Reviews for Complete Idiot's Guide To Creating An HTML 4 Web Page (The Complete Idiot's Guide)

1. Good for basic html web design

   Rated 4 out of 5 stars, August 12th, 2009

   This was my first real book into the world of html. Before this, was using easy web creator suites, like Frontpage, AOL creator, etc, but with those packages, you are limited to what the program wants you to do. I got this book to learn more about the code of the web, to learn how web pages are created and displayed. This book starts at the very basic and goes through to the more detailed programming of lists etc.
   
   Nowadays, with the easy to use more powerful creation software out there, you can get a more powerful website up and running in less time, but this book will help you tweak the code to produce final touches that make a web page stand out.

2. quite irritating, but possibly useful?

   Rated 3 out of 5 stars, July 12th, 2003

   is it possible that this book was written by ned flanders? to be fair to the book, i haven't got to grips with it as yet and possibly in six months time i will be a devoted fan but at the moment i find it nigh-on impossible to stumble my way past the fan-doodly-tastic flanders-esque idiosyncracies of the author's syntax. he writes with alarmingly uncontagious enthusiasm that really does make you feel he's right there with you, every step of the way... which perhaps is why the book is still sitting, very pristine, on my bookshelf, on the very far side of the room.

3. Best money I ever spent

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, December 12th, 2002

   This book tells you everything you need to know about web page design. The breadth of coverage is amazing, from the absolute basics right through to Forms, Frames, Cascading Style Sheets, Javascript, Java, and selling advertising on your site. I genuinely felt like I could go and make a living as a web designer afterwards. Even the throwaway comments are real words of wisdom.
   Paul writes in a very entertaining style - I've never read such a fun textbook! He doesn't spend ages going through standards and suchlike It's also really easy to understand. I read "HTML for dummies" and got bored and bogged down. This book is genuinely pitched at idiots.
   I originally borrowed this from the library and worked though it over a couple of months. It is so useful that I went out and bought it afterwards. I think it will live beside my computer for years to come. The only minor criticism is that some of the code in later chapters (like the one on Javascript) hadn't been properly checked and had a few typos. Frankly, I can live with that for a book this good.

4. Worth it's weight in gold if you're new to web design!

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, November 12th, 2001

   This book offers an excellent introduction to web design. The format of the book allows you to get your head around how web sites and pages work and are structured whilst also learning how to create them. I was literally a complete idiot regarding web design when I bought this book and now I'm getting jobs in the field! Paul McFedries - you're a star!

5. Essential Reading for Beginners

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, April 12th, 2001

   I picked up this book after reading a recommendation. I knew nothing about html or java but reading this book I was able to put together fairly complex (at least complex looking pages) within hours. Any jargon used is fully explained and it comes with a cd-rom with examples and html & javascript codes to use. It's so good I put a link to Mr McFedries's homepage on my site.