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Mastering Integrated HTML and CSS

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I've been studying at web design and construction for over 10 years. Since I'm both dyslexic and limited in my short-term memory, I've had problems with doing more than just the basics. Understanding XHTML and CSS have been problematic for me, and I've had to rely on programs like Dreamweaver and Front Page to write my pages. This book is finally bringing home how web pages are constructed, and how CSS is used for both styling and positioning things. Virginia has put together the best method of presenting the material in a manner that I can comprehend, and hopefully retain. I've purchased a lot of books on web construction, but none have helped me as much as this one has, and continues to do. I'll keep it over all the others as a reference in the future.

Virginia DeBolt's newest book is an excellent resource for modern, standards based design. It combines the depth of a well qualified instruction with lively, real world examples of practical web applications. This book will save you so many hours of work and research by showing you how techniques have evolved and how each application meets the various standards. Webpage structure (including columns), various navigation methods, working with images and picture galleries, banners, links, blogs, and much more are all discussed. Also included (in color) are inspirational website designs showing these modern CSS based techniques.

In the course of designing our numerous large websites for parent support I have read over a dozen design and coding books on html and css, and this is one book I return to over and over again.

Clear and concise, this book has taken me from knowing nothing about web design to publishing a site of my own in 3 weeks. While there is much more to learn, my site is running smoothly and 100% W3C Strict compliant.

Virginia DeBolt is a Web teacher, and her background in explaining things to students comes through in this book. Her writing style is simple and clear. She manages to explain a tremendous amount of material in style that is not too verbose, but that is amazingly thorough. The book is also has a tons of links to great resources.

I find that most students learn best when they are using hands-on exercises, rather than just reading through chapters in a book. Therefore, I was really happy to see that exercise files are included on the CD. This allows the readers to work along with the chapters and to really see the results of each change in XHTML or CSS code.

I already had some knowledge of (x)html + css, but it's great to have this book with everything explained so well from the ground up. So it also can be used as a good reference book.
Great examples too and the cd that comes along is also quite helpful.
If you want to get acquainted with (x)html+css you will get a good understanding of these subjects with this book. Thumbs up, all the way.

I have been so impressed with this book so far, though I'm just through Chapter 2. I am a relative beginner, so Chapter 1 was very important and extremely useful background for me. I already feel in 2 Chapters that I have learned a great deal of useful things. DeBolt does such a wonderful job of leaving no questions unanswered. I've found myself reading a paragraph and beginning to develop questions, and by the next paragraph she has addressed these. At least so far, I have found her to be a master at explaining to someone who is not yet a master. So far, I haven't skipped anything in the book, and I'm looking forward to more. Excellent book. Very happy I purchased this.

this book is the greatest that i have read ever.
though that i have a little expiriance with HTML and CSS , but this book give you the actually way to write your code only at XHTML and CSS , with a great way of explaining .