HTML Books

[Chaky]

I need a book.

More specifically to explain my situation:

The "guy who does the web site" in work is leaving us in the next week or two. He and his mate (who knows HTML!) set up the company's websites (three of them I think) ages ago, and have been maintaining them since. While he offers to help with the upkeep, it may be classed as a "clash of interests" by the company he's joining, so being the next "least technically challenged" in the office, I've been asked to step into his shoes.

I've never done any web design, just some fortran and one or two other programming languages that I don't remember, so probably won't help. I'm pretty quick to learn, and think I'm starting to make some sense of the code that has landed in front of me by reading through it and referring to various internet sites. Whilst this may seem backward, I find that having a real book in front of me for reference is infinitely better than having to switch tabs/windows to get help.

I'll definitely be referring to the stickies on this subject, but when it comes to RTFM I want to get TFM

What would anyone recommend to get as a reference/learning tool that might get me able to proficiently update the websites by april (when the pay reviews are due :smoke: )?

 

[bricio]

they are not books but you can find good information at

w3
w3schools
htmldog

some of them you can print and make a book to study!!!
after HTML learn CSS and your job will have better results

hope this help

 

[JGjg]

Check out this youtube channel and watch the HTML videos.

Sure to help 100% http://www.youtube.com/jagjgjg

 

[rufryder]

I would recommend w3schools as well. Very informative.

 

[Lithium]

I myself can not for the life of me sit and read a book when there is a keyboard to be pounded on, but I understand that we all have different ways of learning. I looked around on Amazon, and while no one book will likely give you a sufficient understanding of how to be a proficient web-designer (you need cold hard experience for this) the book below seems to touch base on several key elements. I also provided a link to another book that scored well in reviews but didnt seem to focus as much on areas like error prevention in browsers. The books will only run you around $20 and would undoubtedly be a good reference.
Just remember that no matter what book you get, you're going to not only want to learn how to use HTML effectively, but CSS as well. CSS controls the look of your website, which is important in a corporate world, and goes hand in hand with HTML now.

The Essential Guide to CSS and HTML Web Design
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Gui...bs_sr_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200088522&sr=8-6

This book also got good reviews on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/XHTML-Sixth-V...bs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200088522&sr=8-1

Good luck with your efforts, hope I was some help.
-Lith

 

[shaelheart]

The best way to learn HTML is to search materials on google and you can print out the tutorials if this is allowed by the site owner.

 

[eugehet]

u can try sitepoint.. they have a number of good books there..

http://www.sitepoint.com

 

[Barrucadu]

I learned HTML by just reading through other sites source code, most of the tags you can guess straight away.