Comments on: Back to Basics with Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS

By: Matthew Magain

Matthew Magain — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:27:33 +0000

Hi Steve. If you look at the book's errata page you'll see that this is listed as a known typo. Thanks.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:17:10 +0000

I have just purchased this wonder book (it’s great!), and have a question. I believe it is in chapter 3 there is a page that lists all the CSS items to be added to the practice website exercise. On the web site is a 3 lime menu using

font set to small TWICE? Why not list this once in the style sheet?

Thanks,

By: Blue Sky

Blue Sky — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:27:09 +0000

I think the idea of a family tree is a great idea and would be very helpful especialliy to those on a tight budget.

By: Cary

Cary — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 05:17:45 +0000

I just wanted to further add that I use both Tidy and CSV validator extensions at the same time. Lots of usefull info when the page source comes up! Uh, but not on my pages, of course.

By: Cary

Cary — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:23:01 +0000

While I like the Firefox's Tidy html validator plugin, the CSE Validator extension is much more reliable. And yes, Jessica's page still validated! Of the books I have on starting out in HTML, this book is my favorite and the one I find most usefull.

By: Beginning Web Design / Wow, I Couldn’t Have Asked for a Better Review!

Beginning Web Design / Wow, I Couldn’t Have Asked for a Better Review! — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:38:50 +0000

[...] Well, I could have, and if you feel like writing a better review than this, then please feel free! But I have to repeat something that Kevin Yank posted at SitePoint today regarding some feedback from a total web newbie. Apologies for the rather long blockquote – I found it difficult to remove any part of it! The emphasis on certain words was added by me. Now, Jess is studying to teach drama and English, so she could easily have taken the path of least resistance, but as we had just received our office copies of Ian Lloyd’s Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS , I dropped one on her desk and hinted that she might find it interesting reading. [...]

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:32:44 +0000

We realise that it’s not easily apparent which book might suit you best, so we are investigating ways to help make everything clearer.

By: ringobob

ringobob — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:40:06 +0000

She did great on her first website. My level of technical knowledge is high, but my design skills are about on par with what she produced. Good to know I can hand off my HTML responsibilities to someone with a book and 5 days ;)

By: Chris Conn

Chris Conn — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:56:06 +0000

Kevin,
Jessica did a very good job on that site. I’ve seen horrific sites from Dreamweaver that work, but have to have subtle “bug-fixes” in place because their code wouldn’t validate.

By: lloydi

lloydi — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:16:07 +0000

Michel – that’s actually a pretty good idea. I do not work for SitePoint (just wrote that book), but I think that some kind of ‘family tree’ or route would be good, showing the relationships between the books, rather than the linear one (mostly based on when the books were released) could help greatly. Matt, Simon, Kevin & Co – something to look into?