HTML 4.01 Weekend Crash Course (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

by Greg Perry (Author) "Do you want to become an HTML programmer?..." (more)
Key Phrases: page combines text, hot spot text, command tags, Kid's Playground, Internet Explorer, Session Checklist (more...)

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Product Description
The Weekend Crash Course series consists of 30 sessions over a period of three days. Each session is designed to take 30 minutes to complete, so the Crash Course is an intense 15-hour learning period beginning on Friday evening and ending on Sunday afternoon. Naturally, you can adapt your learning to whatever schedule best suits your needs.

HTML 4.01 Weekend Crash Course is written to meet the needs of the reader who is new to HTML and new to scripting and mark-up languages. However, through the use of carefully constructed roadmaps at the beginning of each session as well as pre- and post-assessment software on the CD-ROM, the book is also quite accessible to the reader who already has some knowledge of HTML or another scripting language.

From the Publisher
THE CURRICULUM:

Friday Evening
4 Lessons, 2 Hours

HTML and the Web
HTML for Web Page Creation
Web page Design
Maintaining and Improving Your Web Site

Saturday Morning
6 Lessons, 3 Hours

Text on Your HTML Page
Improving the Look of Your Web Page's Text
HTML Graphics
Working with Color in Text and Graphics
Text and Graphics Organization
Hyperlinks Connect the Web

Saturday Afternoon
6 Lessons, 3 Hours

E-mail Links, Comments, and Special Characters
Tables Organize Data

Forms Add Function
Adding Form Elements
Transparent Imaging
Advanced Color and Imaging Techniques

Saturday Evening
4 Lessons, 2 Hours

Marketing Your Web Site with HTML
Page Layout with Frames
Activating Pages with Multimedia and Rollovers
Be Uniform with Style Sheets

Sunday Morning
6 Lessons, 3 Hours

Developing a Web Site from Scratch
Making the Web Site Home Page Look Good
The Web Site Home Page's HTML
The Web Site Home Page's Text and Graphics
Creating and Connecting the Web Site's Pages
Adding Special Elements to the Web Site

Sunday Afternoon
4 Lessons, 2 Hours

Adding Other Special Elements to the Web Site
Correcting Web Site Problems
Keeping the Family Web Site Fresh
The Future of HTML

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Product Details

• Paperback: 447 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764547461
• ISBN-13: 978-0764547461
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #831,192 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Become familiar with HTML, instantly, GUARANTEED, September 23, 2000

By	"visualbob" (Williamsburg, VA. United States) - See all my reviews

My goal was to learn HTML quickly. I was a little skeptical buying a book that could teach HTML in a weekend, but this book delivers! In 30, one-half hour sessions, you can learn the fundamentals of HTML coding. Since it is an accelerated course, you only learn the most important HTML commands used to create Web pages. Finishing this book in a weekend might be challenging. The approach I used was to read each session and highlight the important tags and information. Some of the lessons took me longer since I wanted to experiment with the code.

The first 20 sessions provide step-by-step guidance on constructing proper text, graphics, hyperlinks, e-mail links, tables, forms, frames, special audio/video effects and cascading style sheets. Along the way, you'll learn valuable Web page design techniques. But it doesn't end there; this book has a twist! In Sessions 21 through 27, you'll actually create a Family Web site, including the home page and related Web pages! The book goes through the entire process, including planning, designing, building and maintaining the Web site. It's a great way to reinforce all the HTML information from the previous sessions. This will launch you into creating your own specialized Web pages for all to see. There is a lot of competition in the HTML market, and I'm glad I found this book to jumpstart my HTML skills.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It did the job, August 4, 2002

By	Ron (Overland Park, Kansas) - See all my reviews

This book took me from knowing absolutely nothing about HTML to being able to create a basic web page. It was very clear about using text and basic graphics. The CD-ROM included the code covered in the book as well as .gifs and .jpgs to practice with. After completing this book I was able to move on to more advanced HTML as well as JavaScript with a good understanding of the basics. I would recommend this book to anybody who has no prior knowledge of HTML, although I would suggest they take a little more time than a weekend to learn it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Admirable job, January 28, 2003

By A Customer

I do recommend reading "HTML 4.01 Weekend Crash Course" if you already own it. The copy I bought and read is copyright 2000. The title might be changed to something like "HTML and related activities" as it covers considerably more than just HTML. That seems necessary to me. It would be a problem not presenting the other topics. This book does an admirable job of covering that amount of material in the 30 sessions meant to be read during a weekend. There are spots that are a little rough. It hints of being a first edition that would benefit from editing. I would wait for the next version, as there is some dated material that is only going to become more of a problem. Having said that I benefited from having read the book after having taken web design and web programming courses. I recommend reading this book (the new version) to prepare for such courses in order to take better advantage of them.