ideas on Web design and Web development. Our printed Smashing Books are crafted to deliver in-depth knowledge and expertise shared by experts and practitioners from the industry. They are our editorial agshipsand they look damn good on a coffee table!
The Smashing Book Series: Books 1, 2, 3, 3

Over the last years, weve printed four printed books with exclusive content, all carefully edited and thoroughly reviewed according to the rigorous quality control that Smashing Magazines online articles are known for. The books cover the various areas of Web design and Web development and established themselves as a valuable, quality books for Web professionals.
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The Mobile Book

The future is mobile. As more and more people are turning to mobile devices and tablets, designers and developers are facing new challenges and opportunities. What does the mobile market look like, in general? What do you need to know to pick the right mobile strategy and select the right approach for your mobile presence? What design patterns and what UX design techniques can assist you to design quicker and better for mobile devices?
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Smashing Books
320 PAGES, 16.5 24 CM (6.5 x 9.5 INCHES).
FULL-COLOR IMAGES ON COATED PAPER. HARD COVER.

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ENGLISH
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NOVEMBER 2012
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FIRST EDITION
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The brand new Mobile Book, published by well-renowned Smashing Magazine (an online magazine for professional designers and developers) features the most important things that you, as a designer, developer or mobile strategist, need to know for your websites. Youll dive deep into the peculiarities of the mobile industry, explore responsive design strategy, design patterns and optimization techniques, learning about wireframing and prototyping for mobile, as well as the guidelines for designing with gestures and touch. As a bonus, the book provides insights into the most popular platforms (such as iOS, Windows Phone, etc.) as well as introduces developing and debugging techniques for advanced HTML5 Web applications. Well-known experts such as Peter-Paul Koch, Trent Walton, Brad Frost, Josh Clark, Remy Sharp and Stephanie Rieger have contributed to the book to present the most relevant and valuable insights. To ensure the quality of the book, the chapters have been reviewed by Scott Jenson, Tim Kadlec, Bruce Lawson and other active members of the mobile design community.
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN:
978-3-943075-46-5
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Smashing Books #3 and #3

In recent years, the Web has changeda lot. The Web designers tools are now advanced, and browsers are highly capable. Designers have established clever coding and design techniques, as they face new challenges and embrace new technologies. These changes are fundamental and require us to reconsider how we approach Web design. Its time to rethink and reinvent: it is time to redesign the Web. Thats exactly where the new Smashing Books come in: they will change the way you design websites for the better.
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Smashing Book #3: Redesign The Web

Unlike its predecessors, the new Smashing Book has the main theme: Redesign. A detailed look at the business and technical side of redesign is followed by a comprehensive overview of advanced HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript techniques that you can use today. You will get useful advice on innovative UX techniques, learn about the peculiarities of mobile context in Web design and discover useful Photoshop techniques. Finally, youll study a practical hands-on guide to a bulletproof workow for responsive Web design. Smashing Book #3 is a professional guide on how to redesign websites, but it also introduces a whole new mindset for progressive Web design. The book challenges you to think differently about your work and will change the way you design websites forever.
Smashing Books
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340 PAGES, 16.5 24.0 CM (6.5 9.5 INCHES).
COVER DESIGN: QUALITY:
VEERLE PIETERS FULL-COLOR IMAGES ON COATED PAPER. FLEXBOUNDCOVER.

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QUALITY STITCHED BINDING WITH A BOOKMARK.

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ENGLISH, KOREAN, CHINESE AND RUSSIAN

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MAY 2012
EDITION:
FIRST EDITION
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN:
978-3-943075-40-3
CHINESE, KOREAN AND RUSSIAN
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Smashing Book #3: The Extension

Smashing Book 3, otherwise known as The Extension, presents practical applications of storytelling to Web design, reviews emerging navigation design patterns and helps you understand how to meaningfully employ content strategy in your websites. A case study of Smashing Magazines responsive redesign illustrates how this approach could look like in practice. This book is the extension of the brand new Smashing Book #3, a valuable practical book on best practices and innovative design techniques for Web design.
Smashing Books
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160 PAGES, 14.0 21.0 CM (5.5 8.3 INCHES).
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VEERLE PIETERS FULL-COLOR IMAGES ON COATED PAPER. FLEXBOUNDCOVER.

