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Liked it so much had to buy it!
My husband has really enjoyed this book. He's been borrowing it from the library. We bought it so that he could have his own copy.

Doesn't work real well for an amateur
I have no formal training with HTML but have built and maintained a website for the past two years completely written in HTML.I picked up this book as a reference and have generally been disappointed.I find that the descriptions assume a level of knowledge beyond what I have and I struggle to translate the code he presents into something useable.

My baseline for comparison on this book is simply doing Google searches for the code or explanations I am looking for.Invariably these produce better results and I am able to understand the code and move on.The book tends to just sit on my shelf unreferenced.

easy to learn
This is easy to learn and is a good place to begin when learning html code. It shows the little details which you need to know as the basis for complex work later on.

Your best bet for learning HTML
I have read many,many books on the subject of HTML. This book without a doubt is one of the best(if not THE best)books on the subject. The author EXPLAINS each step and "why" rather than just telling you "to do this and do that" like so many of his peers.
If you are new to HTML or just need a refresher/reference book this is the one for you.

Not a bad introduction!
The 'easy steps' Edition I am evaluating is the HTML 4.This book is concise and fairly easy to understand. The subjects are divided into good-logical columns.

I would actually give this 3 1/2 stars -though because some of the writing is repeative, and it has one or two quirks, like, not deferiencatingclearly between a class and an id. ... Read more

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This unique book provides an introduction to programming on the Internet. Class-tested over a two-year period, this text covers the "nuts and bolts" of Internet programming. In addition to core fundamentals, readers are introduced to Web page construction HTML, managing an account on a web server, client-server model, and JavaScript programming. ... Read more

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Good for beginners
This book is easy to understand and has many helpful examples. The book's website is veryhelpful as well. If you are a beginner this is a good book to have, I have had it for a few weeks and have already made a basic webpage.

I use it as a college textbook.
This is the best book I have found for Freshman/Sophomore-level HTML and JavaScript.I use it with PERL and CGI for the World Wide Web (2nd Edition) by Elizabeth Castro for a complete Sophomore course in designing Commercial-Quality websites with server-side processing.Hint:Be sure to get the Second Printing (First Edition), as there are a lot of typos in the HTML section of the First Printing.The author has an excellent support website at cknuckles.com, which augments some of the problems and provides solutions to some of the exercises.

Where is the website that is referenced in the book
Can anyone tell me what the website is for this book's lessons. It references it many times but I cant seem to find out where it is actually "Stated" in the book.

Thanks in advance

excellent !!!
if u already know something about setting up web pages using html and u wish to add some interactive features to yr web pages,this will be a very good book to start with.This book contains very clear and simple explantions for javascripts.Many concepts are explained using simple yet relevant analogies....if u are hardworking enough u can learn good javascripts in one or two weeks using this book......definitely value for money.

Uhm...
I haven't read the book, but I find it suspious that every review posted so far was outrageously positive, and posted within an 8 day period. In addition, most of them are anonymous.Perhaps the Publisher or Author is trying to boost sales with duplicate reviews.Buyer Beware. ... Read more

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Your total guide to online publishing using HTML

The HTML Sourcebook is an indispensable resource for authors, publishers, marketers, educators, and virtually anyone interested in publishing on the World Wide Web. Written by the author of one of the most accessed HTML online tutorials, it provides all the essentials for preparing character-based, as well as graphically based, hypertext documents for online publication. With the help of Ian S. Graham's clear, step-by-step guidelines and priceless pointers you'll quickly learn how to:
* Master all HTML commands and the URL syntax
* Create and edit HTML documents for Mosaic, Netscape, Lynx, and all other WWW browsers
* Translate documents from other formats such as Word or WordPerfect into HTML documents
* Link your hypertext documents to graphics, video, and sound files
* Choose hypertext servers for UNIX, Macintosh, and PC platforms
* Construct "cgi-bin" programs to create sophisticated interactive documents
* Access and use all the browsers, editors, translators, and other valuable World Wide Web tools currently available online

The HTML Sourcebook also features an array of examples taken from business, education, science, and other fields. Including both code and screen captures of the resulting pages as they appear on the Web, the examples let you see firsthand what well-designed hypertext documents and their underlying HTML structures look like.

Whether you want to deliver online documentation for software packages, distribute sales catalog information, access library databases, or expand the audience for a hypertext comic strip, The HTML Sourcebook is your complete guide to composing and distributing documents on the World Wide Web. ... Read more

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HTML 4.0 Fundamentals Review- Feb 2010
This book makes a good bible, in that it has all the features of HTML, but it is NOT a book to use to learn from.

Not enough good examples nor summary tables of the HTML tags.

Good but not great
I know lots about HTML and this book shows it very well, its outdated but was deffinetely worth the price. If you are new to HTML I recommend this book because it shows you how to HTML in simple terms. Its VERY TIME CONSUMING!! BUT STILL GOOD!!

You get what you pay for
This book delivers on its promise of a thorough review of HTML 4.0.Every tag and attribute is explained well enough for you to get the hang of it on your own.This is not the "end-all" book on HTML, but simply aquick (but thorough) reference and a starting guide.It explains HTMLtopics in a natural language that can appeal to all classes of readers.

I was greatly pleased with one feature that this book possessed whereothers did not.Every tag and attribute in the book is labeled so that youknow exactly what is currently supported by which browser.That isimmensely important in web design.Graham also consistently includedpictures of how various web pages were interepreted by differing browsers,along with the code itself.

This book is good for a beginner as well asa quick reference for developers.If you want a large quantity of specificinformation on specific topics within or related to HTML (E.g. CSS, XML,cgi, etc), then buy a different book.However, for all of the featuresproprietary to HTML 4.0, this is the book to get.

Excellent!
I was looking for exactly what this book contains. I spent 20 minutes in a book-shop digging the shelves trying to find something that could explain HTML with short and clear examples, going directly to the grain, and I found it!. This book is well written, clear and give you a good practicalperspective of how to design a web site.

Great book!
I used this book during a summer internship in 1996 and I found it very useful. Whenever I had questions, I would email the author who would explain things to me in detail. Its been a while since I saw the latestversion of this book, but the earlier ones were very useful! ... Read more

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This edition of the book will be thoroughly updated and revised to include coverage of: the latest developments in HTML and Web publishing, including the effects of XHTML 1.0 and 1.1 on Web publishing practices; the new generation of browsers from Microsoft and Netscape-Internet Explorer 6 and Netscape 6 (aka Mozilla); improvements and changes in Web publishing tools like Microsoft FrontPage 2002 and Macromedia Dreamweaver 4; and developments in Web scripting and programming-for example, Java 2 v. 1.3 and JavaScript 1.5. ... Read more

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good book, bad service
The book itself is well written, and I'm learning a lot from it. HOWEVER, the selling-point for me was, as advertised inside the back cover, the companion site with source code and graphics used in the examples in the book. Some competitors' books have a CD-ROM included, but I chose this one figuring accessing a Web site would be just as easy. Well, the Web site does not exist. Bringing this to the publisher's attention was a waste of time. They were neither concerned, apologetic, or interested in making any kind of effort to accept responsibility or rectify the situation. Bad customer service.... I'm quite annoyed.

