Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow That Works 2nd Edition

This is a basic and required reference for any involved with planning a web site redesign project or starting from ground zero. The writers take you through all phases of the process, provide check list, client survey forms and other guidance for planning and conducting a very complex project. They do a lot of hand holding to help you stay on track and maintain confidence in your ability to survive the process with hope of success. 'I am envolved in a web redesign project and this book was the guide I needed to provide the frame work I needed to put my ideas and reading about web design into a coherent view of the project and process.

The first edition of this book has been something of a bible for my small design shop, though much of the numbers and timelines were a bit science-fiction. The second edition does remedy some of this, and adds a nice chapter, but isn't all that much different from the first, so I wouldn't bother purchasing it if you have the first one.Also please note that much of the content mentioned in the book as being available for download on their website isn't there. Seems like they haven't really gotten around to finishing the job! But nevertheless, a good book, and two very talented and capable writers.

This is a good reference to have in your library if you're a web designer or web developer. The process map makes a useful project management template to start with which you can customize for your own projects. I thought it was nice to have some of the templates available on their website too.This process map and methodology isn't as comprehensive as a full blown project management process like you'd find at the Project Management Institute (PMI) but it is nicely streamlined for Web Design projects.I took pieces from PMI standards and injected them into this process map where I wanted more detail. I was happy with the purchase and recommend the book to anybody interested in managing web design projects.

What a great book. Clean approach to web redesign that still resonates years after it was published. This book helped organize our team's thoughts and strategies so we could make confident moves toward a bright digital future. I highly recommend this read for anyone who is redesigning their website.

I use this resource as the textbook for the "Web Site Design" course I teach at PSU. My favorite thing about this book is that it supports my course approach that "everyone has a site" and "when you get a job as a web site (designer, producer,developer)OR have the responsibility of having a site dumped in your lap.... you will not be building it from scratch."This is a good introduction to "Web Site Design" with a bunch of pretty pictures and should be followed up with deeper-dive resources.

This comment is about the 1st edition (note: it has the same dimensions but is a shorter book and consequently is a lighter weight).As a physical entity, I think it is the worst-designed book I've ever tried to read.It is fantastically heavy (THUMP!!! as it hits the floor), yet the pages are flimsy and, being landscape format, hang down under their own weight. I guess they expected me to read it flat on a table, with flat lighting so that the sheen of the paper doesn't reflect light. Additionally, the font sizes are too small and the colour contrast not strong enough for the font.As a guide to web redesign, well, puleeease! OK, I am biased because my wrist is still aching from holding the book, but the authors and various contributors spent so many pages in the introduction blowing the trumpet for the authors and the virtues of the book that, by the time we got to some substance, my only reaction was "I've read this before, and more clearly explained, in several other cheaper and shorter books." I saw two illustrations of redesigns but couldn't make out what I was supposed to be looking at/for because the text was too small and in white on a light blue background, and the layout was confusing with no clear reading route to follow.A terrible book. I would give it zero stars if I could.Try "The Elements of User Experience", "Don't Make Me Think!" and "Designing with the Mind in Mind".

This book is an excellent resource for those in the web design field who would like a step-by-step procedure on how to redesign a client's website. They provide checklists you can download, forms and surveys as well. This book is easy to read and definitely not boring. I would recommend it.