Comments about O'Reilly Media Creating a Website: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition:

It explains some basic things and then just skims a bit on what topics remain in a particular chapter. I'm sure it's not easy to cram in just one book everything that needs to be said to make a good website, that's why I think they should've left out the javascript section all together and use the space to dwelve a little bit more on the topics of the previous chapters. A thing such as a "light" intro to javascript is worthless and it only discourages the readers. For this reason I do not recommend this book as a starter book to build a website, you defnitely need some previous knowledge; if you have previous experience, then this book will reinforce it, just be warned that it's not a "starting from scratch" kinda book.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Creating a Website: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition:

I have a few other books and this one brings a lot together. This is a great resource, written well and with a lot of good technical hints.

As another reviewer said, it's a big book, yes it is, it covers a great deal of material. It is written in a way that will appeal to beginner and advanced users. It gives you a good lay of the land for developing sites, with or without tools. After reading this, you feel you have a great knowledge base to go forward. Whether doing it yourself from scratch, downloading a free tool, or buying something you'll need. Either way you feel you have the knowledge to make the right choice. The reference to external tools, web sites, reference points, is fantastic, and makes this alone, worth having this book.

Other topics that are helpful include publishing your site, getting found on line, blogs, etc. Unlike other books that discuss just creating a website, this one addresses the next steps you would have, which is helpful in considering all the things needed to get your site up and running. They really did their research and it has been a big help.

When looking at web creation and publishing books you will have a lot of choices and will probably need to buy a few books. Start with this one and you will have a great deal of tools from the start.

If you do it yourself, as I have, you will appreciate the depth and breadth the book has at each subject along the way.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Creating a Website: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition:

Rather than been an inhuman how-to guide, Mathew MacDonald has effectively maintained the tone of this book as that of a geekish teacher who shares his experience of years in a friendly and easy to understand tone. Ultimately the reader ends up not only knowing how to create a web site, but also about fine tuning and marketing it to match its requirements.

Apart from the technical lessons on HTML, CSS and Java script the author has focussed a great deal about achieving what is expected from the web site. How Google finds our site, how to improve the visibility to search engines, how to put advertisements without distracting viewers and how to advertise using adsence are some examples. The gravity of these facts did not grab my attention until I read them in this book.

Attracting new visitors and keeping visitors returning is one of the key goals of any web site. This book includes a great amount of trips and tricks to achieve it. The introduction about the traffic virus, forums, and mailing lists serve this purpose.

Concluding the review, this "missing manual" is highly recommended to a novice to learn the art of successful web site development by herself. Yet it is equally effective to somebody with roots on the internet- to modify, promote and fine tune his already running web site or blog.