HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide, Fifth Edition

Creating Cool Web Sites with HTML, XHTML, and CSS

Html 4

Creating Cool HTML 4 Web Pages

Format: Paperback
Author: Dave Taylor
ReleaseDate: 03 July, 2000
Publisher: Wiley
Rating:

Excellent HTML Resource
This book is full of great examples for beginners or more advanced users who just forgot how to do something. I've been doing HTML work on and off for the last 5-6 years. You won't regret owning this book.

Best HTML Book Around!
Many of the textbooks I used were not very enlightening - I suffered through using them and immediately took them back to the bookstore for resale. I graduated from the University of Redlands (California) with a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems degree a few years ago. This wasn't so with the CREATING COOL HTML 4 book. I use this as a reference book now.

One of the classes I took included a web design portion. How fun to create web pages that were exciting and not boring. It was easily accomplished using this book as a guide but someone who knows nothing about HTML design could easily use this and create.

The chapters are broken down from the basics to intermediate items. The author, Dave Taylor, explains exactly what entails a web page, what a URL is, basic html, graphics, tables, links, pointers, image maps, and other advanced designs.

Now many technical books are dry to read and often times leave the non-die-hard techies wondering what was just said. Not true with Taylor. He gets everyone to understand html - those creating their first web page to those who want to do more, those that want pizzazz on their pages.
If you're not a beginner, you may want to skip the chapters in which Taylor explains to new users about Web pages, how browsers work, what URLs are, and other basic concepts. (But it can be a good refresher for those who haven't designed web pages in a while). Next he expands into basic HTML, fonts, text styles, and gets the reader to understand the making of lists, special characters, pointers, and links. Next comes the explanation of graphics and the creation of tables and frames. But my favorite part is next - chapters on advanced items like background, marquees, image maps, JavaScript, forms, plug-ins, Dynamic HTML, style sheets, and much more.
Examples shown in the book are easy to follow and let the reader completely understand what the code does and how it will look on a web page. Nothing in CREATING COOL HTML PAGES is overwhelming and will let everyone create a web page of which they can be proud. I'm a computer programmer, and still use this as a reference. In fact, it's one of the most borrowed books in our office! This book is highly recommended for any level of html programmer.
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Excelent book

Higly recommended for those willing to learn and master HTML. Although the author gives some superfials explanations on JavaScript, CGI & DHTML, this book offers and comprehensive and fairly complete explanation on HTML.