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Base Your Next Website on XHTML Newly expanded with 10 chapters of bonus coverage, Mastering XHTML Premium Edition is a complete guide to the mark-up language that is leading the world of web development. This book ensures you won't be left behind, teaching you step by step how to convert existing HTML sites to XHTML and how to build sites from scratch using new specs. It's a great way to hone your current skills and acquire new ones. Coverage includes: * The basics of XHTML * XHTML structure and form * Accommodating different browsers * Linking XHTML documents * Placing images * Controlling layout with tables and frames * Converting HTML to XHTML * Saving time and effort with Cascading Style Sheets * Including JavaScript in your XHTML pages * Using data-collection forms * Adding multimedia effects to your web pages * Developing a coherent website * The XHTML document life cycle * Publishing your XHTML documents * Validating your XHTML * Generating XHTML from a database * Understanding the relationship between XHTML and XML * Choosing a development tool

Ed Tittel is a principal at LANWrights, Inc., where he writes, consults, and teaches on a variety of networking and web-related topics. He has written or co-authored more than 100 computer books and hundreds of magazine articles.

Chelsea Valentine is a webmaster, writer, and trainer at LANWrights, Inc., developing sites and teaching others how to do the same.

Lucinda Dykes is the principal at Zero G Web Design in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has been developing websites and writing code since 1994 and teaches web-related classes at Santa Fe Community College.

Mary Burmeister is a project manager, editor, and writer at LANWrights, Inc. This team has produced several books on markup languages, including XHMTL, HTML 4 For Dummies, Hip Pocket Guide to HTML 4.01, XML For Dummies, and XHTML For Dummies.

