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An indispensable introductory guide to creating web pages using the most up-to-date standardsThis beginner guide shows you how to use XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create compelling Web sites. While learning these technologies, you will discover coding practices such as writing code that works on multiple browsers including mobile devices, how to use AJAX frameworks to add interactivity to your pages, and how to ensure your pages meet accessible requirements. Packed with real-world examples, the book not only teaches you how to write Web sites using XHTML, CSS and JavaScript, but it also teache. Read more... Abstract: An indispensable introductory guide to creating web pages using the most up-to-date standardsThis beginner guide shows you how to use XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create compelling Web sites. While learning these technologies, you will discover coding practices such as writing code that works on multiple browsers including mobile devices, how to use AJAX frameworks to add interactivity to your pages, and how to ensure your pages meet accessible requirements. Packed with real-world examples, the book not only teaches you how to write Web sites using XHTML, CSS and JavaScript, but it also teache Beginning XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript covers all the major front-end web development topics: XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript (and AJA X) - whereas most competitors just cover HTML and CSS. Coding practices such as designing for larger screen sizes (around 980 px wide is now industry standard), designing for more recent browsers (and the features they offer), increased use of technologies such as AJAX, and the way that CSS is often split into multiple style sheets (e.g. separate files for layout, typography, colors, forms, etc.) provide the reader with up-to-date knowledge. Special checklists / mini-appendices remind people of the key topics and where they are covered in the book and will be very helpful for reference purposes. Flow and visual impact of screen shots are optimized as well as copious examples. There is also coverage of mobile devices. With hand-held devices such as iPhone and Blackberry offering better online experiences, more people are using their cell phones to access the web. The way in which popular devices interpret web pages will be covered, along with real-life examples, which will help educate readers in the best practices of designing for multiple devices. The book shows key topics such as: · accessibility, usability, search engine optimization, and analytics along the way - with handy references that describe where these topics are covered throughout the book current web standards and browsers such as IE8 and FF3, as well as Google's Chrome (not older ways of coding to work with legacy browsers) and features latest practices for things like screen sizes, CSS techniques and AJAX There is also coverage of mobile devices. With hand-held devices such as iPhone and Blackberry offering better online experiences, more people are using their cell phones to access the web. The way in which popular devices interpret web pages will be covered, along with real-life examples, which will help educate readers in the best practices of designing for multiple devices. The book shows key topics such as: · accessibility, usability, search engine optimization, and analytics along the way - with handy references that describe where these topics are covered throughout the book current web standards and browsers such as IE8 and FF3, as well as Google's Chrome (not older ways of coding to work with legacy browsers) and features latest practices for things like screen sizes, CSS techniques and AJAX There is also coverage of mobile devices. With hand-held devices such as iPhone and Blackberry offering better online experiences, more people are using their cell phones to access the web. The way in which popular devices interpret web pages will be covered, along with real-life examples, which will help educate readers in the best practices of designing for multiple devices. The book shows key topics such as: accessibility, usability, search engine optimization, and analytics along the way - with handy references that describe where these topics are covered throughout the book current web standards and browsers such as IE8 and FF3, as well as Google's Chrome (not older ways of coding to work with legacy browsers) and features latest practices for things like screen sizes, CSS techniques and AJAX Whether or not you've visited Bill Granger's restaurants or even Sydney itself, this book cannot help but evoke images of a sunny city where urban hustle and bustle meets beautiful beaches. Though proud for not taking themselves too seriously, Aussies, in Sydney in particular, reserve considerable reverence for their food. Bill Granger is the owner of three Sydney restaurants and Sydney Food brings his famous flavours across the globe and into the your home in a stunning collection of recipes. Bill starts by illustrating the rich abundance of ingredients available. In Sydney, home cooks and restaurateurs alike are spoilt for choice between the fish markets, incredible Thai and Vietnamese greengrocers, Italian delis, gourmet food halls, even the CBD fruit barrows. The recipes themselves are divided into Breakfasts, Lunches and Dinners. Unusually perhaps, it is the section of Breakfasts that's really enticing, demonstrating the varying European influences that affect this city's eating habits. Waking to blinding sunshine requires bold, fortifying flavours on the breakfast table. Recipes like Banana Maple Porridge with Buttered Apples, French Toast stuffed with Peaches, Toasted Coconut Waffles with Fresh Mango and Palm Syrup set the tone for a lazy weekend on the beach. The Lunch section is comprised of some of the most popular dishes from Bill's menus. These are largely restaurant classics but always with a twist, spring onion pancakes replacing the more conventional blinis with gravalax.The multicultural mix doesn't abate in the Dinner section that moves from Asia to Italy, Grilled Beef with Blackbean to Parmesan Veal Schnitzel. The quintessentially Aussie offering comes in the (naturally barbecued) form of Barramundi with Fresh Herb Relish. The Australian inclination for reinvention is nowhere more apparent or more appealing than on their restaurant menus. Combining such an incredible range of ingredients, a rich cultural mix, a lack of pretension and an innate desire to do things "their way" has given the food of Sydney a worldwide reputation. Anyone who even glances at the recipes in this brilliant book will immediately understand why.