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

Powell, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007222942X ISBN 13: 9780072229424

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 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.

About this title

From the Publisher:

HTML Complete Reference focuses on practical applications of HTML - what the language is and how to put it into use. Reader feedback has widely praised this approach of providing groundwork for WHY tags work as they do and not just basic descriptions of them.
·Provides solid background descriptions of what the individual tags are and how to use them, plus gives examples of each.
Includes several hundred pages of extensive and intelligently designed reference material.
Author provides a companion website that features examples of layout and allows visitors to 'lift' this HTML for their own uses.

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

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 007222942X
• ISBN 13: 9780072229424
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 960