HTML, XHTML CSS For Dummies, 6th Edition (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
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HTML, XHTML & CSS For Dummies, 6th Edition (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
HTML, XHTML & CSS For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
By Ed Tittel, Jeff Noble
Publisher: For Dummies
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2008-05-27
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 047023847X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470238479
Binding: Paperback
Now featuring more than 250 color illustrations throughout, this perennially popular guide is a must for novices who want to work with HTML or XHTML, which continue to be the foundation for any Web site
The new edition features nearly 50 percent new and updated content, including expanded coverage of CSS and scripting, new coverage of syndication and podcasting, and new sample HTML projects, including a personal Web page, an eBay auction page, a company Web site, and an online product catalog
The companion Web site features an eight-page expanded Cheat Sheet with ready-reference information on commands, syntax, colors, CSS elements, and more
Covers planning a Web site, formatting Web pages, using CSS, getting creative with colors and fonts, managing layouts, and integrating scripts
Summary: Good for those wanting to start and maintain their own website
Rating: 4
My wife and I thought the book did a good job teaching and reviewing webpage basics. We have already used what we learned on our family website and would recommend this book to others.
Summary: The Perfect Book at the Perfect Time
Rating: 4
Finally a book that could help me! This was the perfect book at the perfect time.
Now I may or may not be an actual ‘dummy’, but I can say that this was the first book I’ve read that really helped me. I searched the book stores (sorry Amazon) looking for a book that could help me re-start a website, and all I could find was a bunch of over technical and complicated volumes that were hard for me to understand. This book was a good introduction book that I found very easy to read without being bogged down with too much technical jargon. The examples were basic but easy to understand and I was able to apply what I learned to help me get my broken-down web site actually working. I was about to give up my hopes of having a ‘working’ web site, and resign myself to living with the ‘technical-dinosaurs’. Fortunately, this book turned all that around for me. Thank you Mr. Tittel and Mr Noble. I will be sending you guys a link to my site soon, so you can see what your book has made possible.
Summary: HTML, XHTML, & CSS by the Long-winded
Rating: 1
I have to write a review since the only other review is written by a friend of the author’s (very inappropriate by the way). So, without any further ado…
This book sucks. Yes there is information in it if you can wade through the endless, repetitive, warm and fuzzy prose. These guys bury what you need and want to know in so much talking that you forget why you were reading in the first place. I know nothing about web design but I can’t take this book anymore. I have a constant sense of deja vu while reading this book because these guys keep saying the same thing over and over again. Their examples are also trite. Nobody makes web pages today with some formatted text and a single picture. COME ON! Look at mtv.com, amazon.com, cnn.com. These are very complicated websites and are the sites that people need and want to be able to make to be competitive. The examples look like some stuffy old professor’s web page from 1995. Who the heck is going to go to my site with a picture of my cat and some HTML formatted text? … For Dummies books are supposed to be distilled information presented in a simple, logical manner that leave out the exposition and deliver the end product. This book has useful nuggets buried in vast deserts of feel-good drivel. The first 200 pages could easily be consolidated into 50 pages (probably less, I’m being generous) of worthwhile examples that build on the syntax as it is introduced. Not the worst book ever to try and learn about a technical field but I can’t recommend it. Sorry. I want a better book.
Summary: A Tremendous Help!
Rating: 5
My book arrived to an exciting new owner. I got through as much of it as I could the first weekeend, hoping to learn more about CSS and XHTML. I was overwhelmed by the ease of read and by the wealth of knowledge gained by the awesome examples! If you need HTML/XHTML/CSS help like I did, I wouldnt sleep on this book. I bought the book because I used to work with Jeff Noble and he is a good friend, but I also bought it because I really needed help in this field and I knew he wouldnt steer me wrong.
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