Everything you need to know to create professional web sites is right here. Learning Web Design starts from the beginning -- defining how the Web and web pages work -- and builds from there. By the end of the book, you'll have the skills to create multi-column CSS layouts with optimized graphic files, and you'll know how to get your pages up on the Web. This thoroughly revised edition teaches you how to build web sites according to modern design practices and professional standards. Learning Web Design explains:

• How to create a simple (X)HTML page, how to add links and images

• Everything you need to know about web standards -- (X)HTML, DTDs, and more

• Cascading Style Sheets -- formatting text, colors and backgrounds, using the box model, page layout, and more

• All about web graphics, and how to make them lean and mean through optimization

• The site development process, from start to finish

• Getting your pages on the Web -- hosting, domain names, and FTP

The book includes exercises to help you to learn various techniques, and short quizzes to make sure you're up to speed with key concepts. If you're interested in web design, Learning Web Design is the place to start.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 58 Ratings

Best Discussion of the WHY of CSS positioning and layouts. - 2009-10-14
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This is an excellent book on Web design and covers everything from where to start, to how the browser does request/response protocols (in a very comfortable visual way) to Web Graphics.

However, the price of the book was worth the section on CSS!

I have been beating my head against a wall trying to understand how CSS layouts actually work and how positions, floats and web page flow works. It seems very inconsistent and confusing. But the CSS section has great examples to describe how CSS 2.x works, how block and in-line elements flow, how element types effect eachother in the flow and it has GREAT exercises and experiments to help the reader understand what is happening. The author also goes into the quirks between browsers and how the different browsers handle CSS differently.

This book doesn't do like so many other books and just give one patterns to copy without an understanding of what is happening. To me, this book would be worth it for just the CSS Section.

I have also enjoyed the section on Web Graphics and how browsers handle them. Great book.

Web site HTMl development - 2009-10-08
Reviewer Rating:
This book is excellent. It's an elementary textbook on HTML that is really thorouh. The author's approce is straightforward for novices, and included enough detail to be a valuable review for experienced site developers.

Easily Followed and Understood - 2009-09-28
Reviewer Rating:
This book is amazing! There is beginning background information and takes small steps to ensure you understand how and why you do certain things in regards to designing a web page. It offers many resources and links to more information for those who want to get more technical. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in designing a web page!

Amazing - 2009-09-02
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I really liked this book,really covers all beginner stuff and not a techinacal book only, also introduces the trends of web desing,guiding you if you want to go on deeper any part of web desing.

Great if you are new to HTML and CSS - 2009-08-08
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I bought this book to help me learn the basics of HTML and CSS. I had no prior knowledge of either before purchasing this book. After reading only half of the book I already understand the basics behind HTML and CSS. This book is great for those who are just starting out with HTML and CSS. This book has helped me to learn what goes on behind the scenes in programs like Adobe Dreamweaver. I recommend this book to anybody starting out in web design or anybody who wants to learn HTML and CSS. The tutorials help you learn by actually practicing the skills and not just reading a boring book. Pick this book up if you are interested in web design and learning the coding behind it.

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