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Tatoosh 510 reviews

HTML, XHTML and CSS For Dummies by Ed Tittel

I do not recommend this book for two reasons. First, the organization of the book is flawed. Instead of giving readers “hands on” activities that will illustrate the ease of web page creation, the authors begin with a long list of abstract definitions of various concepts and parts of a web page. They discuss more advanced topics like site maps and navigation long before the reader needs to understand the creation and use of those features of web pages.

Someone learning web site creation show more should first be taught how to create a single page. That will permit the introduction of the basic components of a web page (e.g., Head, title, body). It is not necessary to introduce advanced concepts such as website navigation until the reader creates a second page. Explaining the creation of site maps can wait until a third or fourth page is created.

Second, the book is hard, at points almost impossible, to read. The authors decision to render coding samples using a lightly hued colored text on a colored background, ignores the basic principle that black text on a white background is most easily read. In addition, the text in the coding examples is quite small. I was unable to decipher the examples without resourting to a magnifying glass.

The are several far better introductions to the topics discussed in this book. show less

May 16, 2018

Hamburgerclan 700 reviews

HTML 4 For Dummies (Html 4 for Dummies) by Ed Tittel

This here's the HTML reference book I picked up at the Friends of the Library sale. I'd much rather have Elizabeth Castro's HTML 4 for the World Wide Web but I didn't see a copy of that one for 75¢. This one's all right, I guess. I'm not real crazy about the "for Dummies" series. I've read a few and wasn't impressed by their style. (Of course, now that I think about it, all the other "Dummies" books I read were about PCs.) This one fits right in. Anyway, compared to Castro's book, this is show more less a tutorial than an introduction to HTML. Rather than showing you how to craft a web page they give you a list of commands and expect you to go to town with them. Well, they also include a CD-ROM that supposedly
contains many examples. My copy, however, is a used book from the Seattle Public Library, and the CD no longer works on my Mac. Oh, well, at least I got my 75¢ worth. It is a useful reference book and will do unless I find something better. I would rate it as waiting room material.
--J. show less

Sep 9, 2006

timspalding 204 reviews

XML for dummies by Ed Tittel

You don't need this book.

