An essential update to the key web authoring standards of HTML, XHTML, and CSS. The existence of Web pages depends on three vital technologies: HTML (base language that Web pages are written in), XHTML (standards that define how to write HTML pages), and CSS (standard that applies formatting styles to Web pages). This new edition provides you with critical coverage of these three Web authoring standards, and places special focus on the upcoming releases of HTML 5 and CSS 3.
Serving as a tutorial and reference, this comprehensive resource explains the basic structure and necessary formatting to create a static (non-changing) and dynamic (changing) page on the Internet.
Coverage includes:
- Creating Content with HTML
- Markup Languages
- HTML Values and Units
- What Goes into a Web Document?
- The HEAD Elements
- Text Structuring Essentials
- Character Formatting Essentials
- Lists, Links, Tables, Frames, and Forms
- Multimedia
- Dynamic HTML
- HTML Tools and Variants
- Web Development Software
- Publishing Your Site
- An Introduction To XML
- Creating Mobile Documents
- Tidying and Validating Your Documents
- Controlling Presentation with CSS
- Style Definitions
- CSS Values and Units
- CSS Inheritance and Cascade
- Font Properties
- Text Formatting
- Padding, Margins, and Borders
- Colors and Backgrounds
- CSS Layouts
- Pseudo-Elements and Generated Content
- Dynamic HTML with CSS
- Media Styles and Defining Documents for Printing
- The Future of CSS: CSS3
- User Interface Styles
- Testing and Validating CSS
- HTML, XHTML, and CSS Tips and Tricks
Helpful examples round out this essential guide and will get you up and running with HTML, XHMTL, and CSS in no time!
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
From the Back Cover
Learn to create attractive web sites that are easy to use. Since the web was first created, the languages used to build web sites have been constantly evolving. Now a set of best practices has emerged using HTML or XHTML to create your basic web pages, CSS to control their appearance and make them look attractive, and JavaScript to add interactivity. Without assuming any previous experience, this valuable resource makes it easy to learn how to build web sites using the most up-to-date web standards. Whether you’re a beginner eager to start writing your first web page or a more experienced programmer seeking to update your skills, you will find practical introductions to these essential languages, as well as invaluable tips and techniques used by experienced web professionals.
- How to create HTML and XHTML pages that incorporate links, images, tables, audio, and video
- Ways to use CSS to control text, colors, backgrounds, and page layout
- Design principles employed by experienced designers to create attractive layouts
- The basics of JavaScript and working with AJAX libraries
- How to build sites that are accessible, easy to use, and will work on a variety of devices including mobile phones
- How to test your web site and put it on the web
- First-hand experience of coding practices commonly used in the real world
- The elements of basic text formatting
- Text markup and character entities for special characters
About the Author
Jon Duckett has spent over a decade helping a wide range of companies implement innovative web strategies. Taking a hands-on approach, he designs many of the projects he works on¿and helps to code them. During this time, Jon has written several books covering web design, programming, accessibility and usability.
Book Details
- Paperback: 864 pages
- Publisher: Wrox (December 30, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0470540702
- ISBN-13: 978-0470540701
- File Size: 7.7 MiB
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