Product Description

Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS
teaches web development from scratch, without assuming any
previous knowledge of HTML, CSS or web development
techniques. This book introduces you to HTML and CSS as you
follow along with the author, step-by-step, to build a fully
functional web site from the ground up.

However, unlike countless other "learn web design" books,
this title concentrates on modern, best-practice techniques
from the very beginning, which means you'll get it right the
first time. The web sites you'll build will:

Look good on a PC, Mac or Linux computer
Render correctly whether your visitors are using Internet
Explorer, Firefox, Opera, or Safari
Use web standards so your sites will be fast loading and
easy to maintain
Be accessible to disabled users who use screenreaders to
browse the Web

By the end of the book, you'll be equipped with enough
knowledge to set out on your first projects as a
professional web developer, or you can simply use the
knowledge you've gained to create attractive, functional,
usable and accessible sites for personal use.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20370 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 488 pages

Synopsis
Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS teaches web development from scratch, without assuming any previous knowledge of HTML, CSS or web development techniques. This book introduces you to HTML and CSS as you follow along with the author, step-by-step, to build a fully functional web site from the ground up. However, unlike countless other "learn web design" books, this title concentrates on modern, best-practice techniques from the very beginning, which means you'll get it right the first time. The web sites you'll build will: Look good on a PC, Mac or Linux computer Render correctly whether your visitors are using Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, or Safari Use web standards so your sites will be fast loading and easy to maintain Be accessible to disabled users who use screenreaders to browse the Web By the end of the book, you'll be equipped with enough knowledge to set out on your first projects as a professional web developer, or you can simply use the knowledge you've gained to create attractive, functional, usable and accessible sites for personal use.

About the Author
Ian works as a senior Web designer for Nationwide Building Society where he's largely responsible for promoting the Web accessibility ethic. Ian is also a member of the Web Standards project which aims to promote best-practices among Web Developers and software companies.

Customer Reviews

Another Sitepoint success
This book brought me from a complete web design novice (not knowing what HTML was) to somebody who could happily and confidently code a website in CSS and HTML.

It's completely focused, and while it mentions other web technologies (Flash, Javascript), it doesn't dwell on them, leaving more time to learn the ins and outs of HTML and CSS.

Ian Lloyd is a friendly, down to earth author, which makes this book an easy one to read, and even better as a reference.

Buy it!

Worth Your Money
I'll keep this short - this is a highly recommended book on building a web site. I am completely new to this and was a bit worried about how complex it might be but this book is a bit of a God send to be honest.

The great thing about this book is not just how step-by-step it is, but that you are actually building a mock web site as you go through the book.
This was key for me as the other book I have goes into more detail on XHTML and CSS but it only uses specific, individual examples of code, not how to incorporate the ideas into a real web site. This is the winning touch.

You can also download coded examples of every single stage of the development from the sitepoint website, including all the images used in building the mock site.

There are some typos in the book, but there is an errata on the sitepoint website that corrects the mistakes. It's such a good book, I think we can forgive Mr Lloyd these minor lapses!

Understanding the basics
Excellent book. Refreshing to see an embrace of web standards using xhtml and css. Also includes references for further reading and a very handy appendix at the back for the odd bit of code you might have forgotten about.