HTML: Complete Concepts and Techniques, Third Edition

by Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, Denise M. Woods

Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman series, this complete text leads the user through a clear, step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach to learning HTML. Readers learn how to create a Web page using HTML, format the page, add graphics, and more with this exciting new edition.

368 pages, Paperback

First published December 25, 1999

About the author

Gary B. Shelly wrote and published his first computer education textbook in 1969. More than twenty million copies of Shelly Cashman Series textbooks have since been sold.

Gary and a talented group of contributing authors have produced books on computer programming, computer concepts, and application software that are the leading textbooks in the computer technology market today. Gary has hosted the annual Shelly Cashman Institute, a week-long training event focusing on the latest topics in technology, for the past 34 years.

Reviews

[Red Haircrow · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think it was a good textbook overall and presented the information many of us need and use, even if we do not directly work in IT or web design and graphics. As a writer and publisher I use many of the techniques daily either in updating my sites, making announcements or formatting documents or advertisement campaigns.

I couldn't give it a higher rating because the layout of the material is confusing at times. There are a number of screenshots type examples of correct coding and formatting, however because there wasn't a book CD of the material, it is of little help because you cannot copy and paste the info as examples, to a lab you need to create. Even though they do have a website which provides datafiles for some projects, not all are included. That was frustrating.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice step-by-step introduction to HTML. There are many useful exercises that give you a chance to practice what you have been learning about.

[René · Rating 2 out of 5]

Although this looks like a good book for beginners, it confuses more than it helps. Along with that, there are many typos and other instructions are just plain wrong to begin with.