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Summary: A MUST HAVE
Review: This is ABSOLUTELY the Best HTML book. I got this book at the same time I got my first job as a web developer. My main job was to layout HTML pages for companies including GE and Sherwin Williams. I found this book indispensable. This book is great for a beginner and a superb reference for an HTML guru. The tutorials are great and the appendixes are wonderful. Although, the only HTML book you will need; you will need other books to cover topics such as CSS, JavaScript, and XML. The book gives you only a brief introduction to these branches of web development. If you use or want to use HTML buy this book!
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Summary: Complete reference... yes
Review: Well although i found the book to be extremely informative and I learned a great deal from it, I was very disapointed that I could not get a lot of the examples to work for me. I am not talking about the images but the actual pages did not come up the way the way the book depicts them if you type them in exactly the way it is printed. I had to tweek them a bit to make them work correctly. I fell that I am going to have to go elsewhere to find the right type of book for me. Other than that the book did have a lot of information to give and will keep it as a reference as the book's title plainly details.
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Summary: From a beginner
Review: I beg to differ with some of the other reviews. I started off pretty much from scratch when I came across this book. Some of my first pages were made with Microsoft FrontPage, but when things didn't work (because of sloppy code, etc) I turned to The Complete Reference. I still use editors as a crutch, but this book is steering me towards understanding bugs and giving me the knowledge to write my own code if I should ever be so inclined/crazy!
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Summary: Makes designing and updating web pages a snap!
Review: In the computer industry the internet is an enormous entity. Web Pages and web page development drive the internet. Everyone developing web pages wants to make their page better than everyone else. Thomas Powell has taken a great deal of time and given the go to reference book that makes that job easier.The book will help to develop the simple web page or if you are a web master you can use this text to create a work of art. You have the opportunity to learn DHTML, XML and integrate your work with Cold Fusion and other web applications. Powell gives you a breakdown of each tag, form, frame layout, table setup, font reference, sheet styles and so much more. There is a never-ending use for this book and from the novice to the expert. Everyone can learn something. A small edition to the book might be a cd-rom with various web utilities and special effects for pages, but other than that you will be hard pressed to find a more complete reference manual. This book needs to at your side from beginning to end and every step in between.
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Summary: My most referenced web book!
Review: In all of my web work, this book is indispensible. Nine times out of ten I open the book to the HTML tag section. Every tag you can think of is thoroughly documented, listing information on how each attribute is used, which browsers they work in, and any special issues. Every single time I have had problems with a tag, I have been able to open the book and find the answers I need. The tag section alone is worth the price of the book.
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Summary: I bought this book after reading these reviews...
Review: and I have been quite satisfied. Although I don't think a "Complete" reference book on programming, especially HTML, can exist, this is as complete and updated as it gets. Being a professional and advanced programmer I might be tempted to claim this as the best book there is, but for beginners I suggest they start with a book which is more of a "tutorial" than a "reference". A smaller book that puts more emphasis on "teaching" the basic concepts than providing an extensive reference resource. But after that I strongly suggest they get this book. Remember, no single programming book can ever be a good reference while being a good tutorial. And we need both.
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Summary: HTML made easy
Review: When I decided I wanted to learn all I could about HTML I went looking for a good book on the subject. I never buy the first thing I see and I spent many hours researching for the best I could find. My search narrowed down to just a few and this book won the toss. I am truly impressed at what I found here. I purchased several books on related topics (javascript and such) and after reading all of them, this book was, by far, the easiest to use. Mr. Powell's writing style allowed me to retain more than I expected I would. I immediately put into use many of these tags to take my website from average to very efficient (and cool if I do say so myself). The reference section allows me to quickly find more about the tag I am trying to use. Don't let the enormous size of this book intimidate you. It reads easy and a great deal of the book is reference relating back to what you learned earlier. If you are using a WYSISYG editor to make your website and want to get past those limitations. This IS the book you want. If you don't buy this book RIGHT NOW, you will someday wish you had. Do it while it's fresh in your head.
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Summary: Simply excellent !!! No Comparision
Review: I am a system analyst with IBM background, client server is totally new for me and being a novice in this area I found this book of immense help. The topics have been beautifully explained. HTML, XML, CSS,DHTML are no longer nightmares for me. I must say that from day one itself I started writing HTMLs. This book is simply great for anybody who would like to learn about HTML. I would recommend this books to beginners as well as experts for reference. The book is worth buying. This is worth 5+ star rating.
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Summary: Real HTML for people who build sites for a living
Review: This book is simply great! If you build sites for a living you probably struggle with books that trivialize HTML and present its syntax willy-nilly. This book is the ONLY book I've ever seen that actually seems to be written by someone who builds sites professionally and wants to know all the markup. It explains logical and physical tagging styles well and does a really good job showing how to hook HTML with other technologies without trying to teach CGI, CSS, etc. at the same time. The only thing I wish is that this guy would write a JavaScript or DHTML book. I'd buy that right away.
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Summary: Excellent - Very Useful
Review: I find this book highly useful as a desktop reference for just about anything HTML/DHTML related. In addition, Powell does a great job of introducing topics that may be new to some people, like XML.
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