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Summary: HTML and XHTML Reference, Right at Your Fingertips.
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This straight-forward, well organized book is an essential reference guide for anyone who writes HTML code. This text covers all attributes, elements and syntax necessary for writing HTML code that meets HTML 4.01 standards, as well as all of the code changes necessary to meet XHTML 1.0 compliance (which is becoming increasingly important).
I rely on this text heavily to make sure my web pages are XHTML comliant, as it covers XHTML specifications and changes from HTML 4.01 to XHTML 1.0. Note: This text covers new XHTML document formatting rules, including the requirement that element and attribute names must be lowercased, all tags and empty elements must now be closed, all attribute values must now be placed in quotes, etc; and it lists each of these elements in their appropriate sections.
Please keep in mind, however, that this is a reference book, not a how-to, tutorial or user's manual. If you're new to HTML, you should get the basics down first, as this book won't be of much use to you. If you know how to write HTML, and rely on it for web page design, this book is for you! It will make your life much easier.
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Summary: I use this book every day.
Review: Chapter 1 starts out with the rules of HTML (20 pages). Chapter 2, a comprehensive list of the HTML tags, their attributes, and a small spattering of sample usage, is the bulk of the book (and the part I use the most often). The tags are listed alphabetically and help you resolve most HTML syntax issues. Each attribute has a brief description so you know what they do. Chapter 3 is a fairly good list of all the special characters available (about 30 pages worth). Chapter 4 is a thin coverage of color. Chapter 5 (which was too technical for me to read until just a couple weeks ago) covers the HTML DTD. The two small appendices are small and not that useful (except for the small list of character encodings, I hardly use them at all).I love this HTML reference, one of the best purchases I've made!
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Summary: Excellent Reference Book
Review: Ever since I started making websites, I've always been looking for an HTML reference book. But, I couldn't find any that's good enough. Most HTML books are for beginners or those who wants to understand HTML. NONE of them are purely for reference. This book covers a wide area in HTML and it's really good for people who understands HTML. I highly recommend this book for web designers and HTML programmers.
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Summary: Exactly as described! An encyclopedic reference for all HTML
Review: Exactly what I needed for use on one of the top websites in the world! It lists not only each command and its variations, but also what differences in the command may exist for IE, Netscape or WebTV It won't teach you HTML or improve your code, but it will lay out your options and refresh your memory about specific commands
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Summary: Execelent
Review: I have used this book to learn HTML, if I don't understand something I just look it up and end up with better pages than using a page builder.
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Summary: The book I use
Review: I wanted an HTML handbook, not a textbook, something to give me the format and options for each command. This is it. The organization couldn't be clearer: the bulk of the book is the complete list of HTML directives, in alphabetical order. It also includes indices of names for special characters and colors. There's a lot of compatibility information, too, regarding both HTML versions and browser incompatibilities. The "Examples" section is weak, and seems to assume a knowledge of SGML beyond what HTML really requires. It's also vague about specifics of style directives, and the relationship of HTML to CSS or embedded scripts. Other books fill those gaps, though. This book works as just one in a more complete library for web-page writers, and that's just fine. There are better books to learn from, but this is the best I've seen for supporting experienced HTML users.
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Summary: A Horrible Book, especially for the beginner.
Review: In all fairness, the second half of the book is a complete reference, albeit not a very handy one with its confusing examples. And I never did find out how to use the "onselect" attribute for a radio button, something that one would think would get a thorough explanation in these days of trying to make our web pages more dynamic. Powell's style is about as clear as mud. Just when you think you are finally going to learn about, for example, what the XML fuss is all about (ch. 17) he leads you off into some dull, pedantic discussion of, . . . well I never did figure out what he was talking about. Other chapters are equally disappointing. Here's an example of Powell's style. In Chapter 8, Frames are discussed. One attribute for frames is called _parent. Powell writes, "The _parent value enables you to overwrite the parent frame that contains the nested frame, without destroying any frames that the parent may be nested within." Got that? Powell also explains that the _parent value isn't encountered very often. With explanations like the above, I think we can sort of understand why :-) If you really want to learn HTML (and need a quick reference) get the book by Laura Lemay. Her style is much clearer, to the point, and the examples are not only useful, that actually work. When you are done with her book it may then be time to come back to Powell's stogy tomb, which tries to be all things to all people, and fails miserably, IMHO.
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Summary: Would not be without it!
Review: It is just what it claims to be - a comprehensive well set out reference. If you are new to the subject matter its a quick way to see "what there is out there", for the expert the detail is there in full. But this is no tutorial, examples are minimal - so if you are learning HTML this is the book for you but NOT the only book!
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Summary: EASY!!!!!
Review: It is the easyest HTML guide on the market! I have used it many times to make my page look much more apealing!
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