How Is This Book Organized?
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be extended in ways beyond the scope of the book. However, to keep up-to-date and to get you working with modern markup, XHTML is used in this book. In fact, it's an important point that I tend to use the terms HTML and XHTML interchangeably, even though they are, in fact, a bit different.
You'll learn more about HTML and XHTML in the book's first section, which contains the following chapters:
Table 1. Chapters in Section 1Chapter | Title | Teaches you how to… |
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1 | Building an HTML Page | Create a page in XHTML | 2 | Adding Text and Links | Format text and links | 3 | Adding Images, Media, and Scripts | Add dynamic content | 4 | Creating Tables | Build effective data tables | 5 | Building Forms | Create HTML forms | 6 | Working with Frames | Work with frames |
decorative. You'll learn how to apply CSS to the pages you build by following the approaches found in the following chapters:
Table 2. Chapters in Section 2Chapter | Title | Teaches you how to . . . |
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7 | Using CSS | Integrate CSS with HTML | 8 | Working with Color and Images Using CSS | Add color and imagery | 9 | Styling Textp | Work with web typography | 10 | Link Effects, Lists, and Navigation | Design with links and lists | 11 | Margins, Borders, and Padding | Gain control over space | 12 | Positioning, Floats, and Z-index | Position and float elements | 13 | CSS Layouts | Lay out pages with CSS |
"XHTML 1.0 Annotated Reference," which provides a look-up along with proper usage and tips of all the elements available in XHTML 1.0. The second is "CSS 2.1 Annotated Reference," which provides a listing, along with proper usage and tips, of all available CSS properties.
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