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QUALITY STITCHED BINDING.

LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH, KOREAN AND CHINESE

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MAY 2012
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FIRST EDITION
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN:
978-3-943075-41-0
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Smashing Book #2
This book shares valuable practical insight into design, usability and coding. It provides professional advice for designing mobile applications and building successful e-commerce websites, and it explains common coding mistakes and how to avoid them. Youll explore the principles of professional design thinking and graphic design and learn how to apply psychology and game theory to create engaging user experiences. We also feature interviews from experts on the future of Web typography and describe how you can publish a book on your own.
Smashing Books
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355 PAGES, 5.83 8.27 INCHES (14.8 21.0 CM).
FULL-COLOR IMAGES ON COATED PAPER. HARD COVER.

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QUALITY:
QUALITY STITCHED BINDING WITH A BOOKMARK

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ENGLISH
RELEASED:
JANUARY 2011
EDITION:
THIRD EDITION
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN:
978-3-943075-39-7
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Smashing Book #1
The Smashing Book is a printed book about best practices in modern Web design. The book shares technical tips and best practices on coding, usability and optimization and explores how to create successful user interfaces and apply marketing principles to increase conversion rates. It also shows how to get the most out of typography, color and branding to end up with intuitive and effective Web designs. As a bonus, you will also get a peek behind the curtains of Smashing Magazine.
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Smashing Books
313 PAGES, 8.27 5.5 INCHES (21 14 CM).
FULL-COLOR IMAGES ON COATED PAPER. SOFT COVER.

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This rst Smashing Book looks at Web design rules of thumb, color theory, usability guidelines, user interface design, best coding and optimization practices, as well as typography, marketing, branding and exclusive insights from top designers across the globe.
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
FEBRUARY 2009
EDITION:
FOURTH EDITION
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN:
978-3-943075-38-0
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The Smashing Book I eBook Editions

eBook versions of all our bestselling books are also available Smashing Book #1 and Smashing Book #2, The Lost Files (an annex to The Smashing Book #2) and our brand new Smashing Book #3 + #3 titled Redesign The Web. All eBooks are available in the PDF, EPUB and Kindle formats.
Smashing Books
The Mobile Book (eBook, 2012)
The Mobile Book Smashing Books #3 and #3 The Smashing Book #3: Redesign The Web The Smashing Book #3: The Extension The Smashing Book #2 The Smashing Book #1 Smashing Books I eBook Editions Formats: PDF, EPUB, Kindle (DRM-free) Language: English Release Date: November 2012 Publisher: Smashing Media GmbH ISBN: 978-3-943075-46-5 Language Licenses Sold:
Smashing Book #3: Redesign The Web (eBook, 2012)

Formats: PDF, EPUB, Kindle (DRM-free) Language: English Released: May 2012 Publisher: Smashing Media GmbH ISBN: 978-3-943075-29-8 Language Licenses Sold: Russian, Chinese and Korean
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Smashing Book #3: The Extension (eBook, 2012)

Formats: PDF, EPUB, Kindle (DRM-free) Language: English Released: May 2012 Publisher: Smashing Media GmbH ISBN: 978-3-943075-30-4 Language Licenses Sold: Chinese and Korean
Smashing Books
Smashing Book #2
The Mobile Book Smashing Books #3 and #3 The Smashing Book #3: Redesign The Web The Smashing Book #3: The Extension The Smashing Book #2 The Smashing Book #1 Smashing Books I eBook Editions Formats: PDF, EPUB, Kindle (DRM-free) Language: English Released: March 2011 Publisher: Smashing Media GmbH ISBN: 978-3-943075-06-9
Formats: PDF, EPUB, Kindle (DRM-free) Language: English Released: March 2011 Publisher: Smashing Media GmbH ISBN: 978-3-943075-22-9
Smashing Book #1
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Smashing eBooks
Mobile Design UX Design Coding Web Design Graphics WordPress Freelancing
Smashing eBook Series

