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HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference, Third Edition

By Jennifer Niederst Robbins
Third Edition May 2006
Pages: 104
Series: Pocket References
ISBN 10: 0-596-52727-6 | ISBN 13: 9780596527273
(Average of 2 Customer Reviews)

Book description

You're ready to make the move to much cleaner standards-compliant web design, but how do you keep all those HTML tags and CSS values straight? This handy pocket guide offers alphabetical listings of every element and attribute in the HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 Recommendations. It's an indispensable reference for anyone working with web standards.
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After years of using spacer GIFs, layers of nested tables, and other improvised solutions for building your web sites, getting used to the more stringent "standards-compliant" design that is de rigueur among professionals today can be intimidating.

With standards-driven design, keeping style separate from content is not just a possibility but a reality. You no longer use HTML and XHTML as design tools, but strictly as ways to define the meaning and structure of web content. And Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are no longer just something interesting to tinker with, but a reliable method for handling all matters of presentation, from fonts and colors to page layout. When you follow the standards, both the site's design and underlying code are much cleaner. But how do you keep all those HTML and XHTML tags and CSS values straight?

Jennifer Niederst-Robbins, the author of our definitive guide on standards-compliant design, Web Design in a Nutshell, offers you the perfect little guide when you need answers immediately: HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference. This revised and updated new edition takes the top 20% of vital reference information from her Nutshell book, augments it judiciously, cross-references everything, and organizes it according to the most common needs of web developers. The result is a handy book that offers the bare essentials on web standards in a small, concise format that you can use carry anywhere for quick reference. This guide will literally fit into your back pocket.

Inside HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference, you'll find instantly accessible alphabetical listings of every element and attribute in the HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 Recommendations. This is an indispensable reference for any serious web designer, author, or programmer who needs a fast on-the-job resource when working with established web standards.

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(X)HTML Pocket Reference, March 30 2008

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Submitted by David DelMonte [Respond | View]

This is a fantastic reference book for anyone with even a limited knowledge of HTML/XHTML. It's small enough to not get in the way (and be shoved on a bookshelf), really well written, concise and clear.

It's organized by tag. Each is described and most have an example.

Thanks to Jennifer and to OReilly for a great effort.

Handy Handbook, November 06 2007

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Submitted by Anonymous Reader [Respond | View]

An excellent reference when you just need to find it fast. Once you've learned the principles of using (x)HTML you don't want to be forced into committing every tag and attribute to memory. Having a reference like this saves time and doesn't sacrifice any clarity or completeness for its small size.

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"If you understand html/xhtml and have to edit html source code on occasion...this is a great little reference. The descriptions are useful, but short enough so you're not wading through pages of superfluous verbiage."
-- Eric Wuehler, Amazon.com

"The book I've been keeping on my shelf at work for HTML reference is one of those five pound doorstops that covers absolutely everything. The problem is that I have to check the index to find what I need, and I end up using a different book for CSS information. With this pocket guide, I can retire that book, gain more room for other titles, and give my poor shelf a bit of a rest... :)"
-- Thomas Duff, Duffbert's Random Musings

"...these pocket reference books from O'Reilly are great. They aren't for learning, rather they are what they say they are: a pocket reference. (Nice to see some truth in advertising for a change.) If you buy this book you will use it. A lot. Period."
-- Larry Hannay, Amazon.com

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