Mastering XHTML: Premium Edition [Hardcover]

Presented as a one-stop resource, Mastering XHTML is a chunky 1000-page volume, with over 400 pages used for a comprehensive reference to XHTML, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and JavaScript scripting. Without assuming any prior knowledge, the authors explain how to write full-featured XHTML Web pages, from first code through to final upload.

Unlike some titles, Mastering XHTML does not read like an HTML book rehashed. After a general introduction, there is a chapter on XHTML structure showing how it relates to the wider XML specification. Further chapters cover links, images, tables, forms and frames. There is a useful section on converting HTML to XHTML, either by hand or using tools, a strong chapter on style sheets, and a brief look at JavaScript and multimedia. The closing chapters take a step back to look at the process of developing a Web site, with tips on planning, on making a site easy to navigate, and on how to publish to the Internet. Finally, the reference section includes notes and examples, greatly increasing its value.

This is a well laid-out book with clear and careful explanations and a limited n umber of screenshots. On the downside, those who have existing Web skills may find the pace too slow. It is a book that covers core topics in depth, rather than attempting the whole range of web authoring topics. The authors focus entirely on XHTML code, rather than on tools such as FrontPage or Dreamweaver, making this an excellent companion to books that cover specific products. --Tim Anderson --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Base Your Next Website on XHTML

Newly expanded with 10 chapters of bonus coverage, Mastering XHTML Premium Edition is a complete guide to the mark–up language that is leading the world of web development. This book ensures you won′t be left behind, teaching you step by step how to convert existing HTML sites to XHTML and how to build sites from scratch using new specs. It′s a great way to hone your current skills and acquire new ones.

Coverage includes:
∗ The basics of XHTML
∗ XHTML structure and form
∗ Accommodating different browsers
∗ Linking XHTML documents
∗ Placing images
∗ Controlling layout with tables and frames
∗ Converting HTML to XHTML
∗ Saving time and effort with Cascading Style Sheets
∗ Including JavaScript in your XHTML pages
∗ Using data–collection forms
∗ Adding multimedia effects to your web pages
∗ Developing a coherent website
∗ The XHTML document life cycle
∗ Publishing your XHTML documents
∗ Validating your XHTML
∗ Generating XHTML from a database
∗ Understanding the relationship between XHTML and XML
∗ Choosing a development tool

Base Your Next Website on XHTML

Newly expanded with 10 chapters of bonus coverage, Mastering XHTML Premium Edition is a complete guide to the mark–up language that is leading the world of web development. This book ensures you won′t be left behind, teaching you step by step how to convert existing HTML sites to XHTML and how to build sites from scratch using new specs. It’s a great way to hone your current skills and acquire new ones.

Coverage includes:

• The basics of XHTML
• XHTML structure and form
• Accommodating different browsers
• Linking XHTML documents
• Placing images
• Controlling layout with tables and frames
• Converting HTML to XHTML
• Saving time and effort with Cascading Style Sheets
• Including JavaScript in your XHTML pages
• Using data–collection forms
• Adding multimedia effects to your web pages
• Developing a coherent website
• The XHTML document life cycle
• Publishing your XHTML documents
• Validating your XHTML
• Generating XHTML from a database
• Understanding the relationship between XHTML and XML
• Choosing a development tool

Ed Tittel is a principal at LANWrights, Inc., where he writes, consults, and teaches on a variety of networking and web–related topics. He has written or co–authored more than 100 computer books and hundreds of magazine articles.

Chelsea Valentine is a webmaster, writer, and trainer at LANWrights, Inc., developing sites and teaching others how to do the same.

Lucinda Dykes is the principal at Zero G Web Design in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has been developing websites and writing code since 1994 and teaches web–related classes at Santa Fe Community College.

Mary Burmeister is a project manager, editor, and writer at LANWrights, Inc. This team has produced several books on markup languages, including XHMTL, HTML 4 For Dummies, Hip Pocket Guide to HTML 4.01, XML For Dummies, and XHTML For Dummies.