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Summary: The Single Best Book for the Beginner
Review: As a full-time computer trainer, I have reviewed nearly every book out there on the basics of HTML. Far and away, this book is the single volume you should purchase when you are starting out.This book has a lot going for it. First of all, you can't beat the price. How many times have you spent $40, $50 or more for a less-than-ideal computer book? This one is really a bargain! When you buy it you'll want to get started right away. Be sure to check out the portion of the Introduction called "How to Use This Book." Based upon what you want to do, this section outlines which lessons to focus on and how to proceed. The writing lives up to Mr. Oliver's promise of a "good-humored, plain-English, beginner-friendly style." The format of 24 one-hour lessons is easy to live with and increases retention of each topic. I especially liked that fact that Mr. Oliver doesn't teach you HTML in a vacuum. He includes great introductions to graphics, the art of web design, and interactive web pages, and web site maintenance and management. This book is rich with examples, and each lesson includes a summary (very useful for reference later on), Q&A, a quiz, and activities. The quiz and activities are aimed at adults, so you won't feel like you just bought a college textbook. Give them a try. You'll quickly see how much you've learned from the quiz and the activities will build both your skills and confidence. My students ask for book recommendations from me every day. Many times I have to tell them that the book they heard was so great is only good if you need a doorstop. That's not the case with Dick Oliver's book; I highly recommend this one to all my students.
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Summary: Excellent First Step book into the HTML World !!!!!
Review: This is a great book, it will guide you thru your initial first steps and beyond, I recommend to anyone that is starting or have not used very much HTML before. The several links that the author gives you (according to the chapter that you are reading), will point you to "HOT websites" where you can get further information or download software for your web development and learning. example that he is talking about. Great examples and fun that is to read this book, THIS BOOK IS A MUST!!!!!!!(The authors:Molly and Dick are GREAT instructors)
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Summary: The one and only Basic HTML Book
Review: I searched high and low, paid gazillions of dollars on books and courses, they are all tough, expensive and difficult. Sams Teach Yourself Html 4 in 24 Hours is the best book I found.
It's easy to understand, gets you everywhere you want in HTML, gives you a free loaded practice web site, and it's inexpensive. The author has done a superb job.
If you are already acquainted with HTML and want to delve into it deeper, I would not recommend this book. If you're just about to learn html, get this book! You don't need anything else, trust me, it's the best!
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Summary: great for beginner
Review: This book is the first book i get for HTML. It's really good for beginner. It assumes you don't think any single thing on producing a web page and guides you step by step to what you need to know.
Another good feature of this book is that it also mentions what else you need to produce a more professional looking web pages. The authors teaches you basic graphic skill in Paint Pro Shop and even some animations in Animation shop.
It also has very good chapters on forms, tables, and imagemap. But the StyleSheet chapter is weaker.
Overall, at the price, you can get not only HTML, but also Graphic tutorial. This book is really worth to buy. If you are new to web, this is the book for you.
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Summary: Best HTML book for everyone
Review: I read this book a few years ago when I knew nothing of HTML and it was an amazing experience. I read this book in the car on a 14 hour trip and on that 14th hour, I was already an intermediate HTML programmer. The book is broken down into 24 chapters that are each very detailed and smooth. Reading this book was almost like watching a good movie. After every chapter, I found myself wanting more. It was very hard to put this book down because it was exactly what I needed! My goal was to understand the concepts of HTML and to make very good and detailed websites. This book does it all. After I read this book, I immediately pulled up a plain text file and started typing in some code. Within a few minutes, I already had a full-blown webpage with images, tables,a centered header, and even an e-mail form (that did not include any CGI). After every chapter there are questions and answers about everything that was discussed. That helped me understand everything more and kept me from getting lost. In conclusion, if you want to be on your way with making awesome websites, this book is worth the price and worth 24 hours of your time.
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Summary: Don't waste time and money!
Review: Publisher and authors don't support this book. You can't find samples and web links don't work.
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Summary: Really HTML 4 in 24 hours!
Review: An easy computer text wrtitten for people who have no previous knoweldge about HTML. The book covers everything related to HTML 4 with an invaluable glossery. You can count on it to build your first home page after 24 hours of reading this book or perhaps less . Besides, it provides you with the secretes that you should know to evaluate web pages and good advice to build yours.
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Summary: Perfect for all levels
Review: Even though this is out of print now, buy it if you can find it. I took a class on web design a couple of years ago, but had little direction. I picked up this book and taught myself how to create whole websites very rapidly and aced the class. It goes over the very basics for someone just starting, as well as covering many tips for advanced users. You can learn how to make web forms for visitors to fill out, how to have music play on your site, and how to make buttons light up when the cursor is on it. Very awesome book. I am now being hired to design websites for other people. ...
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Summary: The best all in one introduction to web design available
Review: I first read this book several years ago whilst learning the craft of web development, and having returned to it recently I still think it's the best of its kind. It is both comprehensive and intuitive in execution, and deals not just with the mechanics of HTML but also fundamentals of web design and hosting, graphics and DHTML. A rare gem among fast track learning instructors.
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Summary: Good intro to HTML:
Review: You may start as the absolute beginner, learn HTML, and prepare your own web site by writing your own HTML code with the help of this book. You only need a plain text editing program, which comes with every PC operating system as the standard supply. You may do the same by utilising the HTML generating graphical softwares. This book will help you to prepare your web pages without investing for the web page creating software and/or you will learn HTML in order to have control over the HTML code generated by those softwares. Anything further than that is beyond this book and you need to look for other books with more technical coverage.
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