What book is recommended for learning web design?

I am looking for an introductory book that teaches basic of writing a webpage or web design. I only have some real basic html knowledge and hope to learn how to make a pretty website. My budget is under US$30 (amazon prefered, I got discount there :D) Please help? Thanks in advance.

What book is recommended for learning web design?
Try your local library - the books are free! I like the "Dummies" series of books.





Web Design for Dummies (Paperback)


by Lisa Lopuck





HTML 4 For Dummies (Html 4 for Dummies) (Paperback)


by Ed Tittel, Mary Burmeister
Reply:Try this ebook:





http://www.ebook-maniacs.com/NewbiesWebD...
Reply:Microsoft (free domain and hosting for life) , Google (Googlepages, Blogger) , Yahoo (Geocities), Freewebs are some of the companies offering free websites with design tools . A list of free websites with features and links is available at http://tinyurl.com/lw7kp
Reply:Later on, you should definitely learn CSS.





I liked "CSS: The missing manual". Search it on Amazon.
Reply:I will recommend you to learn HTML, JavaScript, DHTML etc online first then go about purchasing a book for your specific requirement. A very interactive URL for this is www.w3schools.com
Reply:If it was me, I would go to a used bookstore that deals in collage text books and see if i could find a book in introduction to web design.





Sometimes they have ones from alternate collages like academy of learning or tech schools.





School text books have a good step by step learning for any thing they teach
Reply:(X)HTML %26amp; CSS is absolutely the way to go... Once you get beyond the basics, you should definitively get your hands on "CSS Mastery" (Cameron Moll, Andy Budd, Simon Collison)..