Making HTML as Simple as Possible
347093
I love this book. If you're trying to teach yourself HTML then this book is a great resource.

Why:
  - Excellent price
  - The explanations are straightforward and concise
  - There are great visuals to aid and guide you
  - The organization and layout of the book is very clean and easy to follow

*The one downside to this book is that its front cover curls up after some use. Kind of annoying but doesn't affect the content obviously.

I will admit that I'm a Computer Science major so HTML came easy to me. But I took a class with first time coders and they also remarked on how easy the book was to follow. If you're a first time coder then the concepts may be a little challenging to comprehend at first but the book makes it as easy as possible. Believe me, I've had my fair share of experience with other computer language textbooks and I wish all of them were as great as this one.
555379
To build my own website, I started with a couple of books I checked out from my local library.  It was taking too long so I started searching online for shorter instructions and found this book.  After reading about half of the Kindle edition of this book, I was able to create a basic WordPress website in about a day.  The hardest part was finding a WordPress Theme that was not overly complicated for a basic website.  I hope to soon learn how to create my own!  I haven't finished this (even though it is short and to the point) so I can't comment on whether it provides any instructions as to how to do this.
1456599
This basic primer of cover design delivers exactly what it advertises. The step-by-step approach, divided into short chapters dealing each with a single aspect of cover design, presents the material in an easily accessible way, and embodies sound educational principles in the way that each successive element is built on to what has gone before.

The simple, easy-to-follow language, punctuated with lots of pictures and screenshots, makes the book completely easy to follow, even for a graphics failure like me. The complete range of issues in cover design are covered, from layout design right down to the nitty-gritty of choosing a font, and there's even (a bonus!) a short tutorial on using Gimp.

Something I particularly appreciated was Main's sensible, down-to-earth attitude to cost. There's no unrealistic, high-faluting admonishment to buy this or that software, pay expensive cover designers, etc. Main recognises the cost limitations that an independent author, unsure of what level sales will reach, must accept.

It was a pleasure to read this book, I learned a great deal from it and it is going straight to my Kindle's Reference Section.
169425
This book taught me that basic functionality should be simple, standardized, and visible. I was able to apply these concepts to website design and data entry.
3460529
HTML, XHTML and CSS All-In-One for Dummies is a great reference for a beginner about the fundamentals of HTML, CSS and XHTML. In addition to that,it also shows it from an integrated standpoint. It also includes topics such as Ajax and Web 2.0 using the programming web pages using the ones covered in this book in an easy to understand manner.
2232051
While this book is rather basic in respect to HTML and CSS and is little more than an introduction to those topics, it presses the reader on toward an understanding of modern web site techniques such as positional CSS for layout, client-side programming in JavaScript, it introduces PHP and AJAX, plus maps out the use of databases in a web site. Great stuff.

It also covers tools to use to create web pages and in this becomes a very comprenhesive handbook indeed, indispensable to the beginner. What I liked especially is its refutation of so-called web-page software such as Front Page and Dreamweaver as not the best way to write good, conformant web pages (making Andy Harris a co-religionary of mine). I've written web pages for over a decade and every flirtation with such tools has been an exercise in frustration and misery. Andy shows you why with just a little imagination you can make better pages that will validate and not have to spend time learning those tools, which is a harder exercise than learning HTML and CSS.

For the price, it's an excellent survey of web technologies. This book is at least twice as thick as any other for Dummies book I own, but it's a good, solid introduction, roadmap and handbook, and easily navigable.
2321102
This is a great guide for the newbie to HTML and javascript. I have been trying to teach myself these skills, but have been really overwhelmed with all the books I have found so far because they are HUGE and so darn hard to understand. This is basic, done in a language that is not intimidating, and has great examples for people who need to see things in different ways. So far, about half way through the book, I am really impressed at all I have picked up. After trying so hard to learn this from other sources, I am so glad I gave this book a shot. Really helpful and useful for me!

I received this product free for review and evaluation purposes. All opinions are my own and in no way influenced by the seller of this item. If my experience with this product changes over time, I will update this review. Thanks for reading!
1248836
Well written and easy to follow for someone who is pretty new to HTML.  This is an excellet bood for beginners.
3772322
Several of the examples are not valid HTML5.  They use attributes or syntax that is no longer valid under HTML5 such as td width.  For someone learning HTML5, this can be very confusing.  For example, some examples that are "full listings" don't include the <head> or  tags.  As far as I know, these are still required under HTML5.  I would suggest considering other books on the subject before this one.
1991097
The book is very nicely laid out, and a pleasure to read.

