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HTML Web Design Tips Techniques
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HTML Web Design Tips Techniques |
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Published: 2002-01-23 |
List price: $49.99
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 Misled by great reviews! Book is extremely, EXTREMELY outdated! Designers Beware!
I bought this book based on the raving reviews I read on Amazon from other users, but when I received it I found some MAJOR issues. This book is a true and utter disappointment for any intermediate or low-intermediate designer.
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br /The Good
br /- This book is very comprehensive and good for TRUE BEGINNERS as it covers the basics of html, xhtml, php, javascript, and image editing.
br /- The only mildly useful bits for the hobbyist web designer are the PHP and Javascript chapters... but you can find the same, or better information on the basics of these two technologies posted for free on the net. You don't need to pay 40.00+ bucks for this info.
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br /The Bad
br /- This book is extremely, extremely outdated. Most of the design tips date back to the time when IE 5.5 and 6 were the cutting edge, and the examples are aimed at IE and Netscape Navigator users! Hence, the tips techniques are virtually useless now that IE 7 is standard, IE 8 on the horizon, and FFox 3 about to be released.
br /- This book is filled with statements such as "PNG-8 and PNG-24 formats have only recently received FULL support from the most used-browsers, Netscape Navigator 6 and Internet Explorer 5"(pg 290). THAT's how old this book's tips are.
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br /DO Buy This Book...
br /- If you have NEVER built a web page before
br /- If you want the basics to build a personal web page, a hobby web page, a static site with less than 10 pages and no functionality other than a mailto form.
br /- If you don't mind building your site for primarily for IE users.
br /- If you don't mind your web page looking like the Geocities Sites of back in 1999.
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br /DO NOT Buy This Book.
br /- If you know how to style a paragraph using CSS.
br /- If you have ever used an editor like Dreamweaver, or Adobe Golive, or even FrontPage.
br /- If you want a site with any sort of interactive functionality like wikis, blogs, discussion boards, etc.
br /- If you are aware that the world has moved on from Netscape Navigator 6.
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br /In summary, I found this book to be a giant pile of rubbish. In the future, I would strongly recommend NEVER buying a Web Design book that has been published more than 1 or max 2 years before your actual date. Its 2008, DON'T buy anything written prior to 2006 in order to learn basic web design. You'll end up wasting your time, as I did.
 Exellent Reference
This book is outstanding. It covers everything you need to know about web design. It was highly detailed, explaining everything you need to know. And it's well written.pInside the chapters are small sections that they refer to as Tips, such as Explaining the Uses of a Table as a layout tool. With the tips, it makes it a lot easier to go back and look over something you forgot or don't understand. pOverall, exellent book, and I highly recommend it as a resource
Great Book
I found this book to be excellent. It is very rare today to find a computer science book that is thorough, logical and well organized, yet brief and to the point. This can be said for all of the chapters in this book. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn about web programming.
great book
A friend of mine recommended this book to me. I read it in about a week. It was very simple and understandable. Plus I learned some very intresting things I never knew about CSS.
Excellent PHP Tutorial
The best coverage of PHP that I have found. Excellent discussion of tweaking server, appl, and session variables. Security discussion was very easy to apply.
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