crowheart Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 I have just about finished one of the Head First Labs books on html, xhtml, and CSS. The book has been great because I am an absolute beginner, without a lot of computer experience. The book did not make any assumptions on the knowledge level of the reader(in fact the book assumed the reader had no knowledge), everything was explained. I was able to create a very basic, but compliant xhtml 1.0 strict site using the book. My question is are there any reference guides that someone can recommend that I can use as a reference for creating sites. The problem I have had (many others as well) with technical how to manuals is that many of them are poorly written, or written for experts. I am looking for something to reference to without it being made to seem like rocket science. Peace... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 A reference is something like the w3schools site. Some people can learn the basics, but the best thing the site is for is as a reference to look up what you already know, it's not very good to teach someone everything they need to know. If you need to learn the concepts, well, this is a technical subject so you have to be prepared for technical reading. But I use w3schools as a reference for HTML, if I don't remember what a certain attribute is or what a certain tag is called I can look it up there to refresh my memory, that's what a reference is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybridgoomba Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 A reference is something like the w3schools site. Some people can learn the basics, but the best thing the site is for is as a reference to look up what you already know, it's not very good to teach someone everything they need to know. If you need to learn the concepts, well, this is a technical subject so you have to be prepared for technical reading. But I use w3schools as a reference for HTML, if I don't remember what a certain attribute is or what a certain tag is called I can look it up there to refresh my memory, that's what a reference is.Yeah, usually I just use W3Schools as a reference. Their tutorials are OK but what I really want is a good web development book. Right now I'm trying to decide what to learn next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowheart Posted October 3, 2007 Author Share Posted October 3, 2007 A reference is something like the w3schools site. Some people can learn the basics, but the best thing the site is for is as a reference to look up what you already know, it's not very good to teach someone everything they need to know. If you need to learn the concepts, well, this is a technical subject so you have to be prepared for technical reading. But I use w3schools as a reference for HTML, if I don't remember what a certain attribute is or what a certain tag is called I can look it up there to refresh my memory, that's what a reference is.I am not afraid of reading technical manuals. The problem is finding a well written one. Having technical expertise doesn't make someone an effective communicator(actually many times technical writers can't effectively communicate their knowledge). The rare author that can is what I am looking for!Peace... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhaslip Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 I have a really nice html/css book titled Integrated HTML and CSS by Virginia DeBolt which I found was a very solid source.Otherwise, the w3c site has, of course, some good reference charts on html and csshttp://www.w3.org/TR/html401/index/list.htmlhttp://www.w3.org/TR/html401/index/elements.htmlhttp://www.w3.org/TR/html401/index/attributes.htmlhttp://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#cascadehttp://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.htmlcan I stop now??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 The best books I've found are from O'Reilly. They have a ton related to "web development":http://www.oreilly.com/pub/topic/webdev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Html Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 I've got this book, Html, xhtml & CSS, sixth edition? By Elizabeth Castro.http://www.amazon.co.uk/HTML-World-Wide-We...2795&sr=8-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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