We care about quality content and work hard to make the reading experience of our readers as convenient as possible. Our articles on Webdesign and Web development are presented in a regular way on Smashing Magazine, but they are all the more carefully edited, reviewed and curated for our ad-free eBooksaccording to our quality standards and publishing policy. All Smashing eBooks are in English and published by Smashing Media GmbH. All Smashing eBooks are provided DRMfree as PDF, EPUB and Kindle formats. They are also available on AmazonKindleStore, Google Play and AppleiBookstore.
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Essentials Of Mobile Design

Designing for Mobile can be very complex it requires many skills such as programming, usability, typography, creating applications all of this without forgetting the necessary ingredient of visual appeal. This eBook Essentials of Mobile Design will give you an overview of the basic features you need to know for designing beautiful and useful Mobile interfaces and apps.
Smashing eBooks
FORMATS:
PDF, EPUB, KINDLE (DRM-FREE)

PAGES:
253
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
SEPTEMBER 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-42-7
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Mobile Design Patterns

Since the appearance of the smartphone and tablet computers, we are experiencing a boom in Mobile Design. And, as it happens with the development of new gadgets and technologies, some trends and patterns are already established. With this eBook Mobile Design Patterns, you will learn the most important guidelines and strategies for Mobile Design, including solutions for forms, tap-ahead patterns and UX approaches.
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
124
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
SEPTEMBER 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-43-4
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NEW
Designing For Android

If you intend to design for Mobile, you might have to pay attention to the democratic scenario that gives shape to this niche. Many developers are aware of this: by using the Android operating system to create apps, they acquire a huge market share. This eBook will guide you through the Android universe and help you to create interface designs for Android mobile gadgets.
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
228
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
SEPTEMBER 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-44-1
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NEW
Designing For iPhone

With almost half of the smartphone market share, the iPhone is a concrete conrmation that its worth it to be a vanguardist in technology. Designers that have familiarity with the Apple iOS are one step ahead in designing mobile interfaces. If you want do discover trends and special requirements that iPhone applications ask for, this eBook Designing For iPhone is a must.
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
234
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
SEPTEMBER 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-45-8
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Mobile Design for iPhone & iPad

You know it and so do your clients: taking mobile devices into account is a crucial requirement for the success of websites today. Advanced smartphones and tablets like the iPhone and iPad are gaining popularity, and mobile Web usage is growing with no end in sight. Consequently, we designers have to create engaging mobile experiences, with state-of-the-art design solutions. This eBook offers everything you need to keep up in the mobile Web game. Helpful articles on mobile Web design practices and iPhone apps, along with practical tips on design from Smashing Magazines professional authors, are complemented by insight into responsive Web design techniques and an exclusive study on mobile Web design trends. Get set to market your own mobile application; be aware of common visual and contextual mistakes, and avoid usability slip-ups that could cost you precious clicks.
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
304
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
NOVEMBER 2010
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-01-4
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NEW
Navigation & Interaction

To be announced...
Smashing eBooks
Mobile Design UX Design Coding Web Design eb Design Graphics WordPress Freelancing
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LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
DECEMBER 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-56-4
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NEW
Emotional Design Elements

To be announced...
Smashing eBooks
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LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
DECEMBER 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-57-1
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UX Design Process
To be announced...
Smashing eBooks
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LANGUAGE:
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DECEMBER 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-58-8
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User Experience, Practical Techniques, Vol. 2

By now, all good designers understand the importance of usability for their work. Usable websites offer great user experience, and great experiences lead to happy customers. This eBook features selected articles on UI design and innovative UX techniques that will help improve your websites user experience and satisfy your visitors. Learn about designing drop-down menus, log-in and sign-up forms, navigation menus, tracking errors as well as common usability mistakes in Web design. Make your visitors happy with smart design decisions.
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
145
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
MAY 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-32-8
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Designing Usable Websites

