Rating:  - Easy to understand!!!
This is a great educational building block for those that want to jump into the world of web sites. It's clear and very understandable. You forget how to do something just go back and find your answer in the book. I was very happy to read this, it's very good.
Rating: - XHTML and CSS for beginners in a nontechnical way
Despite the title the book is teaching you XHTML, a more standardized and stricter version of HTML.
XHTML is set to be the progression from HTML so you should learn the XHTML standards rather than HTML.
This book is ideal for anyone starting out in web development/programming, you need no prior skills in it whatsoever.
It is particularly well suited for self-study.
The focus is on using XHTML and CSS together, all explained in a non-technical manner; the author does not have an academic degree in computer science so you will get a humane explanation of things.
The book is structured like one large tutorial: you build a website (about diving) from scratch.
The first part of the book covers basic (X)HTML stuff - fonts and such.
It then quickly dives into CSS.
The author shows you how to integrate CSS into all major (X)HTML functions as you learn how to build tables, forms, insert images and sounds, etc.
At the end of the book you will have built a complete website.
The final chapters cover more administrative things such as setting up a website and updating it.
I have a few minor perks though:
- the reference section is not very good
- because the book is built up around a single tutorial it is not very
practical for looking up specific things, this is a problem only
if you are using this book as a complement to a course and not
for self-study
Rating: - Very nice book
I just finished reading this book and it was a very excellent beginning introduction to HTML and CSS. Thank you Ian lloyd.
This book edition was updated January 2008.
Rating: - The best book yet on CSS
This book is brilliant, CSS is easy to learn using this book, the progress you can make is also very good as it is easy to understand. The book arrived earlier than stated and was in perfect condition. Full marks to everyone. ThanksBuild Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS, 2nd Edition
Rating: - Wonderful Resource for Novice
This is a very good book. I have been stumbling around for some months now trying to figure out how to do web site development, yet never having had any training to do so. I'm only half way through this book, but it is like the lights have come on. This book really made sense to me. It was easy to understand and the directions were written in terms that anyone could understand and follow. I agree that it would have been nice to have some color, but it was okay not having it if that meant keeping the cost down. Once I finish this book, I'll be moving on to another that will teach me how to work in the Dreamweaver CS3 Suite, a program I have been stumbling around in for some months now with no success. I feel like Ian Lloyd's book has provided a firm foundation on which I could build before moving on to DW and CSS.
If you are a first time wanna be web site designer, with no computer training or experience, yet want to learn a firm foundation on which to build, I would highly recommend this book.
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