Beginners: buy this book
If you want to learn HTML and XHTML this is the book to read. Some subjects are deeper covered than some others but this is the best guide for newbies and a very good reference for the advanced.

The best HTML book - in 2002
I am a professional software developer. I've dabbled in HTML as part of my job, but in late 2001 decided to finally take the time to learn the latest HTML standards right. So I set out to find the best and most comprehensive HTML book there was. I considered the five most available and highly-rated ones: Laura Lemay's Teach Yourself (Professional Edition), The HTML Bible, the Wrox HTML book, Elizabeth's Visual QuickStart Guide, and Molly Holzschlag's Special Edition.

None of them are perfect, but Lemay's book seemed to be the best of the bunch - at the time (more on that later). I worked through it the hard way - from cover to cover. Now I can share with you my observations:

PROS:
1) Comprehensive coverage of almost all the important topics, from site planning, the HTML language itself, sound/video to design tips, site marketing and server admin. Its unrivaled breadth gives the novice a good survey of the entire field.
2) The comprehensiveness extends to the well-written appendices - HTML, CSS, Javascript, charset, color and MIME charts make this book a great all-in-one reference long after you've finished the lessons.
3) Commitment to XHTML1.0 means you will learn to do things the right way
4) The three meaty chapters on web server set-up and admin set this book apart, as are the chapters on site marketing and testing.
5) As for the basics, good coverage of text formatting and wrapping
6) Clean, readable writing and layout

CONS:
1) The only major shortfall - insubstantial CSS coverage. The future of page design deserves more than one rather generic chapter. Particularly annoying is Lemay's practice in early chapters of introducing classic formatting tags/attributes only to tell you it's deprecated in HTML 4.0. A comprehensive chart of old-vs-new practices at the end of the CSS chapter would have been helpful, as are re-implementations of all previous examples in standard-compliant HTML (especially for tables).
2) There should have been a few color insert-pages - to help explain the Using Colors section, at least! (I am thinking about the Color Wheel model in the old Teach Yourself Web Design book)
3) Laura Lemay is not a professional designer, and it shows. Look at any HTML book and you can tell whether the author is a Developer, a Tech Writer or a Designer. Lemay writes well and gives some good general design advices, but her example pages are uninspiring. Typography, an issue dear to designers and problematic in the web world, receives scant attention. To learn design, go to chapter 6, 7, 8, 12 of Robin William's "The Non-Designer's Web Book" for sharp and practical advices.
4) Skimpy on: WYSIWYG tools, Java, streaming, Flash, META tags, DNS and domain registration; no mention of the AOL browser
5) Needs better explanation of the DHTML concepts, especially diagrams that show how HTML, CSS and Javascript work together
6) Examples not consistently standard-compliant, Ch.20 errorneously states that Javascript array index starts with 1, and other minor editorial errors

What worries me though, is that the book is not being maintained. Its companion site is gone, and Laura herself stated on her site that she's retired. In contrast, Molly Holzschlag is an active member of the web designer community and her "Special Edition" was just updated last May - so that may be the new Gold Standard now.

The definitive beginners XHTML guide
I picked up this book in March, 2002 with no prior knowledge of HTML.In less than three weeks I learned how to create good-looking web pages, featuring Cascading Style Sheets, in XHTML (the latest revision of HTHL).

This book is simply outstanding.Laura Lemay presents the markup language in a clear, easy-to-understand manner with excellent, real-world examples.You need no prior programming skills of any kind.Reading and working through the examples of this book has enabled me to create my own website in a matter of weeks.

For anyone who wants to learn HTML, I would strongly recommend this book.

SAMS Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML And XHTML In 21
This is the professional reference third edition, complete with a CD-ROM that has source code examples, web graphics and sample software.This is a very easy-to-use, comprehensive book for learning either HTML or XHTML.
The clear step-by-step instructions in this book make it easy for even a beginner to gain hands-on practice with web page creation.
This book will teach you how to work with color, sound, animation and images.
I let my husband, who knows nothing about computers, take a look at this book and play around designing a web page.It was one of the few times he wasn't saying "honey, how do I.......?"
If you are a beginner, I'd definitely get this book.If you have some experience with HTML or XHTML, this would make an excellent reference edition for your bookshelf.The user level is beginner to intermediate.
I have spent a lot of time building web pages over the last four years and some of the information in this book was new to me. ... Read more

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Now completely updated for the enhanced multimedia, image-mapping, and style sheet capabilities of HTML 4.01, this lively guide reveals the secrets of award-winning Web designersóand shows you, step by step, how to create sticky, state-of-the-art Web sites. The CD-ROM comes with TidyHTML, the award-winning CoffeeCup suite, and other valuable Web design tools.Amazon.com Review
The most recent update to Dave Taylor's popular guide includesHTML 4 and still offers great advice for beginning-to-intermediateWeb-page authors. Taylor's calm, competent tone reassures those whoare creating their first page, but his expertise in designing Webpages is valuable for those who are ready to do more.

Taylor firstshows new users what a Web page is, how a browser works, what URLsare, and other basic concepts. He then delves into basic HTML, fonts,and text styles and explains how to make lists, special characters,pointers, and links; add graphics; and create tables andframes. Taylor moves into advanced topics such as background,marquees, image maps, JavaScript, forms, plug-ins, Dynamic HTML, stylesheets, and more, using his own award-winning work as tutorialexamples. He clearly discusses the HTML coding used to create eachpage.

Taylor teaches the basics to new users without overwhelmingthem and gives intermediate users the option to learn more when theyare ready. He shows users how to get their Web pages ready forpublication and how to publicize them so that people will come to seethem. The strong appendices include a primer on building your veryfirst page, a step-by-step planning guide for page and site builders,a resource list on where to publish your pages, a glossary, and anHTML quick reference guide that is linked to various chapters. Anaccompanying CD-ROM includes Net utilities and Web design sharewarefor the PC and Mac. --Elizabeth Lewis ... Read more

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Good for beginners
This book is pretty good for beginners. I have recently started teaching myself html and I was able to handle most of the things I was reading about without too much trouble. There were a couple of times I really needed to pause and go back and read it again. Then maybe I could put it together. Only one or two times did I just give up with total frustration. All in all it's a great handbook and I am sure I will get it all someday!

easy to read
The text was easy to read and gave a great number of examples but lacked any questions or problems at the end of each chapter.

