Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML

ISBN-10: 059610197X

ISBN-13: 9780596101978

Tired of reading HTML books that only make sense after you're an expert? Then it's about time you picked up Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML and really learned HTML. You want to learn HTML so you can finally create those web pages you've always wanted, so you can communicate more effectively with friends, family, fans, and fanatic customers. You also want to do it right so you can actually maintain and expand your Web pages over time, and so your web pages work in all the browsers and...

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This unique guide fills a need for an entry-level book on Web programming with HTML and CSS. It uses the engaging, multi-sensory "Head First" learning approach to deliver insights into cutting-edge Web design and development.

1The language of the Web : getting to know HTML12Meet the 'HT' in HTML : going further, with hypertext433Web page construction : building blocks774A trip to Webville : getting connected1255Meeting the media : adding images to your pages1656Serious HTML : standards, compliance, and all that jazz2237Putting 'X' into HTML : moving to XHTML2658Adding a little style : getting started with CSS2859Expanding your vocabulary : styling with fonts and colors34110Getting intimate with elements : the box model38511Advanced Web construction : divs and spans42912Arranging elements : layout and positioning48713Getting tabular : tables and lists54914Getting interactive : XHTML forms591AppThe top ten topics (we didn't cover) : leftovers639

\ From Barnes & NobleThe Barnes & Noble Review\ You learn better when you’re having fun. And Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML is the most fun you can have while you’re learning to create web pages. \ What other HTML book would interview the href attribute (“I hope you aren’t offended, but what’s with the name? href? What’s with that?”) Or sponsor a “debate” between JPEG and GIF? Or introduce CSS with a reality TV show? Or uncover the mystery of <blockquote> and <q>, elements separated at birth?\ Sound flippant? More like brilliant. Elisabeth and Eric Freeman know people learn best when they’re totally engaged, when they can’t wait to see what crazy thing is coming next. Like this book’s puzzles. Like its marvelous photo captions (if there were an Oscar® for creative use of stock photography, O’Reilly’s editors would win, hands-down.)\ The Freemans skip some obscure stuff, but everything you need is here, from the basics (tags, attributes, elements, links, paths) to some fairly advanced techniques. You’ll learn how to move to XHTML (and why you would); how to use CSS to precisely control text, color, padding, borders and margins; how to build tables and forms. There’s even a quick look at HTML for blogs and mobile devices. Every chapter contains a “There are No Dumb Questions” section -- and the Freemans are weirdly clairvoyant about the issues that tend to confuse people.\ By the way, they’re seriously into standards compliance -- but never prissy about it. (Check out their “driver’s ed”style insert full of Strict HTML 4.01 road signs. And remember: Always “feed your <body> only wholesome block elements!”)\ The remarkable thing about this book: It all hangs together. Everything builds on what’s come before. By the time you’re done, you’ll really be comfortable with HTML, CSS, and XHTML. The fun has been carefully crafted to make sure of that, and it works. Bill Camarda, from the January 2006 Read Only\ \ \