Html 4 for Dummies [Paperback]

Ed Tittel (Author), Steve James (Author)

Book Description

Series: For Dummies (Computer/Tech) | Publication Date: February 1998

This text provides all the information needed to create Web pages using HTML 4. The accompanying CD-ROM includes files of all the examples used in the book, a program that transfers word processing files to HTML, a basic HTML editor, and templates to help the reader get started.

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Amazon.com Review

This guide walks you through the entire Web authoring process, teaching you how to use the nuts and bolts of HTML to build your Web page. You've got to feel good about a guide that tells you that "if you can dial a telephone or find your keys in the morning, you too can become an HTML author."

The authors start with the premise that you're a true beginner. The first part of the book covers the history of the Web, what a browser is, how HTML is used, and what it takes to access the Web. The book then dives into HTML basics, page layout, and instructions on how to build your first basic Web page. Part 2 explains what a markup language is and how HTML works. This section provides an overview of each HTML tag, highlights special characters, and shows you how to add templates, lists, and links to your Web pages. Part 3 covers relatively advanced areas such as tables, attractive Web design, complex pages, forms, style sheets, image maps, navigation aids, and finally going live with your site.

Part 4 contains the famous "Part of Tens" section that is in each Dummies book, plus HTML's Top Ten Do's and Don'ts, Ten Design Desiderata, and Nearly Ten Ways to Exterminate Web Bugs. Extras on the CD-ROM include overviews on testing your pages, working with Dynamic HTML, frames, Common Gateway Interface (CGI), and more. The CD-ROM also has shareware and examples of HTML that are used in the book. --Elizabeth Lewis

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“…a very useful reference tool that comes with a nice selection of programs…”(PC Utilities, June 2003) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 373 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers); Pap/Cdr edition (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764503316
• ISBN-13: 978-0764503313
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,143,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book, for dummies ;), October 14, 2000

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Jason E. Smith "Web Developer" (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HTML 4 for Dummies (with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

As the title says, this book is for people with very little knowledge of HTML - but knowledge of how to use a computer at an intermediate level. It covers most basic HTML tags, up to and including tables and a limited amount of framesets, as well as providing a large reference section aimed at the beginning HTML coder, becoming a decent reference manual even after the Tutorial section is finished.

It's not the be-all and end-all of coding references, but it's perfect for someone that is comfortable with a computer, and wants to being creating simple web pages. This can take an individual with little knowledge and give them enough information to where they can understand the more complex online references and puzzle out the rest, or to a level where they can successfully invest their time in learning more about CSS, JavaScript, and DHTML to move to more complex sites.

53 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this book..., October 5, 2000

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Renaaah "Renaaah" (Bronxville, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HTML 4 for Dummies (with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

I am currently taking an introductory class called "Build your Own Website." This book is required reading. When I went to my local bookstore to get "Html4 for Dummies with CD ROM," the sales associate did everything in her power to dissuade me from buying it. Now, 2 weeks into the course (and the book) I understand why.

There is too much text in this book: long, verbose explanations that make learning a chore. It is no fun to read, and is often confusing. Unless you are in the same situation as I (your professor demands that you use this, and only this, text) don't waste your money. Elizabeth Castro has written a much better book on this subject.

34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Satisfactory job of explaining HTML language to new user, November 13, 2002

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R. Geissman "Lodi Shopper" (Lodi, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HTML 4 for Dummies (with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

This book could have been about 200 pages shorter if they left out the redundant info on content and style of content. I would call this book "Keep it simple silly" as they must mention the KISS theory about 400 times. While I did get a better understanding of HTML after reading it. I was surely not prepared to make much of a web page when I was done digesting these 400 pages. I suggest picking it up at the library as I did and then getting a HTML reference book. Heck you can just go to WebMonkey or some other tutorial web site and learn just as much but quicker. It served it's usefullness but I would never buy it or reference back to it after reading it.