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**intellect** · 11-19-2008, 02:31 PM

Decided to order a few books about web design and development. I would like some genuine book recommendations of books you read that were really helpful for the following topics:

Joomla - Beginner level
CSS/XHTML - Beginner level

**Keynes** · 11-20-2008, 12:00 PM

Top books I've used: http://oreilly.com/

Learning by experience is the most effective route, however.

**MAllie** · 11-20-2008, 04:00 PM

I think that Elizabeth Castro's HTML, XHTML & CSS is absolutely the best I've come across for explaining the whole thing, and others on the forum have said so before in other threads.

**intellect** · 11-20-2008, 05:41 PM

thanks brad and monica for your input. i agree that doing it is what really teaches you but nice to have both online and offline references as well.

**draggar** · 11-20-2008, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MAllie

I think that Elizabeth Castro's HTML, XHTML & CSS is absolutely the best I've come across for explaining the whole thing, and others on the forum have said so before in other threads.

I'll second that in fact, most of the "Visual Quickstart Guide" books are great.

**Doc Com** · 11-20-2008, 09:09 PM

My Joomla library:

Joomla! A User's Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website (Paperback)
by Barrie M. North

Beginning Joomla!: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to Professional) (Paperback)
by Dan Rahmel

There are more but they are not worth the waste of paper they are printed on.
These are two I refer to most often and are very thorough.
They deal primarily with Joomla 1.5 and you might as well start with this, being the latest secure release.

Please do not waste your money on the many others books listed on amazon. I have. So consider this fair warning.

Look for Joomla User's Guide from the Joomla.org site. I printed this out (free) and bound it. Very detailed info.

Also, Joomla!: Visual QuickStart Guide is a new release (Nov 21) and most likely is worth a look.
Traditionally these are some of the better editions for learning.
I would also look at those titles for your other requests as well.

Additionally, the Head First series are good, the Teach Yourself series, and someone already mentioned the O'Reilly.

The releases by a company called Apress (see second title listed) are typically very very good and have become some of my favorite Beginning editions.

The Dummies Series are mostly Dummies Wasting Money and have been a big disappointment for hands on learning.

And the Amazon links are NOT affiliate links.

ftaylor · 12-01-2008, 06:46 PM

I'd have to say the friendsofed range of books are top notch; they are written by "web design celebrities" if you want to put it that way. HTMLDOG is an excellent book (and website - htmldog.com) for learning (x)html, by Jeremy Griffiths (owner vivabit.com). CSS Mastery by Andy Budd is an excellent CSS book (at a more advanced level).

**Doc Com** · 12-01-2008, 07:45 PM

Found a couple more last week (FREE) that are PDF format which appear to be very good;

http://djoomla.com/component/option,...c,select/id,9/

These will help with Joomla and what to do afterwards.

I downloaded the CompleteGuideToSEO.pdf

There are a few for Joomla Templates and installation as well.

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Doc Com Dances With Dogs Name: Dances With Dogs Last Online: Yesterday 11:49 PM iTrader: (73) Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 10,268 DNF$: 25,357 Country:	My Joomla library: Joomla! A User's Guide: Building a Successful Joomla! Powered Website (Paperback) by Barrie M. North Beginning Joomla!: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to Professional) (Paperback) by Dan Rahmel There are more but they are not worth the waste of paper they are printed on. These are two I refer to most often and are very thorough. They deal primarily with Joomla 1.5 and you might as well start with this, being the latest secure release. Please do not waste your money on the many others books listed on amazon. I have. So consider this fair warning. Look for Joomla User's Guide from the Joomla.org site. I printed this out (free) and bound it. Very detailed info. Also, Joomla!: Visual QuickStart Guide is a new release (Nov 21) and most likely is worth a look. Traditionally these are some of the better editions for learning. I would also look at those titles for your other requests as well. Additionally, the Head First series are good, the Teach Yourself series, and someone already mentioned the O'Reilly. The releases by a company called Apress (see second title listed) are typically very very good and have become some of my favorite Beginning editions. The Dummies Series are mostly Dummies Wasting Money and have been a big disappointment for hands on learning. And the Amazon links are NOT affiliate links. __________________ Conservative With A Conscience Last edited by Doc Com; 11-20-2008 at 09:30 PM..

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ftaylor .scot Name: Finbarr Taylor Last Online: 11-11-2009 07:46 AM iTrader: (4) Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 468 DNF$: 4,244 Location: Glasgow Country:	I'd have to say the friendsofed range of books are top notch; they are written by "web design celebrities" if you want to put it that way. HTMLDOG is an excellent book (and website - htmldog.com) for learning (x)html, by Jeremy Griffiths (owner vivabit.com). CSS Mastery by Andy Budd is an excellent CSS book (at a more advanced level). __________________ GlasgowSEO.com is on auction on Sedo! Rank 2 on Google for 'glasgow seo'. CPC £3.35/$5.31. High advertiser competition. Glasgow is Scotland's largest city with over 1,000,000 inhabitants.

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Doc Com Dances With Dogs Name: Dances With Dogs Last Online: Yesterday 11:49 PM iTrader: (73) Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 10,268 DNF$: 25,357 Country:	Found a couple more last week (FREE) that are PDF format which appear to be very good; http://djoomla.com/component/option,...c,select/id,9/ These will help with Joomla and what to do afterwards. I downloaded the CompleteGuideToSEO.pdf There are a few for Joomla Templates and installation as well. __________________ Conservative With A Conscience Last edited by Doc Com; 12-01-2008 at 07:49 PM..

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Keynes Platinum Lifetime Member Name: Brad Last Online: 02-11-2009 09:02 AM iTrader: (91) Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 841 DNF$: 188 Location: Philly Country:	Top books I've used: http://oreilly.com/ Learning by experience is the most effective route, however.

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intellect Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: 10-28-2009 02:56 AM iTrader: (6) Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 229 DNF$: 106 Location: Online Country:	thanks brad and monica for your input. i agree that doing it is what really teaches you but nice to have both online and offline references as well.

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