"...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.