The user-centered design process is based on various steps, each with its respective approaches. Learn about designing ows, optimizing emotional engagement and performing heuristic website reviews. This eBook provides you with several practical techniques that will help make your Web applications appeal to the masses, transforming them into lightweight yet efficient user experiences.
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
97
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
MAY 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-28-1
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NEW
Usability Testing
Testing usability is vital to creating a successful website even more so if its an e-commerce website, a complex app or any other complicated project. Unlike interviews and focus groups, a well-designed user test measures actual performance. This eBook provides a guide to A/B testing, multivariate testing, tips for increasing conversion rates and a review of testing methods and tools.
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
97
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
MAY 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-31-1
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User Experience Design

User Experience (UX) can be strongly inuenced by behavioral factors such as emotions, beliefs, preferences and even cultural backgrounds. Being aware of this, Web designers keep developing strategies to improve the overall UX with the help of storytelling, tools for problem solving, relationship engineering and costumer service improvement. This Smashing eBook User Experience Design provides you with insights on how to improve your website based on the most important UX principles.
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
134
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
FEBRUARY 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-23-6
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Psychology of Web Design

Among the most important ingredients for successful Web designs are creativity, planning, coding and design skills. However, many people forget that various psychological factors also play an important role when making design decisions. Psychology of Web Design gives you insights on how the human brain deals with different elements, colors, contrast, symmetry and balance. Combining the usability guidelines from Maslows pyramid will surely help you design closer to your audiences desires.
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
272
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
FEBRUARY 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-24-3
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User Experience, Practical Techniques, Vol. 1

Are you familiar with the term User Experience (UX) and the principles that determine a user-friendly website? If yes, then all you need to do is to learn some more useful techniques that will make your user interface designs even better! User Experience, Practical Techniques, Volume 1 features seven selected articles on usability principles which will help you design user-centered websites by showing you helpful examples of the best practices and which common mistakes to avoid in your next project.
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
149
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
FEBRUARY 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-25-0
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How to Create Selling E-Commerce Websites

Designing and developing e-commerce websites is a puzzle with thousands of pieces. Not only are the layout and structure of your Web store important, but you also have to keep the user experience and conversion rates in mind. These are what, in the end, really convince your clients customers to click that shiny Buy now button. In this eBook youll be studying the universal principles for successful e-commerce websites, which include improving your check-out process and making your product displays more attractive. In reality, optimizing your conversion rates takes little effort. Find out how to resolve small usability issues to immense effect. Are you familiar with A/B and multivariate testing? Use them to gure out how customers respond to minimal changes in design, content structure and check-out convenience. Customers decide whether to stay on a page in just a few (milli) seconds, so you better make them count!
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
266
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
DECEMBER 2010
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-04-5
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NEW
HTML Essentials
No matter what direction you take when you begin a Web-based project, one thing is for sure: it has to begin with solid HTML. You are one step ahead if you apply the most up-to-date HTML techniques. This eBook HTML Essentials will give you an overview on HTML, teach you how to decouple HTML from CSS, show the reasons why you should use HTML5, and many other tools for your next Web-based project.
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
106
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
AUGUST 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-34-2
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Mastering HTML5
The Web changes everyday and, as a Web-developer, you are probably eager to keep up with the various techniques that help optimizing your workow. This eBook Mastering HTML5 explains to you the facts and myths of HTML5, shows how to use local storage on websites, teaches how to optimize images with HTML5 canvas and how to sync content with HTML5 video.
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
93
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
AUGUST 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-35-9
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NEW
HTML Semantics
Probably you are aware that one way to reinforce the meaning of website information is the use of HTML semantics. This eBook HTML Semantics addresses various topics such as outlining algorithms, the pursuit of semantic value and the semantic grid system.
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
71
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
AUGUST 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-36-6
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CSS Essentials
This eBook explores some practical implementations of CSS, looking at CSS oat theory, z-index property, !important declaration, specicity, advanced CSS selectors, pseudo-elements, techniques for decoupling HTML from CSS, CSS layouts with equal height columns and CSS sprites. Handling your CSS well is the key to improving both performance and maintainability of your Web pages across different browsers. With this eBook, youll get off to a good start.
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
191
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
JULY 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-37-3
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Mastering CSS3
New possible uses of CSS appear every day, and you shouldnt miss any of them. This eBook Mastering CSS3 features recent CSS3 techniques, a detailed overview of advanced CSS3 pseudo-classes, CSS3 Flexbox, CSS animations and 3D transforms and modern techniques for constructing page layouts, among others. Can you really replace Photoshop with visual CSS3 techniques? Does CSS3 actually improve the speed of development and maintenance? What about common considerations for older browsers? You can be sure to gain insights from case-studies presented in this eBook
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
251
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
JULY 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-27-4
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NEW
Responsive Design
Responsive design is not only a new technique its an entirely new mindset. This eBook explains the foundation of responsive Web design and techniques for approaching it. Learn about content prototyping, device-agnostic design approach, gracefully degrading media queries and navigation patterns to achieve awless responsiveness. Choose the right approach to a responsive project and avoid some common mistakes its worth it!
Smashing eBooks
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PAGES:
160
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
JULY 2012
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-33-5
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NEW
Practical JavaScript Techniques