--Rachel O'Connor An essential update to the key web authoring standards of HTML, XHTML, and CSS The existence of Web pages depends on three vital technologies: HTML (base language that Web pages are written in), XHTML (standards that define how to write HTML pages), and CSS (standard that applies formatting styles to Web pages). This new edition provides you with critical coverage of these three Web authoring standards, and places special focus on the upcoming releases of HTML 5 and CSS 3. Serving as a tutorial and reference, this comprehensive resource explains the basic structure and necessary formatting to create a static (non-changing) and dynamic (changing) page on the Internet. Coverage includes: * Creating Content with HTML * Markup Languages * HTML Values and Units * What Goes into a Web Document? * The HEAD Elements * Text Structuring Essentials * Character Formatting Essentials * Lists, Links, Tables, Frames, and Forms * Multimedia * Dynamic HTML * HTML Tools and Variants * Web Development Software * Publishing Your Site * An Introduction To XML * Creating Mobile Documents * Tidying and Validating Your Documents * Controlling Presentation with CSS * Style Definitions * CSS Values and Units * CSS Inheritance and Cascade * Font Properties * Text Formatting * Padding, Margins, and Borders * Colors and Backgrounds * CSS Layouts * Pseudo-Elements and Generated Content * Dynamic HTML with CSS * Media Styles and Defining Documents for Printing * The Future of CSS: CSS3 * User Interface Styles * Testing and Validating CSS * HTML, XHTML, and CSS Tips and Tricks Helpful examples round out this essential guide and will get you up and running with HTML, XHMTL, and CSS in no time! Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file An essential update to the key web authoring standards of HTML, XHTML, and CSSThe existence of Web pages depends on three vital technologies: HTML (base language that Web pages are written in), XHTML (standards that define how to write HTML pages), and CSS (standard that applies formatting styles to Web pages). This new edition provides you with critical coverage of these three Web authoring standards, and places special focus on the upcoming releases of HTML 5 and CSS 3.Serving as a tutorial and reference, this comprehensive resource explains the basic structure and necessary formatting to create a static (non-changing) and dynamic (changing) page on the Internet.Coverage includes:Creating Content with HTMLMarkup LanguagesHTML Values and UnitsWhat Goes into a Web Document?The HEAD ElementsText Structuring EssentialsCharacter Formatting EssentialsLists, Links, Tables, Frames, and FormsMultimediaDynamic HTMLHTML Tools and VariantsWeb Development SoftwarePublishing Your SiteAn Introduction To XMLCreating Mobile DocumentsTidying and Validating Your DocumentsControlling Presentation with CSSStyle DefinitionsCSS Values and UnitsCSS Inheritance and CascadeFont PropertiesText FormattingPadding, Margins, and BordersColors and BackgroundsCSS LayoutsPseudo-Elements and Generated ContentDynamic HTML with CSSMedia Styles and Defining Documents for PrintingThe Future of CSS: CSS3User Interface StylesTesting and Validating CSSHTML, XHTML, and CSS Tips and TricksHelpful examples round out this essential guide and will get you up and running with HTML, XHMTL, and CSS in no time!Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included. An indispensable introductory guide to creating web pages using the most up-to-date standards This beginner guide shows you how to use XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create compelling Web sites. While learning these technologies, you will discover coding practices such as writing code that works on multiple browsers including mobile devices, how to use AJAX frameworks to add interactivity to your pages, and how to ensure your pages meet accessible requirements. Packed with real-world examples, the book not only teaches you how to write Web sites using XHTML, CSS and JavaScript, but it also teaches you design principles that help you create attractive web sites and practical advice on how to make web pages more usable. In addition, special checklists and appendices review key topics and provide helpful references that re-enforce the basics you've learned. Serves as an ideal beginners guide to writing web pages using XHTML Explains how to use CSS to make pages more appealing and add interactivity to pages using JavaScript and AJAX frameworks Share advice on design principles and how to make pages more attractive and offers practical help with usability and accessibility Features checklists and appendices that review key topics This introductory guide is essential reading for getting started with using XHTML, CSS and JavaScript to create exciting and compelling Web sites. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. "An indispensable introductory guide to creating web pages using the most up-to-date standards. This beginner guide shows you how to use XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create compelling Web sites. While learning these technologies, you will discover coding practices such as writing code that works on multiple browsers including mobile devices, how to use AJAX frameworks to add interactivity to your pages, and how to ensure your pages meet accessible requirements. Packed with real-world examples, the book not only teaches you how to write Web sites using XHTML, CSS and JavaScript, but it also teaches you design principles that help you create attractive web sites and practical advice on how to make web pages more usable. In addition, special checklists and appendices review key topics and provide helpful references that re-enforce the basics you've learned"--Provided by publisher Content: Beginning HTML, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript About the Author Credits Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Structuring Documents for the Web Chapter 2: Links and Navigation Chapter 3: Images, Audio, and Video Chapter 4: Tables Chapter 5: Forms Chapter 6: Frames Chapter 7: Cascading Style Sheets Chapter 8: More Cascading Style Sheets Chapter 9: Page Layout Chapter 10: Design Issues Chapter 11: Learning JavaScript Chapter 12: Working with JavaScript Chapter 13: Putting Your Site on the Web Chapter 14: Checklists Appendix A: Answers to Exercises Appendix B: XHTML Element Reference. Appendix C: CSS PropertiesAppendix D: Color Names and Values Appendix E: Character Encodings Appendix F: Special Characters Appendix G: Language Codes Appendix H: MIME Media Types Appendix I: Deprecated and Browser-Specific Markup Index. Structuring Documents For The Web -- Links And Navigation -- Images, Audio, And Video -- Tables -- Forms -- Frames -- Cascading Style Sheets -- More Cascading Style Sheets -- Page Layout -- Design Issues -- Learning Javascript -- Working With Javascript -- Putting Your Site On The Web -- Checklists. Jon Duckett. Programmer To Programmer. Includes Index.