Mastering HTML 4 [Mass Market Paperback]

Deborah S. Ray (Author), Eric J. Ray (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0782125239 | ISBN-13: 978-0782125238 | Publication Date: April 5, 1999 | Edition: 2

The Knowledge, Skills, and Advice You Need to Build Effective Web Pages

Mastering HTML 4, Second Edition, is the perfect resource for Web developers and everyone else in need of complete, authoritative information on the latest version of HTML. Covering everything from basic tags to proprietary extensions and powerful scripting techniques, this book teaches you step by step how to build Web pages that look and behave the way you want. You'll also learn strategies for planning and developing sites that attract visitors and meet their needs-the true measure of your success.

Become a Master:
* Create basic and impressive HTML documents
* Link documents to the Web
* Use Cascading Style Sheets for a consistent look
* Use forms to enable user interaction
* Add visual impact with images
* Add structure with tables
* Create frames for improved usability
* Add pizzazz to your site with JavaScript
* Use sound, animation, and video
* Build a functional, easy-to-navigate Web site

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

The Knowledge, Skills, and Advice You Need to Build Effective Web Pages

Mastering HTML 4, Second Edition, is the perfect resource for Web developers and everyone else in need of complete, authoritative information on the latest version of HTML. Covering everything from basic tags to proprietary extensions and powerful scripting techniques, this book teaches you step by step how to build Web pages that look and behave the way you want. You'll also learn strategies for planning and developing sites that attract visitors and meet their needs-the true measure of your success.

Become a Master:

• Create basic and impressive HTML documents
• Link documents to the Web
• Use Cascading Style Sheets for a consistent look
• Use forms to enable user interaction
• Add visual impact with images
• Add structure with tables
• Create frames for improved usability
• Add pizzazz to your site with JavaScript
• Use sound, animation, and video
• Build a functional, easy-to-navigate Web site

About the Author

Deborah S. Ray and Eric J. Ray are owners of RayComm, Inc., a technical communications consulting firm that specializes in cutting-edge Internet and computing technologies. Together they have coauthored more than 10 computer books, including the first edition of Mastering HTML 4 from Sybex. They also write a syndicated computer column, which is available in newspapers across North America.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 912 pages
• Publisher: Sybex; 2 edition (April 5, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782125239
• ISBN-13: 978-0782125238
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,186,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars average book for beginners, June 14, 2000

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saad pour (san diego, ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mastering HTML 4 (Mass Market Paperback)

I bought this book in a hope that it will be similar to the Mastering java script book full of Javascript examples and code and tutorial. It had some tutorials but not enough examples. The book is basically in 4 sections 1: html tutorial, 2: CSS, 3: Javascript and 4: Html tags. the author quickly lost focus from HTML to CSS and Javascript. I would like the book but if I was a complete beginner, but it was not Mastering HTML. I hope it had more examples. A better book would be HTML source code or cook book I don't remember. This book went back to the book shelf very quickly.

5.0 out of 5 stars Well-Used Book For This Professional Web Designer, September 11, 2005

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korix - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mastering HTML 4 (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is fiercely awesome.

While the first half of the book teaches you all about proper HTML authoring, the back half of the book is a giant, yet easy to read reference of nearly all HTML tags, most of CSS2 style elements, and the most commonly used Javascript.

As a professional webmaster, most HTML books I've read have no re-readability value; you read them once and then they collect dust. This book, however, is a very different animal with it's excellent and extensive reference manual in the back. I've owned this book for almost 5 years, and all the pages are falling out of it and the edges of the pages are well-worn and dirty from the extensive usage of thumbing through pages and from using it as a makeshift pillow during those long nights at the office.

The rumors are true.

One drawback is that this book is swinging towards way past out-of-date -- I would strongly reccommend "Mastering HTML and XHTML" here on Amazon.com as that book is 3 years more up to date and written by the same authors.

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent reference book for web designers, June 24, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Mastering HTML 4 (Mass Market Paperback)

I found this book on the New Horizons Computer Learning Center website. I liked it so much I decided to buy it. Why? Because it offered more than just HTML. Not only did it provide all the information one needs to write a webpage, but also Cascading Style Sheets and Javascript. As more and more basic code becomes deprecated CSS is becoming the favored mode for writing HTML. Finding A comprehensive list of special codes also sold me on getting this guide.