To be announced...
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JANUARY 2013
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SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-59-5
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Undertanding Advanced JavaScript

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JANUARY 2013
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978-3-943075-60-1
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JavaScript Essentials
The number of online solutions provided for JavaScript is growing every day. However, the workow of Web developers and designers frequently culminates to confusion and disorientation due the information overow. In order to organize this information and provide you with helpful guidelines to successfully optimize your next Web project, we offer you this Smashing eBook JavaScript Essentials. Filled with up-to-date lessons on coding reviews, JavaScript scopes and implementations, AJAX and various tips on JavaScript solutions, this eBook is essential for improving your JavaScript knowledge.
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Smashing eBooks

PAGES:
142
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
DECEMBER 2011
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-21-2
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Mastering jQuery
jQuery is well-known for being a concise JavaScript library that helps simplify HTML document traversing, event handling, creating animations and Ajax interactions for rapid Web development. Choosing the right plugins, creating bookmarklets, setting patterns or manipulating images can be challenging even for experienced programmers. In order to help you avoid struggling with such decision issues, weve selected articles with the most exclusive, top-notch advice on jQuery in our latest release: the Smashing eBook Mastering jQuery. This eBook contains just the orientation you need to optimize your forthcoming jQuery projects!
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Smashing eBooks

PAGES:
122
LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
DECEMBER 2011
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-20-5
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Professional Web Design, Vol. 1

Web design, with its wide range of disciplines and elds, is not an easy nut to crack. However, it is possible to put together a book with some of the crucial principles and fundamentals that you will need for every project you take on.
Smashing eBooks
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Learn about the harsh truths of corporate Web design and the troubles you are bound to run into. Create effective online portfolios with optimized user experiences, without the usual trial and error. Use storytelling to create engaging user experiences. Impress clients by staying on top of enhancements and Web standards. And in case youre wondering how to handle clients, we have some professional advice on how to deal with exceptional situations and customer requests. This guide to professional Web design was carefully selected, prepared and edited to bring you the most useful Web design advice from Smashing Magazines articles. Know where you stand, put your situation in perspective, and get the advice youve been looking for.
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LANGUAGE:
ENGLISH
RELEASED:
MARCH 2010
PUBLISHER:
SMASHING MEDIA GMBH

ISBN
978-3-943075-02-1
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Professional Web Design, Vol. 2

The pace at which the Web rolls today has picked up, and we feel obliged to give you a status report and outlook. This eBook focuses on recent changes in Web development, as well as design trends that are likely to catch on and could have a substantial effect on our workow. Be prepared for the onset of innovative approaches such as responsive Web design, and learn how to apply psychology-based persuasion triggers in your designs. Clear up some myths about HTML5 and CSS3, and make use of the design matrix methodology.
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Legacy of Typography
Typography is everywhere. If you walk out the door, you will be hard pressed to nd any element of our daily lives that doesnt involve or rely on typography. The prevalence of typography is not limited only to the analog world. This eBook introduces historical and cultural aspects of this topic and how they relate to the Web industry. Find out about changing fads in type, about the complexities of Japanese characters and typographic applications in different situations. You are sure to learn something from our great authors, that you didnt know before.
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Typography Best Practices

