Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition
by Jennifer Niederst

The following errata were *corrected* in the 3/07 reprint:


This page was updated February 16, 2007.


Here's a key to the markup:

        [page-number]: serious technical mistake
        {page-number}: minor technical mistake
        <page-number>: important language/formatting problem
        (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
	    +n: n'th paragraph from the top of the page
	    -n: n'th paragraph from the bottom of the page

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(82-83) Table 6-2 column headings

Country
->
Language

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(82-83) Table 6-2

Columns flow incorrectly between pages 82 and 83
->
Columns flow correctly from page 82 to page 83
 
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(136) -1

"Providing Meta Data section
->
"Providing Meta Data" section

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{167} Table 10-3 Character column, row 6 and row 7 

straight quotes
->
smart (curly) quotes

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{167} Table 10,3 Entity column, row 6

&lddquo;
->
&ldquo;

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(181) -4, below Fig 12-2

...but such behavior is nonstandard is not something to
depend on.
->
...but such behavior is nonstandard and is not something to
depend on.

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{223} Code example;

<td></td>
->
<td> </td>

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{236} -4 (below "Attributes)

The noframes element should be placed after the frameset element. This is the noframes element provided in the example.
->
The noframes element must be placed within the frameset element in order
to be valid.

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{268} +3 ("In the form..." section)

<input type="text" name="last" size="30" class="required" /></p>
<p>Phone Number: <br />
<input type="text" name="number" size="12" class="required" /></p>
->
<input type="text" name="last" size="30" class="required" value="Last name required" /></p>
<p>Phone Number: <br />
<input type="text" name="number" size="12" class="required" value="required field" /></p>

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(294) -1 (under "Online Resources")

www.w3c.com/Style/CSS)
->
www.w3c.org/Style/CSS

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(301) -3

Example: img[title="grade"] {border: 3px red;}
->
Example: img[title~="grade"] {border: 3px red;}

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{333} above Figure 18-19;

"Figure 18-19 shows an example of a style sheet rule that adds 3 pixels of extra..."
->
"Figure 18-19 shows an example of a style sheet rule that adds 8 pixels of extra..."

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(345) -4 (paragraph that begins "The four margin properties...")

{ margin: 3px 20px 2px 20px; }
->
{ margin: 3px 20px 3px 20px; }

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(357) -3 (HTML in middle of page)

fuschia 
-> 
fuchsia

(occurs twice in the line)

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(421) 4th line from bottom;

</div>>
->
</div>

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(428) lines 14 and 19

right: 0px;  ;
->
right: 0px;

and

margin:0 160px;  ;
->
margin: 0 160px;

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(454) +2

(see Table 25-1)
->
(see Table 25-2)

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470) last example in Strings section

my_string = "This string's \"quotes\" are escaped';
->
my_string = "This string's \"quotes\" are escaped";

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(481) Two last code samples;

element.onlick = change;
->
element.onclick = change;

and

element.onlick = function ()(
->
element.onclick = function ()(

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(725) Entity column, 4th symbol

&Aring
->
&Aring;

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(725)  Entity column, 7th symbol

&Egrave
->
&Egrave;

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(727) Decimal column, 7th symbol

&#376
->
&#376;

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(727) Decimal column, 5th symbol from end

&#919
->
&#919;

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(729) Decimal column, 10th symbol

&#8207
->
&#8207;

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(729) Entity column, 6th symbol from end

&hellep;
->
&hellip;

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(731) Decimal column, 5th symbol

&#8713
->
&#8713;

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(732) Entity column, 8th, 13th, and 14th symbols  

&rfloor
->
&rfloor;

&clubs
->
&clubs;

&diams
->
&diams;

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