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Summary: DEFINITE BUY
Review: Great book for beginners as well as advanced programmers. Covers all of the HTML topics clearly and concisely. Best of all, it's damn cheap compared to the rest of the HTML books out in the market. If you liked this one, then check out the 2nd edition
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Summary: Best book to learn HTML quickly!
Review: After reading several really extensive books, I happened to find Elizabeth Castro's book, "HTML FOR THE WORLD WIDE WEB."
For such a slim book, it is jam packed with almost everything that you need to prepare excellent Web pages. She discusses everything from basic HTML to Multimedia. She recommends several editors for HTML. There are so many she couldn't mention them all, but HOTDOG is one that I use. It is simply the best editor in my humble opinion.
The discussion on linking icons to external images was put to use immediately for the screen shots on a Web page that I had done.
This book gets you "up and running" quickly! Thanks to the author for your gift of conciseness without loss of content.
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Summary: A must have reference book!
Review: Elizabeth Castro has included more info in 150 pages than most of the huge HTML books out there. Best reference I've found for hand coding
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Summary: High price does not always mean good content.
Review: There are so many computer books about learning HTML available, most cost $30 or more and are prohibitively HUGE and imposing. If you break down (or save up) and buy one, chances are great that you will be disappointed. That's because if you are unfamiliar with the subject, picking a "good" book about it can be nearly impossible. You can save yourself time, money, anxiety and backstrain by picking up Elizabeth Castro's Visual Quickstart Guide: HTML for the World Wide Web. Don't let the fact that it is cheaper and smaller than many titles offered fool you into thinking it is inferior. This is FAR from the truth. It is exactly what the novice to HTML programming needs. A text that covers the basics without drowning them in tech-speak designed to impress. You will be able to pick it up and really read it. And this is the secret, it's readability. You will be able to understand what she is describing and put it into action yourself! Do yourself a favor, start your collection with this book or add it to yours now...you won't regret it
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Summary: This book made HTML fun and easy to learn. A must have!
Review: I have learned HTML on my own with this book. The results I have learned speaks highly for this easy to read and understand book on HTML. I am recommending it to all my friends. You are invited to see what I have accomplished with this book at http://global-homebiz.com
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Summary: An indispensible reference
Review: I was just asked what was the most interesting tech-related book I've read in the last year and I had to say it was the 5th edition of Elizabeth Castro's Visual QuickStart Guide to HTML. It might not seem inspiring in and of itself, but it's so good I have a copy at home and at work always within arm's reach of my keyboard. It's brilliantly designed (the format of the Visual Quickstart Guides is excellent), extensively indexed, succinct, readable, reliable about warning of browser quirks and incompatibilities, and best of all, so far as I have seen in the 5th edition, error-free. Sometimes simple usability and reliability is better than all the flashy stuff in the world, especially when it makes it easy for you to understand and apply the really huge potential of XHTML and CSS. I recommend it to anyone who writes HTML, particularly those making the transition from HTML 4.0 to XHTML and those learning CSS. What's best about it? You can pick it up, get the answer you need and get on with your web design fast. If you're getting a reference book everything rests on your ability to find the answer and quickly undestand the answer so you can apply it. This book is a stellar example of just that principle. For those just learning HTML and CSS you may wish to also use another more wordy guide to get you started, but I suspect this is the one you'll still be using (and continually buying the new edition of) years down the road.
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Summary: Simple, Clear, and easy!
Review: Let's face it, HTML isn't exactly rocket science. And this book gave it exactly the treatment it deserves: clear, easy to understand examples that show you what to do and what the results will be. If you are looking for a handy reference that won't break the bank or the bookshelf, this is the one. The coverage of CSS and XHTML standards was excellent, allowing me to go from absolutely no knowledge of CSS to writing my websites using style sheets rather than old-school formatting. If you are into the old-school stuff, it's in there for you, as well as a chapter on WML, for all you early adopters out there.
My only complaint is that sometimes in the CSS chapters it was hard to tell if the code snippets were coming from the style sheet or from the HTML document, but once I got the hang of it that all made more sense. On the whole I would definitely reccomend this book to any beginner or intermediate programmer who wants to learn clean, standards-based (X)HTML.
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Summary: Absolutely One Of The Best HTML Guides Available!
Review: Â Â Â Â Â Elizabeth Castro has written HTML 4 for the World Wide Web to provide Website designers with the new HTML 4 programming conventions. This book will provide designers with the latest ground-breaking HTML tags and features they need to create dynamic Websites. Whether the designer uses a commercially available HTML editor or works from scratch, this book will provide new and exciting programming options that can be put to immediate use! Â Â Â Â Â The book is written in a clean, concise, and straightforward manner, cutting through the mountains of writing that weigh most other books down. After providing some brief Website design tips the author moves to the heart of the book, strict HTML programming. Available HTML tags are clearly presented and accompanied by sample scripts and illustrations of their use on the same page. No need for page flipping here to see what each tag can do! Â Â Â Â Â Are you interested in putting some exciting HTML 4 features to work? Elizabeth Castro suggests that beginners read through the entire book and follow strict HTML guidelines when at all possible. Her book is intended to be a strict HTML resource tool, not a Website design guide offering quick design solutions and cool features to impress visitors. Castro recommends that Websites be simply designed, fast-loading, and accessible to those using a variety of browsers, platforms, and monitor settings. According to Castro universality is key. A convenient chart at the back of the book addresses specific compatibility issues of each tag. Her pet peeves are overpowering backgrounds and unwanted, unsolicited, self-loading obnoxious sounds! Â Â Â Â Â This is a top-rated book. Keep it within easy reach of your computer while designing Websites. It is extremely easy to read and thumb through to find the tag scripting and other information you need when you need it! Feel free to highlight pages, fold the corners, and insert bookmarks. It's a quick and easy reference to have on hand! Absolutely one of the best HTML guides available! Highly recommended!
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Summary: Helped me survive a college web class
Review: This book is extremely helpful for those who, like myself, are easily confused and boggled by web help books that assume genius level readers. Using this book as a reference is its most valuable assest to me...it's so easy to look a topic up and find info on it. And the website they give you to see the examples from the book posted live is a big help as well.
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Summary: One of the best of its type
Review: Usually skeptical about books promising to teach technical subjects "the quick and easy way," this one seemed different so I decided to take a chance. Very glad I did. Though I have been using Dreamweaver to design and manage several websites for about five years, there were always some things that never looked or worked quite right, especially in browsers other than Internet Explorer. I got home from the bookstore, sat down in front of the computer, and checked the index in Ms. Castro's book. Five minutes later, first problem solved! Even with powerful software like Dreamweaver, it's important to understand basic HTML code and behavior. Being able to tweak the code oneself is the most reliable way to ensure your site runs and looks the way you want it to. This is where Castro's book really shines, even for quasi-technophobes like me. The instructions are remarkably clear and are really step-by-step, sometimes keystroke by keystroke. The sidebar examples are well done and very useful; (X)HTML conventions are explained in layperson-friendly language. And somehow Ms. Castro manages to inject some personality and liveliness into what can sometimes be so deadly dull. For anyone who hasn't taken a course in (X)HTML or otherwise worked with it extensively, this will be a highly useful guide.
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