Web design is not just about amboyant or simply beautiful website appearance. This book is about the small but crucial details, in a specialty that is all about details. Whether youre interested in determining the right paragraph layout or typographic details, observing the correct etiquette, or other small decisions that will dramatically inuence how your website is perceived; many answers will present themselves in this collection of articles.
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978-3-943075-55-7
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Web Typography
Getting the Hang of Web Typography is dedicated to web workers that are dealing with typography in their daily lives, but have no special training for this independent craft. This eBook gives you the necessary background on macro- and micro-typography, it helps you to choose suitable fonts and use modern techniques such as Web font embedding. Its a valuable book that helps you to create rich, sophisticated Web sites with beautiful and elegant Web typography. The implications of desktop publishing, where anybody who has access to a computer can set type, have led to a ood of poorly designed brochures, yers and web pages. In Web design especially illegible text, incorrect use of punctuation marks and inappropriate font combinations or use of line widths are frequent. The new techniques that Web fonts offer might bring about even worse examples of ugly and illegible Web typography. Getting the Hang of Web Typography is a collection of Smashing Magazines best and most recent articles on web typography with one additional article series and glossary. You can use this eBook as reference work for your projects.
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978-3-943075-07-6
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Mastering Photoshop, Vol. 3

Like most elements (such as typography, color, layout and content), photography is a crucial component on interfaces and for websites. This is one of the reasons why new tools are created by heavy users of Photoshop. This eBook Mastering Photoshop, Vol. 3 offers hints for recent techniques, such as using brush tools, anti-aliasing typography, layer and grid settings, unveiling masks and perfecting pixels.
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Mastering Illustrator
One of the most beloved vector graphic softwares among Web Designers is Adobe Illustrator. But getting to know all of its tools and features can be time-consuming. With this eBook we try to ease the learning process for you. Youll get to learn how to create graphics, transform a sketch into a vector, combine analog and digital techniques, prepare artwork for screen printing and also learn useful typography tips, all focusing on Adobe Illustrator.
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Mastering Fireworks
With an interface similar to other creative softwares from Adobe, Fireworks allows Web Designers to create interfaces and prototypes for their websites. Its especially helpful to see whether your application works properly before moving onto the development stage. This eBook will show you what can be achieved with Adobe Fireworks; such as creating interactive prototypes, time savers, parent libraries and extracting logos. You might even rethink your workow after having nished this reading.
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As the technology becomes more advanced, all of us seek for time-saving tips and guidelines to make our work much more effective and productive. The eBook Mastering Photoshop for Web Design Vol. 2 contains articles that cover useful and partly unknown Photoshop techniques and tricks from experts in the eld. The articles discuss retouching, cloning, compositing, obscure Photoshop timesavers and designing for iPhone. Productivity is a crucial asset of professional designers. Photoshop is an extremely powerful application for photo processing and image manipulation, and we can make it even more powerful by using advanced techniques and design approaches that professionals and experts in the eld are using regularly. The better our professional skills are, the more time we can spend to focus on the actual design process rather than the tool we are using to implement it on screen. This book will help you mastering Photoshop and gain a more efficient, advanced workow in your design process.
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Many claim to be able to teach you how to master Photoshop, so why should you trust this eBook to explain techniques any better than others? Here is why: because the book was written by someone just like you.
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Have you reached a dead end and feel like a massive barrier stands between your creativity and the screen? Thomas Giannattasio has been there and knows how to help. He has put together an intuitive guide to color management, as well as detailed instructions on how to get the most out of paths and brushes in this eBook. Handle layer styles like a pro, take your typography to the next level, and make your photographs look like a professionals with native CS5 techniques.
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Useful Tricks and Techniques for WordPress

