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Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS, 2nd Edition |  | Author: Ian Lloyd
Publisher: SitePoint
Category: Book
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Rating:  72 reviews
Sales Rank: 5741
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 470
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7 x 1
ISBN: 0980455278
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.76
EAN: 9780980455274
ASIN: 0980455278
Publication Date: November 26, 2008
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Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS, 2nd Edition teaches web development from scratch, without assuming any previous knowledge of HTML, CSS or web development techniques. This book introduces you to HTML and CSS as you follow along with the author, step-by-step, to build a fully functional web site from the ground up. However, unlike countless other "learn web design" books, this title concentrates on modern, best-practice techniques from the very beginning, which means you'll get it right the first time. The web sites you'll build will: Look good on a PC, Mac or Linux computer Render correctly whether your visitors are using Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, or Safari Use web standards so your sites will be fast loading and easy to maintain Be accessible to disabled users who use screenreaders to browse the Web By the end of the book, you'll be equipped with enough knowledge to set out on your first projects as a professional web developer, or you can simply use the knowledge you've gained to create attractive, functional, usable and accessible sites for personal use.
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 Good Intro and Reference to CSS June 18, 2010
T. Hill (Pac NW)
Before purchasing this book I had a thorough understanding of HTML. I also knew how to create websites with tables in Dreamweaver, which is how my college course taught me (ugh). I did use CSS, but only in Dreamweaver to manipulate text, background, and header styles. So I bought this book with the intention of creating websites in a more efficient way. I wasn't exactly excited to learn and write scripting languages due to my tendency to be more of a designer than a developer, but this book made the process enjoyable.
The book provides the underlying principles of HTML and CSS, and then guides the reader through the development of a simple scuba diving site. After completing the book and the site I felt I had a good grasp on the basics of CSS and HTML. It was simple to understand and the author does a good job of teaching how to think about how things interact, instead of just copying code. He also teaches how to stay organized in the process. Perhaps one of the most useful parts of the book is how many references he provides. The scuba site was simple, and in my opinion, a horrible design, but he gives enough to go on for more advanced stuff.
A month after completing the book I began designing and developing my first website for a local massage business, and after that a site for a political organization. I was staying up late into the wee hours trying to figure out how to get things to work the way I wanted on both of these sites, and this book didn't provide all the answers, but it gave me the foundation to build upon and understand what other web designers/developers were talking about on other forums, sites, blogs, etc.
Overall, a good book to get started.
Tyler
 Great Website Book April 22, 2010
J. R. Miller (Rochelle, Georgia United States)
This is a great how to book for building your own Website. It's well written and peels off all of the high tech jargon. I'm not a computer novice but also not an expert either and I was able to follow thru and complete my website easily. The book also has a lot of links to free sites to help keep the cost down which is a major plus.
PEerfect for the Beginner April 15, 2010
Kedrigern (Fairmont WV)
This book is perfect for a beginner like me. Having never done any site creating work, this book assumes that you have no previous experience. I am about half way through the book and have had no propblems following the instructions to create the book's practice site. Simultaneously, I am creating my own site for real and am having a lot of fun doing it. I highly recommend the book to any one who would like to learn how to create a web site but has not done any such work in the past.
Nicely Functional April 6, 2010
MikeT
This book was fun to read and the experimental website even more fun to build, step by clearly written step. The explanation of written code, with specific working examples all along the way, is wonderfully accurate and gives very distinct and functional ideas of exactly how both HTML and CSS work in the real world of web sites. The downloadable images for the site complete the whole experience very nicely! Thank you, good job, Mr. Lloyd!
Good book with some concerns March 27, 2010
John A. Marcovitz
This is a nice easy getting started with your own website book. The author is never wrong, his way is the right way and his designs are very arty. The tutorials are easy to follow.
My Caveats are that he never covers Frames. Sure they have gotcha's but if there is a big web project with a block of html that appears on every page, why not put it in a frame?
On page 293 as an example they have a free site where you can post a form that you developed yourself with an optional formdesigner from their own web page. The ownership of that site changed hands and the new owners decided not to bother with freebee ad-hoc forms anymore.
Still a worthwhile buy if you have to get something good up fast.
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