Html by Example

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Summary: I could not make a living without this book.
Review: Despite the fact this book was printed in 1996, it teaches you everything you need to know about HTML with very good examples, and a well laid out, easy to read format. It does not discuss javascript (save that for another book). If you wish to hand code HTML, which is the professional way, then here is a good book to start you out and finish off your education.

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Summary: I could not make a living without this book.
Review: I create web sites for a living. While this is a beginner/intermediate book, it has a number of very useful tips in it and it's much easier to scan for information than many other books I own. I also like the fact that Ann stresses browser compatibility in her HTML code. I often use this book when I need to find code that works in both Netscape and IE.

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Summary: Great Book - Don't pass it on!
Review: I found this to be a great book. I only knew HTML from looking at the page source with my browser. With the help of this book, I built a web page that got great reviews...even from fellow designers!

This is not the kind of book you read cover to cover. You can pick and choose what you need/want to get the effects you are looking for.

When HTML 4.0 became the 'standard,' I passed this book on to a friend. DON'T MAKE THAT ERROR! This book is a great reference. I am now purchasing it again...and this one will not be given away.

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Summary: Terrific For Beginners!
Review: I purchased this Stauffer book in 1996 having absolutely no HTML knowledge whatsoever; the next night, I had a fairly nice webpage up-and-running on one of these free servers that are available. HTML By Example is incredibly easy to read and follow along, and though the book ends quite abruptly with an overview on more advanced web design, it contains enough information to make one fully comfortable with intermediate HTML.

-l-

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Summary: Looked Promising
Review: The back cover says that this book is for the intermediate/advanced user. From what I've seen that's absolutely correct, because the author obviously feels that a majority of HTML tags and attributes are too trivial for this particular audience. There are a few chapters on Form design, JavaScript and data gathering from forms, but Ann fails to deliver on how to gather data from forms! The JavaScript chapter is useless, it might be novel to enter a number in a text field press a button and that number multiplied by 2 is displayed in another field. Very impressive Ann, but how about something useful like changing the image of a hyperlink as the mouse goes over the region?

The first quarter of the book discusses what HTML is, where its going, the history etc. Interesting reading, but nothing to do with writing a webpage. This book doesn't even provide an appendix for the HTML tags or attributes, making it very difficult to use as a reference later on.

This book looked promising, even when I was reading through it, however towards the end and when you start writing a webpage you'll soon realise just how much material was missed out. I'm now looking for another book, this time one with an appendix for the HTML tags and attributes.

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Summary: This is THE book to start with.
Review: This book was recommended to me by my brother as a starting point for HTML programming. I found it to be very easy to follow and would recommend it to anyone who wants to create their own web page. As I advance further into my computer "geekdom", I will certainly obtain more books in this Que Publishing series to help me along.

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Summary: Great book "Suport Site Down"
Review: This is a real good book. The site is down so there are no examples to download. and the book has no cd.
It took longer to read and type all the work from scratch.