A very good book if you would like to understand how HTML works

Excellent HTML Resource
I've been doing HTML work on and off for the last 5-6 years. This book is full of great examples for beginners or more advanced users who just forgot how to do something. You won't regret owning this book.

Best HTML Book Around!
I graduated from the University of Redlands (California) with a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems degree a few years ago.Many of the textbooks I used were not very enlightening - I suffered through using them and immediately took them back to the bookstore for resale.This wasn't so with the CREATING COOL HTML 4 book.I use this as a reference book now.

One of the classes I took included a web design portion.How fun to create web pages that were exciting and not boring.It was easily accomplished using this book as a guide but someone who knows nothing about HTML design could easily use this and create.

The chapters are broken down from the basics to intermediate items.The author, Dave Taylor, explains exactly what entails a web page, what a URL is, basic html, graphics, tables, links, pointers, image maps, and other advanced designs.

Now many technical books are dry to read and often times leave the non-die-hard techies wondering what was just said.Not true with Taylor.He gets everyone to understand html - those creating their first web page to those who want to do more, those that want pizzazz on their pages.
If you're not a beginner, you may want to skip the chapters in which Taylor explains to new users about Web pages, how browsers work, what URLs are, and other basic concepts.(But it can be a good refresher for those who haven't designed web pages in a while).Next he expands into basic HTML, fonts, text styles, and gets the reader to understand the making of lists, special characters, pointers, and links.Next comes the explanation of graphics and the creation of tables and frames.But my favorite part is next - chapters on advanced items like background, marquees, image maps, JavaScript, forms, plug-ins, Dynamic HTML, style sheets, and much more.
Examples shown in the book are easy to follow and let the reader completely understand what the code does and how it will look on a web page.Nothing in CREATING COOL HTML PAGES is overwhelming and will let everyone create a web page of which they can be proud.I'm a computer programmer, and still use this as a reference.In fact, it's one of the most borrowed books in our office!This book is highly recommended for any level of html programmer.

Excelent book
Although the author gives some superfials explanations on JavaScript, CGI & DHTML, this book offers and comprehensive and fairly complete explanation on HTML.
Higly recommended for those willing to learn and master HTML. ... Read more

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Like any other software system, Web sites gradually accumulate “cruft” over time. They slow down. Links break. Security and compatibility problems mysteriously appear. New features don’t integrate seamlessly. Things just don’t work as well. In an ideal world, you’d rebuild from scratch. But you can’t: there’s no time or money for that. Fortunately, there’s a solution: You can refactor your Web code using easy, proven techniques, tools, and recipes adapted from the world of software development.

In Refactoring HTML, Elliotte Rusty Harold explains how to use refactoring to improve virtually any Web site or application. Writing for programmers and non-programmers alike, Harold shows how to refactor for better reliability, performance, usability, security, accessibility, compatibility, and even search engine placement. Step by step, he shows how to migrate obsolete code to today’s stable Web standards, including XHTML, CSS, and REST—and eliminate chronic problems like presentation-based markup, stateful applications, and “tag soup.”

The book’s extensive catalog of detailed refactorings and practical “recipes for success” are organized to help you find specific solutions fast, and get maximum benefit for minimum effort. Using this book, you can quickly improve site performance now—and make your site far easier to enhance, maintain, and scale for years to come.

Topics covered include

•    Recognizing the “smells” of Web code that should be refactored
•    Transforming old HTML into well-formed, valid XHTML, one step at a time
•    Modernizing existing layouts with CSS
•    Updating old Web applications: replacing POST with GET, replacing old contact forms, and refactoring JavaScript
•    Systematically refactoring content and links
•    Restructuring sites without changing the URLs your users rely upon

This book will be an indispensable resource for Web designers, developers, project managers, and anyone who maintains or updates existing sites. It will be especially helpful to Web professionals who learned HTML years ago, and want to refresh their knowledge with today’s standards-compliant best practices.
This book will be an indispensable resource for Web designers, developers, project managers, and anyone who maintains or updates existing sites. It will be especially helpful to Web professionals who learned HTML years ago, and want to refresh their knowledge with today’s standards-compliant best practices.

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Offering a range of tips on how to modernize existing layouts or update old Web applications
Elliotte Rusty Harold's REFACTORING HTML: IMPROVING THE DESIGN OF EXISTING WEB APPLICATIONS is also a pick for any library strong in web programming: it explains how to use refactoring to improve a web site or application and is written for all levels of programmers, offering a range of tips on how to modernize existing layouts, update old Web applications, and work with existing code and structure.

A good review of xHTML standards for those already familiar with HTML
First the good:
It is an _excellent_ tutorial on modern xHTML for those that have used HTML from its tag-soup beginnings.He methodically gives examples on why we, as web programmers, need to utilize a particular technology (CSS, Accessibility, etc).For example, he doesn't just say "Use CSS" because its the new way of doing things.He gives no-nonsense specific examples in bandwidth savings, alternate devices, etc.

His writing style is easy to read for computer geeks: a signature trait of any Martin Fowler signature series book.

He also provides a series of regular expressions that you can use to search through your HTML code to find problem areas and does a good introduction to the program "tidy".Since I am definitely _NOT_ a Regex geek, these are highly appreciated.

And finally, he shows usage of some xHTML tags and attributes of which I was not aware: such as proper usage of and tags.

Onto the downsides:
Originally I purchased this book thinking that I would be able to use it to get some tools under my belt to better transform the lousy auto-generated HTML that most graphics tools export and update them to decent, modern xHTML.However, the author is definitely NOT a "graphics design guy."And because of that, I know that several of the solutions he provided in his CSS sections would NOT fly with the designers where I work.

If I had seen his website, I probably would have realized that he was an XML expert instead of a design expert and wouldn't have gotten my hopes up.So far, I've found that websites like "A list apart" are much better for working with CSS-based design.

So for those looking to refactor your HTML code from ancient "Tag Soup" to modern sleek xHTML, this is a great book.If you're looking for how to best refactor from table-designs to table-less while maintaining a similar Look and Feel that you've been given by your designers, I find this book highly lacking.

Mainly for hardcore techies
Despite years of progress by web standards advocates, and a significant improvement in the quality of the HTML on the web, many of us still end up grappling with outmoded, broken HTML on a regular basis. When confronted with a large site filled with broken pages it can be hard to know where to start. Elliotte Rusty Harold's Refactoring HTML offers a step by step recipe book for migrating such sites to clean, semantic code.

Harold's is a well known name in the XML world, and that background shows through in how he approaches the book. While a general audience will probably find useful content, the reader needs to be prepared for a series of command-line and Java-based examples. Tools like tidy are featured prominently, as is the use of regular expressions to seek out broken code to fix and, in the music-to-my-ears category, automated testing.

