About this product: "Perhaps the best-written HTML tutorial ever."
This book occupies a unique spot in my opinion. It's "the competition." All other HTML/Web page learning or how-to books are trying to knock the crown from this book's head. While it may not be for everyone, it just does such a superb job that it defines the field. Congratulations, Elizabeth.
This is what I could classify as a true intermediate or advanced book. Elizabeth Castro doesn't waste time or steps trying to teach a newbie how to click here or create a text file. In fact, so much is assumed that this really can't be called a beginner book at all. So, if you know what you're doing or what you want, this book will serve you well.
The whole HTML thing is broken down into tasks: formatting, text, layout commands, cascading style sheets--the whole nine yards. Then individual HTML commands or tasks are illustrated one to a page. The steps fall down the outside of the page; illustrations line the page's inside.
While this is all a great way to learn HTML, I can still find room for improvement--though not at the expense of the format. For example, a reference or tear-out card would have been handy. And some topics, especially JavaScript, are glossed over too quickly to be useful. From personal experience, I know that some topics, such as FTP, could use even more hands-on examples.
If you "get it" when it comes to computers, and are ready to do some down-and-dirty HTML coding (and I'm not talking lame-old FrontPage here), this book will teach you the basics in no time. It will provide a firm foundation upon which you can easily build your Web pages for the future. --Dan Gookin
About this product: Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something - and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 160 HTML tasks. Each task-based spread includes these great features to get you up and running with HTML in no time: * Helpful sidebars that offer practical tips and tricks * Succinct explanations that walk you through step by step * Full-color screen shots that demonstrate each task * Two-page lessons that break big topics into bite-sized modules
Learn How To: * Use HTML syntax and rules * Format text with style sheets * Control text wrapping between images * Set up newspaper-style columns * Build a response form * Create rollover effects with JavaScript
Walks readers through the process of creating a basic Web site from scratch using HMTL, the basis for billions of Web pages, and then jazzing it up with advanced techniques from the author's award-winning sites
This updated edition features new material that shows readers how to attract visitors to a site and keep them there, including new JavaScript examples and coverage of cascading style sheets and XHTML, technologies that make building successful Web sites even easier
Also features exciting new tips and tricks for beginning and advanced users, as well as more expanded examples and samples for users to incorporate in their own sites
The book moves from basic design and deployment to advanced page layout strategies, showing how to spice up new or existing sites with sound, video, and animation
About this product: Part of the New Perspectives Series, this text teaches students HTML and XHTML using a simple text editor to create basic to complex Web sites. Advanced tutorials on DHTML help students to further their skills by learning and applying DHTML to make interactive features such as animated text, image rollovers, menus, and expandable outlines.
About this product: Construct awesome Web pages using HTML, XHTML, XML, basic JavaScript, both CSS (style sheet) specifications, and DHTML. This thorough resource provides explanations of why tags work as they do, rather than just giving basic descriptions of them. Plus, use a companion Web site that features layout examples and allows visitors to sample HTML for their own uses.
About this product: HTML is the markup language that designed for creating Web pages. But how do you learn the code, techniques, and cascading stylesheets when you can't see what you're building? Armed with Teach Yourself HTML Visually, you get the building blocks you need to master links, embedded images, sounds and video, and frames to create a dynamic site with visual appeal. With a graphical format and step-by-step examples, Teach Yourself HTML Visually will help you can take on HTML and enhance your Web site at your own pace.
HTML in Easy Steps instructs you how to create web pages using the latest HTML 4.01 specifications and Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. It contains separate chapters on all major features of HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Stylesheets (CSS). There are code examples and browser screenshots that illustrate each aspect of HTML. The book has an easy-to-follow style that will appeal to anyone who wants to begin writing web pages. It will appeal to programmers who want to quickly learn the latest HTML techniques, and to the student who is studying website design at school or college, and to those seeking a career in web development who need a thorough understanding of HTML.
About this product: Experience learning made easy?and quickly teach yourself the skills you need to create Web pages with HTML and XHTML. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need, or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction?building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Structure your page with tables, frames, or a division-based layout Create bulleted and numbered lists for easy-to-read text Include hyperlinks and menu bars for clear navigation Add graphics, sounds, and videos to your pages Apply colors, font sizes, and other formatting with tags or Cascading Style Sheets Build user-input forms with option buttons, check boxes, and drop-down menus Includes coverage of Microsoft Office Word 2003 and FrontPage 2003 Practice files, eBooks, and other resources on the CD! Your Microsoft Office System Reference Pack on CD includes: HTML color reference charts HTML and XHTML templates Bonus guides: Designing for Accessibility and Designing for Usability Microsoft Office System Quick Reference eBook Insider s Guide to Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 eBook Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition, eBook?10,000+ entries!Introducing the Tablet PC eBook Complete STEP BY STEP eBook Skill-building practice files
About this product: Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman series, this text provides a complete overview of HTML and leads the user through a clear, step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach to learning. Readers learn how to create a Web page using HTML, format the page, add graphics, and more.
About this product: SQL Server developers worldwide raved about Ken Henderson's The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL: its exceptionally clear, conversational explanations, and its powerfully useful projects and code examples. This book helps SQL Server developers take the next step -- building more powerful, robust applications than ever before. Henderson identifies several key areas of SQL Server development that offer the greatest power -- and then covers each of them in exceptional detail. The book includes especially thorough coverage of Transact-SQL stored procedure programming, including features such as extended procedures, database design, and XML that are often disregarded in competitive books. Henderson introduces a method he has developed to add arrays to T-SQL, something previously thought impossible. He offers an ideal balance of theory and code, gradually building on basic techniques to create increasingly sophisticated solutions, and teaching the philosophy of Transact-SQL programming alongside syntax and technique. An accompanying CD-ROM includes extensive source code, including valuable proprietary code that makes T-SQL queries run faster. For every SQL Server developer.
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