Reddit mentions of HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition

Okay, so run to the book store and get something like HTML, XHTML, and CSS Visual QuickStart. You probably don't need to concern yourself with XHTML. Anyway, pore through that book, and if it turns out you need to learn the latest and greatest HTML5 and CSS3 stuff, you'll have a better idea how to shop for something newer (or how to dig for online tutorials/references) once you get the fundamentals down. Oh, and fill out a company expense sheet for your purchases. :-)

The site I used when I started learning is no longer availible. The closest I've been able to find is this place which looks promising. It's a visual guide so it shows exactly what it's explaining. If he really gets into it, this site is where I learned everything else. It's a bit more advanced, but it's clearly written.

Edit: Also, this book I gave to a relatively computer-illiterate friend who learned quite a bit from it. Another visual guide.

Well, this book is a bit outdated (and I don't think it's HTML5), but I learnt the language quickly with HTML, XHTML & CSS Sixth Edition by Elizabeth Castro.

http://www.amazon.com/HTML-XHTML-CSS-Sixth-Edition/dp/0321430840

(Also, I'm not sure if you are starting HTML5 or HTML in general)

If I learned one thing from designing this site is that all you've gotta know about CSS is that you are changing the attributes for certain components. If you got the simple syntax down, all you've gotta do is look at cheat sheets or have a WYSIWYG do the customizing for you.

What gets tough about CSS is layout, making it work for all browsers, making graphics (I know little about photoshop and just follow tutorials), and getting what you want with CSS' limitations (especially for a site you didn't HTML for). I haven't even learned advance selection!

I'd recommend this book, which I have yet to get back from the library.

BTW is ASP.net/C# any good and worth learning?