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HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide [Paperback]

Elizabeth Castro
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Sep 27 2002 0321130073 978-0321130075 5

As both the Web and the browsers used to navigate it mature, work-arounds that compensate for the myriad factors that affect Web page appearance no longer cut it. Users expect Web pages to look beautiful regardless--and with the Fifth Edition of this popular Visual QuickStart Guide, you can make your Web pages comply. By following the generously illustrated, step-by-step instructions that are the hallmark of the Visual QuickStart series, you'll create beautiful code that works consistently across browser versions and platforms (including hand-held devices and cell phones) in no time.

This updated edition includes a new section on foreign-language and multilingual Web sites as well as ample coverage on how the use of HTML is changing. What hasn't changed, however, is the book's popular format: Task-oriented, step-by-step instruction that builds on your growing knowledge. Info-packed appendixes, a comprehensive index, and plenty of screen shots and code examples make HTML for the World Wide Web, Fifth Edition, with XHTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide a must-have reference. Whether you're just getting your feet wet (no prior HTML knowledge is required) or design Web sites for a living, you'll turn to this best-selling guide again and again for answers to all of your HTML-related questions.



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As both the Web and the browsers used to navigate it mature, work-arounds that compensate for the myriad factors that affect Web page appearance no longer cut it. Users expect Web pages to look beautiful regardless--and with the Fifth Edition of this popular Visual QuickStart Guide, you can make your Web pages comply. By following the generously illustrated, step-by-step instructions that are the hallmark of the Visual QuickStart series, you'll create beautiful code that works consistently across browser versions and platforms (including hand-held devices and cell phones) in no time.

This updated edition includes a new section on foreign-language and multilingual Web sites as well as ample coverage on how the use of HTML is changing. What hasn't changed, however, is the book's popular format: Task-oriented, step-by-step instruction that builds on your growing knowledge. Info-packed appendixes, a comprehensive index, and plenty of screen shots and code examples make HTML for the World Wide Web, Fifth Edition, with XHTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide a must-have reference. Whether you're just getting your feet wet (no prior HTML knowledge is required) or design Web sites for a living, you'll turn to this best-selling guide again and again for answers to all of your HTML-related questions.

About the Author

Elizabeth Castro has written numerous books, including the best-selling Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, XML for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, and the four previous editions of this best-selling title.


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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Probably still the best out there, but... Aug 23 2003
Format:Paperback
...someone without any experience of HTML or web design might find this successor to Castro's HTML 4 overwhelming. I'm teaching an introduction to web design course & using it as a textbook, but have decided to skip over Chapter 1 because of the barrage of jargon...not a good way to ease students into the subject! Does a complete novice need to know in Chapter 1 the distinctions between inherited CSS styles, selectors, specificity, class, id, etc., when CSS aren't even dealt with until Chapter 8?

"HTML 4" was easier to get into & better-paced, I think. However, that said, this is probably the best book available for getting a grip on XHTML & CSS, generally clear and thorough.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An indispensible reference Jun 15 2004
Format:Paperback
I was just asked what was the most interesting tech-related book I've read in the last year and I had to say it was the 5th edition of Elizabeth Castro's Visual QuickStart Guide to HTML. It might not seem inspiring in and of itself, but it's so good I have a copy at home and at work always within arm's reach of my keyboard. It's brilliantly designed (the format of the Visual Quickstart Guides is excellent), extensively indexed, succinct, readable, reliable about warning of browser quirks and incompatibilities, and best of all, so far as I have seen in the 5th edition, error-free.

Sometimes simple usability and reliability is better than all the flashy stuff in the world, especially when it makes it easy for you to understand and apply the really huge potential of XHTML and CSS. I recommend it to anyone who writes HTML, particularly those making the transition from HTML 4.0 to XHTML and those learning CSS. What's best about it? You can pick it up, get the answer you need and get on with your web design fast. If you're getting a reference book everything rests on your ability to find the answer and quickly undestand the answer so you can apply it. This book is a stellar example of just that principle.

For those just learning HTML and CSS you may wish to also use another more wordy guide to get you started, but I suspect this is the one you'll still be using (and continually buying the new edition of) years down the road.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was forced to buy this book for a class and I learned so much. The format is very easy to understand and follows a logical path. Things get more complex but it is always explained in plain english (which is more than I can say about my instructor).

I had some previous knowledge of HTML but not nearly enough to be described as competent. The best part of this book is that the HTML code for whatever you are trying to learn is included in it's entirety in its own column on every page.

Thanks for making an easy to follow HTML book, Elizabeth Castro!

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5.0 out of 5 stars HTML Excellence
This is one of the best books out there on HTML. I have been a fan since HTML 4.0 came out. There is not too much NOT covered in this book. Read more
Published on Feb 3 2006 by "pappaduff"
5.0 out of 5 stars Nicely Done!
I had almost no HTML experience prior to reading this text. Its an excellent book and I'm now very confident in my abilities with HTML and CSS. Read more
Published on Sep 15 2005 by Yasir
5.0 out of 5 stars Helped me survive a college web class
This book is extremely helpful for those who, like myself, are easily confused and boggled by web help books that assume genius level readers. Read more
Published on Jun 25 2004 by Amy
4.0 out of 5 stars Simple, Clear, and easy!
Let's face it, HTML isn't exactly rocket science. And this book gave it exactly the treatment it deserves: clear, easy to understand examples that show you what to do and what the... Read more
Published on Jun 1 2004 by Nathanial Dickson
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book!
I can't recommend this book enough. I ended up getting as a few local colleges use it as a text for their courses. Read more
Published on May 8 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Good HTML Introduction, Very Good Value.
Pro: Direct & to the point. Clean code as far as I could tell. A fast read. I really appreciate that.

Con: It is not complete but does not claim to be complete. Read more

Published on May 3 2004
1.0 out of 5 stars This is not a beginner's book, I know I am a programmer.
I wasted my money on this book. It says it is a beginner book;
but it is definitly not!!! Sorry, but I would like to give it
a good rating, but I just can't. Read more
Published on May 2 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book!
This is a great book. If you want to learn HTML or brush up on your skills this is the perfect book. It's exactly as it says on the cover "no long winded passages". Read more
Published on May 1 2004 by J. Monty
5.0 out of 5 stars All you need to know. and then some....
Elizabeth has done an amazing job of bringing the World Wide Web into the reach of Every Tom Dick and Harry that's looking to build a website. Read more
Published on April 26 2004 by Eric
5.0 out of 5 stars A Valuable Resource
I am a professional graphic designer, and have been buying the Visual Quickstart Guide books to learn programs since I was first assigned one in a college design class 7 years ago. Read more
Published on April 22 2004 by Jen
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