http://www.beginningwebdesign.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:06:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, I said that I didn’t know if I ever wanted to write a book again. Apparently I lied. As the image at the top of this post suggests (assuming that you are looking at ... http://www.beginningwebdesign.com/blog/192/introducing-sitepoints-ultimate-html-reference/ Sitepoint have had forums for years now - in fact, it's pretty much where they started before branching into the publishing world. However, now, after many years of being in the book business, it's come full circle. Kind of ... Basically, they've set up a new forum specifically covering their ... http://www.beginningwebdesign.com/blog/191/more-good-reviews-of-for-my-beginners-web-design-book/ It's been a while since I looked at how my book has been doing. It arrived in printed format just over a year ago, so it's a little off the radar now, if you catch my drift. Today, though, I had a look on Amazon.com for something and my book ... http://www.beginningwebdesign.com/blog/190/amazon-says-5-stars/ Maybe you do, and maybe you don't - or at least not as well as you thought you did. Paul Haine is certainly hoping that you don't feel in any shame in putting yourself in the latter category otherwise his hard work on HTML Mastery will be for nothing. The ... http://www.beginningwebdesign.com/blog/187/html-mastery-review/ I've had a lot of things on the go recently and I've been remiss in not doing a bit of self-promotion (and promotion for fellow authors Dan Rubin and Jeff Croft) for a certain CSS book. Pro CSS is the title and it does exactly what it says on the ... http://www.beginningwebdesign.com/blog/185/pro-css-on-the-shelves-soon/ Just over two years ago, I made a point of calling in to the offices of SitePoint in Melbourne , Australia . I was in town, passing through as part of my year-long world travels, and wanted to meet some of the people there who I'd emailed and written a ... http://www.beginningwebdesign.com/blog/183/tech-editing-shirleys-book/ ... for the great review and quote! Thanks for writing this book, Ian. Build Your Own Web Site the Right Way Using HTML & CSS should immediately be made required reading for every single course on web design or web development across the world. I added the emphasis there, of course. What ... http://www.beginningwebdesign.com/blog/182/bok-review-review-456bereastreet/ A lot of people have asked me about how sales of the book are doing. Actually, that's almost the first question I get asked and, strange though it may seem, I am continually surprised that they are asking this. Perhaps I shouldn't be. However, what's more surprising, I think - ... http://www.beginningwebdesign.com/blog/181/woohoo-sales-are-good/ Well, I could have, and if you feel like writing a better review than this, then please feel free! But I have to repeat something that Kevin Yank posted at SitePoint today regarding some feedback from a total web newbie. Apologies for the rather long blockquote - I found it ... http://www.beginningwebdesign.com/blog/180/html-css-book-review/ This weekend I had my own first sighting of my own book in the wild. This is a truly momentous occasion, one that people who haven't slogged for months to complete some weighty tome or other will probably never understand. For me, that moment came in Bath (the town, sill ... http://www.beginningwebdesign.com/blog/179/getting-published-alongside-buddies/