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HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide 6th Edition
"...lucid, in-depth descriptions of the behavior of every
HTML tag on every major browser and platform, plus enough
dry humor to make the book a pleasure to read."
--Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine
"When they say 'definitive' they're not kidding."
--Linda Roeder, About.com
Put everthing you
need to know about HTML & XHTML at your
fingertips. For nearly a decade, hundreds of thousands of
web developers have turned to HTML & XHTML: The Definitive
Guide to master standards-based web development. Truly a
definitive guide, the book combines a unique balance of
tutorial material with a comprehensive reference that even
the most experienced web professionals keep close at hand.
From basic syntax and semantics to guidelines aimed at
helping you develop your own distinctive style, this classic
is all you need to become fluent in the language of web
design.
The new sixth edition guides you through every element of
HTML and XHTML in detail, explaining how each element works
and how it interacts with other elements. You'll also find
detailed discussions of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), which
is intricately related to web page development. The most
all-inclusive, up-to-date book on these languages available,
this edition covers HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0, and CSS2, with a
preview of the upcoming XHTML2 and CSS3. Other topics
include the newer initiatives in XHTML (XForms, XFrames, and
modularization) and the essentials of XML for advanced
readers. You'll learn how to:
Use style sheets to control your document's appearance
Work with programmatically generated HTML
Create tables, both simple and complex
Use frames to coordinate sets of documents
Design and build interactive forms and dynamic documents
Insert images, sound files, video, Java applets, and
JavaScript programs
Create documents that look good on a variety of browsers
The authors apply a natural learning approach that uses
straightforward language and plenty of examples. Throughout
the book, they offer suggestions for style and composition
to help you decide how to best use HTML and XHTML to
accomplish a variety of tasks. You'll learn what works and
what doesn't, and what makes sense to those who view your
web pages and what might be confusing. Written for anyone
who wants to learn the language of the Web--from casual
users to the full-time design professionals--this is the
single most important book on HTML and XHTML you can own.
Bill Kennedy is chief technical officer of MobileRobots,
Inc. When not hacking new HTML pages or writing about them,
"Dr. Bill" (Ph.D. in biophysics from Loyola University of
Chicago) is out promoting the company's line of mobile,
autonomous robots that can be used for artificial
intelligence, fuzzy logic research, and education.
Chuck Musciano began his career as a compiler writer and
crafter of tools at Harris Corporations' Advanced Technology
Group and is now a manager of Unix Systems in Harris'
Corporate Data Center.
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