Books on Learning HTML

We have selected these books on HTML that would be good for learning web design.

  Our Pick: Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML
Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML With lots of exercises, Q&A, crosswords, and even a five-minute mystery, this book makes learning fun. Beside characters with thought bubbles, it is filled with lots of explanatory side notes with arrows pointing to screen shots, diagram, and code syntax.

It makes great use of visuals to convey concepts. For example, photo of nested dolls to convey nested elements and scales to convey font-weight. Section titles such as "HTML Archeology", "Markup Magnet", "Element Soup", and "The Case of Relatives and Absolutes" will not get you bored.

It covers HTML from the ground up going over tables, forms, XHTML, CSS, Box Model, and all the basics including web hosting and FTP.

Over 100 customers gave this book a 5-star rating.

  Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS
Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML and CSS

This book shows you how to put together your first web page all the way through deploying your site. What we like is that it explains the whole process including finding a webhost, uploaded files to the server using an FTP software, and promoting your site. It includes a chapter on adding a blog.

This book teaches you correct methods instead of outdated method. It teaches you CSS along with HTML instead of adding CSS as an after-thought.

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  HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS
HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS

Using Cascading Style Sheets instead of tables for layout often has the benefits of faster page load, easier maintenance, and better search engine optimization.

This books will shows you how as it covers fixed width layouts to three-column layouts.

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