Beginning HTML, XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript

An essential update to the key web authoring standards of HTML, XHTML, and CSS

The existence of Web pages depends on three vital technologies: HTML (base language that Web pages are written in), XHTML (standards that define how to write HTML pages), and CSS (standard that applies formatting styles to Web pages). This new edition provides you with critical coverage of these three Web authoring standards, and places special focus on the upcoming releases of HTML 5 and CSS 3.

Serving as a tutorial and reference, this comprehensive resource explains the basic structure and necessary formatting to create a static (non-changing) and dynamic (changing) page on the Internet.

Coverage includes:
Creating Content with HTML
Markup Languages
HTML Values and Units
What Goes into a Web Document?
The HEAD Elements
Text Structuring Essentials
Character Formatting Essentials
Lists, Links, Tables, Frames, and Forms
Multimedia
Dynamic HTML
HTML Tools and Variants
Web Development Software
Publishing Your Site
An Introduction To XML
Creating Mobile Documents
Tidying and Validating Your Documents
Controlling Presentation with CSS
Style Definitions
CSS Values and Units
CSS Inheritance and Cascade
Font Properties
Text Formatting
Padding, Margins, and Borders
Colors and Backgrounds
CSS Layouts
Pseudo-Elements and Generated Content
Dynamic HTML with CSS
Media Styles and Defining Documents for Printing
The Future of CSS: CSS3
User Interface Styles
Testing and Validating CSS
HTML, XHTML, and CSS Tips and Tricks

Helpful examples round out this essential guide and will get you up and running with HTML, XHMTL, and CSS in no time!