HTML Programming Made Simple (Made Simple Computer) (Paperback)

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This practical text is for you if you want to create your own or company Web site. It assumes that you want to learn HTML quickly, thoroughly and without getting bogged down in theory. The book covers HTML version 4.0.

The essentials of HTML are easy to master - you can learn enough to knock up a small, but well-formed Web site over a weekend. It will take you a little longer to work right through this book, but we hope that you will find it worth the trouble.

All you need for simple text-and-images pages is covered in the first four chapters. From there on in lots more advanced material is covered to take you from a novice to experienced user. The next two chapters describe a range of techniques for positioning and formatting material. Tables and frames (Chapter 5) can be handled by almost all browsers nowadays, but if you choose to use style sheets (Chapter 6) you have to accept that only people with newer browsers will see your pages in all their glory. If you want feedback from your visitors - orders for your products, input from your club's members, or simply comments on your site - you need forms (Chapter 7). They can be fiddly to set up, but are worth it. In Chapter 8 the Authors look at adding sounds and animations to liven up your pages, then dip into Web programming languages to see how they can produce more active and interactive sites.

You don't have to wait until you've read right to the end of this book before publishing your pages. Jump to Chapter 10 when you've created enough to make a good site. You can always upload new or improved pages later - and you should do so regularly if you want to keep your visitors coming back for more.

The document and image files for the larger examples contained in this book can be found on the Made Simple WWW site, at: http://www.madesimple.co.uk in the samples area.



About the Author
Mac's first steps into computing came 19 years ago when he taught himself Basic on a ZX81. He started his first book shortly afterwards, when he realised that (a) programming was fun, and (b) no-one was writing simple books on it. Since then he has programmed in, taught and/or written about 9 varieties of Basic, 3 Pascals, 2 Cs, Assembler, Cobol and Java, 5 spreadsheets, 3 databases, 4 word-processors, and 6 operating systems. He is looking forward to the time when developers stop producing new software and books don't go out of date in a couple of years. Mac can usually be found either in the kitchen or running a taxi service for his family. He lives in Southampton with 4 children, 2 cats and 40 fishes. Web page: homepages.tcp.co.uk/~macbride Mac is the author of the following Made Simple books: The Internet for Windows 95 (Second Edition) The Internet for Windows 3.1 (First Edition) The Internet for Windows 95 (First Edition) The Internet for Windows 98 The Internet (Colour Edition) First Edition the Internet (Colour Edition) Second Edition Office 95 Office 97 Office 2000 Works for Windows 3.1 Works for Windows 95 Windows 3.1 Windows 95 Windows 98 Internet Resources Microsoft Networking Explorer 3.0 Explorer 4.0 Explorer 5.0 Netscape Navigator Searching the Internet Java JavaScript Pascal UNIX Outlook 2000 Sage Accounts HTML 4.0 Mac is also the series advisor/editor.

Nat McBride is the son of prodigious Made Simple author and series editor PK McBride. He has been trying desperately NOT to follow in his father's footsteps having seen how late into the night he works... but appears not to have succeeded very well! He grew up surrounded by computers, remembers single-digit birthday banners produced on old ZX81 silver-paper printers, which made a noise like grinding gears and left a smell of burned metal hanging in the air, and after a brief foray into publishing, came home to internet work. He is now involved in producing a new website aimed at older users of the internet, called www.myhairnet.com Nat lives in Tooting, South London, and enjoys cooking, eating and drinking - whenever he can persuade anyone else that Tooting is close enough to visit for dinner... In summer he can also often be found nursing grazed knees with other rollerbladers in the park. Nat is the author of these Made Simple books: FrontPage 97 Front Page 2000 HTML 4.0 (co-author)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   5 of 5 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Good starter book, 11 Nov 2000 By  steve@robertsfamily.org.uk (UK) - See all my reviews This book doesn't go into great detail about the language, and it doesn't cover some of the more complex aspects of HTML, but it is a great book for someone just getting started, especially if you have no previous programming experience. It covers everything that you need to get your first website online, from coding to publishing. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars How well was this written, very is the answer!, 13 May 2000 By A Customer A while back I couldn't code a single line of HTML, the made simple HTML guide got me started and now I do it for a living, this one is a great addition whether you have never used HTML or just want to get up to speed with version 4. Buy it while you can. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Thank Budda for this book !!!!, 4 Dec 2004 By  Master Jsr Wilson "Love life not the burger i... (uppingham, rutland United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    What can I say but thank you so much for making this book, at the beginning of september 2000 I started a computer technincain course at college and one of the the lessons was Telematics (web page building) and I didn't know a letter of how to do it. so my tutor gave me a book and this was the book and low and behold two weeks later I had built my own web page and it now has over 1,000,000 hits every month. So my advice to you is to get this book, even if you need to brush up get it as this will help you no end. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 3 customer reviews...		Ad feedback   Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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