Customer Reviews

Creating Web Pages with HTML Simplified

5 star:		(20)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I have several certifications under my belt. I study frequently. This book was a great help in me making my career change from being a Technical Support Specialist to becoming a Web Developer. I am a Certified Technical Trainer and actually teach with this book, and send each of my students home with a copy to keep! This is not a book for experts obviously, but if you need to learn HTML with no prior experience or you are tweaking your skills as a beginner/intermediate user, this is the book for you. It delivers the information in a clear, simple and brief format. You do not even need to be sitting in front of a computer with this book. Many of my students read ahead at night, memorize the techniques and come in the next day way ahead of the others! Big clear pictures, all color pages, tear out reference charts and all for only $20! I should have given a review of this book last year when it first came out. This book is still completely relevant and is not outdated! Buy a copy without hesitating! You will learn HTML in less than a week! 30 day guarantee, you cannot lose! I also recommend for beginner/intermediate/advanced users "HTML 4 for the World Wide Web" -ISBN - 0-201-69696-7. It is only $18 and an excellent "Next Step" after this book. You can also use it as your very first book. It also makes an excellent desktop reference! Brian MCP, A+, Network+, I-Net+, M CIW D, CTT New Jersey

I gave this book 4 stars only because an instruction book needs to fill all of my requirements to earn 5 stars. This book comes darn close.

The MaranGraphics instruction books for computer applications and education are generally superb for learning how to do something on a computer from scratch. This book will teach you how to program HTML and put up a very nice web site of your own.

My one gripe is that I would have liked to have worked on one project from the beginning, starting from blank page to finished web site, while seeing how each stage looks via the excellent graphics these books have. That was not the case. This book showed you the code, and what it's effect would be, but the pages were always different. Not something I could do and have it show just like in the book. Some of the other Maran Graphics books do just that.

Still, you won't go wrong if you pick this book to learn HTML. It is not the complete end all reference to HTML, but if you get that advanced you can buy one of those too.

I was in the process of learning how to create web pages on a "What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) program. I was a total and complete novice. While the program I was using really did most of the work, a lot of it was too technical for me. Enter this book. It helped through some very difficult areas, such as metatags, key words and the color chart codes on the first page were a huge help. And it's great for the novice or youngster. It has a cartoon/comic book appearance, but don't let that fool you. There's a lot to learn in this book. Highly recommeded for the HTML rookies (like me) of this world.

Pictures, pictures and more pictures. This book gives full color screen shots for every single step of making and uploading a web page (and a friendly little cartoon guide leads the discussion). Even the simple things, like changing the color of text on a web page, come with graphically pleasing pictures to show the way.

I used this book to create my web pages at TwoAgePress. If you are like me, you don't want to read a thick computer manual, you just want to know how to make a web page. Well, you need look no longer, this book is what you need if you want to make a painless leap into web page creation. No special training is required -- this book is for everyone!

At my middle school, we design our own web pages from scratch and used this book to help us along. It really helped me and my class with it's detailed pictures and examples to guide you in making a good web page. My dad also believes this is an excellent book for making pages and has bought the book for me. It's perfect for all ages...

This book attracted me because of the use of full-color pictures and examples on every page. I think this is extremely important when starting to learn HTML because you're creating something that is ultimately visual. It really teaches you the basics and gives you a good foundation for advanced study in the future. I definitely recommend it for beginners!

When I saw the cute little cartoons in this book, I wasn't sure that it was for me. But after giving it a deeper look, I found very clear, detailed examples with step by step instructions. It made learning beginning html very painless. I highly reccommend this book for those just starting out. And don't let the cartoons fool you. This is good down to earth stuff...

My dad got me this book about a month ago and i've already designed 2 web pages using HTML!!! It is very easy and fun to learn HTML code with this book. The book shows everything step by step and is good for any level of computer user. It teaches you how to add music, pictures, diffrent color fonts and backrounds, videos, and much much more. There are also advanced things that you can use once you become more advanced. :) ANYONE can become very advanced from reading and trying what is in the book.

The Simplified series are absolutely fantastic. I taught myself HTML with this book back in 1999. Now I work as a professional designer. This is one of the books I send beginners to when they tell me they want to learn web design.

I picked up this book on a whim to learn HTML. I finished it cover to cover in no time flat and it was a great basis to move onto a more advanced level.

I strongly recommend it to anyone looking for an introduction to HTML ... it is worth every penny.