HTML & XHTML: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series) - Softcover

Powell,Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007222942X ISBN 13: 9780072229424

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2003

Synopsis

Construct awesome Web pages using HTML, XHTML, XML, basic JavaScript, both CSS (style sheet) specifications, and DHTML. This thorough resource provides explanations of why tags work as they do, rather than just giving basic descriptions of them. Plus, use a companion Web site that features layout examples and allows visitors to sample HTML for their own uses.

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About the Author

About the Author Thomas A. Powell (San Diego, CA) is President of PINT, Inc., a San Diego based Web development and design firm that services major corporations including Sanyo, Kyocera, Viewsonic, Toshiba and many others. Thomas is a long-standing Web educator and developed the Web Publishing Certificate program for UCSD Extension and is an instructor for the Computer Science Department of UCSD as well. He is the author of Web Design: The Complete Reference (McGraw-Hill/Osborne 2002), JavaScript: The Complete Reference (McGraw-Hill/Osborne 2001), and Web Site Engineering (Prentice Hall 1999). He has written numerous articles on Web design and development technologies both for online and print publications including Network World. His firm PINT is a member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and actively tracks Web standards development as it relates to Web design.

From the Back Cover

The Definitive Resource on HTML & XHTML

Covers HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS1, and CSS2

This fourth edition of HTML & XHTML: The Complete Reference teaches real world Web markup with a focus on both the standards in use today and the emerging standards of tomorrow. Understand the core elements of XHTML, CSS, and Web development. Learn layout and presentation techniques--including multimedia. Study how JavaScript and Server-Side programming can be used to create interactive sites. Learn how to deliver and manage Web sites, handle advanced topics such as XML, and much more. This popular reference is a must-read for serious Web developers.

• Build Web pages using step-by-step tutorials
• Learn standards-based markup with HTML 4 and XHTML 1
• Improve layout with Cascading Style Sheets
• Manage and maintain Web sites
• Create interactivity with forms, JavaScript, and server-side technologies
• Find server selection and hosting advice
• Develop Web pages that serve a wide range of functions

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 007222942X
• ISBN 13: 9780072229424
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 956