Apr 22, 2009

bnielsen 8,454 reviews

HTML 4 leksikon by Ed Tittel

Indeholder "Forord", " Hvem henvender hæftet sig til?", " Hvad indeholder hæftet?", "1. HTML-oversigt", " HTML-markup", " HTML-syntaks", " Regler i HTML", " Gode råd til rejsen", "2. HTML-koder", " HTML-kategorier", " HTML-koder", " <IMG> Integreret billede", " Udgåede koder", "3. Koder til dokumentopbygning", " <!DOCTYPE> Dokumenttype", " <ADDRESS>...</ADDRESS> Ophavsinformation", " <BODY>...</BODY>", " <DIV>...</DIV>", " <H1>...</H1> - <H6>...</H6> Overskrifter i 6 niveauer", " show more <HEAD>...</HEAD> Dokumenthoved", " <HTML>...</HTML> HTML-dokument", " <META> Meta-information", " <SPAN>...</SPAN> Lokal typografisk formatering", " <TITLE>...</TITLE> Dokumenttitel", "  Kommentar", "4. Sprogdefinitionskoder", " Specielle sprogattributter", " LANG Sprogkodeattribut", " DIR Tekstretningsattribut", " <BDO>...</BDO> Tovejs algoritme", "5. Tekstkoder", " <ACRONYM>...</ACRONYM> Forkortelse", " <BLOCKQUOTE>...</BLOCKQUOTE> Citattypografi", " <BR> Tvunget linieskift", " <CITE>...</CITE> Kildeangivelse", " <CODE>...</CODE> Programkode", " <DEL>...</DEL> Slettet tekst", " <DFN>...</DFN> Definition af udtryk", " <EM>...</EM> Fremhævet skrift", " <INS>...</INS> Indsat tekst", " <KBD>...</KBD> Indtastning", " <P>...</P> Afsnit", " <PRE>...</PRE> Præformateret tekst", " <Q>...<Q/> Kort citat", " <SAMP>...</SAMP> Teksteksempel", " <STRONG>...</STRONG> Kraftig fremhævning", " <SUB>...</SUB> Sænket skrift", " <SUP>...</SUP> Hævet skrift", " <VAR>...</VAR> Variabeltekst", "6. Punktopstilling", " <DD> Glossar beskrivelse", " <DIR>...</DIR> Oversigtsliste", " <DL>...</DL> Definitionsliste", " <DT> Glossar betegnelse", " <LI> Punkt", " <MENU>...</MENU> Menuliste", " <OL>...</OL> Ordnet liste", " <UL>...</UL> Unummereret liste", "7. Tabelkoder", " <CAPTION>...</CAPTION> Tabeloverskrift", " <COL> Kolonneegenskaber", " <COLGROUP> Kolonnegruppe", " <TABLE>...</TABLE> Tabel", " <TBODY>...</TBODY> Tabelkroppen", " <TD>...</TD> Tabelcelle", " <TFOOT>...</TFOOT> Tabelfod", " <TH>...</TH Tabelhoved", " <THEAD>...</THEAD> Tabelhoved", " <TR>...</TR> Tabelrække", "8. Linkkoder", " <A>...</A> Anker", " <BASE> Grundlag for relativ adressering", " <LINK> Link", "9. Indsætningskoder", " <APPLET>...</APPLET> Applet", " <AREA> Hotspot på klientbaseret billedkort", " <IMG> Integreret billede", " <MAP>...</MAP> Klientbaseret billedkort", " <OBJECT>...</OBJECT> Objektindsættelse", " <PARAM> Objektparametre", "10. Flettede typografiark", " <STYLE>...</STYLE> Typografiinformation", " Typografiark syntaks", " Egenskabskategorier i typografiark", "11. Præsentationskoder", " <B>...</B> Fed skrift", " <BASEFONT> Standardskrift", " <BIG...</BIG> Stor skrift", " <CENTER...</CENTER> Centreret tekst", " <FONT...</FONT> Skriftegenskaber", " <HR> Vandret streg", " <I>...</I> Kursiv", " <S>...</S> Gennemstregning", " <SMALL>...</SMALL> Lille skrift", " <STRIKE>...</STRIKE> Gennemstregning", " <TT>...</TT> Skrivemaskineskrift", " <U>...</U> Understreget tekst", "12. Rammekoder", " <FRAME> Rammedefinition", " <FRAMESET>...</FRAMESET> Rammegruppedefinition", " <IFRAME>...</IFRAME> Indvendig ramme", " <NOFRAMES>...</NOFRAMES> Rammealternativ", "13. Formularkoder", " <BUTTON>...</BUTTON> Formularknap", " <FIELDSET>...</FIELDSET> Samling af felter", " <FORM>...</FORM> Formularblok", " <INPUT> Inputobjekt", " <ISINDEX> Enkel indtastningslinie", " <LABEL>...</LABEL> Kontroletiket", " <LEGEND>...</LEGEND> Feltgruppeoverskrift", " <OPTION> Valgbart objekt", " <SELECT>...</SELECT> Input valgliste", " <TEXTAREA>...</TEXTAREA> Tekstindtastningsområde", "14. Scriptkoder", " <NOSCRIPT>...</NOSCRIPT> Ingen script", " <SCRIPT>...</SCRIPT> Inline script", "15. ISO Tegnsæt", " Sådan laves specialtegn", " ISO tegnsæt i HTML", "Appendiks A. Værktøjer", " Et par ord om værktøjer", " Værktøjskasser", " Værktøjsvalget", "Appendiks B. De bedste online-kilder til HTML", "Appendiks C. Farver", "Stikord", "Oversigt over HTML-koder".

Spøjst at se hvor mange koder og underlige krumspring, der var i simpel Html version 4. show less

Oct 21, 2025 (Edited)Danish