Looking for a good book on HTML

In My Humble Opinion
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The title says it all: I’m looking for recommendations of good books on HTML to help me make a fairly basic website.

I have a pretty general knowledge of HTML already, so I’m not starting from scratch if that means anything.

I’m basically looking for a book that I can use as a reference when I mess around on a website I’m playing with and learn by trial and error more or less.

I talked a little bit about the site I’m planning on making in this thread.

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I used Sams Teach Yourself HTML. I bought it back in '99, and there are newer editions. I found it very good.

There’s a website too.

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If all you want is a reference text, you could use the following.

Netscape HTML Reference

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Check out HTML Goodies…awesome book!

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I suggest you keep as a reference the definitive word on HTML:

HTML 4.01 XHTML 1.0

I learned from the first link, but if you’re not a technical person, I don’t suggest it; just consult these documents when you want the last word.

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Second vote for Sams. I was already pretty good with HTML when I read it, and I really appreciated the author’s use of forward-looking information (e.g. XHTML tags).

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Either O’Reilly’s or Ian Graham’s. Both are very good reference books.

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Elizabeth Castro, HTML for the World Wide Web.

Part of the Visual Quickstart series.

Best book ever written on the subject, by a truly superb writer. She could make fog on soot seem clear as daylight.