Comments on: Book Review: HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions: A Web Standardistas’ Approach

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:41:37 +0000

Ok… the codes are missing! Must be some parsing conflicts with this site.

try again…
div id=”blog_entry” should be div class=”blog_entry” ???

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:24:44 +0000

Thanks Chris. I actually bought your book 2 days after I read your above comment! haha… I’m now on page 262, fyi and so far so good. I like the way you don’t “hurry” things, laying down the basic html “abcs” proper and building up at a noob-friendly pace with meaningful visual illustrations.

Ok, having said that, I do think I spotted a syntax typo on page 249, somewhere at the centre:
~~~ Shouldn’t this be ?

I was googling for some sort errata of your book but couldn’t find one.
It would be helpful if there is one, so I don’t end up learning the wrong thing because of a typo! lol… thanks for reading. ;]

By: Christopher Murphy

Christopher Murphy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:16:31 +0000

Ray, The book you’re looking for is this one, trust me (I’m one of the authors!). The other book, if it’s ever released (a long story) is a different type of book.

Good luck!

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:37:38 +0000

Hi, i’m in the market looking for a book to guide me to build websites the “right way”. Should I just wait for ‘Beginning HTML5 and CSS 3′ which is scheduled for publication in April, 2010? As far as my googling research tells me, both HTML5 and CSS3 is not slated for “official” launch anytime soon, so..? [Just a little background, i'm a "print" graphic designer precariously maintaining my company's website, using Dreamweaver and common sense, haha ....]

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:24:24 +0000

I just stumbled across your website from the wordpress website as I was browsing templates and such. I like your site design and layout and just wanted to say that.

I also read this post and agree. I need to definitely brush up on my skills as you could easily tell from my website.

By: Emma Smyth

Emma Smyth — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:07:52 +0000

Very good article Lee ;)

By: Christopher Murphy

Christopher Murphy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:38:27 +0000

Ben, Lee’s post might indeed be interpreted that way at first glance. I can assure you, however, that – short of breaking the rules (or any laws of the land) – we take a firm a line with any students that opt for tables all the way. (I’ll leave you to interpret the words ‘a firm line’).

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:14:37 +0000

I misread the part of your post: “Before this I was using tables, unstructured markup and invalid HTML. Who do I have to thank for this? Chris Murphy and Nicklas Persson, two lecturers on the IMD course.”

It implied (to me anyway!) that they taught you how to code badly with tables etc! It took me a few seconds to understand why you were recommending the book!

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:27:16 +0000

No problem Chris – looking forward to the next installment!

By: Christopher Murphy

Christopher Murphy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:10:41 +0000

Thanks so much for the review Lee, it’s very much appreciated.

David, our next book is ‘Beginning HTML5 and CSS 3′, again on friends of ED. It’s currently scheduled for publication in April, 2010. However, this book builds right into that book, i.e. it should be read first to establish a solid, standards aware platform, before embarking on the HTML5 and CSS 3 shizzle majizzle.

Everything in our first book is still 100% valid, HTML5 and CSS 3 build on standards aware web design and development. If you, or anyone else, are interested in getting a heads up on our new book (and contributing some ideas – elements that you’d like covered) please do get in touch:

chris [at] webstandardistas [dot] com

If anyone has read our first book we’d love to hear from you. We strive to ensure our teaching is not only inspiring, but accurate and your feedback is very much appreciated.

Again Lee, thanks for the review.