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Subject:Re: Learning HTML From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 17 May 2011 11:02:20 -0700
I second Scott's choice. I own O'Reilly's *CSS—The Missing Manual* and enjoy
using it FAR more than any Dummies book (which tend to be an insult to my
intelligence).
Simple to use and understand, these days I always look to O'Reilly first for
tech books, even though they've declined to employ me on two occasions now.
(S'OK... although I'd like to live closer to Point Reyes National Seashore,
I wasn't the least bit impressed with Sebastopol.)
> Chris
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Scott Turner <quills -at- airmail -dot- net> wrote:
> I recommend looking through the O'reilly books. Those are quite good and
> are mostly current.
>
>http://oreilly.com/
>
> Scott
>
>
> On May 17, 2011, at 12:11, Jimmy Breck-McKye <jb527 -at- hotmail -dot- co -dot- uk> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello Toni,
> >
> > If you intend to learn HTML, I would also recommend learning CSS. HTML on
> its own doesn't give you that much power over (easily) controlling complex
> layouts and formatting. CSS, however, gives you an awful lot more control.
> >
> > In CSS, you define individual styles and a set of formatting rules in a
> 'stylesheet', linked to the document. You can link several documents to the
> stylesheet for consistent formatting, and reformat them all in an instant by
> simply redefining the single style rule. This is far better than the HTML
> equivalent, where you have to hunt down rogue bits of formatting in *every*
> document.
> >
> >
> > If you're interested, there are scores of CSS tutorials out there. But I
> personally recommend buying or borrowing a copy of "CSS Web Design for
> Dummies". It's a well-printed book and you should be able to find one at any
> largish library.
> >
> >
> >>> Toni Williams wrote:
> >>>> I have been tasked with learning HTLM. My question for the group is do
> >>>> you know of any websites I can access for this purpose. Thanks for all
> >>>> input.
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