Reddit reviews Head First Html With CSS & XHTML

I agree with Joomla and Drupal. Joomla is pretty easy to setup and very easy to extend.

Drupal is EXTREMELY powerful and is very flexible, but I'd stay away from it if you don't want to code.

BEST book on web design if you want to get into it is Head First Series:
http://www.amazon.com/Head-First-HTML-CSS-XHTML/dp/059610197X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215128378&sr=8-1

If you want to go the book route, a good beginners' book is Head First HTML with CSS and XHTML. The other books in the series are also awesome if you need something slightly different.

As a semi-new web designer myself, I can say I prefer and recommend Sitepoint for their web design books. But, beware, their books can be extremely marked up at some bookstores. Other good books I love to death are Head First Web Design and Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML.. even though the latter is a bit outdated.

I found the headfirst series refreshing for a technical book. Pretty limited but for newbs it will do the job

http://www.amazon.com/Head-First-HTML-CSS-XHTML/dp/059610197X

Something like that.

Okay, so I know it's been over three weeks since you asked, but I'm going to go ahead and answer, anyway.

I graduated with a BA in Professional and Technical Writing in May 2010. I didn't get my first job until January of this year and that required me to move across the country. There are a lot more technical writing jobs in metropolitan areas.

I don't know if you've got another career and are looking to try something different, or if you're trying to decide what to do after college. Either way, employers want experience. I was actually really lucky to get my job with no experience. They tried two other people who didn't work out so they gave me a call.

Overall, I love my job. I learn something new every day. I'm working for a software development company and I knew nothing about software development before I started here.

The work can get a little tedious at times. Also, this definitely isn't creative writing. I work on a lot of proposals for government contracts and 90% of the content is copied and pasted from previous proposals, then tweaked to meet the requirements of the new proposal.

All of WitchDr's advice is good. I'd also recommend working on your portfolio. Create a website. Write a manual for software or a product that you use.

I also think you should learn HTML. This book is awesome.

As a professional web dev, I HIGHLY recommend you start with this: http://www.amazon.com/Head-First-HTML-CSS-XHTML/dp/059610197X

You will learn WAY more from the $20 for the book, then the 1 hour of instruction that would buy you.

i used this to learn basics after trying w3schools

http://www.amazon.com/Head-First-HTML-CSS-XHTML/dp/059610197X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321902275&sr=8-1

idk how o'reily is generally viewed on reddit, but as someone who had never really touched html, i thought this book was pretty good

this 1 star review is a bit apt:

>This is a book of CSS for those who can't concentrate on just one thing at a time. It's scattered, strangely organized, and filled to brimming with little notes, pictures, graphics, and comics. I hated the layout of this book and can only imagine it's for people who have to multitask, even when they're reading a book.

but hey, i learned.

I'm currently going through this:

http://www.amazon.com/Head-First-HTML-CSS-XHTML/dp/059610197X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320572247&sr=8-1

Going to do the Java one after. I'm hoping to get a web development position in OC/LA at some point in early 2012.

It's useless because it's a BA that isn't accounting. Any job you get with it isn't going to be because of your CLS degree (unless you get hired through your Field Study internship), it's going to be because of networking.