To the person who understands Html, what uploading files to a server is and the ins and outs of the lingo, it is perfect. But...if you are in fact a stranger to html, have no idea what acronyms mean, take a course. This book assumes that you are already involved in web page design of some kind. It is not nearly as thorough as it should be. To me if you are teaching a completely clueless person you need to hold their hands through every facet and put a generous sprinkling of tutorials in. This book does neither. I tested it out on 4 completely clueless people and they remained that way, gave it back to me and asked me to write their web pages for them.

Very basic info, I am not sure I would want to publish a web page I created only using this information.

This is a great book!!! The author does a great job explaining what each tag does and also shows examples in the book. If you read this book starting on Friday, you will be able to construct a webpage on Sunday. My advise in regard to using this book as a guide is to type all the examples from the book into notepad and see how it comes out as you read the book. That way you'll have an easier time remembering some of the code when you create your webpage on Sunday (you can also use the book as a reference when creating your first webpage). If you already know basic HTML, then skip this book and purchase a book that goes more in-depth in regard to HTML such as a Sam's book(I just ordered the Sam's HTML & XML book, but I have not gotten it yet).

The best thing about this book for me was that it helped me toplan and organize how I wanted to design my page. It's a lot more thanjust how to go about making the web page. It also teaches you to know what you want and how you want to organize it...

This is a truly great find for the beginner. the book is a true teaching tool. well planned curriculum providing everything to make a premier first time web page. This book is not a Teaser.