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Web Design in a Nutshell 3rd Edition
Are you still designing web sites like it's 1999? If so,
you're in for a surprise. Since the last edition of this
book appeared five years ago, there has been a major climate
change with regard to web standards. Designers are no
longer using (X)HTML as a design tool, but as a means of
defining the meaning and structure of
content. Cascading
Style Sheets are no longer just something interesting to
tinker with, but rather a reliable method for handling all
matters of presentation, from fonts and colors to the layout
of the entire page. In fact, following the standards is now
a mandate of professional web design.
Our popular reference, Web Design in a Nutshell, is one of
the first books to capture this new web landscape with an
edition that's been completely rewritten and expanded to
reflect the state of the art. In addition to being an
authoritative reference for (X)HTML and Cascading Style
Sheets, this book also provides an overview of the unique
requirements of designing for the Web and gets to the
nitty-gritty of JavaScript and DOM Scripting, web graphics
optimization, and multimedia production. It is an
indispensable tool for web designers and developers of all
levels.
The third edition covers these contemporary web design
topics:
Structural layer: HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 (9 chapters),
including an alphabetical reference of all elements,
attributes and character entities
Presentation layer: Ten all-new chapters on Cascading Style
Sheets, Level 2.1, including an alphabetical reference of
all properties and values.
Behavior layer: JavaScript and scripting with the Document
Object Model (DOM)
Web environment: New web standards, browsers, display
devices, accessibility, and internationalization
Web graphics optimization: Producing lean and mean GIF,
JPEG, PNG, and animated GIFs
Multimedia: Web audio, video, Flash, and PDF
Organized so that readers can find answers quickly, Web
Design in a Nutshell, Third Edition helps experienced
designers come up to speed quickly on standards-based web
design, and serves as a quick reference for those already
familiar with the new standards and technology.
There are many books for web designers, but none that
address such a wide variety of topics. Find out why nearly
half a million buyers have made this the most popular web
design book available.
The web environment
The structural layer: XML & (X)HTML
The presentation layer: Cascading style sheets
The behavioral layer: JavaScript & the DOM
Web graphics
Media
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