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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice starting point for learning HTML... mixed feelings about who it may be for, June 25, 2005
"Look Mom! I Built My Own Web Site" by Zohar Amihud is a book arguably written for young teenagers. It consists of two parts: Building a Web Site and Web Site Hosting.
By all means Part I results tailored for the 11-17 demographic (and I'd even argue it's appropriate for children under 10, considering how advanced kids are these days). It covers most of the basics of HTML: basic tags, images, color, tables and it even gets your feet wet with iFrames (embedding HTML found in one file into another file, for display of things such as menus in multiple places in a web site). This chapter is written in a language that caters better to children (I can imagine some teenagers feeling like they're been talked to as kids, as they read this part).
Part II, however, I found to be more elevated in its language, and begins to depart from the level of Part I. There are a large number of technical matters covered in it that deal with making the right decision for the hosting of your web site. However, I can't avoid but feeling as if it's part of a completely different book.
As a whole, it's a nice book to get for children who want to build their first web site in plain HTML (not using commercial tools or wizards). If you take away the "Look what I did, Mom!" factor, it may also work as a very basic reference for HTML newbies in general (young and old).
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent!, August 5, 2005
***** This is an EXCELLENT guide for beginners! I had my niece come over for a weekend to try it out. Following the step-by-step directions, we created a simple, free web site. Nothing fancy, but plain either. This book begins the creating of a site OFF the internet. In simple words and terms the first few chapters get the "newbie" (for lack of a better term) used to the computer, its files/folders, and inner workings. My niece is around ten-years-old and had only a few problems. I believe that kids around third grade could successfully use this guide. But if you are an adult who is new to computers, this book is perfect for you as well.
The newbie will learn to create a folder on the hard drive at first. Do not worry, there are clear illustrations throughout the book to show you EXACTLY what should be on your monitor. (Added tip for newbies: Put a Notepad short cut on your desk top for easy access.)
Next you will learn about open and closed "tabs". You must understand this part. One error and the page will not work or look correctly. Again, the book CLEARLY shows what you should see. From here on, things get easier. If you do not understand something, go back. If everything is clear to you, then the rest will be a cinch. By now you are in chapter three or four. You will learn about formatting, viewing sources, adding images, links, color and different font types. Next comes cells, tables, how to embed an HTML page within another HTML page. Illustrations show you the way through it all.
From here the book will explain things that you should NOT publish on your web site for all the world to view. This is followed by how to register with free web hosting sites. (Added tip for newbies: Consider using Geocities for your first site. It is easy, free, and gives a good amount of space.) All-in-all, we found this book to be very easy to understand and follow. I highly recommend it for all beginners. *****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Friendly And Useful , June 19, 2005
I must admit that before reading this book I did not view building a web site as a early teenager activity. Never having done this type of activity, I incorrectly assumed that this was a process that was as difficult as say building a microwave oven from scratch. After reading the book I have revised my view of the process and understand that I was not giving kids enough credit. The book is geared toward kids with some help from parents, creating a basic web site. It gives the read a nice step by step process that is not intimidating. The authors did a good job of helping the reader not get lost in a blizzard of tech heavy terminology.
I think the biggest advantage of the book is that fact that it makes it easy for the parent to understand. Lets face it, kids are far more quick to pick up on this computer stuff and the book also helps the adults understand what they are doing. Overall I enjoyed the book. It is easy to read, it has a nice format and layout. It is easy to follow and I found that there were enough pictures which made for a clearer understanding. The authors even put the book out in a format that makes it easy to have it lay open on a desk so that you are not constantly having to open the book and locate your page after it accidentally closed.
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