Great book, decent shipping, great condition.

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	• HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition Elizabeth Castro Peachpit Press, 2006 - 456 pages average customer review:based on 201 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great book, decent shipping, great condition.

The shipping was lack luster. Like 7 days or so, order another book at same time and got that one in two days. Booyakasha.

The CONDITION HOWEVER! HOLY HELL! It was slammin! Perfect. Nice! Clean! AWESOME.

Great book btw. Enjoy.

I generally liked the book but....

I think the errata, at the authors website, needs to be updated because there are even more mistakes in the book, mostly in the code examples, that have not been covered in the errata at the author's website. Also there are some errors in the code examples that does make it frustrating, as well. But, then again, it was a good exercise in trying to find out why the code wasn't working right..something one will have to do anyway. On the other hand, when one is new to the subject, and trying to learn something, it is nice to see how it is supposed to work right the first time. I am surprised that after, what 3 years, the code has not been corrected at the author's web site nor the errata more extensive.

The author made available, on her website, all of the code examples contained in the book...saving you the necessity of having to type it all out yourself. She also provided the code examples download in one complete zip file, as well. The file names in the zip file do not have any reference to a Chapter number or figure numbers so you have to hunt around, opening each one, to find the example you are looking for. Or, you can also open up her website index and cross reference to the Chapter and figure that way. I like the zipped file because I can run most programs without having to be online and at the author's web site. I renamed my unzipped files with the chapter and figure numbers(at least the html ones...the css ones are being referenced by the html ones when the programs are run).

All of the examples, for example, in Chapter 10 have the same code problem (specifically, if you click on "Park Guell" it is supposed to link down to "Park Guell" section but it doesn't do so because the did not match the . "Guell" was used in one and "milla" was used in the other. Another example in Ch 10 was in fig. 10.11 in the use of a:link, a:hover {font-weight:bold} which did not work but did work if I separated the a:link from the a:hover instead of having it on one line separated by a comma. Another example in several of the examples in Ch10 is the use of the same color for a:link and a:hover (why use the same color? you cannot tell the difference when hovering over the link.) In Ch8 fig 7.17 it showed color:rgb(%35,0%,50%) which wouldn't work until I discovered that the %35 should have been 35% which worked ok. I am using a Firefox browser and maybe some of the stuff I had problems with might have worked ok in another browser, I don't know. I am only half-way through the book and hope that there are no other coding or printed errors.

If it is true that the author came across as not favoring IE, I don't blame her. With the history of IE being constantly full of security leaks and Microsoft's reticence in patching them; and apparent obstinance, even arrogance, of accepting what works best and in the interest of it's users, I am surprised that IE still has the numbers of users that it does. But that's just my opinion...and the opinion of millions of others who wised up and bailed on IE for a more reliable, and less troublesome, browser. If you are still using IE I hope you are at least using Sandboxie as well which isn't a bad idea for any browser or email program you are running. You'd be surprised at how much junk (probably a lot of malware, etc) tries to sneak into your system..stuff you can see every time you clean out your Sandboxie at the end of every surfing session.

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nice way to get started

i picked up this book to brush up on my css and some html. the book is really mostly about css with some reference to html. its really great because it shows you the css tags and syntax side by side with the results in the browser. but dont look at as inspiration for design tho. its really just a quick reference book to the basic tools of css.

IDWIMIE

It Doesn't Work In Microsoft Internet Explorer (IDWIMIE)

A quick note to all beginning website developers/designers is to keep in mind that acronym. My experience with website development, and I know I'm not alone, is that you tend to tweak your code so that it actually works, or even looks decent, in Internet Explorer. All other browsers typically do not have problems with standards-compliant code. Internet Explorer is the exception. Reading through this book, you will see that the author points these problems out and usually offers a tweak to get the code working in Internet Explorer. If you are serious about web design, test your code in multiple browsers (i.e. Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Internet Explorer). A good web developer can create a website that looks consistent across the major browsers.

I recently read this book. I consider myself fairly versed in (X)HTML and CSS, so I didn't read it as a beginner. However, I can certainly see that this book might be a bit confusing to follow for beginners. Don't get me wrong. It's a good book, but you will most certainly want a second book on hand to reference or get a different view on the subject. (I recommend the HTML & XHTML Pocket Reference, 3rd Ed. or later, by Jennifer Niederst Robbins.)

My first quarrel with this book is that it tends to get repetitive. I noticed this by the end of the third chapter. It really got to me by the time I got to the seventeenth chapter. Perhaps this is because I didn't read this book as a beginner, and maybe it would cater to the absolute beginner.

My second quarrel with this book is the formatting. This book is set up as a step-by-step approach with the parts you actually type being bolded. I personally do not like this format. This works most of the time, but the author uses standard English punctuation in the list of steps and at times it interferes with the code being typed in the steps. For instance, each step ends with a period, and sometimes the period is bolded with the code to type and it would appear as if the reader is supposed to type the period as well. Also, there are parts of the code the author is trying to get the reader to type and it's not bolded. In my opinion, the code should be presented in its entirety and *then* explained one step at a time. That way the reader can see the code in its entirety and have it in mind as it's being explained. The author does give examples of code, but they are offered in very small snippets in the margins. Sometimes the code is in the middle of a bunch of other code, with the part pertaining to the example being highlighted in blue. Like I said before, this works most of the time, but it may lead to some confusion for beginners.

One thing I did enjoy about the book (6th edition) was that it is in full color. This is tremendously helpful for web design. It's hard to explain color in a black-and-white printed book. Props to the publisher for offering full color.

Another thing I like about this book is the "tips" portion at the end of each section. These tips provide a lot of good information about the code which was just explained. Reading these tips, you'll quickly begin to see why I put that acronym at the top of this review. The tips will offer advice for using the code, tweaks for standards compliance, suggestions for making your code accessible to disabled users, and tweaks for making your code work with Internet Explorer. For me, the tips offered a lot of good information.

This book also does a good job of explaining the use of different style sheets for different media. There is a chapter which covers style sheets for handheld devices, which is important with mobile phones increasingly utilizing the Internet. There is also a chapter that covers style sheets for printing on paper, which is very useful if your site provides print-worthy information. Both of those chapters provide for a good learning experience.

Overall, this book is a good book. I would recommend it for anyone wanting to learn website development. However, be prepared to have a second book on hand to offer an alternate view for clarity.

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Need to learn HTML fast? This best-selling reference's visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with HTML in no time. In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to HTML, Web expert and best-selling author Elizabeth Castro uses crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you to all of today's HTML and XHTML essentials. You?ll learn how to design, structure, and format your Web site. You'll create and use images, links, styles, lists, tables, frames, and forms, and you'll add sound and movies to your site. Finally, you will test and debug your site, and publish it to the Web. Along the way, you'll find extensive coverage of CSS techniques, current browsers (Opera, Safari, Firefox), creating pages for the mobile Web, and more.

Visual QuickStart Guide--the quick and easy way to learn!
Easy visual approach uses pictures to guide you through HTML and show you what to do. Concise steps and explanations get you up and running in no time. Page for page, the best content and value around. Companion Web site at www.cookwood.com/html offers examples, a lively question-and-answer area, updates, and more.

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