Good for beginners | Creating Cool HTML 4 Web Pages

Excellent HTML Resource | Creating Cool HTML 4 Web Pages | Dave Taylor

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	• Creating Cool HTML 4 Web Pages Dave Taylor John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers), 1998 - 433 pages average customer review:based on 46 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Best HTML Book Around!

I graduated from the University of Redlands (California) with a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems degree a few years ago. 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. 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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Good for beginners

This book is pretty good for beginners. I have recently started teaching myself html and I was able to handle most of the things I was reading about without too much trouble. There were a couple of times I really needed to pause and go back and read it again. Then maybe I could put it together. Only one or two times did I just give up with total frustration. All in all it's a great handbook and I am sure I will get it all someday!

Excellent HTML Resource

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

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Excelent book

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

easy to read

The text was easy to read and gave a great number of examples but lacked any questions or problems at the end of each chapter.

A very good book if you would like to understand how HTML works

It isnt easy keeping up with the latest changes to HTML. And it definitely isnt easy maintaining a hip-and-happening Web site. But weve got a book that can help you do both. Creating Cool? HTML 4 Web Pages shows you how to use the next generation of HTML tags to create engaging Web pages that communicate your message in cool and effective ways. Best-selling author Dave Taylor has a whole new bag of tips and tricks for revving up your Web pages and getting your site noticed. Creating Cool HTML 4 Web Pages is packed with ideas on implementing graphics, animation, and special effects, using style sheets, registering with leading search engines, and more. The CD-ROM features useful tools for both the Mac and PC platforms. Mac users will enjoy BBEdit Lite, DeBabelizer Lite, GIF Builder, Image Mapper, and more. For PC users theres FTP Explorer, Animagic GIF, Paint Shop Pro, and ApplePie HTML Editor, to name a few.

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