- School & Library Binding
- Publisher: Topeka Bindery (Aug 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0613911911
- ISBN-13: 978-0613911917
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 17.8 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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HTML is a familiar FLA (four letter acronym) but what about XHTML? Is it merely a typographical error or simply XML by another name? The readable preface to this book puts us right and there is more detail in Chapter 1 which is also an interesting potted history of the web and web technologies.
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is for controlling layout and specifying hypertext links for documents viewed with a browser. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) controls its standardisation. XML (Extensible Markup Language), also defined by the W3C, is a standard that allows structured data to be presented in a standard way that it can be understood by many different technologies, for example, relational database engines and web browsers. Use of XML for the exchange of data between businesses on the Internet is increasing rapidly. Now, finally, comes XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language), which is HTML reformulated to bring it into line with the XML standard.
The authors try to instil good habits and style considerations, as well as an appreciation of kumquats (a recurrent theme in the examples). They revile use of the blink tag extension that causes text to oscillate between two colour states and blink, constantly, irritatingly and advocate visiting a wide range of Web sites to learn what works and what doesn't.
The comprehensive coverage of the topic is divided into chapters like Text Basics, Formatted Lists, Forms, Frames and Executable Content. HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide is a feature-driven guide to what the languages can do rather than a guide to producing a finished item, but it should help a beginner to make good progress nevertheless, and is written in an approachable style. --Mark Whitehorn --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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'... a well priced and written, comprehnensive HTML and XHTML guide which continues to be useful as a language reference' Rating 9/10 Linux Format, December 2000 'If you want the very best reference manual to HTML and its latest developments ... this is it. I guarantee that no matter which other web page design books you might have on your shelves, this is the one to which you will keep coming back ... again and again.... www.mantex.co.uk
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
OK, it's not a teaching book. It's not meant to be, it's an O'Reilly book. They have sensible titles like "Learning (subject)" on their teaching books. This is a guide, a reference, as it says on the cover.
And it is the best on the market. By far.
Sure, the Kumquat joke gets old fast. But I've bought all three versions of this, and carry the rip-out reference card from the back of the book around with me.
I am often asked to tackle non-trivial aspects of HTML, where IE can do something, but NS cannot (or vice versa), and I would not feel confident doing so without this book.
The reference card is a wonderful idea! Do more of these, O'Reilly!
The in-depth indexes are also invaluable.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book couldn't have been more perfect for me. I was on the brink of understanding HTML in depth before buying this book. After reading I am now more fluent and more confident in what I use in my pages. I have a more wide spread knowledge of what I can use in my pages with a better understanding of the standards that uniform the web. I am now creating pages to standards - not to browsers.
This book has given me a very opening and logical insight into XHTML and XML.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Form: large paperback; chapters divided into many headings and subheadings, with references to other (sub)headings in a deliberate attempt to imitate the HTML format; screen captures in B/W. Target audience: anyone wanting to know anything about HTML. Invaluable for beginners, a useful reference guide for the advanced HTML programmer. Content: all known HTML tags, including obsolete ones. Frames, imbedding multimedia files, CSS, the difference between the two major browsers Netscape and Internet Explorer, the basics of Javascript and cgi scripts, a brief chapter on dynamic HTML. The author, following the HTML 4.0 standard, is obliged to constantly inform the reader that the older "hard" tags used by the earliest browsers are to be replaced by CSS, meaning anything under a fast 486 will become useless for netsurfing; but that's just the messager bringing the bad news, and the book lists all tags whether allowed under the new standard or not, as the main purpose is to inform. Personal reaction: I was sent this book by mistake, but was so pleased with it that I bought it. It reads pleasantly, as the author breaks up the information in digestible pieces (and also frequently repeat blocks of information, again to imitate the HTML format) and has a sense of humour. It doesn't go very deeply into cgi scripts and other specialized stuff, but is more than enough for anyone wanting to set up a simple webpage, and a very good and thorough starting point for anyone who wants more.
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Excellent
This really is the definitive guide.
The younger one is, probably the easier it is to comprehend.
For an old timer like me, it does take a little longer !! Read more
The younger one is, probably the easier it is to comprehend.
For an old timer like me, it does take a little longer !! Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mr. M. D. Beckett
Ideal Refernce Manual
I am an occasional HTMLer so I find this book very useful as a reference manual and use it in conjunction with the JavaScript Definitive Guide by David Flanagan
Published on 13 Sep 2009 by Kip Cymru
A good reference let down by the index
This is an excellent introduction to HTML 4.01. However, the XHTML 1.0 elements are less well covered and XHTML 1.1 is mentioned only in a few paragraphs. Read more
Published on 1 April 2008 by D. Knox
A non-patronizing guide to modern html
"HTML and XHTML: the definitive guide" will give you a thorough grounding in creating web pages. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2001
DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE! All theory, No practical.
I was looking for a very practical HTML book so I could start writing web-pages immediately, and after reading all of the raving reviews about O'Reily books I thought that this... Read more
Published on 3 Jun 2001
Comprehensive doesn't even begin to describe this book
After searching through various books and online resources I've not found a better target for my HTML queeries. Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2001 by Neil Adams
Purely a reference book
Not one for beginners - see Dick Olivers HTML in 24 hours. While this book is pretty comprehensive and tells you all you need as a reference, dont try using it as a teaching guide... Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2000
very impressive!
This book has been constantly sat wide open on my desk; it's great! I'm a complete beginner at HTML but I found this book easy to read and very understandable. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2000
>>> The only HTML book you need <<<
After the first read, it seems most reference books spend a lot of their time on the shelf. Not this one! It spends a lot of time on my desk, open. Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2000
When its says definitive, it means it
This book is good for the experienced and beginner alike. I'm quite familiar with HTML, but still found sections of interest and always keep it on hand for reference, if only for... Read more
Published on 31 May 2000 by lee_hilton_@hotmail.com
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