XHTML for Dummies (With CD-ROM)

Features

• CD-ROM: 432 pages
• Published by: For Dummies January 15, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0764507516
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764507519
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1.8 pounds

Product Description
Combining the strength of HTML with the flexibility of XML, Extensible Markup Language sets you free to create the kinds of Web pages you’ve always imagined. And the best thing is, it’s really easy to get the hang of XHTML. If you can give directions to the post office, you can design and build a Web page with XHTML. But here’s the catch: While XHTML isn’t hard to learn, it does pack a welter of details that you have to wrestle into submission while you build your Web pages. Mastering that will take some practice and a little coaching from a knowledgeable friend–which is what you get with XHTML For Dummies.

XHTML For Dummies is a friendly, approachable guide to tackling the terminology and mastering the tools of XHTML. Written for absolutely anyone interested in creating readable and attractive Web pages–regardless of degree of computer savvy or markup language experience–it quickly gets you on track with the kn owledge and skills needed to:

• Make Web pages that look exactly how you imagine them
• Manage XHTML style and layout
• Create cool XHTML page layouts
• Create content readable on all Internet-ready devices
• Quickly and easily convert HTML documents into XHTML
• Create sheets and DTDs
• Use tools to determine browser capability
• Rev up e-commerce applications

From the basics of tags and elements to advanced topics, such as creating dynamic Web pages with DOM, XHTML For Dummies covers all the bases for novices and experienced Web developers alike, including:

• Styling XHTML with CSS
• Presentation and text controls
• Using XHTML tables effectively
• Java, multimedia, and scripting
• Modularizing XHTML and creating dynamic Web pages with DOM

As an added bonus, you get a CD-ROM featuring:

• Freeware versions of Amaya XML-aware Web browser
• Microsoft KML Notepad v1.5
• An evaluation version of Adept Editor LE
• Plus HTML Tidy, expat, XT, and more

Packed with working examples, clear step-by-step explanations and hot tips on how to get the most out of XHTML this is everyone’s total guide to mastering the latest Web design language.

Back Cover Copy
CD-ROM includes all the XHTML code in the book!

Hot tips on the latest Web design language

Find out how this powerful new language can rev up your e-commerce applications These pages are packed with shortcuts and easy-to-follow examples to help you leverage the power of XHTML - the language that combines the strength of HTML with the flexibility of XML. Whether you want to create new Web pages with XHTML or need to convert existing HTML documents, this guide's got you covered. all this on the bonus CD-ROM Freeware versions of Amaya XML-aware Web browser Microsoft KML Notepad v1.5 Evaluation version of Adept Editor LE Plus HTML Tidy, expat, XT, and more Pentium PC running Windows 95 or later or Windows NT 4.0 or later; Linux X Windows; or Mac OS 7.5.5 or later. See the About the CD-ROM Appendix for further details and requirements. Plus leading Internet tools

Discover how to: Create content readable on Internet-ready devices Make your Web page look exactly the way you imagine it Convert HTML documents into XHTML Create your own style sheets and DTDs Use tools to determine browser capability

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Reader Reviews
This would have gotten 5 stars, except the author does not do an adequate job of fully explaining the difference/relationship of XML and XHTML, and tends to use the terms interchangably. (I still don't fully understand it, and will be looking elsewhere for a fuller explanation.) Also: the author mentions HTML-Tidy in an historic sense, but doesn't mention that there is a windows version of HTML-Tidy incorporated in the HTML-Kit program available free from the www.chami.com website, which automatically converts HTML to XHTML (among a ton of other great things). (Maybe this wasn't available from Chami at publication.) However, the rest of the book is clear, comprehensive and extremely well done and easy to understand, unlike most tech books on programming. I would recommend it for anyone wanting to learn the subject, but who is proficient in HTML. Anyone who has never hand-coded HTML would want to get Laura Lemay's Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML first, build a couple web pages from scratch learning HTML, then get this book and polish it off.