Microformats Made Simple

by Emily P. Lewis

Describes what microformats are, looks at the benefits of microformats, and offers instructions on publishing twenty different microformats to enrich Web content.

301 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Krista Ehlers · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book can broken into three major sections: thorough overview of microformats, detailed explanation of each microformat, and CSS examples of designing with microformats. In the overview section, my head was swimming and I thought that this was definitely not "made simple." Then, in the detailed explanation section, I thought it got a bit repetitive. However, about half-way through the book, I realized that the author's overall plan was working: the progressive repetition of usage for each microformat was making it all "sink in." By the end, I felt very comfortable with microformats, and can't wait to start using some. The author uses a *very* conversational style - sometimes this worked for me, sometimes not. For example, I loved when she said, "So now you know your first compound microformat. Proud? I am. You are already becoming my favorite person." However, quoting the phrase "I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit" felt a little over the top even though it was regarding the overuse of "Web 2.0," and I have to agree with her with her there. Overall, this was detailed, well written, and well-styled - it is a good learning tool and reference for this topic.