Call me an egomaniac, but I love finding new reviews of recent projects.
Jeffrey Zeldman recently reviewed my new HTML book (Creating Web Pages with HTML - Visual QuickProject Guide) on his site and says "Elizabeth Castro teaches beginners web design basics the right way".
Virginia deBolt, on her Web Teacher site review, says "If the books [in the new QuickProject series] are all this good, Peachpit Press has another hit series going."
If you see a review of any of my books, I'd love to hear about it. I'll list them on the Opinions page.
Friday, August 27, 2004
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
New HTML Project Book Published
I am thrilled to announce the publication of my brand new Creating Web Pages with HTML: Visual QuickProject Guide. Whereas my bestselling HTML VQS is a very complete reference to everything HTML and CSS, this new book is more of a tutorial, guiding the reader step-by-step through a specific project: the creation of a beautiful web site.
And while this book doesn't treat the reader like an idiot (or call them one), it does keep technical jargon to an absolute minimum. It is a book designed for someone who wants to write their own standards-based HTML code--perhaps to avoid the cost and learning curve of Web page software or to maintain complete control over the web page's appearance--but has little interest in becoming an HTML professional.
This is the book that a Web professional would feel happy suggesting to a friend or parent.
I hope you enjoy it.
And while this book doesn't treat the reader like an idiot (or call them one), it does keep technical jargon to an absolute minimum. It is a book designed for someone who wants to write their own standards-based HTML code--perhaps to avoid the cost and learning curve of Web page software or to maintain complete control over the web page's appearance--but has little interest in becoming an HTML professional.
This is the book that a Web professional would feel happy suggesting to a friend or parent.
I hope you enjoy it.
Saturday, January 11, 2003
New Extras
I've added a few (promised) resource sections: events, hexadecimal chart, and tools. These already existed in the book (5th edition) but now they have a Web counterpart.
Note that the hexadecimal chart is a 16 column affair, comprised of 8 pairs of number/hex columns. The col element makes it quite simple to style alternate pairs so that the columns stand out and the data is much easier to read. Unfortunately, Netscape 6 (haven't checked 7 yet) does not support styling col elements so I've included the elegant table only as an alternative to the locally formatted, bgcolor bloated (though otherwise useful) hex chart.
Any other resources you'd find useful?
Note that the hexadecimal chart is a 16 column affair, comprised of 8 pairs of number/hex columns. The col element makes it quite simple to style alternate pairs so that the columns stand out and the data is much easier to read. Unfortunately, Netscape 6 (haven't checked 7 yet) does not support styling col elements so I've included the elegant table only as an alternative to the locally formatted, bgcolor bloated (though otherwise useful) hex chart.
Any other resources you'd find useful?
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