HTML in an Instant (Visual Read Less, Learn More)

By Ruth Maran

HTML in an Instant covers the most popular features of HTML, including coding, building links, adding images, creating tables, and making forms. Using the award-winning Visual learning system, this compact, value-priced guide visually shows you how to get up and running on the core program features in HTML -- which you'll use over and over again. Concise, step-by-step instructions and consistent placement of elements make for fast learning of essential HTML tasks.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764536273
• ISBN13: 9780764536274
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Visual
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Hit the deck running (I know it should be hit the ground running)

This book is well designed for someone who does not have time to cut through a textbook just to find a simple way of coding one thing in HTML. The pictures are clear and precise. You can have a website or any other HTML document up and working before you have to learn the theory behind it. Even for experts, a quick reference can help. This book is also the basis behind all the extended languages. Some people use the skills learned in this book just to make their Discussion Boards more colorful and add the dimension of pictures and sound. Table of Contents: 1. The internet 2. Introduction to Creating Web Pages 3. Getting Started (display Web page in Web Browser) 4. Change Appearance of Text 5. Add Images 6. Work with Images 7. Create Links 8. Create Tables 9. Add Sounds and Videos 10. Create Forms 11. Create Frames 12. Advanced Web Pages (JavaScript and Java Applets) 13. Set up Style Sheets 14. Using Style Sheets 15. Publish Web Pages 16. Summary of HTML Tags There are thicker books out there, but none are so graphic.

A superb and concise guide

I read this book several years ago when I first got in to web design. This book was so easy to follow and clear to understand that it only took me a few days of reading before I was able to build my first web site. While this book is a little old by technology standards, the information it has about HTML is still valid and current. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning HTML.

This book is so easy for learners like me....

This book is so wonderful! I thought the "For Dummies" series would be easy enough, but I've found those types of books often have excess information I really don't care about. I will be taking a class in a few weeks that requires knowledge of HTML, so I needed to learn it easily, and quickly. I'm the type of individual who learns best in bulleted or outlined lists and HTML In An Instant is laid out just this way.The book is setup perfectly and takes you from the basic concepts HTML structure, all the way up to Java applications. It's not too big and is consistently formatted throughout. I had previously purchased the Visual Quickstart series and quickly found out these are not so "quick." Frustrated, I finally just sat down in a Borders and pulled out several HTML books and selected this one. I can't rave about it more....

Good for the basics

A good primer on HTML and web publishing in general, if you don't want to get too deep. The tags are laid out clearly, and the methods to achieve certain looks or feels are plainly illustrated, but the book doesn't teach that much theory, so you are generally stuck with the methods they teach. Some of the methods are somewhat non-standard, which worries me, but as a whole the book is sound and easy to read. I would recommend _HTML 4 for the Worldwide Web_, by Elizabeth Castro, instead. It is very clear and basic, but it covers more of the theory so you can be a more powerful designer.

Quick and easy to find the tag you need.

It is exactly what I was looking for. I have VB experience but am new to HTML. The whole book is examples of code with screen shots of how a web page would appear. It even goes into creating classes, style sheets, and adding Javescript. It is a good reference for someone with experience (I have had developers borrow mine) and simplistic enough for a beginner. I definatly recommend it.