If you're equipped to do so, following these steps will lead to much cleaner, more manageable sites, but I found myself wondering how many of those comfortable with command line tools and regular expressions are in the market for a book like this.

In general I suspect the key audience for this will be IT departments inside large organisations tasked with refreshing or extending an intranet. For those developers, who maybe don't spend much of their time working with HTML and like the idea of using scripting tools similar to those in their regular workflow, this book's worth a look. If you're already familiar with current trends in web development, then there are probably other ways of picking up on the scattering of techniques that might be new to you.

Disclaimer: I was sent a copy of this book for review by the publisher.

use CSS and XHTML
The Web means mostly webpages written in HTML. The popularity of HTML is overwhelming. Yet it has well known problems. There is no intrinsic separation of semantic content from presentation details. And the tag syntax is very sloppy.

Harold explains in clear and strong terms why you should clean up your webpages. Mostly by using CSS and by making [and checking] that the pages are well formed and valid under XHTML. This is not a text on CSS, and if you are going to follow the precepts of the book, you will need another book, dedicated to CSS. The strength of Harold's message is in the clarity. He is trying to influence you in a top-down manner. To make these strategic decisions.

For example, by going with CSS, you simplify maintenance. Because files are factored into CSS files, which layout people can work on, and semantic content files, which can be the purview of others who are more involved with intrinsic information processing. The latter files also have the advantage that they can be used with different types of display devices and programs, and not just for the typical web browser. Think of cellphones, or devices for the blind.

The last aspect is another salient point he makes. Writing pages that are also accessible to the blind is not just good for that reason. It lets you focus not on what the page looks like, but on what it means. Why is this good? Because it improves the chance that search engines will look at and positively classify your semantic files. Search engines often deprecate presentation instructions and CSS files. They are also looking for files with high semantic content.

Also, by factoring using CSS files, the resultant set of files gets to be smaller, which reduces outgoing bandwidth from your web server. For large popular sites, this can be a cost saving.

While the writing of well formed and [better yet] XHTML-valid pages increases the chances that different browsers can accurately show the pages. The reason is that browsers have been written to pragmatically show HTML, where the tag structure is sloppy. To do this, a browser has to make certain display assumptions with a badly written file. The problem is that different browsers make different assumptions. And so some HTML files will not display well, or at all.

There are also other smaller level tips scattered thru the book. Like suppose you have an image that shows essentially only text. Replace the image with text. Less bandwidth is consumed. Plus search engines don't really do much with images. [Image analysis is very intensive and hard.] So giving them more meaningful text instead of images helps your page ranking. As a side note, some spammers do precisely the opposite. They have images which are mostly to display text. To evade a search engine or antispam software that keys off suspicious text.

In related wise, your image tag should always have an alt attribute describing the image. Helps the blind visitor. But mostly it helps a search engine classify the image.

There is one unintended ironic aspect of the book's last page. It talks about hiding your email address in the webpage from screen scraper bots run by spammers harvesting email addresses. One way is to use JavaScript to generate the address. The script is run by the visitor's browser as it displays the page. This is to evade spammers. The irony is that a spammer can use this very method, when sending spam email. Many antispam programs now use a blacklist, since spam often has links to the spammer's domain. But the programs usually [always?] check against static links in an email. The spammer can write JavaScript that dynamically makes links, to evade this. Sure, browsers that have JavaScript turned off will not show these links. But in fact, most users turn JavaScript on, because many websites use it. And the spammer might figure that the loss of links due to no JavaScript is greatly outweighed by being able to evade the now almost axiomatic use of blacklists by antispam programs.

Another example of how technology can be used for completely different and opposite purposes! ... Read more

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You already know HTML basics. Now you’d like to go beyond, with shortcuts, tricks, and tips that let you work smarter and faster. And because you learn more easily when someone shows you how, this is the book for you. Inside, you’ll find clear, illustrated instructions for 100 tasks that reveal cool secrets, teach timesaving tricks, and explain great tips guaranteed to make you more productive with HTML. ... Read more

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html simplifed
All you need do to see how usefull this book is is to vist ,
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i have never made a web site from scratch before. using only This book, notepad, MS photo editor and google. it looks like it was done by a pro. ... Read more

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Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and XHTML in 21 Days, Fourth Edition is a new edition of the best-selling book that started the whole HTML/Web publishing phenomenon.

The entire book has been revised and refined to freshen up its appearance and to bring it up to date with current Web publishing practices and technologies.Yet all the original style, flavor, and features that have made this book so popular since its first edition are retained and expanded upon.

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Great book
Ok, my written english isn't good at all, but I'd just wanna say how much I love this book. I have been studying html and css for some time now, and I already knew something when I bought this book, and what I think great about it is that it's so detailed about how the things work in html, xhtml and css that it's like if I was learning everything from the beginning again, but this time knowing exactly what I was doing and why.

Well, that's it.. sorry for my english.

For both beginners and experts
I've taught HTML and e-commerce at the university level for about a decade now.This book is the best I have found.I use it as my personal reference.I require it for my classes.

It covers the essentials.It gives clear examples.It is organized in a logical order that works.It can be used by someone who has never tried to build a web page, and also has enough 'meat' so that those who have been building pages for years can find useful information and tips throughout.

I just wish I could find books on some of my other subjects that are as well written and organized as this.

Ok
This book is ok.I had to get it for a class.The writing is alittle hard to follow, but it is a good reference.

Great for beginners
I purchased this book to use in a class I was taking.I had no prior knowledge of HTML, but this book does an excellent job of introducing the reader to designing web pages.I found the chapters very easy to follow and the exercises were kind of fun as you got to practice what you just read about.I highly recommend this to anyone wanting to learn HTML.

BBB complaint going on
CD came damaged from xpresstext in which there is a large mark/scratch across the CD using priority shipping and after attempting to notify them and Amazon 4 times, no response until I contacted the BBB and Amazon will not help because I did complain to the BBB. Guess it is up to the BBB now. ... Read more

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Good for a brush-up
I hadn't worked in CSS in several years and my skills were beyond rusty. The book doesn't give you any particularly advanced skills, but if you're looking for a refresher, you could do worse.

I would imagine it would work well for most people new to this as well, but it's hard sometimes to know how much previous knowledge you're bringing with you.

Clearly writen but not much depth.
I really like the way that the author puts all of the information together.She covers all of the basics very fast with really simple examples.The fact that she uses the same basic example though out the entire CSS set of chapters makes it possible to introduce a lot more concepts without having to show all of the html for every single page.I think that the writing style is perfect for a beginner.

I have already used many of the things that I have learned in this book.She covers html forms but the book does not cover how to use the forms.I understand the reason that she could not cover how to use forms becuase this is a huge subject that is worthy of a book of its own.

The book is filled with websites that have more information on various subjects. The web pages could be used to help increase your understanding on a subject.

