HTML 4 For Dummies?: Quick Reference

By Eric J. Ray and Deborah S. Ray

Book Overview

For years, HTML has been synonymous with Web development. Before you can cultivate your online visions, you must first master basic HTML. But even the most advanced HTML technician needs an easy-to-read lexicon. Enter HTML 4 For Dummies Quick Reference , the handy, fingertip HTML guide with clear explanations, tag definitions, and detailed tables. Award-winning authors and HTML experts Deborah and Eric Ray share their expertise on everything from using images in your Web pages to determining who your readers are and evaluating their motivations for visiting your site. As an added bonus, HTML 4 For Dummies Quick Reference includes a full color cheat sheet listing 216 consistent and reliable HTML colors.

• Format: Plastic Comb
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764503324
• ISBN13: 9780764503320
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.4" x 0.6" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

Great Little Friend!

This is the first HTML book I bought and it's become my favorite. Not only did I learn how to build a webpage from scratch, I continue to learn new tricks from it every time I dip inside. This is great if you want to learn how to code your pages and not rely on templates. There's also a quick and handy color code guide in the back.

My best HTML book (so far)

This book is fantastic! I learned enough HTML from this book to start producting my own web pages. It covers all the basics and enough on frames and CSS that I can play around with them also. Being a quick reference, it cuts thru the wordiness of regular texts and gets the the point. It has a color cheat sheet in the front, however I found that it is not a true color reference and I have to use the color palet on one of my HTML editors for true color. Still, it is the best HTML book that I have (so far).

Excellent Quick Reference

This is a very handy book. I use it more than any other HTML book that I own, because it is small, and easy to take with me. It's not supposed to be an extensive reference, buy it for what it was intended, and you will be happy.

The single book I refer to most often.....

Before I bought this one, I had two pendaflex folders full of cheat sheets on syntax, tricks, etc. that I would paw through when I was trying to get a certain result. Now I'm down to this book and about 20 individual sheets of paper. I think that's evidence that the book is a nice job. Only complaint is that it should have more specifics on META tags. When setting up an automatic link (HTTP-EQUIV) to a new page from an old one the other day, I had to go back to my old "cheat sheets" as the book wasn't QUITE adquate in this area. But still highly recommended -- the color chart in the front is worth the price by itself.

Very good reference book for beginners.

I use this book all the time. The spiral edition was a great idea, it allows me to lay it flat so I can read and work at the same time. Perfect reference tool for learning basic to advanced HTML. Has a very handy color "cheat sheet" in the front to change your font colors quickly, and easily. I recomend this book highly.