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HTML, XHTML, and CSS All–in–One Desk Reference For Dummies® Original Edition
Author(s): Andy Harris (Author), Chris McCulloh (Author)
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- Publication Date: 9 May 2008
- Edition: Original
- Language: English
- Print length: 960 pages
- ISBN-10: 0470186275
- ISBN-13: 9780470186275
Book Description
This handy, one–stop guide catches you up on XHTML basics and CSS fundamentals. You′ll learn how to work with Positionable CSS to create floating elements, margins, and multi–column layouts, and you′ll get up to speed on client–side programming with JavaScript. You′ll also get the low–down on server side programming with PHP, creating a database with MySQL, and using Ajax on both client and server sides. You′ll find out how to:
- Use templates and validators
- Manage information with lists and tables
- Turn lists of links into button bars
- Add style color and borders
- Create variables for data
- Add motion with basic DOM animation
- Work with arrays
- Add Flash functionality with AFLAX
- Build and manage a multipage site
- Choose and run your own server
You don′t need expensive or complicated software or a super–powerful computer to build a Web site that does all sorts of amazing things. All you need is a text editor and the clear, step–by–step guidance you′ll find in HTML, XHTML, and CSS All–In–One Desk Reference For Dummies.
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From the Back Cover
Your one–stop guide to using CSS with XHTML to create dynamic sites
Things move quickly on the Web, and you want to make it easy to keep yoursite up to date. So you′ll want to know how HTML, XHTML, and CSS worktogether, and this book makes that easy! Handy minibooks get you started, explain how to use the most up–to–date standards, and show you how to put it all together for sites with pizazz.
Discover how to:
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Use templates and validators
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Manage information with lists and tables
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Add style, color, and borders
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Create powerful applications with Ajax
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Add interactivity to your Web site
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About the Author
All this time Andy was teaching computer science part time. He joined the faculty of the Indiana University/Purdue University — Indianapolis Computer Science department in 1995. He serves as a Senior Lecturer, teaching the introductory course to Freshmen as well as numerous courses on Web development, general programming, and game programming. As manager of the Streaming Media Laboratory, he developed a number of online video–based courses, and worked on a number of international distance education projects including helping to start a computer science program in Tetevo, Macedonia FYR.
Andy is the author of several other computing books, including Beginning Flash Game Programming For Dummies and Game Programming: The L Line. He invites your comments and questions at andy@aharrisbooks.net.
Chris McCulloh has a bachelor’s degree in Media Arts and Science from Indiana University/Purdue University — Indianapolis (IUPUI), a certificate in Applied Computer Science from the Computer and Information Science Department (CSCI) at IUPUI, and is a full–time PHP Developer working at CIK Enterprises. He loves to teach, write, and read, and is currently teaching server–side programming for CSCI at IUPUI. He writes a programming–related blog on his Flash game site at blog.chomperstomp.com, and maintains a popular Firefox extension located at statusbarcalculator.com.