This book is an excellent starting point for learning html and CSS.It is not a win all book.If you are going to get this book I would also advise getting the book published by O'Reilly Dynamic HTML.I have not read the book Dynamic HTML but I have used it as a reference book and it fills in where the Spring into book leaves off.

A few complaints.In one of the early chapters the author talks about HTML Character entities and says that there is a list of many of the common entities in the appendix of the book. I have searched the appendices of the book and was unable to find the list. I had to turn to the Dynamic HTML book to find it.

I don't think this is a learn all, win all book but I think for me it was a huge help.The sections are short and well written.I will pick this book up if I want to remember how to do something really fast.

I don't know if I would say it is a must read for aspiring web developers but I don't think it is a bad read. I give this a great recommendation on ease of reading and being really clear on the subjects that it does tackle.I don't think the book has very much depth.I don't think it should be discounted because of that. I just think the reader should be aware of this fact.

A good reference on some things
I am a first year student at Oklahoma State University and had been struggling with some of the CSS and web-design code. I found this book in my school;s bookstore and tried it. I immediately understood about 98% of it. the other 2%, I haven't leanred from my professor yet. The very helpful thing, was that they would show you a picture of a finished web page and instead of saying "try to make this" without much info like my other books, this one show's you the code. Every letter. My Site is developing phenominally because of a large part to this reference. The only reason it's not 5, is because I haven't learned some of the stuff in the back chapters yet.

Confusing, not enough info
I know HTML pretty well but CSS not at all. I figured I'd get this book to teach myself CSS and since it had HTML in the title I thought it would teach the integration of both to create websites.

I still don't know much about CSS after reading this book. I know some new terms but I've no idea how to implement them, never mind create a website using CSS.

The book does give you a general outline of what CSS can do but other than that it didn't suit my needs at all.

Besides all that, I found the book poorly laid out and rather boring to read.

Just what I needed - not too much, not too little
This book is perfect for my needs. I have a background in graphic design, and have created some web sites in Adobe GoLive. GoLive writes the code for you, so you don't need to know how to do it "by hand." But now the newest version of GoLive is based on CSS, so although I had been dabbling in it, I need to learn a lot more. Plus, sometimes you need to look into the code to get something to work or to understand what is happening.

GoLive itself does not include a manual, and the online help files are extremely lame. Many other books and online articles are either too basic (especially since GoLive writes the code it for you) or so technical that I can't grasp what they are talking about.

This book falls right in the middle. It covers the basics of HTML, so I can understand what I am looking at in GoLive code, but does not go into a lot more detail than I have time for. Then it moves on to CSS, and how it is applied to the web page. Having worked my way through about 2/3 of the book, I finally feel like I am beginning to really grasp the basics of how it works, and this knowledge has greatly increased my ability to work with the new GoLive version.

So who is this book for? Maybe not a total newbie, but for someone who knows enough to get by, but wants to learn more and really begin to get a solid grasp of the fundamentals. There must be many other graphic designers out there making the transition to the web. They probably understand the idea of styles, since that is how page layout software works, but are new to the coding part. While this book is not specifically addressed to that audience, I recommend it as a place for those people to start. ... Read more

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Teaches that stored procedure development does not occur in a vacuum--it involves a wide variety of skills, subjects, and technologies--and helps the reader become a better software engineer, not just a stored procedure expert. The most complete coverage of SQL Server stored procedure programming available in one source. Softcover. CD-ROM included. ... Read more

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Ken Henderson's - Guru's Guide to SQL Stored Procedures...
An awesome book.Well written and easy to understand.If yuu only buy one book for SQL Server stored procedures, this should be the one!

Not as good as his first effort
I bought Ken Henderson's Guru's Guide to T-SQL a few years back and was extremely impressed with it.It was a "How-to-do-it" book with a 1001good practical ideas that the hard-working database programmer could use immediately.

I bought this book because I am now working more with the topics that are supposed to be covered by this book, Stored Procedures, XLM, and HTML.I was impressed with how his first book had quickly and easily improved my skills and was interested in seeing what he could do for me in the new arena.Unfortunately it didn't work out.

In spite of the titles, the two books are barely related to each other.This book is a "why-you-do-it-this-way" book with a lot of philosophy and best-practice stuff and relatively few of the tips and tricks that I valued so highly in the first book.Unfortunately this information isn't that valuable now because the state of the art has kept changing and much of what he discusses either isn't relevant anymore or is now blindingly obvious.

But the problem with the book goes deeper than that.The extraordinary value of the first book was that it hit to Ken Henderson's strengths; very clear writing about very small topics with obvious and immediate payback for the reader.This book unfortunately tends to emphasize his weaknesses; poor organization, wandering off topic, and frequently saying too much that adds very little.

That's not to say that there aren't good reasons to buy this book, he's still a good clear author and there aren't enough of them in the technical writing field today.I particularly valued the essays at the end of the book and there are lots of valuable little nuggets that can be found throughout the entire book, just don't buy this book with the expectation that it will be the motherlode that his first book was.

A lot of the information relates to older release of SQL server
This book would be fantastic if I would still run an older release of the SQL server ... and the stored procedures part is still very relevant. The XML and HTML parts (where I've expected most) unfortunately do not cover the new abilities of the SQL Server 2005, so I guess we just have to wait for a new release of this book.

Best Book for Hoardcore SQL Server
This book is for experienced SQL developers. No fancy stuff. I found it very useful, since you will find lot of material you won't find anywhere else. It can be a good source for those who tries to handle SQL Server administration by not using Enterprise manager (such doing a backup, reindexing databases etc.). But in any case it's a very good addition to your library. Great job by Ken Anderson.

This is the book for SQL Developers/DBAs
I have about $2000 worth of the book on asp.net, cfml, Microsoft SQL server, Oracle DB book, and other tech related books.Most of the books I had are poorly written and the authors are trying to make "quick buck".This book is very well written and in-depth of Microsoft SQL Server.Highly recommanded! ... Read more

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The "how to use" graphical, step-by-step format in this book presents HTML coding to new and beginning web page developers. How to Use HTML 3.2 addresses users who are going to an intermediate level, teaching them how to do things like tables, add images and figures, create forms, and includes an introduction to frames, style sheets, and embedding ActiveX controls and Java applets. ... Read more

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Best intro to HTML around
Can't seem to find it in stores anymore. Get it here. Great intro to give to someone just getting started. Lots of pictures, screen shots, etc.

A beginners dream come true
This book is great for people just starting out in HTML. It takes youstep-by-step through the basics of creating a great web page. The bookprovides in depth description along with colorful examples. It alsoprovides extra pointers, along with links to helpful web sites. This booktook me from knowing nothing about HTML to becoming a web master of my ownsite.

