A sitepoint book written by Ian LLoyd
I have booked myself an initial day of HTML web training so I thought I would try to give myself a headstart. I have bought a book on HTML and CSS before but have practically nodded off as I was trying to read it.
This one is different, I actually understand some of the concepts I didn’t before, like the way you can move divs round a page. Its is written very clearly and doesn’t assume you know something you don’t. I think its going to be a useful reference as well as teaching book. If the days training goes well I will be delving into this to try and make my first website (all be it a simple one) by coding only – Arrggh! I have got to learn!
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A great book i would recommend for beginners is headfirst html/css here is a link to their site:
http://www.headfirstlabs.com/books/hfhtml/
They take a unique approach to teaching, it’s actually quite funny in parts they also use word searches, crosswords and quiz’s. It really helps the boring stuff sink in.
Hi Steve
Thanks for the advice. I have actually got that book and read most of it. It is pretty good too. I think my problem is not quite knowing where to start on the computer. I read loads but knowing how to put it into practice is another thing. Did you learn using books?
i used to build sites using tables in dreamweaver. i used to take a flat jpeg and basically cut it up. I used this method for several years and it worked ok but there was always bugs in dreamweaver and because i couldn’t understand the code i didn’t know how to fix them.
After reading a few books i tackled my first site in code view only in dreamweaver. HTML and CSS really isn’t too hard to grasp. The problem i have now is i don’t know any php or java… but it can’t be that hard can it??? Books are the only way in my opinion but you need to read them by your machine sometimes.
Thanks Steve
I tried the same thing. Built a site in dreamweaver, just a personal site, but like you said it just would not view correctly. I would have graphics sticking out here and there. To be honest I hated dreamweaver, its not what I would call a WYSIWYG. I am currently working through a CSS downloaded course so once I have done that I guess its jump in and ty it.
The problem with this book, is that it doesn’t actually follow standards, to my knowledge the book only covers HTML and not XHTML the extensive part in HTML is what makes it compliant, and without that it is very hard to build validated websites, which is the big thing at the moment. Definitely something worth looking into after you have mastered the ‘ol HTML.
Try to have a look on Microsoft Expression Web…You can easily create standard-compliant website !!
Tara1 and Steve thank you for the new books I have just started learning how to build a website and sometimes I’m just completely lost. So maybe these 2 books will help me figure out why I have this error or that error. I look at a video tutorials at least 10 a day !! Guess I need to start crakin the books!!
I just started creating a website. This helped me a lot! Thank you very much!