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Summary: Too many code errors
Review: HTML was very intimidating to me. This book gives you just enough information and in a form that is not intimidating but rather exciting.
If you dream of opening wordpad and creating a page from nothing or if you use a wysiwyg and just want to understand some of the tags you are creating..this is a must have book!
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Summary: The best!!!
Review: I have just finished the first two modules and let me tell you that if you are a pure beginner to HTML, DO NOT get this book. Module two is very confusing with very few examples for the beginner. I have been designing pretty decent web pages (www.pacificlittleleague.org) with MS Frontpage 2002 and wanted to learn HTML so I could advance to using javascript & flash. This book was a mistake purchase. It is not for the beginner. I have read all of the other comments that convinced me to buy this book, and all I can say is that maybe this would be a good book if you have already dabbled in some HTML. If you look at some of the test questions at the end of module 2, such as #9 which asks about the proper XHTML format for closing the hr tag, you will find that she hasn't even covered the tag hr yet. In # 11 it asks to rewrite "the text below" so that it doesn't show up on a web page - and then there is no text shown that could be rewritten. The author really needs to get in a frame of mind to that of a true beginner if she is going to sell this book as a beginner book.
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Summary: NOT for the Beginner
Review: I have just finished the first two modules and let me tell you that if you are a pure beginner to HTML, DO NOT get this book. Module two is very confusing with very few examples for the beginner. I have been designing pretty decent web pages (www.pacificlittleleague.org) with MS Frontpage 2002 and wanted to learn HTML so I could advance to using javascript & flash. This book was a mistake purchase. It is not for the beginner. I have read all of the other comments that convinced me to buy this book, and all I can say is that maybe this would be a good book if you have already dabbled in some HTML. If you look at some of the test questions at the end of module 2, such as #9 which asks about the proper XHTML format for closing the hr tag, you will find that she hasn't even covered the tag hr yet. In # 11 it asks to rewrite "the text below" so that it doesn't show up on a web page - and then there is no text shown that could be rewritten. The author really needs to get in a frame of mind to that of a true beginner if she is going to sell this book as a beginner book.
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Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: I needed a relatively quick way to learn how to construct a custom web page for my Computer-Help website, and this book did not disappoint.I just finished the book today, and I can now use basic Javascript, tables, frames (don't use them!), and basic CGI scripts. All the information you need to go from beginner to intermediate is here. I highly recommend this book as the most painless means of acquiring a working knowledge of HTML. Some things this book does not cover are ASP, PHP, and the like, which is understandable. There are only so many pages available.
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Summary: A quick review of the basics
Review: I was looking for a easy to read information guide, that would provide syntax instructions and where to use HTML elements on a webpage. I had very little experience with HTML but had my basic webpage up and running within two days. Invaluable information about tables, forms and frames can be found inside. Added bonuses are the Module's at the end of the book containing quick references and info on special characters. A must read for people that have basic web understanding that want to learn HTML!!
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Summary: The BEST introduction to HTML for the novice
Review: I'm an HTML novice, and I've periodically browsed the bookstores looking for a good introductory HTML book, but I never found one that measured up to my hopes...until I encountered Wendy Willard's new book, HTML: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE. I gave it a quick skim in the bookstore and was immediately impressed by its organization, layout, use of examples, and appropriate level of detail. I read it cover to cover over a long weekend, and I was thrilled! I've read bits and pieces of quite a few technical books, and this book is right up there with the best. Most technical books suffer because they are written by techies, not writers. Well, for someone whose background is in graphic arts, Ms. Willard's expository writing skills are impressive. The book is extremely well organized at all levels--the overall content of the book, the individual chapters, even the individual paragraphs. The style is clear, engaging, fluid, and well balanced. Throughout the book, Ms. Willard maintains a good sense of context, so I never wondered why I was investing my energy in the point at hand. This book helped me to move from a very minimal knowledge of HTML to a high level of comfort with the smallest imaginable investment of time and energy. Quite simply, this may be the best introductory HTML book on the market.
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Summary: The best!!!
Review: Nothing better than that book. I wasn't able to understand how frames work but within couple of hours of reading chapter 10, frames became a piece of cake!!!!
Thanks for the excellent work!
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Summary: Great Beginner's Book
Review: This book is by no means for expert programmer. It is written to explain HTML basics to folks who do not understand web programming. Wendy did a great job to introduce HTML to beginners with his emphasis on important information in this area. I find his writing simple and right to the point. The book does not bother to get into details that could easily confuse his target audience. To some folks who would like to get more HTML details, they should have read the book title before buying. Comparing with other introductory text in this area, this is the best for the beginner folks.
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Summary: Where oh where is that figure again....?
Review: Wendy has done a very nice job of introducing HTML to the average person. What might seem like technical mumbo-jumbo to most people, becomes very clear with this book. I hadn't used HTML in years, and this book served me well as a refresher course.
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Summary: 20% Design, 80% HTML Rehash
Review: Wendy Willard is the author of another Osborne book entitled HTML: A Beginner's Guide. It's a great book. Unfortunately, a lot of the material in that book has been grafted into Willard's second book, Web Design: A Beginner's Guide. I bought Web Design because I enjoyed Willard's HTML book. I thought she would concentrate on what the title promises: Web design. Instead, I found a few chapters on very basic Web design, and many more chapters on writing HTML (which has no place in a *design* book!), along with the obligatory padding about 'what is the Web' and other page stretchers. If Willard had actually written a book about Web Design, she might have created a top-notch *set* of books. Instead, she relied on a rehash of her HTML book to flesh out a minimal, mediocre coverage of Web design. I'm disappointed. Bob McLain
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