A great beginner's book.
This book went step by step from knowing nothing about writing a web page to making a quite complete up-to-date one.And all from scratch, needing only a text editor such as notepad.Links to graphics, various plug-ins, and other helpful downloads are provided.Lots of clear, very helpful pictures are used.I could have had my first page up the next day if I had had a server available ... Read more

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ABOUT THE BOOKHTML, XHTML, CSS and XML by example explains how to manually create web pages using HTML, XHTML, CSS, and XML technologies. This book is based on W3 Consortium specifications and details how the most commonly used browsers implement these recommendations.Designed as a useful reference and guide, this book provides complete code sources, high-resolution screen captures and more than 300 descriptive examples to aid the developer. Each feature of HTML, XHTML, CSS, and XML is presented, analyzed and exemplified by emphasizing the purpose for which that feature was designed and implemented. As well,the full range of possible attribute and property values is detailed with complete examples.This book also presents detailed solutions explaining how the developer can integrate HTML, XHTML, CSS, and XML to create professional web pages using these complementary Internet technologies.Category: Web Development/HTMLUser Level: Intermediate through advanced ... Read more

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Could be more expecific, good for intermediate level
I was trying to learn xml and xslt. Its major fault is that it doesn't describe what each tag means. is more of an intermediate level read, so good not great. ... Read more

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Windows Vista Sidebar is a panel located on the desktop of a PC where gadgets can be placed for easy access and reference. These gadgets are small, single-purpose applications, such as clocks, calendars, games, RSS notifiers, search tools, stock tickers, etc, that reside on the Windows desktop and on the Windows Sidebar. The book will be a tutorial to design and develop a gadget. It will provide ready-to-use samples using .NET, XML, CSS and AJAX. After reading the book, a web developer/designer will be confident enough to start developing gadgets for Windows Vista Sidebar. The beginner portion of the book shows an overview of the subject with the design pattern, the architecture and implementation details. The later sections will have solid examples for instant results. In short, the book will tell how to do everything with Sidebar Gadgets using solid, unique examples. Brief outline: " Brief background on Gadgets " Define architecture, design consideration and implementation to give a clear view to the developer " Step by step, create a useful Gadget sample "My Blogs" " Elaborate the architecture design constraint and implementation details for the sample " Detail the standard practices " Recheck the gadget created for standard practices " Improvise and Improve with compare and contrast " Add advanced samples with .NET, AJAX and XHTML.

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Fantastic book !
I got a request from my boss to create a Gadget for Windows 7 and i think this was the only book available, after seeing good reviews I ordered it from Amazon. Amazon was incredibly fast in shipping. And the book was just what I needed. The set of blog chapters are good enough to get you a clear understanding. What I really liked about was the Tips and Trick section which has code samples for Auto updating your gadget, accessibility, globalization and security. And most important of all the reusable template is awesome.I might buy author's other books on mobile.

Good book on Gadgets, beginning examples too complex
Creating gadgets for Vista is fairly complicated so it's great to have this book to guide you through it.The book would greatly benefit from a much simpler first example before adding toolbar options and other more complex features in javascript that make it hard to follow the basic flow of the code. Still... probably the best book out there on the topic and I was able to create a gadget based on what I learned from this book.

Great Book
I recommend this book for everyone does not have any information about vista gadgets. Your simple language and good samples, it's easy to learn, how gadgets works and how made your own...

One of the BEST I've read recently
I had been looking for a book on "Vista gadgets" and I find this book very helpful and informative. The easy flow and the transition from chapter to chapter is very smooth so you would just keep reading until you finish the entire book once you start reading it. If you have fairly good knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript etc., web technologies, you would immediately understand that the author is very knowledgeable in this area and knows how to guide the readers.

Some of the best features about this book are the code bits, graphical representation of the information, tips and samples. The samples are very illustrative and once you work with them you'll be comfortable in creating any similar gadgets.

The author also takes so much personal interest in updating the web site [...] regularly even after months of publishing the book, I think that tells you something about the author. I believe he is very passionate about web developmentand sharing his knowledge and it reflects all over the book.

Finally, if you are serious about becoming an expert in creating vista gadgets, I strongly believe that just this book is enough and you MUST have this book in your rack.

vista gadget unfolded
I think Rajesh has done a significant amount of effort and studies to explain the Vista gadget in his book. Before reading this book i had little info about the vista gadget but after reviewing this book I have gathered all the technology and the programming aspect of Gadget. The way Rajesh has added the example and explain the impact of the gadget in the real world is just awesome. The way good and bad gadget explanation and about choosing the design for it is absolutely perfect. This book covers most part of Gadget programming for windows vista.

Although it requires lots of practice and knowledge of different technologies to create gadget but this book tries to cover most of the technologies involved.

I would definitely suggest my friend to have a look into this book.
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Good Enough for a Novice
This book gives very good introduction to ApEx and it's available features, almost a reproduction from help. Some explanations and their impact are valuable. Still requires some reference to specific release of ApEx. I still prefer a book like this, better than the sort of Dummies, as I love to read a hard copy than a soft copy.

But would have become the best if a full length project was dealt including applications of Java Script.

Just a very satisfied customer
Absolutely nothing wrong with this seller starting from my initial order and ending with the product in my hands.

not a practical guide to Apex/HTMLDB
You might as well print the manuals that Oracle supplies with Apex/HTMLDB.

This book gives no practical examples. This book does not give information about how to use features of Apex/HTMLDB in real life. It is only a list of all the features and options without explanation.

After using the book for some time, I doubt the authors ever used Apex / HTMLDB in a serious way.

VERY VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
Do you want to build easy HTML DB applications? If you do, then this book is for you. Authors Michael Cunningham, Kent Crotty and Donald K. Burleson, have done an outstanding job of writing a cool book that provides easy step-by-step examples to guide you through the various features.

Cunningham, Crotty and Burleson, begin by briefly explaining the installation of the Oracle HTTP Server. Then, the authors show you how to install the HTML DB engine and configure the dads.conf file so the Oracle HTTP Server and mod_plsql module can communicate with the database. Next, the authors show you how to build an application using a spreadsheet. They also describe many of the attributes that can be set for an application, application pages and page level components. The authors continue by covering information on HTML DB reports. Then, they cover a lot of information in regards to building forms. Next, the authors show you how to store images in a table named EASY_IMAGE. They then show you the various types of items that can be presented on a web page. The authors continue by covering several areas of HTML DB navigation. Then, they introduce the logic controls within HTML DB. Next, the authors show you how to use CSS to override a property in the HTML DB provided CSS files. They also cover how to Export and Import application components to deploy applications. The authors continue by covering Best Practices and Techniques. Then, they expose several troubleshooting techniques. Finally, the authors cover the HTML DB Application Programming Interface and provide some explanation of its uses.

This most excellent book removes the guesswork from learning Oracle HTML DB. Perhaps more importantly, this book describes the techniques necessary to build easy HTML DB applications!

