In the second edition of this classic, Steve Krug adds three new chapters in the same style as the original: wry and entertaining, yet loaded with insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike. Don’t be surprised if it completely changes the way you think about Web design.

Renowned Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen shares his insightful thoughts on the subject. Packed with annotated examples of actual Web sites, this book sets out many of the design precepts all Web developers should follow. This guide segments discussions of Web usability into page, content, site, and intranet design.

This new version of the popular web design software offers a rich environment for building professional sites, with drag-and-drop simplicity, clean HTML code, and dynamic database-driven web site creation tools. This book helps both first-time and experienced web designers bring stunning, interactive web sites to life.

A simple, easy-to-follow guide, illustrated with plenty of full-color examples, this book will lead you through the process of creating great designs from start to finish. Good design principles are not rocket science, and using the information contained in this book will help you create stunning web sites.

Everything you need to know to create professional web sites is right here. Start from the beginning — defining how the Web and web pages work — and build from there. By the end of the book, you’ll have the skills to create multi-column CSS layouts with optimized graphic files, and you’ll know how to get your pages up on the Web.

Image Cafe Website Creator - Our Top Choice

Of all the website builder tools we have seen, Network Solutions has the easiest and most robust tool to make your own website. This tool is the best we have seen for working with images. The image editing tool lets you crop and resize mage without any additional software. Plus, there a huge library of stock images, so if you don’t have your own photos to use, there are plenty to choose from.

5-page websites start at $9.95 / month. Need more than 5-pages? Upgrade to the next level for $12.46 / month.

• Incredibly simple to learn
• Thousands of stock images to choose from and an easy-to-use image editor to crop and resize photos
• Nice advanced functions, including forms, maps, guest book, and EZ Polls
• Ability to create multi-level navigation
• Hands-on demo so you can try for 30 days before you buy
• Tool is hosted remotely so you can access it form anywhere and there is no software to download
• Very affordable
• Version management so you can save up to 3 iterations of your website

• With only 75 or so templates to choose from, there is not as much variety as some of the other site builders
• The online help did not offer a search feature, so it was impossible to search for a specific topic not listed. But the tool is so easy to use, we don’ t see this as a big problem. And you can always contact Tech Support for additional assistance.

Yahoo! Web Hosting:
Site Solution

This tool is great for making a simple 5-page website. But if your website is any bigger than that, this probably isn’t the tool for you.

Pricing for the first 3 months is $8.96. After that, the price goes up to $11.95 / month. You will be billed in 3-month increments.

• Yahoo brought website design down to the very basics. There are only a few menu options to get your site up and running. So just about anybody can figure out how to use this tool.
• Over 250 template designs to choose from organized by type of business
• Yahoo offers unlimited disk storage and bandwidth, so you never have to worry about running out of room or upgrading to the next service level
• Comprehensive online help resource
• Tool is hosted remotely so you can access it form anywhere and there is no software to download

• Yahoo’s Site Solution only supports single-level navigation. So you are limited, for instance, if you wanted to create unique pages for each of your service offerings under one main category called “Services.”
• There is not a hands-on demo. But there is a 30-day money back guarantee. So If you are willing to put down your credit card, you can try the product risk-free for 30 days.

Website Tonight

We expected Go Daddy to have one of the top website building tools. Unfortunately, we have found the tool to be so slow that it’s difficult to evaluate the product fairly. The tool is the cheapest one going, with lots of bells and whistles. If you have an enormous amount of patience, this tool offers a lot of bang for the buck.

5-page websites start at just $4.99 / month. Upgrade to 10-page or unlimited-pages for $8.99 / month and $12.99 / month respectively.

• Over 250 template designs to choose from organize by category
• Thousands of stock images to use
• Nice advanced functions, including forms, photo albums, and guest book
• Lowest price available

• The tool performs so slow for us that it’s difficult to use. Hopefully, we’ll see improvements in the speed in the near future.