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Summary: Even I can understand HTML now
Review: A friend bought this book for me so that I could create the web pages for the domains that I bought for my company. This book has made HTML simple to understand. It walks you through it from a simple beginning. It keeps building on the previous lessons in such a way that even an old ironworker, myself, can understand how this works. I have used this book to design and maintain my web site for the computer drafting company that I own. This book has made creating and maintaining my web site fun and pretty simple. If you would like to create your own web site, get this book!! This book made creating my web site a lot of fun.
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Summary: I used this to brush up on my HTML...
Review: I had been dabling in HTML for several years when I got this book. For all I thought I knew about HTML, this book was able to quickly and to the point fill in a lot of the holes for me and expose me to some new ways of doing web stuff. After two minutes with this book, I was able to easily convert a paying customer's web pages to the frames way of presenting their content on the web and then was able to add some extras to it that I otherwise would have been clueless about. Whether you know some HTML or are just starting out, I think this book has something to offer you -especially if you are just starting out. The reason this book is helpful in grasping what HTML coding will result in is that is shows you pictures of the results. If you don't like to read boring technical programming language manuals then this book is definitely for you. This book does not rely on lengthy wordy explanations -it shows you the code, briefly explaning each part, shows you the result, and then offers brief application notes pertinent to applying what you learned to your project. Any one could sit down with this book and quickly learn how to create decent appealing web pages.
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Summary: I Agree - Excellent Reference Book
Review: Especially I like the index - she lists each tag with corresponding sub-tags, eg. the <table> lists all of the attributes which would fall within this tag. I am using this all the time for reference as I pursue html for web design. My wife's cousin recommended this book, and it was a great call.
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Summary: Excellent Book, a great way to learn HTML
Review: I currently use this book as the standard text for a college class I teach called The Internet and Web Authoring at Pace University in New York City. It is an excellent guide with clear, concise descriptions and usage of HTML tags. It also contains chapters on Cascading Style Sheets (a necessity to learn these days) as well as some basic Javascript. For the price of this book you really can't go wrong. I highly recommend it, but more importantly, my students have really enjoyed this book as well.
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Summary: Essential Reference!
Review: This book was diffently for beginners, but I think it make the ideal reference book! Very informational , yet very thin. Easy to understand, the codes are there , it gets right to the point without all the glitz, and the book is what it says. It is a shame they all aren't like this. I highly reccomend this book as it will be used by a beginner and makes the ideal reference for quick look ups for the professional user. A must have!
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Summary: Very informative!!
Review: This book is a must-have for those learning HTML and planning on designing their own web pages. I am always using this book as a reference. Another book that is informative and easy to understand is "Creating Your Own Web Pages" by Andy Shafran.
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Summary: Must have book for HTML 4 code
Review: I find this book a necessary companion for writing code for web design. It gives the user the freedom to develop the pages free from locked in structure that some editors use in writing unwanted code. Also, I find many ideas which Elizabeth Castro explores to be helpful and practical when designing web page elements. I strongly recommend the work for a reference book.
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Summary: A "must" buy
Review: Elizabeth Castro is one of 2 authors who have this ability to make a rather boring subject matter (hey, html is not exactly a spy thriller) interesting, clear, concise and engaging. Her writing style should be the benchmark for which technical book writing should be based on. The reader learns painlessly. I'd been professionally developing web pages for 2 years now and I continue to benefit from this book. This is the best HTML book I've read. The only addition I would like to see would be a section on troubleshooting and html tricks for the common problems. I have such a high confidence in her authoring that I purchased her XML book also. BTW, the other author is Dave Thau for his book, "The Book of JavaScript".
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Summary: Quick, but no staying power
Review: Like a hit of caffeine this book that were relevent many years ago, but have since been pushed back into the age of dinosaurs. Rather than concentrating on HTML basics, style, and design. This book is a slapped together list of do's and dont's that might have been useful when the book was started, but have little use in the current designs. This makes age the number one problem of the book. It starts someone off on a path that the best websites have already ditched long ago. Therefore, since the book fails to teach the basics of HTML design and light covers material far out-of-date; it fails to make itself useful.
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Summary: Excellent buy
Review: I have played around with html for a while but needed to get more serious, trying to integrate with VB, ASP. This book really was a quick start and covered many questions I needed answered. I have gone on to purchase the JavaScript QuickStart.
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