Hit and Miss
Start with this book is comprehensive, detailed and enthusiastic. However they started off on the wrong foot with the misleading image that shows a cover for Oracle Application express but then the book arrives with the old cover Easy Oracle HTML DB. OK I forgive them the marketing fluff but my suspicions are raised.

As I use this book I discover the scripts have syntax errors(i.e. wrong table names, etc) and in many cases the book refers to the wrong objects in step by step exercises. Or they miss a step or ask you to do something you haven't been shown yet. Then there are times when they tell you to do things that are just plain confusing/illogical, ie. page 98 they tell me to use a date mask on the unit price (which, by the way, they sent me to the wrong table to locate on p96). I tried following their instructions to the letter, tried applying some intelligence by using a date column instead. Bottom line I could not get what they were trying to teach me to work. They failed again 2 pages later on the use of shortcuts. It did not work... (at least in my humble experience). These flaws mean I lose the point of what they are trying to teach me because I am struggling to discern their intent.

I read other reviews that stated the book was an easy read. While the language is friendly and down to earth, this is not a book that you just curl up with. I tried, even took it with me on jury duty! I tried to curl up on the couch with it but found I needed to be at a machine trying the things it was listing. Then I would get frustrated because the steps would not work.

Some parts of this book are great, they work and they get you moving on using application express. But be prepared for some serious stumbles along the way. ... Read more

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HERE'S A SIMPLE step-by-step guide to creating your own Web pages by using HTML (HyperText Markup Language). With Dummies 101: HTML, you discover how to do everything from converting your company's or organization's marketing materials into Web pages to creating your personal home page so that far-flung loved ones or colleagues can learn more about you. In addition to easy-to-follow lessons, authors Deborah and Eric Ray have devised fun pop quizzes and other strategies to keep you entertained even as you master the basics of this valuable new skill. Plus, on the book's accompanying bonus CD-ROM, you find examples from the book; you can examine them, learn from them, or even adapt them to use as your own. ... Read more

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Too Basic and Outdated
This book has a lot of problems. First, it is so basic I consider it to be strictly for complete beginners who have practically no idea what HTML is. As a reference, it is useless. Second, it is outdated. It is totally counter to modern HTML (let alone XHTML) style, and many of the tags, attributes, and techniques that it teachers have long been deprecated by the W3C. Third, there is a huge number of superior HTML-teaching materials available (including a variety of free tutorials and courses available online). In fact, it's not a bad idea to learn HTML strictly by example (looking at the source code for other Web pages). However you look at it, this book is definitely not worth purchasing.

Educational and entertaining!
If you are a true neophyte to the world of web page design, this is yourbook. The authors teach you the basics of HTML 4 in an entertaining yetunderstandable format. They take your from simple tags to forms, tables,graphics, and style sheets. Included is a chapter on web page planning andorganization. The CD has a simple HTML editor and a trial version of PaintShop Pro. Everything is included to get you started with your first webpage. The Dummies 101 format is so simple and entertaining that I boughttwo other books, Excel 97 and Creating Web Pages.

I taught myself HTML with this book in my spare time.
What an awesome book...a MUST for anyone trying to understandand learn HTML! I'm a mother of 3 with no prior knowledge of HTMLcoding before this book.Very simple instructions, easy to use and easy to understand.I have recommended this book to a number of my friends just starting out with HTML and they think it's an awesome find too.This book helped me put together the basis of my homepage which has now expanded into something I'm very proud of

Great for Beginners!
I was a computer instructor and was given the task of teaching HTML with no prior knowledge.I found this book to be a wonderful introduction to HTML, and even now, almost 2 years later (and I design web pages for a living now) I still peek back into the book once-in-a-while when I forget a tag!

A real life saver.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK!!!I was enrolled in an HTML class.The instructor knew his information and was a terriffic web designer, however, his teaching skills were very poor and I was totally lost. I bought this book as a last ditch effort to learn HTML so I could compose a web site for my final project. Working though this book was fun and easy.The exercises and quizzes really reinforce what you learn. ... Read more

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A comprehensive reference guide to HTML, web page creation, and web programming technologies covers design, graphics, coding, adding video and audio, security, live chat pages, mailing lists, scripting languages, and more. Original. (Advanced). ... Read more

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A great Bargain!
This book is awesome, especially the CDs that came with it. The package is very relevant for me being a webmaster, the books gave me the idea of the different concept of building and implementing a web server in differentplatforms!

Not 5 stars, 555,000 stars!!!!
Here is the most comprehensive reference available on HTML, Web page creations, and new Web programming techniques and technologies. The two CD-ROMs include the most complete set of HTML tools, including editors, Java tools, code samples, plug-ins, plug-in development tools, and more, plus tools for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX, along with a library of 10 top-selling Que Web development books in HTML format.

Superficial Edition Using HTML3.2 - JAVA1.1 And CGI
This is the classic book that a good observer cannot leave on the shelf. Yes... Exactly!.. See it, it's big, and seems to be saying "Buy me, Buy me!"... But behind a talking book, ther's the far side of the coin... Even if I must admit some of the contents are well studied, many others are really unuseful. The author looses time in teaching a lot of programs that surely a good WebMaster already knows (and, in the rare case hi does not, he'd better buy a specific book for each prog.)... Going on, I got disappointed for the Java/CGI section of the book... Too dispersive... Sorry... How's that possible that a so huge and vast argument (Java and CGI programming) can be so lightly shown to the reader?...But now, let's go to the worst side... U probably think that that's a good price... And, opening the book, u surely could think.. "Man, that way I can buy 13 book toghether!!"... Yes, sure... But... Try to read the other 12... An ELECTRONIC book, it's all but a book... No pictures, and a really hard reading challenge...But looking at the whole package, I cannot say "that's a steal!"... So, I give 6 to the book, just for the gifts it has behind the covers...

A valuable compendium for serious website builders
I agree this book shouldn't say it covers Java1.1, but I was surprised at the number of negative reviews here, so I went and checked your page on Stanek's book.What seems to be going on is that people who are into web pages that LOOK good love Stanek's book, but people who are into web pages that DO things (like electronic commerce) find useful info in the Que book on subjects such as Web connectivity to databases, database primers, and so forth that Stanek does not seem to cover.I did not buy this book primarily as an HTML book. And even though the Java coverage is dated, it's well illustrated and much more extensive than Stanek's coverage of Java seems to be.Mac users may be annoyed that the CDs are for Windows only.

