Books for Learning Web Design

Hello, I have been working part time as a freelance Web
Designer and am now looking to learn more about such things as CSS,
XHTML, PHP, MySQL, Dreamweaver and Flash (and more).
Which books/ resources do you recommend? The O'Reilly series?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Cheers,
Derek

Nancy O wrote:
> I went to the university of hard knocks. When I began in
this business,
> there were no "classes" in web design. I learned from
viewing source code
> on other web sites and keeping text libraries of code
snippets to refer back
> to.
>
> Of late, I have heard tales of misfortune by people who
have signed up for
> web design classes only to learn later that the
curricula / instructors were
> sorely lacking. That's not to say there aren't some good
courses at the
> community or extension level, just choose wisely &
poll people who've taken
> those courses to see if they are satisfied before you
pay your dime. You
> can't learn everything at once. Pace yourself. Focus on
one or two things
> now like XTML/CSS. Then expand into scripts, dynamic
languages & databases a
> little later to give yourself time to absorb it all.
>
> Eric Meyer has written many articles and books on CSS
>
http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/
>
> www.Lynda.com is a good for self-paced study via on-line
videos and
> documents.
>
> David Powers has written some very good books on
building dynamic sites with
> PHP in DW. When you're ready, look on Amazon.com for
used copies.
>
>
> --Nancy O.
> Alt-Web Design & Publishing
> www.alt-web.com
>
>
>
>
> "Media Corp." <[email protected]> wrote
in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Hi Nancy, thanks for your reply.
>>
>> I have been using W3Schools over the past few years
with great success.
> I
>> feel like I have learned a lot, and, most
importantly, I've learned that
>> teaching yourself can leave 'holes' in your
knowledge base (the term 'you
> don't
>> know what you don't know' comes to mind).
>>
>> I'm fortunate to have the opportunity to either:
>>
>> A) Study Web Design full time at a college
>>
>> or
>>
>> B) Round-out my current (self-taught) knowledge with
some great books.
>>
>> I think books (and definitely formal education),
have the benefit of a
>> coordinated, well developed 'curriculum'. I think
I've picked up enough
> bad
>> habits while teaching myself over the past few
years...so perhaps a more
>> 'structured' delivering would be good.
>>
>> But, I don't know. So any help would be greatly
appreciated!
>>
>> How did you get started in Web Design? What route
would you recommend to
> a
>> 'newbie'?
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Derek
>>
>
>
I can recommend the latest David Powers book "The Essential
Guide to
Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS Ajax and PHP"
I started skimming this book and ending up going through
cover to cover.
I've learned a few tips about using Dreamweaver better,
especially
getting most from the way the CSS panel works and heaps about
PHP which
has made me rethink completely my approach to forms etc. Lots
of
titbits to fill in those gaps you mentioned. This guy is such
a good
communicator I've now ordered his book on PHP solutions as
it's got me
fired up to want to understand it better. I doubt I'll ever
be
programming from scratch but at least my troubleshooting and
customisation cabability should improve.
Jan

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