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Ask any burgeoning Web-page author what they want in an HTML guide, and the list would go something like this: concise, informative, plenty of examples, a little bit of fun without being too cute. Elizabeth Castro's HTML for the World Wide Web is that dream guide to learning this Web language.

Unlike other books that lumber along feeding the reader arcane details, Castro's book keeps to the basics. You'll still learn everything you need to create a great site (where to start off, how to nest tables, how to add in video), but you won't feel overwhelmed by the process. The book is clearly referenced and, in typically concise Peachpit Press style, full of deceptively simple bullet lists of things to do. On the other side of the split page are screen shots, illustrations, or other examples to highlight the steps the reader needs to take to create desired effects. The book concludes with a listing of special symbols, a color chart, and a well-devised index of all the goodies contained in this slim--but comprehensive--book. --Jennifer Buckendorff

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The acclaimed bestselling visual guide to learning HTML has been updated to cover all the new HTML tags for HTML 4. Perfect for beginners, this book presumes no prior knowledge of HTML or even the Internet. It uses clear, concise instructions for creating each element of the Web page, from titles and headers to creating links and adding tables, frames, forms, and multimedia. Full-color foldout chart.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Fantastic HTML Reference & Tutorial, Oct 12 2003

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M. Hart "Sci-Fi Fan" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HTML 4 for the World Wide Web, Fourth Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide (Paperback)

A few years ago, I decided to learn about the organization and construction of Internet WebPages. As with any computer-related topic, there are many, many books available from a variety of authors. I settled upon Elizabeth Castro's "HTML For the World Wide Web, Visual Quickstart Guide, Fourth Edition". I found it to be a very well organized, well-written and easily understood reference that can also be used as a tutorial for learning HTML. In fact, within a few hours of going through the book, I was creating my own WebPages using a variety of tags using Elizabeth Castro's clear explanations which not only describe the correct syntax for all of the HTML tags, but their purposes also. She also explains the contents of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and touches upon the incorporation of JavaScript (with a few simple JavaScript examples) and the insertion of applets. (Note: the writing of applets themselves, as well as the writing of complex JavaScript, is beyond the scope of this book.)

One of the best aspects of this book are the distinctions that Elizabeth Castro documents regarding differences in behavior of various HTML tags between the two major Internet browsers: Internet Explorer and Netscape. If you are concerned about the appearance of your WebPages on the two major browsers, it is very important to note these specific tag behavioral differences to ensure that the WebPages will appear correctly on both browsers, or to encourage a user to use one browser or the other for best viewing results.

Overall, I rate "HTML For the World Wide Web, Visual Quickstart Guide, Fourth Edition" with 5 out of 5 stars. If you are planning to create your own WebPages, this book is a definite must-have, or you can get Elizabeth Castro's newer release, which includes XHTML.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good for the Early Web Designers!, Aug 22 2003

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This review is from: HTML 4 for the World Wide Web, Fourth Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide (Paperback)

I got this book as a gift from my sixth grade teacher and this book is great for making the basic design of a web site.

Easy reference guide.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Visual Quickstart is the Way, Jun 23 2003

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Richard Gibson (Palmdale, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HTML 4 for the World Wide Web, Fourth Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide (Paperback)

Visual Quickstart guides are the best way to go when you need to learn something quickly and easily. This guide written excellantly by Elizabeth Castro is a great asset to your collection of other books.

This book proves its motto. The pictures (on every page except the chapter intros which are very short) are also a great help as you can just copy the code from the picture onto your page if you need to. Without the pictures learning would be so much harder.

When I purchased this book I had already read another HTML book that was full of pictures. To get more in depth on this language and to learn a bit about CSS (Cascading Style Sheets. I decided to purchase this book, having purhcased two other Visual Quickstart books published by Peachpit Press (Javascript and Java), because I knew that the Visual Quickstart Guides have always helped me. This book made enhanced my skill of HTML even more.

Even without pictures, however, this book would be awesome. Why? Because Elizabeth Castro has described each lesson or chapter to its fullest. Each small detail of HTML is described. This book is one of the best to get whether you are a beginner or an expert in the language of HTML.

---(Last if you are a beginner this book will help you become aquainted with HTML as in the beginning the Introduction gives you a background of HTML...what you can use with it, it's new advancements, and what you can't do, stuffs like that) ---

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very intuitive and informative
I went through several HTML books to find one that covered all the information and still flowed well. This book was by far the best I've found. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great reference, and great for beginners.
I have been a Webmaster since 1995 and found that there are still times that I need to look up a tag that I use infrequently. Read more