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HTML 4 Bible (with CD-ROM)
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Author: Bryan Pfaffenberger, Bill Karrow
List Price: $49.99
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ISBN: 0764534734
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (15 January, 2000)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 85,083
Average Customer Rating: 3.85 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
Found a number of new things and a few shortcuts as well.
Teaching HTML for the past 5 years I have certainly found that there very few really in depth reference manuals, this book does have some really nice features, however at the same time there things that confused me about the book. One thing I found odd was the 4 pages covering XML/XSL, after reading this I think the author could have left this out of the book and expanded and very good section on severs and server options. Part III, development of pages with HTML is very good with fairly good coverage of each section. In the next edition they should bring some of the web editors more up to date. One section I found to very well written is Part IV or CSS, the authors seem to have everything covered here. Part VII - cross browsers, deal with DHTML and JavaScript, I found this section to be okay but certainly more, much more information should have been included. One of the most impressive sections of the book is Appendices A through G, which is by far the best breakdown of attributes, CSS syntax, color and hex conversion I have ever seen. The cd included is mostly made up of trial version of software and most of the software has newer version available, so this will also need fixing for the next release. Overall, since I don't need the eval software, I found that the book certainly serves a purpose and for those new to the HTML arena this book should be helpful.
Rating: 1 out of 5
A Mediocre reference. Beginners Beware!
I was a beginner when I bought this book and figured I could get pretty much what I needed from a "bible." In fact, I found this book to be poorly organized, full of omissions and very confusing to follow. The authors are so excited about CSS that they give HTML short shrift... not good for a book on HTML. I also encountered a lot of fluff on usability that could have been left out, but I suppose bibles are supposed to be thick to justify the price. The chapter on tables totally omits any reference to page layout with tables, something I find really unbelievable. I guess the authors think that CSS makes layout with tables a thing of the past. As a reference I guess this book is okay but it suffers from poor organization. Frankly, I was upset that I spent this much money on such a marginal book.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Sequels are not always good.
Was this book really written by the same guy who wrote "Publish It On the Web"? I was hoping for an update with the same more great tables and an easy to digest format. Ooops! Silly me. If you got a great beginning from Mr. Pfaffenberger, as I did, and are hoping for more screen shot demos of code, you'll be as disappointed as I am. The authors probably should take their own advise on writing concisely (Page 208). The only probelm is that I am not sure what they said on Page 208 or anywhere else. Or maybe they're like my grad school professors who thought if you had to ask a question, you probably weren't a good candidate for the class. So, don't look for this book to teach, just to recap what they assume you already know.
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