Posted on April 12, 2008 by James Guill

Terry Felke-Morris’s book on Web Design with Html is a great book to have if you’re a beginning web designer. Technically it is a textbook for a college level class, but it has been so helpful I figured I would recommend it here.
The book starts with the normal history of web design and Html coding and then proceeds to go over very basic Xhtml coding. It covers the elementary topics of text formatting, list types, color, etc. It then moves into working with frame and iframe with great hands on examples that help you to understand exactly what you’re doing.
The middle sections give you a solid background in CSS design and format. Column design as well as the box model of design is covered in the CSS section. I actually found this section so helpful that I ended up doing the largest part of my site in CSS as opposed to tables and frames.
Later chapters in the book cover Java scripting. It really gives just a basic overview of java scripting and some basic designs to help you become familiar with working with premade scripts as well as creating very basic java scripts. The final chapters cover Ecommerce and Web Promotion. The back of the book has a lot of helpful reference tables that act as a quick guide to a lot of basic and advanced Xhtml coding.
While the book reads in most cases like a typical textbook, the thing that really stands out for me in this book is the hands on examples in the chapters. There are excellent examples of working code that help you learn Xhtml in a practical environment. If you’re someone that wants to learn Xhtml and most manuals are too technical for you, this book will be a great resource.