Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML

I first read Head First HTML back in 2006 during my first PHP web application development.  I did not get a chance to complete the book back then but it provided me a lot of insight about XHTML and CSS.  Fast forward 2.5+ years later and I finally finish reading it.  The first half of the book is for individuals who have zero experience in HTML.  CS students students out there will get very bored out of it.

However, the main reason for any beginner's web designers to pick this book is for the explanation of the CSS concepts.  CSS has always been fuzzy to me, just reading a stylesheet does not make any sense.  It has to be read along with the XHTML page to make any sense of the styling direction.  The chapters that are useful to me are:

1. Getting started with CSS
2. Styling with fonts and colors
3. The box model
4. Divs and spans
5. Layout and positioning

This book is a must a for any budding web designers or novice web developers out there.

Is this book for you?

• Beginner:  I cannot think of any other place to delve into styling other than this book.
• Intermediate:  The book will ensure that you are presenting your web site properly.
• Advance:  If you are bored, you might want to scan through this book.