HTML: Your visual blueprint for designing effective Web pages [Paperback]

Ruth Maran (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764534718 | ISBN-13: 978-0764534713 | Publication Date: July 1, 2000

Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. Inside you'll discover step-by-step screen shots that demonstrate over 100 key HTML tasks, including:

• Setting up a Web page
• Reducing image resolution
• Creating a link to an FTP site
• Adding an embedded sound
• Creating radio buttons
• Creating an inline frame
• Adding JavaScript to a Web page
• Adding a hit counter
• Creating an internal stylesheet
• Creating an XML declaration

The companion CD-ROM includes:

• HomeSite, Gif.gIf.giF, and Paint Shop Pro evaluation versions
• Goldwave, CuteFTP, and WS_FTP Pro shareware trials
• BBEdit 5.1.1 demo
• Plus, all sample code and an eversion of the book

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

visual blueprint offers you:

"Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlighting useful tips High-resolution screen shots demonstrating each task Succinct explanations walking you through step-by-step Two-page lessons breaking topics into bite-sized modules

BONUS CD-ROM includes Web development tools:

HomeSite, Gif*gif*giF, and Paint Shop Pro evaluation versions
Goldwave, CuteFTP, and WS_FTP Pro shareware trials
BBEdit 5.1.1 demo

PLUS sample code from the book and a fully searchable e-version of the book AND MORE!

From the Back Cover

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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 100 key HTML tasks, including:

• Setting up a Web page
• Reducing image resolution
• Creating a link to an FTP site
• Adding an embedded sound
• Creating radio buttons
• Creating an inline frame
• Adding JavaScript to a Web page
• Adding a hit counter
• Creating an internal style sheet
• Creating an XML declaration

Web development tools on CD-ROM!

• HomeSite, Gif*glf*GiF, and Paint Shop evaluation versions
• Goldwave, CuteFTP, and WS_FTP Pro shareware trials
• BBEdit 5.1.1 demo
• Plus sample code from the book, a fully searchable e-version of the book, and more

Extra Apply It

• "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips
• High-resolution screen shots demonstrate each task
• Succinct explanations walk you through step-by-step
• Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

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Product Details

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• Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: Visual (July 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764534718
• ISBN-13: 978-0764534713
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #829,382 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful start to learn HTML, October 23, 2003

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Deborah MacGillivray "Author," (US & UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HTML: Your visual blueprint for designing effective Web pages (Paperback)

I have been working with HTML for nearly four years, but to teach it to a beginner is often mind boggling for it is like learning another language - worse, it is code and tags not words for people to relate to, for it is often intimidating to people wanting to learn but are floored when they first start.

This is THE book for people starting out. It covers all aspects in easy to understand terms, the directions are simply, clear step-by-step with screen shots, so you can see precisely what they are taking about.

Comes with a CD ROM as well. You will be creating web pages in no time at all and keep this to repeatedly refer to as you grow in skill.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a GREAT book, September 29, 2003

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R. Burns (Littleton, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HTML: Your visual blueprint for designing effective Web pages (Paperback)

This book is extremely well organized. In fact, this book is so well constructed that it works perfectly as both a learning guide and a reference manual, later on. Each chapter is a single topic and only 1 to 3 pages in length. All topics are illustrated with examples. The examples are explained with the appropriate portions of the example text circled, so there is no confusion as to what the author is referring to. In the vast wasteland of computer books, this one stands out as how it should be done!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book if you want to learn HTML!, April 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: HTML: Your visual blueprint for designing effective Web pages (Paperback)

I love this book! I learned all my basic html from this and the easier version Creating Web Pages with HTML Simplified.
If you want a good reference book buy this. The book shows how to use the HTML tags and includes a table of all the known HTML tags of when the book was published. Also covers style sheets and how to use them in an HTML page.

If you like this book try looking for other books by Ruth Maran.