Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML & XHTML in 21 Days (4th Edition) [Paperback]

Laura Lemay (Author), Rafe Colburn (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0672325195 | ISBN-13: 978-0672325199 | Publication Date: May 24, 2003 | Edition: 4

Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and XHTML in 21 Days, Fourth Edition is a new edition of the best-selling book that started the whole HTML/Web publishing phenomenon.

The entire book has been revised and refined to freshen up its appearance and to bring it up to date with current Web publishing practices and technologies. Yet all the original style, flavor, and features that have made this book so popular since its first edition are retained and expanded upon.

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From the Back Cover

Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and XHTML in 21 Days, Fourth Edition is a new edition of the best-selling book that started the whole HTML/Web publishing phenomenon.

The entire book has been revised and refined to freshen up its appearance and to bring it up to date with current Web publishing practices and technologies. Yet all the original style, flavor, and features that have made this book so popular since its first edition are retained and expanded upon.

About the Author

Laura Lemay is a technical writer, author, Web addict, and motorcycle enthusiast. One of the world's most popular authors on Web development topics, she is the author of Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML, Sams Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days, and Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days. You can visit her home page at http://www.lne.com/lemay/.

Rafe Colburn is a Web application developer and author living in North Carolina. His other books include Sams Teach Yourself CGI in 24 Hours and Special Edition Using SQL. If you'd like to read more of his writings, check out his home page at http://rc3.org/.

Product Details

• Paperback: 816 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 4 edition (May 24, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672325195
• ISBN-13: 978-0672325199
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,084,125 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a good book!, February 28, 2004

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Heather "zubzubzub" (OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML & XHTML in 21 Days (4th Edition) (Paperback)

I like this one.. why?

praise:
1)you dont have to be in front of your pc to learn html from this book
2)handy dandy reference section!
3)covers all the basics adequately
4)gives appropriate stylistic advice. who cares if you can script if your web page is plain old ugly and unreadable?
5)puts things in a good chronological order
6)I learned to code from this book; its pages are bent from my continual re-referencing!
7)I like the Idea that there is a series. when I feel like I have time to learn c# or .net I can continue with a familiar source.

complaints:
1)index could be broader!
2)sometimes when I am looking for a specific bit of code it takes me a long time to find it. This book needs more headings.

If it had a broader index, more headings, and raw info in the margins for quick refrence it would be perfect.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE book to get to learn HTML!, June 15, 2003

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Rachel Winters (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML & XHTML in 21 Days (4th Edition) (Paperback)

If you wish to learn HTML, this is the book to get! It is funny, comprehensive, and an easy read.

I used this book and a simple ASCII editor to create the Lifeboat Foundation web site. This book made a fairly complicated task a breeze!

A good follow-up book is "Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference" by O'Reilly.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for College Course, August 17, 2005

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Kevin L. Reeve (Logan, Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML & XHTML in 21 Days (4th Edition) (Paperback)

I chose this book as the text for a college HTML course. I have used 3 other books and have found this one to be great. It covers all the basic tags, and has several great sections on CSS and how to use it for page layout and text formatting.
Students have commented on how they like it. This summer the course was fully online.

I would reccommend it for anyone wanting to learn HTML and a bit more.