As one of the leading forms of content management on the Web, WordPress offers users and developers a lot of options, yet its versatility is often underestimated. These authors will help you understand more of what WordPress is capable of. Youll learn simple tricks for customizing the CMSs default functionality, user access and back-end; as well as more involved techniques for manipulating taxonomies, toolbars and redirection paths. Those of you who really want to tackle WordPress functionality will learn how to test those plugins youve painstakingly created.
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978-3-943075-51-9
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WordPress Special Features

One of the great aspects of WordPress is its incredible adaptability. Using WordPress to the fullest means nding out about all the special features you can implement on your website. So without further adieu, here is an assortment of useful techniques. Find out more about WordPresss responsive possibilities, such as how to build a responsive theme from the ground up, implementing your theme and customizing images for a responsive site. Also learn how to speed up your site, integrate social-networking capabilities and manage events and author listings.
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978-3-943075-52-6
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Business Considerations in WordPress Economy

WordPress is an economy in its own right. To really understand this, one has to know its history. In this eBook, you can nd out about the economy that developed around this revolutionary CMS. The authors will introduce you to WordPress development, show you how to prot from WordPress development and explain how to effectively introduce the end user to WordPress. The goal of this eBook is to help you take advantage of the WordPress economy and make money as a WordPress developer.
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978-3-943075-53-3
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WordPress Essentials
If you want to nd out how to extend the limitations of WordPress, this Smashing eBook: WordPress Essentials for advanced beginners will help you improve your capabilities, so you can take full advantage of its exibility. This eBook is packed with copy-paste coding snippets and provides practical advice, such as useful techniques for creating your own plugins, adding menus as well as sub menus, and also how to avoid problems with JavaScript and CSS. Find out how to use AJAX and extend the possibilities of WordPress by integrating custom HTML5 tags. With the help of these articles, youll be sure to achieve a good command of better image management and learn how to build media-heavy sites, how to integrate Facebook and receive the best tips about the latest developments in WordPress.
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978-3-943075-16-8
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Mastering WordPress
This Smashing eBook Mastering WordPress is exactly about the above mentioned. Weve selected only the best articles on how to use extensions for WordPress with an amazing collection of copy-paste coding snippets. They explain advanced methods and techniques which go beyond front-end experience and show how to customize back-end experience. After reading this eBook, you will be able to transform your website into whatever you want you just have to use your imagination. Make sure you add this source of knowledge to your library!
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978-3-943075-18-2
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WordPress Tutorials
This eBook WordPress Tutorials is lled with detailed techniques which will show you the step-by-step of various enhancement processes on WordPress publishing. Including tabs into the user interface, adding media elements, applying plug-ins and creating custom meta boxes are a few examples of what is expecting you. Why wait until your clients ask what can be done when you can anticipate their expectations and impress them with your know-how?
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978-3-943075-19-9
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Successful Freelancing
It didnt work out as you expected, did it? The freelancing life was supposed to give you more time with the family and free you from that incompetent boss. You even assumed you would be better off nancially. Instead, youre working longer hours and are under constant stress, worrying about various aspects of your business. It has to stop. If you are thinking of freelancing or are close to surrendering to your workload, then this eBook will be a treasure chest for you. Realizing that you have made the same mistakes as many before you can be a relief. Read up on how to pitch like a pro and handle your nances properly. Get precious tips on a key issue in freelancing: communication with clients and partners. Compelling marketing strategies will brighten your future, win contracts and make your business protable.
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978-3-943075-05-2
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Professional Workow
Being a great Web designer or developer is one thing; running a successful freelance business is another. Whether you already have experience working for a company or have just graduated from design school, being self-employed entails a number of tasks that you most likely havent had to deal with so far. As a freelance Web designer, youll often have to do it all yourself, and sometimes all alone. This eBook provides nancial and legal advice that will surely help you to improve your business workow, and help you carry out sound decisions when engaging in business with clients. Additionally, weve carefully prepared samples of legal documents, along with explanations of their purpose and best use.
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MAY 2011
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