The concepts are a little on the rudamentary side of things. Great if you're just getting your foot in the water with HTML/CSS.

It's also fairly easy to get through. My roommate read the entire book in a day. Not sure how much information he retained, but he got a good overview of HTML and CSS.
2591471
<HTML> My brother works in website development, design, and maintenance and often when he talks about editing pages and other things, I'm pretty sure my eyes glaze over. I bought this in an attempt for us to talk about what he does and how it relates to things I may want to eventually pursue. I'm still learning and I feel like I'll have to read everything included in the book several more times before I begin to really understand, however, I do feel like I am learning and it's thanks to the easy langugae and content of the book. Since I don't really have prior knowledge or understanding of HTML, which I now know stands for hypertext markup language, I don't really have anything to compare this book to. I don't feel like I'm being duped into thinking that I'm going to learn everything there is to know in this one book. It's made clear that this is a very beginners guide, but probably a beginners guide for those with a hefty dose of interest. The book includes chapters like learning the language, basic page structure, page content, content structure, and both a summary and a glossary of terms. </HTML>

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I'm not sure if this is going to help my brother and I have something more to talk about but I'm sure I'll have questions that he will hopefully be willing to answer. I hope that I can apply some of what I learned to building a webpage more my crafts and hobbies, of course when I get frustrated that is where my brother will come in to rescue me and hopefully nicely teach me about what it is I'm not understand.

Also, I did notice a few typo's that could be easily edited due to grammar or spelling.

I received this product at a discounted rate or free in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.
112420
Breaks learning HTML down real simple like, with easy to follow examples that lead you all the way up to the more advanced HTML stuff.
2296578
I've been using Namo's webeditor for the last couple of years and absolutely love this program. Why do I like it so much? I have not seen another program that gives you as many features that can be incorporated in your pages sooo easily.

Forget just tables, sounds, pictures and frames. With this little baby its a piece of cake to create forms, layers (that allow you great flexibility in creating pages--you can 'layer' elements and superimpose them on other layers), inline frames (displays contents from a specific addrss), etc.

If you don't know much html, but want to create something more than the single 'welcome' page, I would highly recommend this little-known gem.
1688216
What a deal.  I've been looking for something simple, to help me create a decent, usable website.  This is it.  Simple to learn, less costly than Dreamweaver, and it has a number of good templates to help you get up and running quickly.  I had my site up and loaded onto my server in about 5 hours.  Very functional, very user friendly, very good looking designs.  You can download trial version from the Virtual Mechanic website and try it 15 days for free.  It's even cheaper there than the Amazon price.  DO IT!
2112963
This product is simple enough for a basic website containing only buttons and text. Conversely, it is terrible if you want to do anything marginally advanced. Fusion's automation is limited to the very basic functions of building a site. Try importing a database file with links and you'll be very dissapointed that you now need to re-link all of the fields with their respective destinations.
Need help? ...does not include any technical support.
3287216
If you have some programming background, this book is pretty easy to follow. My web programming skill was only simple HTML. Then I had a big assignment dealing with HTML forms and a lot of JavaScript. I read this book and played around with it. JavaScript would be pretty easy if you know Java or C++.
3406545
I have experience with PHP and Perl-based CGI programming.  I needed to learn ASP in a hurry to get started on a new project.  This book was suitable for my circumstance by providing an inexpensive, easy-to-read introduction to ASP.
If you are already familiar with some form of web-based programming (knowing Visual Basic also helps), this is a great way to get started quick with ASP.  It provides a clear, concise explanation of the essential ASP classes (Session, Request, Response, redirecting, etc.)
If you are a beginner and know nearly nothing about creating dynamic web pages, there is a steep learning curve.  I would also recommend getting Sam's Teach Yourself Visual Basic .NET if you are unfamiliar with Visual Basic programming, because there is a lot of VB in ASP.
"ASP for Dummies" does not cover .NET, but that is not really important, especially if you already have another reference book such as for Visual Basic .NET.  ASP is well structured and I doubt there will ever be much urgency to change your code for .NET.  For those of you unfamiliar with .NET, it is a series of classes and methodology that sometimes can make your programming easier.
The cheap shots at humor could make this book annoying at times, but it does put you at ease while you're learning.  The style of this book may also be inadequate if you intend to use it for reference alone.