Html 4
Complete Idiot's Guide To Creating An HTML 4 Web Page (The Complete Idiot's Guide)
Format: Paperback
Author: Paul McFedries
ReleaseDate: 15 December, 1997
Publisher: Alpha
Rating:
Extremely basic 
There's much more you can learn about web page design, especially when going into XML, but this is a great start to that. This book is extremely basic, so it's perfect for first-timers who have never written in any program, including HTML.
Great text for those with no html knowledge at all... 
However, the building blocks that the author lays out here are still in use. Other reviewers have noted that the text is out of date, anything several years old in the field of computers is ancient. The general idea behind HTML and what a browser does when it comes across the HTML code on a web server is still the same. For someone that knows absolutely nothing about designing a web page, this is a very good beginner book. It starts very simply and builds on each concept that came before it. The text is laid out in a very easy to understand manner and allows the reader to develop a firm foundation of the basic concepts of HTML.
If you already know anything at all about HTML this will be too basic for you. If you know nothing at all and want to get a very basic understanding of HTML coding and how to incorporate those concepts into a very basic webpage, this is a good starter text to get the foundations before moving onto something more intricate. .
did you note the publishing date?? 
That should be a "caution" for buying this book. Answer: 2002.
Outdated tech. references: no mention of Trelix nor even Windows XP. A mention of Windows 2000 if that means allot to you.
Trelix (a free service/perk of most ADSL ISPs or web hosting services) makes web design easy with no need for this book nor HTML knowledge. I bought it as Trelix did not answer a few minor questions & I thought I was an "Idiot" & needed some "hand-holding" by this Author. I'll give this book away to someone who actually wants to learn HTML. I was able to finally add a "counter" to my Verizon hosted site as this book did give me enough to appreciate the nuances of the free counter site upload advice. Another: "dust collector book on the self".
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