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Teach Yourself Visually HTML
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by Ruth Maran
Sales Rank: 184734
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$0.26
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Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Visual; 1 edition November 17, 1999
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764534238
ISBN-13: 978-0764534232
Product Dimensions:
9 x 8 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Product Description
HTML is the markup language that designed for creating Web pages. But how do you learn the code, techniques, and cascading stylesheets when you can't see what you're building? Armed with Teach Yourself HTML Visually, you get the building blocks you need to master links, embedded images, sounds and video, and frames to create a dynamic site with visual appeal. With a graphical format and step-by-step examples, Teach Yourself HTML Visually will help you can take on HTML and enhance your Web site at your own pace.
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"Before I could even begin to get proficient with my HTML coding using this book, my 13-year-old daughter snatched up the book and taught herself how to do a Web site. Now she's miles ahead of me!" —Madeline Guzman (Rockville, MD)
"Thank you for making the Web a fun and exciting place to be." —Steve Thomas (The Dalles, OR)
Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something — and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to create Web pages with HyperText Markup Language, from tagging basics to images, links, tables, multimedia, forms, Java applets, and more.- Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task
- Succinct explanations walk you through step-by-step
- Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules
- Sidebars offer practical tips and tricks
Teach Yourself Visually
Customer Reviews & Comments
My technical bookself is filled with all kinds of serious looking books that I am sure impress visitors. Tucked away in the back is this colorful gem with its fun cover and not-so-serious demeanor. I have written my share of code, most of which was in JCL and REXX on mainframes, so how hard can a mark-up language be, right? Not hard when you have the right book, and this book is it. I was able to quickly pick up the basics in a few hours, and learned a lot of tricks and cool things along the way. I could have probably gained the same knowledge with a more technical book, but I do not think it would have been enjoyable. I am fairly positive that if I did not have an extensive background in computers I would not have bothered to learn HTML from another book. Among the things I like about this book are: (1) It makes HTML accessible to anyone because it is presented in a highly visual manner. The design of this book is important because it makes learning easy, even for non-technical users who just want to get a web page up. (2) It goes well beyond the basics. You can have a simple, but attractive, page up very quickly, then refine it to include frames, multimedia pizzaz such as sound, animation and the such as you become more proficient. (3) It goes beyond the geek stuff to explain how to make a page eye-catching. This is really the hardest part of getting a web page up - anyone can create a web page, but it takes some real planning to create one that is not an eye sore. It stands to reason that authors who create visually appealing, well thoughtout books will pay attention to web page design, which is exactly what these authors did. This book is so well written that I found the time in my busy schedule to read it and create some pages on my PC (hint: you can make pages with your favorite editor and preview them from your hard disk using your browser before you upload them to your web site). Now all I have to do is find the time to refine and test my pages and upload them to my own site, which is in dire need of a facelift. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It is fun to read, contains a wealth of information and makes learning HTML both fun and easy. Don't let the pretty cover fool you - the book also has some advanced techniques that are presented in a clear, friendly manner. If you want to put up a web page and thought it was too hard or technical buy this book. You will impress yourself and your friends.
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