A TOMB LACKING IN ORGANIZATION AND SUBSTANCE. BUY STANEK'S.
What a huge book that is so poorly organized . Do not spend any time looking through it unless ofcourse you're pumping-up for the Ms /Mr.Olympia competition. "Belive me now and heah me Late".Buy Stanek's web publishing unleashed, it's cheaper and well organized and gives good pointers as to where to start and how to go about publishing on the Web. ... Read more

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Build HTML tables, forms and more-in half the time! Don't let HTML's sometimes obscure coding requirements defeat you-turn to The Webmaster's Guide to HTML, by Nathan J. Muller. This time-saving development toolkit walks you through scripts, tables, forms, graphical components, and production utilities for creating or customizing sophisticated Web pages in no time! You get ready-to-use resources for building everything from simple feedback forms to credit card order forms-formatting text and illustrations-creating hypertext links-building menus and lists-designing tables-and developing image maps. You'll also discover how to add animation and self-running presentations to your pages-and use innovative design techniques to give your pages the professional look they deserve. ... Read more

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Quite pleased!
I am very satisfied! The book was received in very, very good condition and received within 7-10 days! I highly recommend the seller. ... Read more

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HTML and XML for Beginners provides Web coding beginners with a concise guide to the world of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), and previews even more powerful alternatives such as Extensible Markup Language (XML). Rich in examples,the book walks the Web beginner through basic HTML techniques such as creating and publishing Web pages, formatting text, adding graphics, and creating hyperlinks. It shows how to use tables to organize content, forms to gather input from site visitors, image maps to support point-and-click navigation, and styles, properties, and multimedia to add visual and sonic interest. It clearly demonstrates how to spice up Web pages with interactive elements by using Dynamic HTML (DHTML). The book ends with an extensive discussion of the most important new language on the Web, XML, and its relevance for data exchange. The book also explores XML variants such as Vector Markup Language (VML), the standard for creating, storing, and exchanging vector drawings on the Internet, and XHTMLthe merger of XML and HTML. All in all, this title provides the fastest way to get started coding a Web page. ... Read more

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Great Service
Excellent Service. Ordered this product internationally, and within the specified time as specified according to my shipment plan, was with me.

NOT A CONCISE GUIDE
This book is NOT a concise guide as the editorial review says. It is cluttered up with wordy, conversational talk unrelated to learning html/xml. The author tells about him, his family, his friends, skateboarding, christmas toys, FOX news, and everything else under the sun, cluttering up the actual learning of html/xml. And he continually clutters up the text with phrases such as; as you can see, earlier I mentioned, as you know, as previously mentioned, earlier in the chapter you learned, etc.

If I had known this was written in a redundant, wordy style, I would not have wasted my money on it. This is the style the online computer course in XML I'm taking is written in. I'm failing it and bought this book hoping it was "concise" and to the point without profuse clutter in the text.

Impressive!
I was asked if I would be willing to teach web design as an advanced course offering for high school students. I'm not new to HTML, but I have been using a WISIWYG app to manage website for years. With this course, I felt it was important to start at the beginning in order for the students to have the solid foundation of web design and it' code, and then move into the current apps. I also fekt I needed a quick refresher. Thus I was looking for a book that would clearly explain the fundamentals of HTML and be simplistic enough for high school students. After seaching I came across this one.
This book clearly explains the basic HTML and much more. After reviewing the book, I felt confident that this book would meet my students and my needs.

MSorientation
One of those "should have known"

This is from Microsoft Press and when possible it speaks from a Microsoft perspective; not necessarily selling but certainly letting you know when Explore does this or Front Page does that.

It also spends too much ink on analogies and could have packed more technical content in all those pages.

Very Cool
Well, As A guy who has his own web page, I find that it is very important to have a neat looking website, in order to aquire an audience.However, getting a website to look excelent, requires hard work.So, After Checking This Book Out At the Borders Store, I thought this book might be a nessecity for my webpage.Basically, HTML is the origin of all web designs, and anything computer related.This Book Has NEVER let me down, and has become my new best friend!At First, I had to re-read a lot of things in order to get everything straight, but now its a lot easier!I think you should get this book, because believe it or not, It WILL pay off in the long run!Your shooting yourself in the foot if you DONT get it !!!So, what are you waiting for?Get This Book! ... Read more

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What is HTML? HTML stands for "Hyper Text Mark-up Language" HTML is the bricks and mortar of the WWW. Without HTML the World Wide Web could not have become as important as it is today. HTML is a document formatting language common the all computers on the WWW. html permits cross platform communication between Macs, Apples, SUNs, PCs and others to view a document in a similar way. Every webpage that you visit uses HTML in some way, you can view the HTML code behind a website in Internet Explorer by selecting: View > Source ... Read more

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Discerning Reader
What I received was not even content . . . I'd cancel it but for $0.99 it would be unfair to the credit card company.DO NOT BUY this unless it is fixed (5/11/10).NOTHING in it (I think the pages are actually missing).For the basics:one step above a kids book (how I originally learned HTML basics), get the HTML Mini Course by Mike Hayes . . . it is for people who know nothing about HTML or just want a quick review of the basic functions.And he did a nice job with it.I should have paid attention to the previous reviewers!HTML Mini Course

Sample - What sample?
I downloaded a sample of this book from my Kindle, and found that it contained ONE page - the title page.That's it.Now that I read the other review, it's obvious why - there is NO book to read.Don't waste your money or time!

Criminally irresponsible
I have yet to write a negative review on Amazon for any product and this is the first. This "e-book" is absolutely worthless. 16 pages of content, none of which have value beyond a tutorial on you can find online. Frankly, I can't believe that I paid $0.99 for this. When I used it I felt robbed, or perhaps the unwitting target of a practical joke. If Amazon had any scruples it would remove this from its offerings or force it to be given away for free.
I hope that whoever produced this goes back to the drawing board and considers producing something of value instead to replace the inexcusably bad "Learn Basic HTML". ... Read more

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The all-in-one HTML, CSS and JavaScript beginner's guide: covering the three most important languages for web development!

Mastering HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is vital for any beginning web developer - and the importance of these technologies is growing as web development moves away from proprietary alternatives such as Flash. Sams Teach Yourself HTML, CSS, and JavaScript All in One brings together everything beginners need to build powerful web applications with the new HTML5 and CSS3 standards and the latest JavaScript and Ajax libraries. With this book, beginners can get all the modern web development knowledge you need from one expert source. Bestselling author Julie Meloni (Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache All in One) teaches simply and clearly, through brief, hands-on lessons focused on knowledge you can apply immediately. Meloni covers all the building blocks of practical web design and development, integrating new techniques and features into every chapter. Each lesson builds on what's come before, showing you exactly how to use HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript together to create great web sites. Coverage includes all this, and much more: " Working with HTML5 text, fonts, tables, links, graphics, and multimedia " Advanced web page design with CSS3, including lists, fixed and liquid layouts, and designing for devices " Web Scripting with JavaScript, including DOM, syntax, functions, and libraries " Extending JavaScript with Ajax " Advanced site functionality and management, from site organization through search engine optimization