Introduction	p. xxiii
Getting Started	p. 1
Getting Acquainted with XHTML, Its Tools, and Its Resources	p. 3
What Are HTML and XHTML?	p. 5
What Can You Do with XHTML?	p. 14
What Tools Do You Need?	p. 15
What Other Resources Can Help?	p. 21
Where to Go from Here	p. 23
XHTML Structure and Form	p. 25
A Well-Formed Document	p. 27
Validity	p. 37
Referencing the Three Flavors of XHTML	p. 39
XML Namespaces	p. 45
Example XHTML Documents	p. 51
Where to Go from Here	p. 52
Creating Your First XHTML Document	p. 53
Creating, Saving, and Viewing XHTML Documents	p. 55
Applying Document Structure Elements	p. 57
Applying Basic Elements	p. 64
Including Fancier Formatting	p. 83
Where to Go from Here	p. 89
Linking Your Documents	p. 91
Link Anatomy	p. 93
URL Anatomy	p. 95
Types of URLs	p. 97
Constructing Link Anchors	p. 103
Linking to a Specific Location in a Document	p. 107
Inserting E-Mail Links	p. 109
Where to Go from Here	p. 110
Including Images	p. 111
Developing Images	p. 113
Adding Images	p. 121
Using Images as Links	p. 135
Creating Image Maps	p. 138
Using Background Images	p. 154
Where to Go from Here	p. 157
Advancing Your Skills	p. 159
Developing Tables	p. 161
Using Tables Effectively	p. 163
Creating Basic Tables	p. 164
Adding or Removing Rows and Columns	p. 168
Spanning Rows and Columns	p. 173
Adding Captions	p. 177
Formatting Tables	p. 178
Using XHTML Table Features	p. 194
Where to Go from Here	p. 203
Developing XHTML Forms	p. 205
Determining Form Content	p. 207
Creating Forms	p. 212
Processing Forms	p. 240
Where to Go from Here	p. 248
Creating Frames	p. 249
Understanding Frames	p. 251
Deciding to Use Frames	p. 253
Creating Frames	p. 255
Enabling Effective Navigation	p. 281
Creating Inline Frames	p. 289
Where to Go from Here	p. 294
Converting HTML to XHTML	p. 295
Why Convert Your Documents?	p. 297
Converting Documents by Hand	p. 298
Working with Tidy	p. 305
Where to Go from Here	p. 316
Moving Beyond Pure XHTML	p. 317
Using Style Sheets	p. 319
How Do Style Sheets Work?	p. 321
Associating Style Sheets with XHTML Documents	p. 325
Developing a Style Sheet	p. 339
Setting Style Sheet Properties	p. 347
Where to Go from Here	p. 375
Adding JavaScript	p. 377
What Is JavaScript?	p. 379
Adding JavaScript to Your Document	p. 382
Adding Event Handlers	p. 393
Tracking Users Using Cookies	p. 407
Where to Go from Here	p. 411
Including Multimedia	p. 413
Deciding to Include Multimedia	p. 415
Developing and Using Animated GIFs	p. 418
Adding Sounds	p. 422
Adding Video	p. 425
Including Java Applets	p. 426
Adding Multimedia Using XHTML 1	p. 432
Where to Go from Here	p. 437
Developing Web Sites	p. 439
Understanding the XHTML Document Life Cycle	p. 441
Developing Documents	p. 443
Publishing Documents	p. 461
Testing Published Documents	p. 462
Maintaining Documents	p. 463
Where to Go from Here	p. 466
Implementing a Coherent Web Site	p. 467
Including Theme-Bearing Elements	p. 469
Making Your Site Navigable	p. 475
Balancing Flare with Usability	p. 481
Where to Go from Here	p. 484
Tips for Web Sites: Public, Personal, and Intranet	p. 485
Developing Public Sites	p. 487
Developing Personal Sites	p. 497
Developing Intranet Sites	p. 508
Where to Go from Here	p. 515
Publishing Your XHTML Documents	p. 517
Places to Publish	p. 519
The Publishing Process	p. 527
Where to Go from Here	p. 533
Applying XHTML to Advanced Applications	p. 535
Bringing Pages to Life with Dynamic XHTML	p. 537
What Is Dynamic XHTML?	p. 539
Creating a Collapsible Document	p. 554
Implementing Browser Detection	p. 571
Where to Go from Here	p. 581
Generating XHTML from a Database	p. 583
Why Generate XHTML from a Database?	p. 585
Exploring Your Options	p. 585
Deciding to Use a Database	p. 587
Choosing Software	p. 588
Generating XHTML Pages from Databases	p. 591
Maintaining Pages Generated from a Database	p. 597
Where to Go from Here	p. 597
Making Your Web Site Searchable	p. 599
Letting Users Search Your Site	p. 601
Using Low-Tech Alternatives	p. 602
Enabling Users to Search within Your Site	p. 606
Finding and Implementing Search Engines	p. 608
Recommendations for Searching Solutions	p. 611
Leveraging the Work of Internet Search Engines	p. 612
Where to Go from Here	p. 617
A Bridge to XML	p. 619
An Overview of XML	p. 621
Why Another Markup Language?	p. 623
Understanding SGML Basics	p. 623
Why HTML Was Built	p. 626
Understanding XML Markup	p. 631
Where to Go from Here	p. 639
Extending XHTML Using Namespaces	p. 641
Benefits of Extending XHTML	p. 643
Working with Namespaces	p. 643
Combining XML Vocabularies with XHTML	p. 651
Validation	p. 658
Suggestions and Tips	p. 659
Where to Go from Here	p. 660
Getting Started with DTDs	p. 661
Understanding DTD Rules and Concepts	p. 663
Understanding How DTDs Connect to XML Documents	p. 669
Where to Go from Here	p. 672
Creating a DTD	p. 673
Specifying Processing Instructions	p. 675
Filling in DTD Content	p. 677
Putting It All Together	p. 694
Where to Go from Here	p. 698
XHTML 1.1 and XHTML Modularization	p. 699
Understanding XHTML Modularization	p. 701
Meet the XHTML 1.1 Specification	p. 703
XHTML Modules: Abstract and Otherwise	p. 706
Using XHTML Modules	p. 738
Modular XHTML and Schemas	p. 746
Where to Go from Here	p. 747
XHTML Development Tools	p. 747
Choosing XHTML Development Tools	p. 749
Choosing an Editing Tool	p. 751
Discovering XML Development Tools	p. 757
Choosing an Image-Editing Tool	p. 758
Where to Go from Here	p. 758
Validating XHTML Documents	p. 759
Why Validate Your Documents?	p. 761
The W3C Validator	p. 764
The W3C Online CSS Validator	p. 766
STG's Online XML Validator	p. 768
The WDG Validator	p. 770
WDG's CSSCheck	p. 771
Page Valet	p. 771
CAST's Bobby	p. 772
Where to Go from Here	p. 772
Master's Reference	p. 773
XHTML Elements and Attributes	p. 775
Cascading Style Sheets Reference	p. 911
General Information	p. 912
Font Properties	p. 920
Text Properties	p. 929
Box Padding Properties	p. 940
Box Border Properties	p. 944
Box Margin Properties	p. 955
Box Position Properties	p. 961
Background and Color Properties	p. 965
Classification Properties	p. 973
Positioning	p. 981
Aural Style Sheets	p. 987
Printed Media Style Sheets	p. 998
Auto-Generated Content	p. 1005
Scripting Reference	p. 1009
Constructs	p. 1011
Operators	p. 1020
Escape Character	p. 1025
Reserved Words	p. 1026
Objects	p. 1027
Methods and Functions	p. 1056
Event Handlers	p. 1122
Properties	p. 1131
Working with the W3C Validator	p. 1159
Validator Interface	p. 1160
Translating Error Messages	p. 1162
Adding the Icon	p. 1163
XHTML Special Characters	p. 1165
XHTML Entities	p. 1166
XHTML and Character Sets	p. 1167
XHTML Color Codes	p. 1171
The XHTML Specification	p. 1175
XHTML 1.0: The Extensible HyperText Markup Language	p. 1176
Abstract	p. 1177
What Is XHTML?	p. 1178
Definitions	p. 1181
Normative Definition of XHTML 1.0	p. 1183
Differences with HTML 4	p. 1188
Compatibility Issues	p. 1191
Future Directions	p. 1191
DTDs	p. 1193
Element Prohibitions	p. 1193
HTML Compatibility Guidelines	p. 1194
Acknowledgements	p. 1198
References	p. 1199
Index	p. 1201
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