Teach Yourself® HTML 4 [Paperback]

Stephanie Cottrell Bryant (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 24, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0764575120 | ISBN-13: 978-0764575129

Some people think, "If you build it, they will come." Though that's not always true on the Internet, you do have to build it first and that means learning HTML, which may seem intimidating. There are variations among browsers, subtleties using JavaScript and XML, and conflicts designing frames. But Teach Yourself HTML 4 provides a visual format that presents step-by-step instructions, practice exercises, and insider tips to help you tackle the Web in no time. Dissect client-side scripting vs. server-side scripting, learn XML tips, and choose the best web server. Whatever you need to know in HTML 4, from the basics to the complicated, Teach Yourself HTML 4 will give you the building blocks you want in order to attract the users you need for your web site.

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About the Author

Stephanie Cottrell Bryant has designed Web pages professionally since 1995. She lives in Scotts Valley, California, with her husband John, her cat Allegro, and two retired racing greyhounds named Harry and Hammer. She is an active member of the National Writer's Union Santa Cruz/Monterey Local and served as a delegate in 1998. Mrs. Bryant holds a Bachelor's Degree in Pre- and Early Modern Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Product Details

• Paperback: 491 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (September 24, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764575120
• ISBN-13: 978-0764575129
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,132,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born and raised in a Chicago suburb, but moved to California during college and stayed for 15 years. That's what happens to transplanted species in California: we take root and thrive!

I helped support myself in college by doing web design in the early days of the public Internet. When I graduated, I looked for employment in technical writing or web design, and landed work in both fields. I've been a technical writer for 9 years.

In 2002, I wrote my first novel, by participating in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). This was a terrific experience and got me back into writing fiction. I have several works in progress, plus one novel in revision (it's complete, but needs to be cleaned up now). With any luck, perhaps I will end up actually publishing some of my fiction.

In the meantime, one of my biggest successes as an author is Videoblogging for Dummies. This is a fun technology, and I think you'll enjoy it.

A couple of years ago, I hit out on the road with my husband, traveled all over the US, and finally landed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where we now live. While on the road, I started Handknit Heroes, a comic book for knitters, which is published four times a year and is a fun superhero comic book featuring a knitting pattern in every issue. The website for Handknit Heroes is http://www.comicknits.com.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fire the editor, February 13, 2001

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Jim Stone (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself® HTML 4 (Paperback)

This is one of the worst editing jobs I have ever seen in published material. There is sometimes no continuity, incomplete sentences, no follow on explanations; just a poorly written and poorly edited book. You can learn a little about HTML, but it's a lot of work

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes a little confuzing, March 20, 2000

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Otto Silver (Pretoria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself® HTML 4 (Paperback)

When the author explains something, eg. tables, she notes that it will be explained more in a named chapter, then she doesn't. I also found that she gives alot of incomplete information. All this might be because I expected more information. A plus is that she does explain some very useful consepts on desighn and compatability.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Rough around the edges, January 24, 2000

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Matt Haddock (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself® HTML 4 (Paperback)

This book can't seem to make up it's mind if it's a tutorial or a reference book, and in the end it does neither well. There are several cases where the text is talking about one thing and the images are illustrating something else. I have had to do to much of the work deciphering the information that is presented. I'm looking for another book.