HTML: Your Visual Blueprint for Designing Web Pages with HTML, CSS, and XHTML [Paperback]

Paul Whitehead (Author), James H Russell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 27, 2005 | ISBN-10: 076458331X | ISBN-13: 978-0764583315 | Edition: 1st

• Offers professional-level instruction in Web page design in a unique visual format, with most tasks demonstrated on self-contained two-page spreads
• Key tasks covered include setting up a Web page, reducing image resolution, creating radio buttons, adding a hit counter, creating an inline frame, and adding an embedded sound
• High-resolution screen shots accompanied by succinct explanations clearly illustrate each task, while "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips
• Companion Web site features all the code that appears in the text-ready to plug into the user's Web pages

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

HTML

Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. Open the book and you'll discover step-by-step screen shots that demonstrate over 130 key Web page creation techniques, including:

• Adding images to a Web page
• Formatting text
• Developing and linking to anchors
• Creating an image map
• Constructing rules for style sheets
• Adjusting text properties
• Creating forms, check boxes, and radio buttons
• Using format tags
• Validating your code

"I have several books from the Visual series and have always found them to be valuable resources."
— Stephen P. Miller (Ballston Spa, NY)

About the Author

Paul Whitehead is a computer consultant specializing in I.T. support and administrative services for the medical and pharmaceutical industries. Based in Toronto, Canada, Paul is the author of many books.

James H. Russell became acquainted with the Internet in 1997 while he was a student at Indiana University in Indianapolis. He quickly became engulfed in the Internet, becoming editor in chief at Amiga.org and later a member of the Mozilla community, where he worked with Mozilla.org staff and contributors to rewrite the release notes and README file for the Mozilla .6 and 1.0 releases. James has also created and co-designed Web pages; most recently he co-designed www.indybahai.org for the Indianapolis Bahá’í community. He also maintains his own blog at http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/kovu/.

Product Details

• Paperback: 305 pages
• Publisher: Wiley Publishing Co; 1st edition (May 27, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076458331X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764583315
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 8.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #876,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Could have done so much better., July 17, 2005

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LMHT (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HTML: Your Visual Blueprint for Designing Web Pages with HTML, CSS, and XHTML (Paperback)

I bought this book because I wanted to learn CSS and, apart from this being the only book in my local store that covered CSS, I thought learning HTML and XHTML would be a bonus. The fact that the book covers the whole lot is a very good idea, the execution, however, leaves much to be desired.

I am currently up to page 88, so this is not a review of the entire book, but I felt so strongly about warning people I had to write now. I am already looking on Amazon for alternatives.

1. Errors: There are errors in the text and the images, some more serious than others, that can leave you confused and scrambling around various resources for answers.

2. The visual style is the only saving grace behind this book, because it's only through the pictures that I can understand what's going on. The copy itself is like reading a bad technical manual.

4. The approach seems utterly uncohesive and at no point do you actually feel you're progressing towards building anything. Each page reads as if they took their appendices and simply explained them, rather than building up a more profound understanding of what is essentially learning a new language.

This series of books has some very good consumer feedback, and I am sure other titles are very good, because the idea behind the format is essentially a sound one, but it really looks as if a minimum of thought and care went into producing this one and I cannot recommend it to anyone.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars HTML: Your Visual Blueprint, August 3, 2006

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Suzanne Nelson "veteran copy editor" - See all my reviews

This review is from: HTML: Your Visual Blueprint for Designing Web Pages with HTML, CSS, and XHTML (Paperback)

This book has good information, but is poorly organized. The "lessons" are not organized in a logical way.
Plus, the text itself has grammatical errors and the illustrations show Web sites with laughably bad errors. For instance, "We takes the risk out of buying . . ." And "Directors Marketinging Book."

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Impressed, August 24, 2006

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ducky - See all my reviews

This review is from: HTML: Your Visual Blueprint for Designing Web Pages with HTML, CSS, and XHTML (Paperback)

I am VERY disappointed with this book. It was the required reading for a barnesandnoble.com online class, so I mistakenly figured it would be a good book.

I can handle all the typos and grammatical errors, for example;
"...how to add dynamic content o your Web page..."
"To perform tasks in t his book,..."
"Changing the color and font enables you to emphasize important information or to make your Web pages more aesthetically pleasing or more readability."

However, in many instances, the code in the examples has errors too! I don't know how anyone who is trying to learn HTML, CSS, or XHTML without prior knowledge could learn from this book.

That being said, I do like the layout of the book and the numerous examples and pictures. If the editing department had done their job, this might actually be a good book.