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Summary: The best written technical book I've read in years!
Review: If you want to learn how to make a professional looking website, with a minimum learning curve, then this is the book for you. I've been programming for over 21 years and this is one of the few books that I would rate as excellent. HTML alone will not produce a very good looking website, although it contains the basic foundation you need to start. Jim gives you ample information about the various tools to allow you to build your site with confidence. Using tools such as CSS, Tables, Frames, JavaScript,DHTML and XML. Each of these subjects is a book in themselves but Jim gives you enough knowledge to build a professional looking site without overwhelming you. The writing is clear, concise and fun, the examples and practices are straight forward and plentiful. If you're not an expert but want to build website's like one, then this one book you must own.
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Summary: Best Darn book ever written!
Review: My wife told me to build a website for my business in order to save money and I looked at her as if she was crazy, but that was before I stumbled across How to do everything with HTML. STOP!! LISTEN!! Do not buy any other book until you have read this book and gone through it. Take it from somebody who did not know anything about building websites to one who built his own website in 2 weeks flat!! This is the very best book in the world. I know because I went through other books just to see if they came close, they did not. One other thing, Mr. Pence will reply to your enquires if you have any problems...
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Summary: This book paid for itself
Review: The author included references of free software that was available to support web page development. Most chapters seemed to have some www reference where I could get a helpful tool. I was able to get references, free code, free pictures and graphics, a good basic graphics editor and some other free trial versions of software.
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Summary: This book paid for itself
Review: The author included references of free software that was available to support web page development. Most chapters seemed to have some www reference where I could get a helpful tool. I was able to get references, free code, free pictures and graphics, a good basic graphics editor and some other free trial versions of software.
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Summary: Excellent book to learn HTML
Review: The author of this book does an excellent job of explaining HTML from the bottom up. He speaks in laymans terms but does not talk down to you. What I really like about this book is that it teaches CSS right alongside the HTML that you're learning. Almost like 2 books in 1! Although he does not go very in-depth with the CSS, it is enough to whet your appetite and get your creative juices flowing. You'll be able to make some really nice web sites by the time you're done with this book. If after you've read this book you would like to learn more in-depth CSS, I would recommend O'reily's CSS the Definitive Guide, and for a good HTML/XHTML reference book, I would also look to O'reily's.
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Summary: No techno-babble here
Review: This book is perfect for those that want the meat without all the fat found in most computer books. Pence does a good job of teaching HTML while avoiding the techno-geek-babble. He writes at a level that communicates clearly all you need to quickly get up on the HTML curve. I love what this guy has done and I want to see more of his stuff.
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Summary: Good book if you are new to HTML
Review: Written for beginners, this book provides a solid foundation in how to write your own HTML (not how to use a WYSIWIG editor, such as FrontPage). Written in friendly, easy-to-understand language, the author progresses from chapter to chapter in a logical step-by-step fashion. What he doesn't cover in any given chapter is easily referenced in the Appendices, or in the many website links he provides. This book completely demystifies HTML.
However, what I found confusing when learning HTML is when and where to apply the all the different attributes (such as background color, font styles, text & image positioning and so forth). What I learned after having done a fair amount of web development is that cascading style sheets (CSS) are the way to go. This is explained in ch. 10. The reader of this book may wish to jump to this chapter at the beginning and be ahead of the game.
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