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Chuck Musciano (Author), Bill Kennedy (Author)
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Publication Date: 8 Aug 2000 | ISBN-10: 059600026X | ISBN-13: 978-0596000264 | Edition: 4

HTML is changing so fast it's almost impossible to keep up with developments. XHTML is HTML 4.0 rewritten in XML; it provides the precision of XML while retaining the flexibility of HTML. HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition, brings it all together. It's the most comprehensive book available on HTML and XHTML today. It covers Netscape Navigator 6.0, Internet Explorer 5.0, HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0, JavaScript, Style sheets, Layers, and all of the features supported by the popular web browsers.

Learning HTML and XHTML is like learning any new language, computer or human. Most students first immerse themselves in examples. Studying others is a natural way to learn, making learning easy and fun. Imitation can take learning only so far, though. It's as easy to learn bad habits through imitation as it is to acquire good ones. The better way to become HTML-fluent is through a comprehensive reference that covers the language syntax, semantics, and variations in detail and demonstrates the difference between good and bad usage.

HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition, helps in both ways: the authors cover every element of HTML/XHTML in detail, explaining how each element works and how it interacts with other elements. Many hints about HTML/XHTML style smooth the way for writing documents that range from simple online documentation to complex presentations. With hundreds of examples, the book gives web authors models for writing their own effective web pages and for mastering advanced features, like style sheets and frames.

HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition, shows how to:

  • Implement the XHTML 1.0 standard and prepare web pages for the transition to XML browsers
  • Use style sheets and layers to control a document's appearance
  • Create tables, from simple to 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 book comes with a handy quick reference card listing HTML tags.

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  • Paperback: 672 pages
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 4 edition (8 Aug 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 059600026X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0596000264
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 17.8 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,557,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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

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A library that circulates this book may soon find itself
charging a lost item fee, because it can become an
indispensable reference in a short period of time. -- Molly Ives Brower, Internet References Services Quarterly, Vol 6, No 1, 2001

In-depth descriptions of the behavior of every HTML tag on every major browser and platform, plus enough dry humour to make the book a pleasure to read. -- Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine, April 23, 2002

It is a readable, fast moving and a compact book. Those of us with the need for a good reference book certainly appreciate this one. -- Miguel A Sepulveda, linuxfocus.org, Jan 2001

Those of us with the need for a good reference book certainly appreciate this one. -- Miguel Sepulveda, LinuxFocus.org, April 2002

When they say "definitive" they're not kidding. Definitive is defined as "clearly defined or formulated" and that's just what this is. -- Linda Roeder, Personal Web Pages, About.com
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The best HTML reference I have found 7 Nov 2000
By Dewi Morgan
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.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Book in a web page designer's tool box 12 July 2001
By lee_steadman@hotmail.com
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.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A good reference let down by the index 1 April 2008
By D. Knox
Format:Paperback
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. Although, to be fair, the differences from XHTML 1.0 are slight and only of interest to a few.

However, my main complaint is that the index is almost of no use for locating actual tags and their usage in the text. Additionally, the ordering of the topics means that this book should be seen more as a series of tutorials than as a reference from which information can be easily extracted.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
This really is the definitive guide.
The younger one is, probably the easier it is to comprehend.
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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
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2.0 out of 5 stars 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
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5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive doesn't even begin to describe this book
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5.0 out of 5 stars 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
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5.0 out of 5 stars >>> 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
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5.0 out of 5 stars 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
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