HTML: the complete reference

Thomas A. Powell9780072119770, 0072119772

HTML is a core technology in Web site development and, now that Microsoft Office now supports HTML, more users than ever will need a comprehensive reference and tutorial. All current versions of HTML will remain the standard for at least two years, so this book will have a long shelf-life. Author has been using the previous edition of the textbook for his HTML classes and has incorporated valuable student input and proven teaching methods into this edition. Covers the latest technologies–XML, SXL, ASP, CDF, and CSS2–as well as the new versions of broswers from Netscape and Microsoft.

Amazon.com Review Most HTML books don’t bother to give beginners an introduction to the workings of the World Wide Web because the Web doesn’t directly influence writing HTML documents. Powell provides this information because it eventually makes it easier for readers to understand why their HTML Web sites behave as they do. The result is a book well suited to beginning, intermediate, and advanced readers. Beginners learn HTML from the very basics. Intermediate users will gain the knowledge to become advanced, and even old pros will discover new details and updated information.
Powell begins the book with introductory chapters that discuss HTML and Web background and set the limits of what HTML coding alone can accomplish. From there he moves into lessons in basic HTML and progresses chapter by chapter to such high-end topics as advanced layout techniques, how to standardize Web-page presentation among browsers with style sheets, programmed Web pages, and client-side scripting and programming. The six appendices finish the book with a wealth of easy-to-use quick-reference information. –Elizabeth Lewis